€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
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
153
Players Left
26
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The third day of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona has come to an end and Ferdinando D'Alessio leads a field of 26 that will return on Sunday for Day 4.
The record-breaking event drew a field of 7,398 and built a prize pool of €7,102,080, from which €676,230 will eventually go to the winner.
D’Alessio is the only player with over 20,000,000 chips, and he is followed by Avihai Smadga and Joshua James on the leaderboard. Ankit Ahuja and Eduard Barsegyan round out the top five chip counts.
Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Day 4 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferdinando D'Alessio | Belgium | 22,225,000 | 89 |
| 2 | Avihai Smadga | Israel | 19,875,000 | 80 |
| 3 | Joshua James | Canada | 15,525,000 | 62 |
| 4 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 15,325,000 | 61 |
| 5 | Eduard Barsegyan | Russia | 14,175,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Diogo Ferreira | Brazil | 12,350,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Petros Karadimos | Greece | 10,300,000 | 41 |
| 8 | Marcos Diego | Spain | 9,900,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Lucas Silva Rocha | Brazil | 8,925,000 | 36 |
| 10 | Louis Nyberg | Sweden | 8,725,000 | 35 |
Day 3 Highlights
Igor Kaufman started Day 3 as the chip leader and he was joined near the top of the leaderboard by PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot. Talbot continued his run for part of the day – at one point crossing 7,000,000 in chips – but he fell back to the pack throughout the later parts of the day and before he bounced back to finish with a bag of 6,475,000 for Day 4.
Kaufman also remains in the tournament thanks to a run that started early when he took out Dionysios Kartsampas in Level 26. The Day 2 chip leader was behind after Kartsampas flopped a better pair of aces, but the turn brought two pair for Kaufman – sparking a run that ended with a bag of 7,675,000 for Day 4.
Among the other big stacks at the end of Day 3 are Ahuja, Smadga, and James. Smadga was the Day 1e chip leader and he continued to climb on Day 2 before his big Day 3 left 19,875,000 in the bag. Ahuja built his stack steadily throughout the day before a big run in the late levels gave him 15,325,000 for Day 4.
James also went on a late run, capped off with the elimination of Rolando Camardese in the last level of the night. He will return for Day 4 with 15,525,000. Carmardese had a run of his own throughout the day, thanks in part to a big pot in a hand with Catalin Pop. Pop called all three streets just to see Carmardese turn over a turned straight to take a bit pot.
Others that will return include Louis Nyberg, Tommy Nguyen, Hanseok Ko, Lucien Cohen, Lucas Silva Rocha, Kimmo Kurko, Mathias Haugen, and Day 1g chip leader Benjamin Tessier.
Action will continue on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. in Level 33 with blinds at 125,000/250,000/250,000. The plan is to play down to a final table and bag up to return for a live-streamed finale on Monday.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of your favorite tournaments at the 2023 EPT Barcelona.
