€5,300 EPT Main Event Dia 5 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€5,300 EPT Main Event

Dia 5 Iniciado

2023-09-01 10:50 UTC+2

Day 5 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Jose Rodriguez Zurita	Mexico	2820000	71
1	2	Curtis Knight	Canada	2865000	72
1	3	Felipe Morelli	Brazil	2100000	53
1	4	Wouter Beltz	Netherlands	2785000	70
1	5	Santiago Plante	Canada	2940000	74
1	6	Ka Kwan Lau	Spain	790000	20
1	7	Mihai Niste	Romania	625000	16
1	8	Oshri Lahmani	Israel	1410000	35

2	1	Brandon Mifsud	Malta	2650000	66
2	2	Sandor Hadnagy	Romania	1640000	41
2	3	Eduard Barsegian	Russia	570000	14
2	4	Pablo Melogno	Uruguay	905000	23
2	5	Lucas Scafini	Brazil	545000	14
2	6	Daniyar Aubakirov	Kazakhstan	3855000	96
2	7	Ramin Hajiyev	Azerbaijan	1710000	43
2	8	Samuel Fournier	France	1215000	30

3	1	Markku Koplimaa	Estonia	1370000	34
3	2	Robin Ylitalo	Sweden	2375000	59
3	3	João Sydenstricker	Brazil	3745000	94
3	4	Alexander Wahl	Germany	735000	18
3	5	Simon Wiciak	France	4515000	113
3	6	Khazret Nebezhev	Russia	1805000	45
3	7	Gaetan Balleur	France	820000	21
3	8	Andre Akkari	Brazil	435000	11

4	1	Van Marcus	Australia	1290000	32
4	2	Thomas Boivin	Belgium	2005000	50
4	3	Carl Shaw	United Kingdom	3595000	90
4	4	Mircea Flutur	Romania	630000	16
4	5	Mathias Duarte	Uruguay	3525000	88
4	6	Mohamad El Rais	Switzerland	3200000	80
4	7	Pedro Lopes	Brazil	3405000	85
4	8	Ezequiel Waigel	Argentina	1050000	26

2023-09-01 10:53 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 5 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event

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Welcome to Day 5 of the €5,300 Main Event at the 2023 European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. at Casino Barcelona for the fifth of this seven day event.

The final 32 players will return to compete for a total prize pool of €10,282,000, from which €1,488,000 will go to the winner.

France’s Simon Wiciak is at the top of the leaderboard for Day 5 and he has a chance to add to his $101,000 in career earnings. He’s followed in second by Daniyar Aubakirov of Kazakhstan in second and Brazil’s Joao Sydenstricker in third. Carl Shaw of the United Kingdom and Uruguay’s Mathias Duarte round out the top five.

Day 4 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chips	Day 5 Big Blinds
1	Simon Wiciak	France	4,515,000	113
2	Daniyar Aubakirov	Kazakhstan	3,855,000	96
3	Joao Sydenstricker	Brazil	3,745,000	94
4	Carl Shaw	United Kingdom	3,595,000	90
5	Mathias Duarte	Uruguay	3,525,000	88
6	Pedro Lopes	Brazil	3,405,000	85
7	Mohamad El Rais	Switzerland	3,200,000	80
8	Santiago Plante	Canada	2,940,000	74
9	Curtis Knight	Canada	2,865,000	72
10	Jose Rodriguez Zurita	Mexico	2,820,000	71

Also returning for Day 5 is PokerStars Team Pro Andre Akkari, well as Day 3 chip leader Santiago Plante and 2013 EPT London Main Event winner Robin Ylitalo.

All returning players are guaranteed at least €31,250 and a pay jump to €36,100 will come after the first elimination of the day.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	€1,488,000	10-11	€105,900
2	€931,250	12-13	€88,200
3	€664,750	14-15	€73,500
4	€511,300	16-17	€63,250
5	€393,300	18-20	€55,000
6	€302,500	21-23	€47,800
7	€232,700	24-27	€41,550
8	€179,000	28-31	€36,100
9	€137,700	32	€31,250

Action will continue at 12 p.m. on Friday in Level 25 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante. The tournament will also be streamed via YouTube and Twitch on the PokerStars channel. The stream will kick off at 12:30 p.m. with a 30-minute security delay.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of the €5,300 Main Event at EPT Barcelona.

