€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Dia 1c Concluído
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Dia 1c Concluído
A massive field was expected for the third of six starting flights of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event and the entire main tournament area along with the outer tables were filled as poker enthusiasts from near and far headed to their seats at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour. Ultimately, a field of 1,596 entries emerged for Day 1c and the top 239 ended up reaching Day 2.
It took just over 19 levels of 40 minutes each to whittle down the field to the top 15% and a close race for the chip lead saw Matias Ruzzi take the top spot with 737,000. Ruzzi won this event back in 2014 and will look to repeat that journey again this year. Other players with big stacks included Eliran Argelazi (726,000), Ailyran De Souza (666,000), Stefan Fabian (666,000), and Jari Mahonen (634,000).
Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matias Ruzzi | Argentina | 737,000 |
2 | Eliran Argelazi | Israel | 726,000 |
3 | Ailyran de Souza Lisboa | Brazil | 666,000 |
4 | Stefan Fabian | Romania | 666,000 |
5 | Jari Mahonen | Finland | 634,000 |
6 | Jonathan Bitton | France | 573,000 |
7 | Fernando Rodriguez Risueno | Spain | 543,000 |
8 | Gabriel Chiva | Romania | 510,000 |
9 | Rick Hutting | Netherlands | 506,000 |
10 | Vera Bogdanova | Russia | 502,000 |
One player to watch out for near the top of the Day 1c leaderboard is Andrew Wilson, who claimed 326,000 to his name and will have almost two times the average at his disposal when the action for Day 2 resumes on Friday. Other notables that made the cut on Day 1c include Chino Rheem (301,000), Peter Jorgne (170,000) and Marle Spragg (122,000).
Many others who were not as fortunate to find a bag included Pokerstars Team Pros Ben Spragg and Parker Talbot, Alejandro Lococo, Sam Grafton, and Robert Mizrachi.
The money bubble for Day 1c burst after over an hour and a half of grueling hand-for-hand play with many short stacks finding luck to stay alive. Luka Cencelj saw his hopes vanish when he ran ace-queen into ace-king and was the unfortunate bubble spot as he was one elimination shy of making Day 2.
Players who have yet to qualify have two more flights to do so, with Day 1e kicking off at noon local time on Thursday and Day 1f following at 6 p.m. Thursday evening with a 30-minute turbo format. One reentry is allowed per flight as players look to battle their way into Friday's Day 2, where all qualified players are guaranteed to be in the money. Players will then have to navigate through Day 2 and Saturday's Day 3 in order to take a shot at winning the ESPT Main Event title on Sunday.
Stay tuned to find out who gets one step closer to victory in Barcelona as the PokerNews team will be on the floor from start-to-finish until a champion is crowned.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Matias Ruzzi |
737,000
737,000
|
737,000 |
|
||
Eliran Argelazi |
726,000
726,000
|
726,000 |
Ailyran de Souza Lisboa |
666,000
666,000
|
666,000 |
Stefan Fabian |
666,000
601,000
|
601,000 |
Jari Mahonen |
634,000
634,000
|
634,000 |
Jonathan Bitton |
573,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
Fernando Rodriguez Risueno |
543,000
543,000
|
543,000 |
Gabriel Chiva |
510,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
Rick Hutting |
506,000
506,000
|
506,000 |
Vera Bogdanova |
502,000
502,000
|
502,000 |
Inaki Aguirre |
501,000
501,000
|
501,000 |
Franz Ditz |
478,000
478,000
|
478,000 |
Michele Nizzardelli |
459,000
459,000
|
459,000 |
Noah Novick |
445,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
Peep Kivistik |
436,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
Hamed Sedini |
430,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Marcin Godyn |
423,000
423,000
|
423,000 |
Massimiliano Forti |
420,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
Avraham Atias |
418,000
418,000
|
418,000 |
Tom Channir |
410,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
Alexander Goulder
|
401,000
401,000
|
401,000 |
Michel Dattani |
400,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
Matias Meran |
396,000
396,000
|
396,000 |
Danilo Velasevic |
385,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Sihao Zhang |
385,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Luka Cencelj moved all in for 126,000 and was called by Michel Dattani, putting Cencelj at risk.
Luka Cencelj:
Michel Dattani:
The board ran out which meant Dattani's king-kicker was good to eliminate Cencelj and burst the money bubble, much to the excitement of the rest of the room as they all cheered and began the bagging process.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Michel Dattani |
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
||
Luka Cencelj | Eliminado |
Nível: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Michael Schmitz was all in against Chino Rheem, with Schmitz at risk.
Michael Schmitz:
Chino Rheem:
The board ran out for kings to hold to keep Schmitz alive.
Hand-for-hand play is still in effect as players fight to make the money.
Play has slowed down as only four players remain before the money bubble and end of day 1c.
Action folded to Joshua Frazer James on the button who opened for 15,000. Brandon Sheils elected to three-bet from the big blind to 45,000 and James made the call.
The flop came and both players checked their options. On the turn both players checked again. The completed the board and Sheils chose a bet of 35,000. Without much thought, James flicked in a chip for the call and Sheils rolled over . James mucked his cards and the pot was sent to Sheils with less than 20 remaining on the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Brandon Sheils | 220,000 | |
Joshua Frazer James |
75,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |
On a flop of , Marle Spragg moved all in and was called by Yuliyan Kolev. The two players tabled their cards, with Spragg at risk.
Marle Spragg:
Yuliyan Kolev:
"Oh, I'm going to win this one!" Kolev announced, as even though he was currently behind, he had a ton of outs to hit with his combo draw.
The turn gave Kolev even more outs as now any nine or seven would also give him the win, but the river was a complete brick and Spragg scooped the pot for a huge double-up.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Marle Spragg |
330,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
||
Yuliyan Kolev |
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |