€1,100 EPT National Dia 1a | 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

2019-08-22 02:42 UTC+2

Dejan Jakovljevic Leads After EPT National Day 1a

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The first flight of the €1,100 EPT National of the 2019 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona has wrapped up with 15:10 seconds remaining at Level 17. This first flight attracted a massive field of 1,240 poker enthusiasts but only 185 of them were able to find a bag at the end of the night.

Leading the Day 1a pack is Dejan Jakovljevic, from Netherlands, with an impressive stack of 915,000 . Other top stacks include Alen Alencar (830,000), Diego Falcone (676,000), Jai Saha (596,000), Alexis Urli (558,000), Junzhong Loo (554,000), and Raffaele Sorrentino (517,000).

Sorrentino has over $2,139,000 in total live earnings on his poker resume. He has won multiple tournaments including the €5,300 Main Event of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Monte-Carlo. He also got third in the €5,300 Main Event of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona.

Other big names who will return for Day 2 include Rafi Elharar (342,000), Matias Ruzzi (181,000), Pedro Cairat (102,000) and Remi Castaignon (95,000). Ruzzi won this same tournament in 2014 and Cairat took it down in 2017. They will both be looking to claim the title a second time.

Some of the players who took a shot at the flight but couldn’t make it to the money were PokerStars Ambassadors Felix Schneiders, Maria Konnikova, and Andre Akkari as well as Joao Simao, Katie Lindsay, Alexandre Reard, Florian Duta, Ari Engel, Kitty Kuo, Russell Thomas, Ivo Donev, Cathal Shine, and Matthias Tikerpe.

They. as well as many others, will have the option to try their luck in any of the remaining flights. Day 1b will conclude shortly and the other two starting days will take place on Thursday August 22. Day 1c will start at noon, and Day 1d turbo will get underway at 7 p.m.

The survivors of all four starting flights will combine for Day 2 on Friday August 23rd at 12 p.m.

Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout this event as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team provides you with all the action from the felt.

Tags: Alen Alencar Alexandre Reard Andre Akkari Cathal Shine Dejan Jakovljevic Felix Schneiders Florian Duta Ivo Donev Jai Saha Joao Simao Katie Lindsay Kitty Kuo Maria Konnikova Matias Ruzzi Matthias Tikerpe Pedro Cairat Raffaele Sorrentino Rafi Elharar

2019-08-22 02:05 UTC+2

Grecu and Pinter Bubble Day 1a

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

There were two all in and call at the same time when the dealers were instructed to halt the action. The hand-for-hand on the money bubble didn't kick off though, as two players were all in.

First up it was Virgil Grecu in a battle of the blinds for 51,000 and he faced Adrian Echave Samu.

Virgil Grecu:
Adrian Echave Samu:

The flop changed nothing as Pinter had the diamonds covered. The turn brought some chop outs but the river improved Echave Samu.

Gergo Pinter ended up all in for 129,000 as he called the push of Joao Lopes De Oliveira and had the best of it heading into the showdown.

Gergo Pinter:
Joao Lopes De Oliveira:

The flop spelled trouble for Pinter and he suddenly needed a deuce or king as soon as the turn improved Lopes De Oliveira to a flush. A blank came on the river and Pinter also missed out on the money. Since the players have to make Day 2 to receive a portion of the prize pool, both Grecu and Pinter came up short and will have to try again.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joao Lopes De Oliveira	408,000	8,000
Adrian Echave Samu	135,000	135,000
Gergo Pinter	Eliminado
Virgil Grecu	Eliminado

Tags: Adrian Echave Samu Gergo Pinter Joao Lopes De Oliveira Virgil Grecu

2019-08-21 23:53 UTC+2

Castaignon Busts Poustis

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Remi Castaignon three-bet to 18,000 on the button and initial raiser Marc Poustis called to see a flop. Poustis ended up all in with the and Castaignon looked him up with .

While Poustis still had some live cards, his run on Day 1a came to an end as the appeared on the turn. The river was the meaningless and the Frenchman headed to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Remi Castaignon	225,000	225,000
Marc Poustis	Eliminado

Tags: Marc Poustis Remi Castaignon

2019-08-21 23:15 UTC+2

Axinte Falls to Konnikova

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Nível 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Maria Konnikova opened to 6,000 from middle position and Dimitrie-Tiberiu Axinte three-bet shoved for about 39,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Konnikova who snap-called.

Dimitrie-Tiberiu Axinte:
Maria Konnikova:

The runout was and Konnikova turned a pair of kings to win the pot and eliminate Axinte.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Maria Konnikova	106,000	26,000
Dimitrie-Tiberiu Axinte	Eliminado

Tags: Dimitrie-Tiberiu Axinte Maria Konnikova

2019-08-21 23:14 UTC+2

Martini Busts Patacconi; Doubles Toma and Camelo Da Silva

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Nível 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Julien Martini turned trips fives with to best the for queens and fives of Leonardo Patacconi and send the Italian to the rail.

One hand later, just before the blinds went up, Tsugunari Toma raised to 7,000 from under the gun and Daniel Camelo Da Silva pushed for 34,000 on the button. Martini in the big blind called the 7,000 and was given the option to fold or call the additional chips.

Martini opted for the reshove and Toma called to create a three-way all in.