Tags: Andre Akkari Carl Shaw Curtis Knight Daniyar Aubakirov Joao Sydenstricker Jose Rodriguez Zurita Mathias Duarte Mohamad El Rais Pedro Lopes Robin Ylitalo Santiago Plante Simon Wiciak

Nível: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

2023-09-01 12:37 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The final 32 players have taken their seats and action is now underway in the PokerStars €5,300 European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event!

2023-09-01 12:38 UTC+2

Aubakirov Hits Quads On Scafini

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Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With about 500,000 in the middle and the board reading J♥9♥10♦, Lucas Scafini checked from the cutoff and Daniyar Aubakirov moved all in from the button, covering Scafini's remaining stack of about 400,000. Scafini quickly made the call to put himself at risk.

Lucas Scafini: A♠A♣
Daniyar Aubakirov: 10♥10♣

Scafini had been outflopped and remained so on the 2♥ turn. Aubakirov improved to quads on the 10♠ river to eliminate Scafini early on Day 5 and collect a decent pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniyar Aubakirov	4,425,000 570,000	570,000
Lucas Scafini	Eliminado

Tags: Daniyar Aubakirov Lucas Scafini

2023-09-01 12:45 UTC+2

Rodriguez Raises Lahmani on the River

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Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Oshri Lahmani bet 105,000 on a board of K♥5♠K♦2♥ and Jose Rodriguez Zurita called.

The river came the 4♦ and Lahmani led out for another 135,000. Rodriguez Zurita then raised to 450,000 and Lahmani gave up his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jose Rodriguez Zurita	3,020,000 200,000	200,000
Oshri Lahmani	1,000,000 -410,000	-410,000

Tags: Jose Rodriguez Zurita Oshri Lahmani

2023-09-01 12:47 UTC+2

Koplimaa Makes a Good Fold

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Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Markku Koplimaa opened to 80,000 from under the gun with Q♠Q♦ and received calls from Simon Wiciak from the cutoff holding A♥3♥ and Andre Akkari in the big blind with 7♦6♥.

All three players checked the J♦J♣9♠ flop and A♦ turn leading to the 9♥ on the river. Action checked around to Wiciak who bet 75,000 in position. Akkari got out of the way and after about 30 seconds Koplimaa also threw his queens into the muck and Wiciak took down the pot without showdown.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Simon Wiciak	4,660,000 145,000	145,000

Markku Koplimaa	1,290,000 -80,000	-80,000
Andre Akkari	315,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Markku Koplimaa Simon Wiciak

2023-09-01 12:49 UTC+2

Early Knight For Lau

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Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On the first hand of Day 5, Curtis Knight raised to 80,000 from early position before Ka Kwan Lau three-bet to 770,000 on the button, leaving around 100,000 behind.

Knight then moved all in and Lau looked around at the other tables for a minute before tossing in his last chips.

Ka Kwan Lau: K♠Q♠
Curtis Knight: 9♦9♣

Lau was racing for his tournament life, but no help arrived on the 3♣5♣5♥2♠7♣ board as Knight's pocket nines stayed in front to send Lau to an early exit.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Curtis Knight	3,550,000 685,000	685,000
Ka Kwan Lau	Eliminado

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2023-09-01 12:52 UTC+2

Ace from Space for Waigel

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Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Mathias Duarte opened to 85,000 from early position and Mathias Duarte three-bet to 260,000 from the small blind. Waigel moved all in for 1,180,000 and Duarte made the call with a covering stack.

Ezequiel Waigel: A♥Q♠
Mathias Duarte: 10♠10♣

Duarte was ahead on the 4♥3♥2♠ flop and 8♣ turn but Waigel spiked a pair on the A♦ river to receive a full double up and extend his tournament life.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ezequiel Waigel	2,460,000 1,410,000	1,410,000
Mathias Duarte	2,150,000 -1,375,000	-1,375,000

Tags: Ezequiel Waigel Mathias Duarte