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2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona
Hand #48: Kiryl Radzivonau was in first position with and opened for 400,000. Samuel Phillips in the small blind with made it 925,000 and with the big blind out of the way Radzivonau threw it away.
Hand #49: Phillips made it 400,000 from the button with and Radzivonau called in the big blind with . They saw a flop of and Radzivonau check-called a bet of 425,000. The turn was checked and on the river both players checked and Phillips was good.
Hand #50: Phillips in the cut-off made it 400,000 with and took the antes and blinds.
Hand #51: Andrey Shatilov opened for 400,000 in early position with and Phillips called with and Hossein Ensan called with . The flop was and it was checked around to Phillips who bet 550,000. Ensan check-raised to 1,275,000 which seemed momentarily to confuse Shatilov who had top pair, top kicker but he moved all in and took it down.
Hand #52: Ji Zhang had and moved all in. It was the third time he had that hand today but he didn’t get any action this time. Zhang showed the table his hand.
Hand #53: Samuel Phillips raised to 400,000 with and Andrey Shailov called in the big blind with . Both players checked the flop, Shatilov led out for 375,000 on the turn and Phillips called. The river was the and Shatilov checked, Phillips bet 800,000 and the Russian folded.
Hand #54: Kiryl Radzivonau shoved with and everyone folded.
Hand #55: Andre Lettau raised to 400,000 preflop with and Andre Dato made it 1,000,000 with . Lettau folded
Hand #56: Andre Dato raised to 400,000 with , Samuel Phillips made it 925,000 with and won the pot.
Hand #57: Phillips made it 400,000 with from the cutoff and won another pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Samuel Phillips |
19,075,000
3,250,000
|
3,250,000 |
Andrey Shatilov |
5,975,000
1,775,000
|
1,775,000 |
Andre Lettau |
5,650,000
-1,150,000
|
-1,150,000 |
Andrea Dato |
4,425,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Hossein Ensan |
4,200,000
-2,025,000
|
-2,025,000 |
|
||
Ji Zhang |
3,000,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
Kiryl Radzivonau |
2,525,000
-1,400,000
|
-1,400,000 |
Hand #58: Andrea Dato made it 400,000 with from under the gun. Andre Lettau in the small blind with threw it away and big blind Hossein Ensan with called. The flop was both players checked. The turn was the and they both checked again to see the river . A bet of 450,000 from Dato got called and Ensan won the pot.
That was the last hand before the break and here are the current counts.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Samuel Phillips |
19,050,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Andre Lettau |
5,525,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Hossein Ensan |
5,300,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
||
Andrea Dato |
3,550,000
-875,000
|
-875,000 |
Kiryl Radzivonau |
2,500,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Nível: 34
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 25,000
Hand #59: Samuel Phillips opened for 500,000 with and Kiryl Radzivonau with moved all in for just under 2.5m. That did the job and the pot was pushed to the “Angry moron.”
Hand #60: Phillips was undeterred and opened for 500,000 with . Ji Zhang shoved with and it was his turn to take it down.
Hand #61: Hossein Ensan made it 500,000 with and Andrey Shatilov shoved with . Ensan looked back at his cards, sighed, and folded.
Hand #62: Phillips in the small blind with raised to 550,000 and took it down.
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Hand #63: Andrey Shatilov raised to 500,000 with , Samuel Phillips then three-bet to 1,150,000 with and won the pot.
Hand #64: Phillips raised to 500,000 with and Andre Lettau made the call with . The flop was and Lettau check-called a 525,000 bet. The on the turn saw both players check, the on the river saw Lettau bet 1,300,000 and Phillips folded.
Hand #65: Ji Zhang raised to 500,000 with and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #66: Unknown action - It appeared Phillips won another pot as the cameras came back to him scooping up more chips.
Hand #67: Phillips raised to 500,000 with and Andrey Shatilov called in the big blind with . The flop was and Shatilov checked and quickly folded to another Phillips bet.