2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

�25,000 NL Hold'em I
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
€255,480
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€672,280
Entries
28
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
28
Players Left
1

Level: 19

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Mokri Doubles Through Barsegyan

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri raised to 220,000 from the cutoff and Eduard Barsegyan came along from the small blind. The big blind folded and the flop was 8?J?10?.

Barsegyan shoved and Mokri called with his last 115,000.

Eduard Barsegyan: 7?7?
Kayhan Mokri: A?9?

The board finished up with Q?J? and Mokri turned a straight to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Eduard Barsegyan ru
Eduard Barsegyan
689,000
-51,000
-51,000
Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
670,000
150,000
150,000

Tags: Eduard BarsegyanKayhan Mokri

Ottomar Ladva Eliminated in 5th Place (�63,900)

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Ottomar Ladva
Ottomar Ladva

Lei Yu raised to 55,000 in the cutoff before Ottomar Ladva moved all in for 253,000 in the small blind. Felipe Ketzer then reshoved out of the big blind and Yu got out of the way.

Ottomar Ladva: K?Q?
Felipe Ketzer: A?Q?

Ladva was dominated and found no help on the 6?J?3?2?4? board as he was sent to the rail in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
830,000
380,000
380,000
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
490,000
30,000
30,000
Ottomar Ladva ee
Ottomar Ladva
Busted

Tags: Felipe KetzerLei YuOttomar Ladva

Mokri Busts Adams to End Bubble Play

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

Timothy Adams raised to 125,000 and Kayhan Mokri called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and the flop was K?J?J?.

Adams tossed in his last 3,000 and Mokri called.

Timothy Adams: A?8?
Kayhan Mokri: K?10?

The board finished up with 6?2? and Mokri's flopped pair of kings held on to eliminate Adams in sixth place.

The final five players are now in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
520,000
180,000
180,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
Busted

Tags: Timothy AdamsKayhan Mokri

Yu Doubles Right Back Into Contention

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Lei Yu
Lei Yu

A hand after paying off Eduard Barsegyan's river bet, Lei Yu moved all in from the button for 225,000. Barsegyan asked for a count in the small blind and used a time bank before calling.

Lei Yu: A?6?
Eduard Barsegyan: K?J?

Barsegyan hit the J? on the flop, but Yu made a pair of aces with the A?Q?. The board ran out 5?8? and Barsegyan improved no further as Yu stayed alive on the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Eduard Barsegyan ru
Eduard Barsegyan
740,000
-248,000
-248,000
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
460,000
235,000
235,000

Tags: Eduard BarsegyanLei Yu

Barsegyan Soars

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action was heads up with 125,000 in the middle and 9?4?8?9?3? on the board when Lei Yu checked and Eduard Barsegyan bet 70,000. Yu went deep into the tank and used two time banks before he tossed out the chips to call.

Barsegyan showed 10?4? to take the pot with nines and fours while Yu tossed the losing hand in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Eduard Barsegyan ru
Eduard Barsegyan
988,000
103,000
103,000
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
225,000
-65,000
-65,000

Tags: Lei YuEduard Barsegyan

Level: 18

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Mokri Potentially Avoids Disaster

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri raised to 40,000 in the cutoff before Lei Yu moved all in for 245,000 on the button.

Mokri leaned back in his chair and tossed in a time bank card as he tanked for nearly a minute before mucking. He later admitted he folded king-queen.

"Big hand," he asked Yu, who claimed to have two kings.

"Kings? Shit, I got lucky," Mokri replied.

Player Chips Progress
Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
340,000
-130,000
-130,000
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
290,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Kayhan MokriLei Yu