2024 EAPT Madrid

€560 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 EAPT Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
€28,732
Event Info
Buy-in
€560
Prize Pool
€180,000
Entries
305
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
36
Players Left
5

Mata Reduces the Field by One

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A player from under the gun moved all in for 24,000 and was called by Luis Mata in the small blind who held a covering stack.

Opponent: A?Q?
Luis Mata: A?K?

Mata was ahead with the bigger ace and remained so on the 7?10?3?8?2? runout to score the knockout and take down a sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Luis Mata
86,000

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Gray Spikes the River

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With three players seeing a flop of J?9?4? and roughly 6,700 already in the middle, a player in the small blind checked and Alexey Neofitov bet 1,800 from middle position. Matthew Gray called in the hijack while the small blind got out of the way.

Neofitov fired a second barrel on the 3? turn, this time for 4,600. Once again Gray made the call.

On the 10? river Neofitov bet 8,600 and Gray snap-called.

Neofitov turned over A?J? for top pair but Gray showed down 10?9? for a rivered two pair to take down a healthy pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Alexey Neofitov
76,000
500
500
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Matthew Gray
53,500
20,500
20,500

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Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Dicu Calls Down on Scary Board

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player in middle position opened to 1,800 and received calls from Marian Dicu in the cutoff, a player on the button and a player in the big blind.

All four players checked on the K?J?10? flop leading to the Q? turn. The big blind checked, the original raiser bet 2,300, Dicu called and the other two players got out of the way.

The middle position player once again bet 2,300 on the 4? river and was called by Dicu. The middle position player tabled 10?8? and was playing the flush that was on the board. Dicu first showed the J? in his hand before slowly turning over the 7? for a slightly bigger flush than what was already on the board to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Marian Dicu
52,000

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Two Streets of Value for Cardoso

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Fabio Cardoso opened to 3,000 from the hijack and received calls from a player on the button and Olena Opimakh in the big blind.

The flop came 8?6?4?. Opimakh checked, Cardoso bet 5,500, the button folded and Opimakh called.

Opimakh check-called another bet from Cardoso on the J? turn, this time for 7,000.

Both players checked the A? river. Opimakh could only show K?2? for a missed flush draw while Cardoso revealed 10?10? for a pair of tens to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Fabio Cardoso
133,000
133,000
133,000
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Olena Opimakh
41,500
-22,500
-22,500

Tags: Fabio CardosoOlena Opimakh

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Zahn Knocks Out Diaz

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jimmy Zahn
Jimmy Zahn

A player in the hijack limped in and Mauricio Diaz limped behind in the cutoff. Jimmy Zahn then raised to 9,000 on the button, forcing the hijack out of the pot. Diaz moved all in for roughly 40,000 and Zhan snap-called with a covering stack to put Diaz at risk.

Mauricio Diaz: A?9?
Jimmy Zahn: J?J?

Zahn flopped the second-nuts with top set on the J?9?7? flop but still had to fade Diaz' nut-flush draw. Diaz failed to connect with the 8? turn or 4? river and was sent to the rail while Zahn scooped a massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Jimmy Zhan
122,000
122,000
122,000
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Mauricio Diaz
Busted

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Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Triana Forces Two Folds

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A player in the hijack opened to 3,500 and received calls from Daniel Triana on the button and Fabio Cardoso in the small blind.

The flop came 9?5?4? and action checked around to Triana, who bet 5,500. Both the hijack and Cardoso opted to fold and Triana took down a decent pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Triana
78,000
36,000
36,000
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Fabio Cardoso
74,000
-59,000
-59,000

Tags: Daniel TrianaFabio Cardoso

Sanchez Wins Battle of the Blinds

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Action folded around to a player in the small blind, who moved all in for approximately 14,000. Joaquin Sanchez quickly called in the big blind with a covering stack.

Small Blind: 10?2?
Joaquin Sanchez: A?7?

Sanchez was way ahead with two pair on the A?Q?7? flop and by the Q? turn he had his opponent drawing dead. After the 2? river was dealt Sanchez scooped the pot while his opponent was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Joaquin Sanchez
46,000
46,000
46,000

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