€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€7,102,080
Entries
7,398
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
961
Players Left
144
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona continued today with another impressive Day 1 flight; 961 new entries amassed over the 12 hours of play; up 608 entries from the Day 1a flight yesterday. At the end of the night, 144 players bagged and tagged and will be returning for Day 2 after the completion of the other five starting fights in the coming days.
As the dust settled Theodoros Ampelikiotis bagged the overall chip lead, taking through 772,000 for the Day 2 restart. Ampelikiotis wasn't alone in amassing a plentiful stack as bothJose Rodriguez Zurita and Jeremie Zouari were hot on his tails accumulating 610,000 and 606,000 chips respectively.
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theodoros Ampelikiotis | Greece | 772,000 |
| 2 | Jose Rodriguez Zurita | Mexico | 610,000 |
| 3 | Jeremie Zouari | France | 606,000 |
| 4 | Dragos Anton | Romania | 595,000 |
| 5 | Mateusz Wozniak | Poland | 446,000 |
| 6 | Patrice Brandt | Germany | 417,000 |
| 7 | Georgian Georgescu | United Kingdom | 411,000 |
| 8 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 410,000 |
| 9 | Tiziano Di Romualdo | Italy | 404,000 |
| 10 | Istvan Varga | Hungary | 399,000 |
Day 1c welcomed many familiar faces, including PokerStars Team Pro members Fintan Hand and Benjamin Spragg who tried their luck at their first tournament of the stop.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as Hand made his exit on Level 12 at the hands of Belmehel Dja Daouadji. Spragg also failed to materialize a stack for Day 2, however, a reappearance from both popular Twitch streamers is highly likely in the coming flights.
Florian Duta was also set to make a deep run but was eliminated in brutal fashion late into the day. More notable names to hit the rail included Alex Keating and Dara O'Kearney who are both still vying for their first cash on Spanish soil this year.
Those cashing in this event and moving onto Day 2 include Martin Jacobson (103,000), Aliaksandr Shylko (99,000), Uri Reichenstein (213,000), Jack Salter (410,000) and Alexandre Reard (75,000); no strangers to tournament success, each will have their eye on an early win in Barcelona.
Day 2 will kick off on the 25th of August, but before then, players have plenty more opportunities to get into the mix, with flights 1e, 1f, 1g, and 1h all happening within the next two days.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event here at EPT Barcelona, so stay tuned.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
772,000
454,000
|
454,000 |
|
||
|
610,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
606,000
606,000
|
606,000 |
|
595,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
446,000
446,000
|
446,000 |
|
417,000
417,000
|
417,000 |
|
411,000
411,000
|
411,000 |
|
410,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
404,000
404,000
|
404,000 |
|
399,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
394,000
394,000
|
394,000 |
|
391,000
391,000
|
391,000 |
|
384,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
373,000
373,000
|
373,000 |
|
362,000
362,000
|
362,000 |
|
354,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
352,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
350,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
347,000
277,000
|
277,000 |
|
343,000
343,000
|
343,000 |
|
340,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
334,000
218,500
|
218,500 |
|
|
321,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
312,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
303,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1c has ended with 144 players remaining after the elimination of Smain Mamouni on the money bubble. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Smain Mamouni was all in and at risk on the stone money bubble against Lucas Silva as the cards were flipped.
Smain Mamouni: A♦10♠
Lucas Silva: K♦J♠
Silva took a big lead with two pair on the flop of J♥3♣K♥, which gave Mamouni some hope with a gunshot to Broadway. Unfortunately for the Frenchman, the board finished out 5♣6♠ to mark his elimination outside of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Hand-for-hand play is underway with 145 players remaining and 144 advancing to Day 2.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In a blind versus blind confrontation, the pot stood at approximately 81,000 as the board read 4♠5♠Q♦A♥.
Uri Reichenstein, in the small blind, checked the action over to Martynas Brszdzionis in the big. Brszdzionis elected to check back.
The Q♣ fell on the river. Reichenstein checked once more and Brszdzionis bet 64,000. Reichenstein went deep into the tank before eventually deciding to make the call. Brszdzionis tabled Q♠9♠ and Reichenstein launched his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
319,000
319,000
|
319,000 |
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Gerard Rubiralta opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and Michele Fornaro defended out of the big blind.
Fornaro checked on the flop of 2♦K♣8♠ and Rubiralta continued for 8,000. Fornaro called. Fornaro checked again on the 7♥ turn and Rubiralta sized up to 16,000. Fornaro thought for about a minute and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000