Daniel Camelo Da Silva:
Tsugunari Toma:
Julien Martini:

The board came and the king on the river gave Camelo Da Silva and Toma the nut straight. After he paid off the 34,000 for the side pot, Martini also had to forfeit another 51,500 to Toma.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Tsugunari Toma	150,000	105,000
Julien Martini	65,000	44,000
Daniel Camelo Da Silva	53,000	53,000
Leonardo Patacconi	Eliminado

Tags: Daniel Camelo Da Silva Julien Martini Leonardo Patacconi Tsugunari Toma

2019-08-21 20:31 UTC+2

Lopes De Oliveira Rising

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In three-way action to the flop, Joao Lopes De Oliveira made it 15,000 to go from early position and was called by William Blais and Visa Kiviharju in the small blind. The turn was checked by Kiviharju, Lopes De Oliveira bet 20,000 and Blais pushed for what appeared to be 50,000. Kiviharju folded and Lopes De Oliveira called.

William Blais:
Joao Lopes De Oliveira:

The river was a blank and that was it for Blais.

Lopes De Oliveira scooped another pot off Kiviharju soon after when he check-called two barrels on the board and his ended up as the winner.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joao Lopes De Oliveira	270,000	270,000
Pawel Brzeski	90,000	59,000
Visa Kiviharju	50,000	50,000
William Blais	Eliminado

Tags: Joao Lopes De Oliveira Visa Kiviharju William Blais

2019-08-21 15:07 UTC+2

Feriolo Busts Saaskilahti

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Nível 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

On the flop, Lauri Saaskilahti got his stack of 14,600 in with and Jullian Feriolo quickly made the call with the for middle set. The turn instantly locked up the hand for the Frenchman, which made the river a formality.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jullian Feriolo	95,000	95,000
Lauri Saaskilahti	Eliminado

Tags: Jullian Feriolo Lauri Saaskilahti

2019-08-21 13:58 UTC+2

Deeb in the Field

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

On a four-way flop of , the action checked to Freddy Deeb and he made it 1,500 to go from early position. The button and David Jakobson in the small blind called, Leonardo Patacconi in the big blind folded. After the turn, only Jakobson check-called another bet of 3,500 before the river was checked through.

Jakobson announced and jack and tabled , Deeb mucked. He jokingly asked in table chat after "a jack is better than eights in Barcelona?" and remains just below the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Leonardo Patacconi	55,000	55,000
David Jakobson	42,000	42,000
Freddy Deeb	28,400	28,400

Tags: David Jakobson Freddy Deeb Leonardo Patacconi

2019-08-21 12:20 UTC+2

Early Pot for Treccarichi

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Nível 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Pedro Cairat has won this very event two years ago for €432,178 after he came out on top of a field of 4,557 entries and he is aiming for a repeat victory. The start into day was not as pleasant for the Argentinian as he lost a bigger pot to Walter Treccarichi. More than 14,000 were in the middle and both ended up checking down the turn and the river.

Treccarichi tabled the and won the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Walter Treccarichi	37,000	7,000
Pedro Cairat	24,000	24,000

Tags: Pedro Cairat Walter Treccarichi

2019-08-21 10:05 UTC+2

Welcome to the 2019 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €1,100 EPT National

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2018 EPT National Barcelona winner Jean-René Fontaine

One of the biggest and most-prestigious poker festivals of the year is taking place at Casino Barcelona, as the cornerstone of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) has been a returning stop in all previous 14 years since it's inaugural edition back in 2004. The attendance numbers for the PokerStars EPT Barcelona have been growing year-after-year and new records were set not only in the €5,300 Main Event but also in the €1,100 National.

One year ago, Jean-René Fontaine defeated Julien Martini in heads-up to come out on top of a field of 4,348 runners and claim the top prize of €547,000. Fontaine, who hails from the French overseas territory of Réunion, also made headlines at the 2019 World Series of Poker when he came second in the $1,000 Seniors Event for a payday of $409,249.

For Martini, it was one of several outstanding results in 12 months of poker that has seen his rise into the top ten of the French all-time money list. Martini won his first bracelet at the 2018 WSOP, racked up another WSOP final table appearance in Las Vegas before his trip to Catalunya was crowned with a payday of €323,000. And in January 2019, Martini then finished runner-up to Ramon Colillas in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em PokerStars Players Championship on the Bahamas for a life-changing $2,974,000.

The action at one of Europe's hotbeds of poker has already kicked off a few days ago. For the first time ever, the Campeonato España de Poker was held right before the EPT and has seen record numbers for the €500 Main Event and the €1,100 High Roller. The former tournament has already played down to a winner two days ago while the High Roller determined a champion in the previous night with the full results to follow.

Out of 1,733 entries in the €500 CEP Main Event, two Frenchman and a Lithuanian claimed the podium spots as Fabien Lecardonnel took home €110,000 for his victory, fellow countryman David Dubuisson earned a payday of €85,000 and Liutauras Armanavicius received €50,000 for his third place.

Casino Barcelona staff expects another record-breaking field in the €1,100 EPT National, which features a total of four starting days on August 21st and 22nd. Day 1a will commence at noon local time and Day 1b follows the same day at 7 p.m. local time. Players can re-enter into the following flight should they run out of chips. As such, a maximum of four entries are allowed and the registration for each Day 1 closes after level eight.

Each participant receives 30,000 in chips and the levels on Day 1a and Day 1c last 40 minutes each, for Day 1b the level duration is 30 minutes and the final flight includes levels of 20 minutes. Each of the four flights plays down to 15% of the field and the poker enthusiasts from near and far have to bag and tag for Day 2 in order to be in the money.

Once all survivors combine to a single field for the first time, the level duration on Day 2 and for the remainder of the event increases to 60 minutes each. The event is scheduled to play down to a champion on Sunday, August 25th, 2019.

Who will follow into the footsteps of Fontaine and Martini in one of Europe's biggest mid-stakes tournaments of the year? Stay tuned for all the action from Barcelona, as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start-to-finish to provide all the action.

Tags: David Dubuisson Fabien Lecardonnel Jean-René Fontaine Julien Martini Liutauras Armanavicius Ramon Colillas