€5,300 EPT Main Event | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Set 08, 2024

No Major Chip Movement in Early Action

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Calum Grant

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Andrew Hulme J♣9♦ raised to 1,250,000 from the button and folded out Stephen Song 8♦3♠.

Song 10♦9♠ made it 1,250,000, and Hulme 9♦6♣ defended. Action checked through to the river for the final board to read 2♣A♣9♣7♦2♠. Hulme bet 1,400,000, and Song called to chop the pot.

Hulme 10♠7♣ opened to 1,250,000 and Song 7♥4♠ called. Song check-folded to a bet of 1,275,000 on the A♦A♠J♥ flop.

Song J♥9♠ raised to 1,250,000 and Hulme 7♠4♣ decided to match the preflop bet. Hulme check-folded to a bet of 700,000 on the Q♣8♠Q♠ flop.

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Set 08, 2024

Andrew Hulme and Stephen Song Heads Up

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Danny Maxwell

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

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Set 08, 2024

Play Resumes

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Calum Grant

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Andrew Hulme and Stephen Song are back in their chairs and play has resumed.

Set 08, 2024

Deal Agreed; Quick Break

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Calum Grant

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Andrew Hulme and Stephen Song have agreed on a deal.

Song has a narrow lead and secured €1,233,586, while Hulme has banked €1,165,614. With both players claiming their payouts, all that remains on the line is the title, the trophy, and an additional €56,800.

Hulme and Song are also taking a short break before heads-up play begins.

Set 08, 2024

Deal Talks

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Calum Grant

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

There's a brief pause in play, with Andrew Hulme and Stephen Song discussing a deal.

Set 08, 2024

Marius-Catalin Pertea Eliminated in 3rd Place (€674,150)

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Connor Richards

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Marius-Catalin Pertea open-jammed a stack of 5,200,000 in the small blind and Andrew Hulme called in the big blind with a bigger stack.

Marius-Catalin Pertea: 5♥5♣ All in
Andrew Hulme: A♣6♦

Pertea was greeted by the not-pretty flop of K♥Q♦J♣ and the board finished out 2♦6♠ to give Hulme a pair of sixes on the river to mark Pertea's elimination.

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Set 08, 2024

Rania Nasreddine Eliminated in 4th Place (€518,600)

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Calum Grant

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Stephen Song raised to 1,000,000 first to act and Rania Nasreddine wagered her last 1,300,000 from the small blind. Andrew Hulme called from the big blind and Song put in extra calling chips.

The A♣10♦8♠ flop checked through to the 4♥ turn. Hulme bet 1,000,000 and Song ditched his J♣2♣.

Rania Nasreddine: A♠3♠ All in
Andrew Hulme: A♥8♣

Nasreddine could only hope for a chop, but the K♣ river marked the end of her aspirations of becoming the fourth female EPT Main Event Champion.

Set 08, 2024

Nasreddine Left with Crumbs

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Calum Grant

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Marius-Catalin Pertea moved all in from the small blind for 4,250,000 and Rania Nasreddine snap-called from the big blind.

Marius-Catalin Pertea: 9♥8♠
Rania Nasreddine: A♦K♠

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Pertea had one foot out the door after the Q♥10♣3♣ flop and 3♥ turn. However, the 9♣ river gave Pertea the winner, leaving Nasreddine on fumes.

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Set 08, 2024

Hulme Is Where the Heart Is

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Connor Richards

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Andrew Hulme raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Marius-Catalin Pertea called out of the big blind with 10♦4♥.

Pertea checked on the flop of A♣7♦10♣ and Hulme continued for 700,000. Pertea called. Pertea checked again on the Q♦ turn and Hulme sized up to 5,000,000 to bring a quick fold from his opponent.

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Set 08, 2024

Aces Are a Pertea Hand, But Not Against Song

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Connor Richards

Nível 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Stephen Song completed in the small blind and Marius-Catalin Pertea raised to 1,500,000 in the big blind. Song called.

Song checked on the flop of J♥7♥5♥ and Pertea continued for 3,000,000. Song used a time bank before raising all in for 12,750,000 to bring a quick call from Pertea.

Stephen Song: A♥9♠ All in
Marius-Catalin Pertea: A♠A♦

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Song had outs to the nut flush to crack aces and that's exactly what happened as the board finished out 7♣8♥ to bring Song another unlikely double.

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