€30,000 Super High Roller Warm Up | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

2024-08-30 12:15 UTC+1

Greenwood Takes From Mulder

Livello 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sam Greenwood opened to 2,500 from the cutoff. Teun Mulder re-raised out of the small blind to 11,500. Greenwood made the call.

Mulder then led for 5,000 on the 9♠K♠K♣ flop before Greenwood made the call. The 8♣ presented another flush draw. Both players checked. Another round of knuckles ensued on the 7♦ river. Mulder tabled A♠Q♠ and was bested by Greenwood's 4♠4♣ for two pair.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Teun Mulder	265,000 15,000	15,000
Sam Greenwood	250,000 5,000	5,000

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2024-08-30 12:09 UTC+1

Dickerson Takes from Greenwood

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Livello 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jules Dickerson opened from the cutoff too 3,000. Sam Greenwood called on the button. The 10♠10♦K♣ flop was checked around before Dickerson led for 4,000 on the 3♠ turn. Greenwood made the call.

The 8♣ river was checked down and Dickerson tabled A♦8♦ for two pair. Greenwood mucked and Dickerson took the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Jules Dickerson	265,000 265,000	265,000
Sam Greenwood	245,000 245,000	245,000

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Livello: 2

Bui: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

2024-08-30 11:59 UTC+1

Wakil Wins at Showdown

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Livello 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with Jamil Wakil and Georgios Karakousis checking the flop of 9♣A♥10♠ from the blinds to Sven Andersson. He elected to check from the button.

The K♣ turn brought another round of checks, as did the K♠ river. Karakousis tabled 9♥2♥ for a pair of nines but he was outkicked by Wakil's Q♠9♦. Andersson mucked and Wakil took the small pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Jamil Wakil	260,000 10,000	10,000
Sven Andersson	245,000 -5,000	-5,000
Georgios Karakousis	245,000 -5,000	-5,000

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2024-08-30 11:51 UTC+1

Hartigan Talks Player Dynamics and "Holy Shit" Moments as The Big Game on Tour Returns

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Livello 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

It's official. After its return in 2023 following a 12-year hiatus, PokerStars has confirmed that The Big Game on Tour is back again this year, with more episodes to be filmed at the NAPT Las Vegas festival.

Ten episodes of the show were filmed last year, with the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Maria Ho, Lex Veldhuis and Sam Grafton all taking part. The show features a lucky Loose Cannon who receives $50,000 and has to survive 150 hands playing $50/$100 with a table of poker pros, ambassadors, and celebrities.

PokerNews spoke with Big Game on Tour judge and commentator James Hartigan ahead of the show's return, and he says he's thrilled the show is back.

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2024-08-30 11:50 UTC+1

Van Luijk Takes Pot

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Livello 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Derk Van Luijk opened to 2,500 from the hijack. Action folded around to David Coleman who called in the small blind and Mike Watson defended the big blind.

Both blinds checked the A♠10♣K♠ flop to Van Luijk who bet 3,500. Coleman called and Watson folded. Coleman then check-called a bet of 5,500 on the 8♥ turn. He checked once more on the 6♠ river, which prompted Van Luijk to fire a bet of 12,000. Coleman took a moment before releasing his cards.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
David Coleman	315,000 -10,000	-10,000
Derk Van Luijk	265,000 15,000	15,000

Mike Watson	175,000 -10,000	-10,000

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2024-08-30 11:42 UTC+1

Coleman Scoops a Sizeable One Early

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Livello 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn of 7♦8♣Q♣2♥. David Coleman bet 50,000 into Mike Watson, who made the call.

With the pot at around 150,000, Coleman moved all of his chips in bar one on the 8♠ river. Watson snap-folded and left Coleman with the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
David Coleman	325,000 75,000	75,000
Mike Watson	185,000 -65,000	-65,000

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2024-08-30 11:37 UTC+1

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Livello 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The cards are in the air for the €30,000 Super High Roller Warm Up.

Livello: 1

Bui: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

2024-08-30 11:35 UTC+1

Early Entrants

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Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Boris Angelov	250,000
Nacho Barbero	250,000
Moacir Caetano Filho	250,000
David Coleman	250,000
Harvey Jackson	250,000
Georgios Karakousis	250,000
Vladimir Korzinin	250,000
Dean Lyall	250,000
Derk Van Luijk	250,000

Mike Watson	250,000

Quan Zhou	250,000
Sven Andersson	250,000
Teun Mulder	250,000
Jamil Wakil	250,000