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,225,000
9,725,000
|
9,725,000 |
|
||
|
19,875,000
2,075,000
|
2,075,000 |
|
||
|
15,525,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
15,325,000
-2,275,000
|
-2,275,000 |
|
14,175,000
3,975,000
|
3,975,000 |
|
12,350,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
10,300,000
5,650,000
|
5,650,000 |
|
9,900,000
8,160,000
|
8,160,000 |
|
8,925,000
2,325,000
|
2,325,000 |
|
8,725,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
8,400,000 | |
|
8,375,000
-5,725,000
|
-5,725,000 |
|
7,675,000
-2,725,000
|
-2,725,000 |
|
||
|
7,600,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
7,575,000
4,575,000
|
4,575,000 |
|
6,475,000
2,870,000
|
2,870,000 |
|
||
|
5,900,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
5,850,000
-3,850,000
|
-3,850,000 |
|
5,450,000
-2,110,000
|
-2,110,000 |
|
||
|
5,075,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
5,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
2,900,000
-1,650,000
|
-1,650,000 |
|
2,700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
2,700,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
2,400,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Day 4 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Avihai Smadga | Israel | 19,875,000 | 80 |
| 1 | 3 | Petros Karadimos | Greece | 10,300,000 | 41 |
| 1 | 4 | Manuel O'Shea | Spain | 5,000,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 5 | Mauricio Salazar Sanchez | Colombia | 7,575,000 | 30 |
| 1 | 6 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 5,900,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 7 | Igor Kaufman | Israel | 7,675,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 1 | Louis Nyberg | Sweden | 8,725,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 3 | Tommy Nguyen | Norway | 8,400,000 | 34 |
| 2 | 4 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 15,325,000 | 61 |
| 2 | 5 | Danilo Velasevic | Croatia | 7,600,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 6 | Christoph Cajochen | Switzerland | 2,700,000 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | Marcos Diego | Spain | 9,900,000 | 40 |
| 2 | 8 | Ionut Dragomir | Romania | 2,400,000 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | Eduard Barsegyan | Russia | 14,175,000 | 57 |
| 3 | 2 | Lucien Cohen | France | 5,450,000 | 22 |
| 3 | 3 | Luc Lafontaine | Canada | 5,075,000 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Stefan Fabian | Romania | 5,850,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 5 | Domenico Paparo | Italy | 2,700,000 | 11 |
| 3 | 7 | Parker Talbot | Canada | 3,995,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 8 | Joshua James | Canada | 15,525,000 | 62 |
| 4 | 1 | Gino Cardenas | Peru | 2,900,000 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | Peter Tordai | Hungary | 8,375,000 | 34 |
| 4 | 3 | Diogo Ferreira | Brazil | 12,350,000 | 49 |
| 4 | 5 | Ferdinando D'Alessio | Belgium | 22,225,000 | 89 |
| 4 | 7 | Andrea Roner | Switzerland | 1,500,000 | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | Lucas Silva Rocha | Brazil | 8,925,000 | 36 |
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Action has wrapped up for the night with 26 players remaining.
A full recap of the day and official chip counts will be posted shortly.
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
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Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
With the board reading K♣3♦J♣ and about 1,200,000 in the pot, Tommy Nguyen checked and Peter Tordai bet 300,000. Nguyen check-raised to 800,000 and Tordai made the call.
The turn came the 4♥ and Nguyen bet 1,675,000, once again receiving a call from Tordai.
On the 9♦ river Nguyen moved all in, covering Tordai's remaining stack of 3,800,000 and sending Tordai into the tank.
"Queen-Ten?" Tordai asked his opponent, who remained silent while Tordai weighed his options.
Ultimately Tordai flicked in the call. Nguyen tabled 3♠3♣ for a set of threes while Tordai revealed J♥J♠ for a set of jacks to take down a massive pot towards the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,100,000
8,850,000
|
8,850,000 |
|
|
8,400,000
2,750,000
|
2,750,000 |
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The tournament director has paused the clock and announced four more hands to be played this evening.
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Andrew Hinrichsen moved his short stack all in from early position and found a call from Petros Karadimos in the big blind.
Andrew Hinrichsen: A♣K♦
Petros Karadimos: 9♣9♦
Hinrichsen was in a classic flip for his tournament life, but his odds dwindled after the 2♠5♦6♠ flop. Karadimos held the lead with his pocket pair after the 3♠ turn and 6♦ river, ending Hinrichsen's deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,650,000
1,475,000
|
1,475,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Estanislao Perez moved all in from middle position and was at risk when Manuel O'Shea did the same one seat to his left. The rest of the table folded, leaving the action heads up.
Estanislao Perez: K♥6♦
Manuel O'Shea: K♦10♦
Perez remained behind through the entire 3♥A♣8♣7♣10♠ runout, with O'Shea making a pair on the river to solidify the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
Busted |