After an ongoing battle between Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin and Maria Lampropulos, with Ho Yin chipping away at Lampropulos, the players found themselves in another hand heads-up.
Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin opened the button to 65,000 and Maria Lampropulos jammed from the small blind for 165,000. Ho Yin called and the players flipped their cards.
Maria Lampropulos: A♠J♦
Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin: J♣6♣
The dealer placed the 5♦2♣3♠ flop, bringing in the straight draw for both.
Lampropulos was still ahead on the 7♥ turn but Ho Yin took the pot as the 4♥ river was placed, as she rivered the higher straight. Lampropulos was eliminated from the tournament in 4th place, taking home €4,030 in winnings.
Soraya Estrada shoved from the button for roughly 700,000 with Olga Iermolcheva making the call from the big blind. Iermolcheva only had 300,000, so she was the player at risk.
Olga Iermolcheva: K♦K♥
Soraya Estrada: A♣10♣
Iermolcheva was in a perfect spot to double up with pocket kings. However, the runout of 10♥7♠J♣A♥8♥ gave Estrada the winner with two pair, aces and tens, and Iermolcheva was sent to the payout desk in third.
Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin shoved from the button for 600,000 and Soraya Estrada called out of the big blind to put her at risk.
Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin: 8♥8♦
Soraya Estrada: K♥10♦
If Ho Yin could win another race and the stacks would become even. However the 10♣7♦5♠ flop propelled Estrada into the lead with an pair of tens. The A♥ turn didn't change anything, and when the K♦ hit the river, Estrada improved to two pair, kings and tens. Ho Yin was eliminated in second place and Estrada had won the tournament.
Spain's Soraya Estrada has won the €550 Women's Event here at 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona after topping a field of 84 players.
She took home €11,350 for the result, defeating Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin heads-up who would have to settle for €7,330 here at the Casino Barcelona.
EPT Barcelona €550 Women's Event Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Soraya Estrada
Spain
€11,350
2
Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin
Hong Kong
€7,330
3
Olga Iermolcheva
Ukraine
€5,230
4
Maria Lampropulos
Argentina
€4,030
5
Maria Ortiz
Spain
€3,100
6
Paula Arreba
Spain
€2,460
7
Anna Gulevich
Netherlands
€1,970
8
Joy Waldau
Germany
€1,570
9
Chien-Chih Weng
Taiwan
€1,260
Soraya Estrada
Winner's Reaction
"It's super amazing," Estrada told PokerNews shortly after her victory. "I have to enjoy this moment. We were thinking of going to the hotel swimming pool, but it's a bit late, so we are probably going to drink a bit because we have to leave on Monday, so we will spend the last days with our good friends in Barcelona.
"It wasn't a very big field, but it's one of my favorite tournaments because it always has a good environment from start to finish. Everyone is happy, unlike other tournaments that are super serious. I felt like everyone was friends here at the table."
Estrada took home the lion’s share of the €40,320 prize pool, and when asked about her future poker plans regarding EPT Cyrpus, here’s what she had to say.
"Of course I will go, I won a tournament and won three EPT packages. This is the second one, and the third will be in Cyprus, so see you there."
Soraya Estrada
Day 2 Action
Eleven players returned for Day 2, each guaranteed at least €1,010. After the elimination of France’s Shira Scharo in eleventh place, action tightened up considerably with just one more knockout needed to reach the final table.
Eventually, Mariona Canals (pictured) was sent to the rail after getting all her chips in the middle with a flush against eventual winner Estrada's two pair, but a brutal board pair on the river gave Estrada a full house, resulting in Canals' elimination in tenth place.
Mariona Canals
Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin came into the final table as the chip leader, holding a slight lead over Estrada, while Maria Lampropulos came in as the shortest stack with just five big blinds. However, it was Chien-Chih Weng who hit the rail first.
After doubling up Maria Ortiz to be left with just one big blind, Weng eventually fell at the hands of Olga Iermolcheva.
Joy Waldau was eliminated next by Ho Yin, before overnight chip leader Anna Gulevich fell in seventh place. She had struggled to maintain the momentum she had at the end of Day 1. In the end, she had to settle for €1,970 after her deep run.
Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin
Paula Arreba, on the other hand, had maneuvered her short stack throughout the day to climb the pay ladder. However, her ace-three ultimately fell short against Ortiz's queen-nine, sending Arreba out in sixth place.
Ortiz soon followed Arreba to the rail, eliminated by Ho Yin, before Ho Yin sent well-known pro Lampropulos to the rail in fourth, to sit atop the chip counts with roughly 75% of the chips in play three-handed.
Maria Lampropulus
An early double-up by Estrada helped balance out the chip stacks. However, in the following hands, three consecutive double-ups propelled Ho Yin back into the top spot, with Iermolcheva and Estrada virtually tied for second place.
Iermolcheva would finish third after getting all-in with pocket kings against Estrada's ace-ten. Unfortunately for Iermolcheva, the poker gods were not on her side, as an ace on the turn sealed her exit from the tournament in third place for €5,230.
