2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
€418,980
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€4,250,880
Entries
2,214
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,562
Players Left
234

Bubble Bustout High Price To Pay

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ryan Price open raised and Antoine Labat reshoved. Price called and had less chips as players flipped their cards.

Ryan Price: AQx
Antoine Labat: AK

The board ran out 2AJ82. Both players paired their ace and Labat had the higher kicker to win the pot. Price was eliminated from the tournament as the bubble approaced.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
610,000
518,000
518,000
Ryan Price us
Ryan Price
Busted

Tags: Antoine LabatRyan Price

Zarbo Risks It All On the Bubble

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The pot stood at approximately 200,000 with two players looking at a board that read 56JA9.

Giuseppe Zarbo, who was under the gun, moved all in for his last 126,000, putting his tournament life on the line. Given that the players were just ten spots away from the money, Machado thought for a considerable amount of time before electing to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Peterson Machado br
Peterson Machado
490,000
476,500
476,500
Giuseppe Zarbo it
Giuseppe Zarbo
346,000
116,000
116,000

Tags: Giuseppe ZarboPeterson Machado

Spragg Putting Pressure on the Bubble

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jesus Garcia in the hijack raised to 13,000, Benjamin Spragg, in the cutoff three-bet to 36,000 and Garcia called.

Garcia checked and then folded to a bet of 25,000 from Spragg on a flop of QK5.

As Spragg raked in the pot, he tabled the K to the table.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Spragg gb
Benjamin Spragg
415,000
295,000
295,000
Jesus Garcia es
Jesus Garcia
255,000
143,000
143,000

Tags: Benjamin SpraggJesus Garcia

Kim Pairs Deuce to Double Up

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

[Removed:436] limped under the gun and action folded around to Gab Yong Kim, who pushed all in from the big blind for around ten big blinds. Veloson made the call and players flipped their cards.

Gab Yong Kim: A2
[Removed:436]: A6

The board ran out 42QK10. Kim hit a pair of deuces on the flop to get ahead and he held to double up his stack.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:436] fr
[Removed:436]
370,000
50,000
50,000
Gab Yong Kim kr
Gab Yong Kim
110,000

Tags: Gab Yong Kim

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Manfredini Pushes Sitbon Out of the Pot

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Julien Sitbon raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, Mario Manfredini three-bet to 27,000 on the button and Sitbon called.

Sitbon check-called a bet of 25,000 from Manfredini on a flop of 7K6.

The 9 saw Sitbon check again. Manfredini moved all in for 69,000 and Sitbon elected to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
216,000
216,000
216,000
Mario Manfredini uy
Mario Manfredini
163,000
163,000
163,000

Tags: Julien SitbonMario Manfredini

Ruocco Calls and Doubles Up Blind Versus Blind

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded around to Juan Repetto, who shoved all in from the small blind against his shorter stacked opponent. Giuseppe Ruocco called in the big blind for 48,500. Players flipped over their cards.

Giuseppe Ruocco: A7
Juan Repetto: 75

Ruocco had Repetto dominated. The board ran out 9A4KK. Ruocco paired his ace on the flop and held to win the pot and double his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Repetto ar
Juan Repetto
140,000
Giuseppe Ruocco it
Giuseppe Ruocco
110,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Giuseppe RuoccoJuan Repetto