€10,300 EPT High Roller | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

09-03-2023 23:20 UTC+2

Francesco Pilato Eliminated in 9th Place (€85,250)

Tyler Foran

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Francesco Pilato jammed for 490,000 under the gun and Vladas Tamasauskas made the call from a couple of spots to his left.

Francesco Pilato: K♥10♠
Vladas Tamasauskas: A♥J♥

Both of Pilato's cards were live but the 9♠8♠4♣6♥Q♦ flop was no help as he was sent to the payout desk in 9th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	6,520,000 480,000	480,000
Francesco Pilato	Busted

Tags: Francesco Pilato Vladas Tamasauskas

09-03-2023 23:32 UTC+2

Toby Joyce Eliminated In 8th Place (€109,450)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

On the button, Vladas Tamasauskas raised to 215,000. Then in the small blind, Toby Joyce three-bet all in for 755,000 chips. In the big blind, Eric Sfez went in the tank and eventually called. Tamasauskas called too.

Sfez and Tamasauskas checked all the way through leading to a board of 9♦K♠9♥4♥7♠, even if Sfez hesitated to bet on the turn.

Toby Joyce: A♥6♣
Eric Sfez: A♦J♠
Vladas Tamasauskas: 10♦8♦

Joyce flipped his cards first and was in the lead when Tamasauskas revealed his cards. But Sfez showed the winning hand and sent Joyce to the rail. "Rico! Rico!" sang the rail and some players to celebrate Sfez's win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	5,400,000 -1,120,000	-1,120,000
Eric Sfez	4,150,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Toby Joyce	Busted

Tags: Eric Sfez Toby Joyce Vladas Tamasauskas

09-03-2023 23:42 UTC+2

Tamasauskas Battles Lau

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas opened to 200,000 from the cutoff and Ka Kwan Lau defended from the big blind.

The flop came K♠Q♠3♥ and Lau check-called a 140,000 continuation bet from Tamasauskas.

Lau checked again on the 2♦ turn and this time Tamasauskas bet 625,000 which was enough to force a fold from Lau.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	7,175,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	5,715,000 315,000	315,000

Tags: Ka Kwan Lau Vladas Tamasauskas

09-03-2023 23:52 UTC+2

Shevliakov Bleeding

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Tyler Foran

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The action folded around to Alexandre Reard in the small blind who raised to 250,000. Aleksandr Shevliakov was the big blind and tanked for a little over 30 seconds before making the call.

When the K♦J♣6♥ flop hit the felt, Reard continued for 100,000 and Shevliakov mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	3,200,000 935,000	935,000
Aleksandr Shevliakov	995,000 -245,000	-245,000

Tags: Aleksandr Shevliakov Alexandre Reard

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

09-03-2023 23:53 UTC+2

Blind Levels Changing

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Tyler Foran

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The tournament director has informed the blinds will be 45 minutes from this point forward.

09-04-2023 00:00 UTC+2

Shevliakov And Nouira Double Through Lau

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

From the button, Aleksandr Shevliakov shoved for 940,000 chips. He was called by Ka Kwan Lau in the small blind, while Maher Nouira in the big blind folded and showed 2x2x.

Aleksandr Shevliakov: 6♥6♠
Ka Kwan Lau: A♦4♦

Shevliakov secured a double-up thanks to the board 7♦9♣5♥3♠K♦, even if Lau had a straight draw on the turn.

On the next hand, after an open, Shevliakov wanted to raise in the cutoff, but he threw only two black chips worth 100,000 each in front of him, so it was considered as a call.

Seeing that, Lau on the button raised all-in. Nouira in the small blind snap-called with his last 1,150,000 chips, and Shevliakov folded.

Maher Nouira: Q♦Q♣
Ka Kwan Lau: 10♠9♠

Lau hit a pair of tens on the flop 4♠A♦10♣, but Nouira remained in the lead after the turn 7♥ and the river A♣ to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	5,600,000 -1,575,000	-1,575,000
Maher Nouira	2,850,000 100,000	100,000
Aleksandr Shevliakov	2,180,000 1,185,000	1,185,000

Tags: Aleksandr Shevliakov Ka Kwan Lau Maher Nouira

09-04-2023 00:07 UTC+2

[Removed:433] Doubles Through Lau

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

[Removed:432] moved all in from middle position for 730,000 and found a call from Ka Kwan Lau in the big blind who had a covering stack.

[Removed:432]: Q♠Q♣
Ka Kwan Lau: A♠2♦

[Removed:433] was well ahead with pocket-queens and remained so on the J♠4♥6♥8♥3♠ runout to secure a full double up, making a small dent in Lau's stack in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	5,725,000 125,000	125,000
[Removed:432]	1,640,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Ka Kwan Lau

09-04-2023 00:15 UTC+2

Sfez Check-Raises it Away

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Tyler Foran

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Aleksandr Shevliakov opened 250,000 in middle position and Eric Sfez defended the big blind after tanking for 45 seconds.

When the K♦8♦3♠ flop hit the felt, Sfez checked and Shevliakov continued for 175,000. Sfez thought about it for about 20 seconds before splashing a raise to 650,000 across the line. Shevliakov instantly pushed his cards into the centre.