�10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 3 Started
�10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 3 Started
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Today marks the third and final day of the?2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona �10,000 EPT High Roller where just 28 players from 431-strong field will return to their seats at the Casino Barcelona, all in the hunt to lift the trophy and take home the �818,800 first-place prize.
After two days and 22 levels of poker,?Thomas Eychenne?is currently leading the way with an impressive stack of 1,755,000. Coming in just outside the top ten is Canada��s Mike Watson, who enters the day eleventh in chips with 735,000. Watson has almost $30,000,000 in tracked live tournament earnings, including two podium finishes at the 2024 edition of EPT Barcelona and the two EPT titles he already has on the mantlepiece.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Thomas Eychenne | France | 1,755,000 | 70 |
2 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | 1,625,000 | 65 |
3 | Yves Bianchetti | Brazil | 1,610,000 | 64 |
4 | Malcolm Franchi | France | 1,445,000 | 58 |
5 | Enrico Coppola | Italy | 1,410,000 | 56 |
6 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 1,380,000 | 55 |
7 | Markkos Ladev | Estonia | 1,095,000 | 44 |
8 | Joshua Hopkins | Canada | 1,025,000 | 41 |
9 | Kamal Bejjani | Lebanon | 795,000 | 32 |
10 | Brian Green | United States | 745,000 | 30 |
There are plenty of others to keep an eye on moving forward, including Jon Kyte?(690,000). Sirzat Hissou?(655,000), Calvin Anderson?(480,000), Boris Angelov (380,000), and poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel (310,000), who is near the bottom of the chip counts but has plenty of experience and can not be counted out.
The action is scheduled to get underway at?noon local time. The blinds will resume on Level 23 at 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. The levels will remain at 50 minutes throughout for the time being, with a 15-minute break every two or three levels. Then, a 45-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 29. Each player will receive additional time extensions to begin the day as well as at the final table, but this is subject to change.
There is still plenty of money up for grabs as the day unfolds, with the remaining players already having locked up?�25,150. There will be significant pay jumps throughout the day, with the winner taking home a cool?�818,800.
Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
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1 | � 818,100 | 12-13 | � 60,650 |
2 | � 511,100 | 14-15 | � 50,550 |
3 | � 365,050 | 16-17 | � 43,950 |
4 | � 280,750 | 18-20 | � 38,200 |
5 | � 215,950 | 21-23 | � 33,250 |
6 | � 166,150 | 24-27 | � 28,900 |
7 | � 127,800 | 28 | � 25,150 |
8 | � 104,800 | ||
9 | � 87,350 | ||
10-11 | � 72,800 |
Follow along with the?PokerNews?live reporting team to find out who will come out on top of this star-studded field and become the champion.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
The players have taken their seats and play is underway for the day.
With two players seeing a board of A?7?8?7? and around 225,000 in the middle, Jon Kyte bet 110,000 from the big blind, and Ryan Mandara called from the hijack.
Both players checked the 5? river. Kyte was bluffing with J?9? while Mandara had top pair with A?9? to take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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850,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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450,000
-240,000
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-240,000 |
Calvin Anderson raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and Vlastimil Pustina defended from the big blind.
Pustina check-called a bet of 80,000 from Anderson on the 2?8?6? flop.
Both players checked the 8? turn and the Q? river. Pustina turned over A?7? for ace-high and won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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550,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
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400,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Markkos Ladev raised to 50,000 from early position with Yves Bianchetti calling from the cutoff and Enrico Coppola defending his big blind.
After it checked to Ladev on the 2?6?K? flop, he bet 60,000 which only Bianchetti called.
The turn came the 9? and Ladev's bet of 175,000 got a quick fold from Bianchetti.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,480,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
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1,400,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
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1,300,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
Thomas Eychenne raised to 50,000 from the button, and Joshua Hopkins defended out of the big blind.
Hopkins checked the 10?8?10? flop, and Eychenne bet 25,000. This was met by a check-raise to 90,000 from Hopkins. After a few moments, Eychenne called.
The action checked through on the 5? turn for the Q? to hit the river. Hopkins checked and faced a bet of 200,000 from Eychenne. Hopkins thought about it briefly but ultimately settled on a call.
Eychenne flipped over A?9x for just ace-high, as Hopkins took down the pot with Q?9? for a rivered pair of queens.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,400,000
-355,000
|
-355,000 |
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1,350,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
With two players seeing a board of 8?2?7?K?2? and a sizable pot of around 725,000 already in the middle, Yves Bianchetti shoved from under the gun, covering Rodrigo Araujo who was seated directly to his left with 440,000 behind. Araujo snap-called.
Bianchetti had rivered the nut-flush with A?3?, but Araujo had flopped a set with 8?8? and filled up on the river to score a massive double-up through Bianchetti.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,600,000
930,000
|
930,000 |
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590,000
-810,000
|
-810,000 |