Last night's €20,000 single-day event winner Kayhan Mokri is among a trio of new players to join the field as it grows to 15 active players.
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100,000
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A bit under 20,000 was in the middle on a turn board of A♥Q♠9♥J♥ when Nacho Barbero bet 5,000 from the big blind and was called by Sam Greenwood on the button.
The river 3♠ completed the board and Barbero bet 31,000. Greenwood took little time before folding.
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92,000
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It's official. After its return in 2023 following a 12-year hiatus, PokerStars has confirmed that The Big Game on Tour is back again this year, with more episodes to be filmed at the NAPT Las Vegas festival.
Ten episodes of the show were filmed last year, with the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Maria Ho, Lex Veldhuis and Sam Grafton all taking part. The show features a lucky Loose Cannon who receives $50,000 and has to survive 150 hands playing $50/$100 with a table of poker pros, ambassadors, and celebrities.
PokerNews spoke with Big Game on Tour judge and commentator James Hartigan ahead of the show's return, and he says he's thrilled the show is back.
Level: 2
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
On a completed board of Q♥7♣6♦A♥10♣, Seth Davies checked from the small blind to Niklas Astedt who went big with a bet of 31,000.
Davies responded with a check-raise all-in for just over 80,000.
Astedt thought for a bit before releasing his hand to send the pot to Davies.
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160,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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42,500
-57,500
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A huge pot of well over 60,000 had already been built in front of a completed board of 6♣4♣4♥7♦9♠ as Sam Grafton got his last 60,500 in on the river versus Byron Kaverman who already had the best hand, but rivered a monster to eliminate Grafton.
Sam Grafton: J♠7♠ 
Byron Kaverman: 9♥9♦
Kaverman's full house felted Grafton who became the first player to re-visit the registration desk.
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A dozen players have taken their seats on time with 100 big blinds to start their journey in the €25,000 No-Limit Hold 'em I single-day event.
The first of three 30-minute levels before a 15-minute break is now underway.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
It wouldn’t be a PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona festival without at least a couple of star-studded single-day €25,000 No-Limit Hold ‘em events on the schedule.
The first of two here at EPT Barcelona gets underway at 12:30 p.m. local time, with another field full of high-rolling crushers expected.
This turbo-structured event will start players with 100,000 chips with opening blinds of 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante, getting them running with just 100 big blinds to start.
Levels are 30 minutes long, with players receiving a 15-minute break at the end of Levels 3, 6, 10, 18, 22, and 26. A 75-minute break is scheduled at the end of Level 11 (approximately 8:15 p.m).
Registration with unlimited reentry will be available until the start of Level 11 (approximately 6:15 p.m.). Maximum late registrants will start with 20 big blinds.
Shot clocks will be in play from the beginning of this event with players receiving six 30-second time extensions to begin play with. They will receive an extra one every odd-numbered level (3, 5, 7, 9 etc).
Players will have 15 seconds to act on their first decision and 30 seconds for each subsequent decision.
With the shot clock in play, an added caveat of the structure will see players found to be intentionally abusing time, deliberately stalling, or purposely slowing down the game to be subjected to a five-second shot clock for all subsequent decision-making.
Last year’s festival saw Felipe Ketzer and David Yan claim prestigious PokerStars ‘Spadie’ trophies along with nearly €300,000 paydays for their efforts in these speedy events.
A €20,000 version of this event was won Wednesday night by Kayhan Mokri, who defeated Sam Greenwood heads-up to take home his second EPT Barcelona title along with €259,646.
PokerNews will be on the floor to bring you all complete live reporting coverage from this and every event at the 20th-anniversary celebration of the European Poker Tour here at Casino Barcelona, so join us for all the action!
