Following an early position raise, Harry Lodge three-bet from the hijack with K♠Q♦. He was four-bet all in for a bit over a million by Daniel Myers in the small blind with A♠A♦.
Lodge eventually folded after using a couple of time banks.
The prestigious grind of the €5,300 EPT Main Event, running as part of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona, continues today with Day 6 of this seven-day event. At noon local time, the remaining 16 competitors will return to Casino Barcelona to make a play for their share of the €9,578,750 prize pool, all vying for the Gold PokerStars shard and the first-place prize of €1,512,000.
As the dust settled last night, Rania Nasreddine easily took pole position in the counts, having amassed a stack of 7,200,000 by the end of proceedings. Nasreddine most notably finished third in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event just five months ago, making this tournament run a compelling campaign for back-to-back final tables.
Rania Nasreddine
Start of Day 6 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Rania Nasreddine
United States
7,200,000
90
2
Stephen Song
United States
6,725,000
84
3
Boris Kuzmanovic
Croatia
6,565,000
82
4
Fabiano Kovalski
Brazil
5,550,000
69
5
Jianwei Lin
China
5,500,000
69
6
Harry Lodge
United Kingdom
4,165,000
52
7
David Coleman
United States
3,570,000
45
8
Sriharsha Doddapaneni
India
3,210,000
40
9
Jelle Moene
Netherlands
3,165,000
40
10
Yurii Zabrodotskyi
Ukraine
3,100,000
39
However, Nasreddine’s path to the top is not yet clear of obstacles with the likes of Fabiano Kovalski and David Coleman still commanding healthy stacks of 5,550,000 and 3,570,000, respectively.
Coleman’s reputation speaks for itself, and this deep run is yet another opportunity for him to claim an additional major title in his already fruitful career as a professional. In addition, Kovalski finished fourth in the 2022 EPT Barcelona Main Event for €565,280 and will be sure to put up a fight in hopes of exceeding his own personal best set two years ago.
David Coleman
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout
Place
Payout
1
€1,512,000
8
€181,600
2
€944,000
9
€139,750
3
€674,150
10-11
€107,450
4
€518,600
12-13
€89,550
5
€398,950
14-15
€74,600
6
€306,900
16
€62,150
7
€236,100
Day 6 will begin at noon today, September 7, with 84:58 left in Level 28. The blinds will be 40,000/80,000, with an 80,000 big blind ante. The remaining competitors will play until just six remain, with the finalists returning on Sunday, September 8, to play down to a winner.
As always, be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this exciting event.
