€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1b | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

09-02-2024 15:15 UTC+2

Ramella Slow Plays Aces to Bust Yin

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Jorge Ramella opened to 800 from middle position and Shibo Yin three-bet to 2,500 from the hijack. Ramella called.

Ramella checked the Q♠4♣9♣ flop and Yin bet 2,000. Ramella chose to check-raise to 5,300 which Yin called.

Upon seeing the Q♥ appear on the turn, Ramella shoved for Yin's remaining 10,700. Yin went deep into the tank, thinking for almost two minutes. Ultimately, he flicked in the call and the cards were revealed.

Shibo Yin: K♦K♣ All in
Jorge Ramella: A♦A♣

Ramella was ahead with his pocket aces and had to avoid a two-outer on the river. The 5♥ fell and Yin was sent to the rail at the hands of Ramella.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Ramella	49,000 49,000	49,000
Shibo Yin	Busted

Tags: Jorge Ramella Shibo Yin

09-02-2024 14:36 UTC+2

Di Nicola Falls Short

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Tyler Foran

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

With the 8♥7♦4♦ flop already on the felt and about 9,500 in the middle, Bradley Harwood was seen with his entire stack of 20,700 across the line from the small blind against Ermanno Di Nicola who started the hand in early position.

Bradley Harwood: A♦Q♦ All in
Ermanno Di Nicola: 10♦9♦

Di Nicola flopped an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw, but Harwood had the nut flush draw taking away some of his outs. The A♥ turn and Q♣ river improved Harwood to two pair as he raked in the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Harwood	50,900
Ermanno Di Nicola	3,900

Tags: Ermanno Di Nicola Bradley Harwood

09-02-2024 13:37 UTC+2

Djorno Drags 250-Big Blind Pot

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Tyler Foran

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With 6,400 in the middle, the flop read 5♥5♦4♣, and Takahiro Tsugu led for 4,000 from the small blind. Josep De Ramon was under the gun and made the call before Dan Djorno put in a raise to 9,400 from the button. Tsugu took about 30 seconds before mucking his hand, and De Ramon made the call.

The K♥ turn was checked through to see the A♠ on the river and De Ramon checked it over to Djorno who fired 12,000. After a few seconds, De Ramon made the call.

Djorno rolled A♣5♣ for a full house, and that was good as De Ramon mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Djorno	62,600 62,600	62,600
Takahiro Tsugu	22,500 20,500	20,500
Josep De Ramon	6,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Dan Djorno Josep De Ramon Takahiro Tsugu

09-02-2024 13:28 UTC+2

McKola Starts Strong

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Adam McKola had just scooped a pot, then a couple of hands later raised from late position. The small blind called and Julien Rouquet called in the big blind.

The flop came K♦5♦6♥ and action checked to McKola, who continued for 600. The small blind folded and Rouquet called. The turn was the 5♣ and Rouquet checked again. McKola bet again for 1,400 and Rouquet folded to concede the pot.

McKola chipped up to a little under 40,000, a solid start in the first couple of levels of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam McKola	39,000 39,000	39,000
Robert Schiffbauer	34,000 34,000	34,000
Julien Rouquet	33,000 33,000	33,000
Israel Amoyal	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Adam McKola Julien Rouquet

09-02-2024 12:47 UTC+2

Cutter Takes From Last Year's Champion

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Jordan Cutter raised from the button to 300 was called by Oleg Vasylchenko from the small blind and Simon Wiciak from the big blind.

The action checked to Cutter on the 7♠A♠10♥ flop and he fired a bet of 500. Only Wiciak called.

Wiciak check-folded to a bet of 1,200 from Cutter on the 5♦ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Cutter	32,000 32,000	32,000
Oleg Vasylchenko	30,000 30,000	30,000
Simon Wiciak	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Jordan Cutter Simon Wiciak

09-02-2024 10:43 UTC+2

Get Ready For Day 1b of the €5,300 Main Event

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Tim Baker

Another exciting day begins at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona, held at Casino Barcelona, as we kick off Day 1b, for the final flight of the €5,300 Main Event.

Yesterday’s opening flight drew 697 players, with 223 of them making it through to Day 2. Joost Hollak from the Netherlands ended the day on top, amassing a huge 364,500 chips. Ram Sanati and Yevhenii Kuzmin were the only other players to finish with stacks exceeding 300,000.

Top Ten Chip Counts from Day 1a

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Joost Hollak	Netherlands	364,500	243
2	Ram Sanati	Australia	303,000	202
3	Yevhenii Kuzmin	Russia	300,500	200
4	Andrea Salamone	Italy	275,000	183
5	Sean Jazayeri	United States	237,500	158
6	Pablo Ubierna	Spain	222,000	148
7	Preben Stokkan	Norway	207,500	138
8	Ian Hunter	United Kingdom	203,000	135
9	Toni Kaukua	Finland	203,000	135
10	Claudio Gordon	Brazil	199,500	133

Cards will be in the air at noon local time with 60-minute levels starting at 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante. Players will begin with a starting stack of 30,000 chips and aim to build it over ten levels played today. A 20-minute break is scheduled after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break at the end of level 6.

Players have a total of two entries which they can use across either of the opening flights or buy in until the start of Day 2 on September 3.

Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all the action from the final starting flight at the EPT’s 20th-anniversary celebration in Barcelona.

Tags: Andrea Salamone Claudio Gordon Ian Hunter Joost Hollak Pablo Ubierna Preben Stokkan Ram Sanati Sean Jazayeri Toni Kaukua Yevhenii Kuzmin