Soraya Estrada Wins EPT Barcelona Women’s Event (€11,350)

Spain’s Soraya Estrada has a protracted historical past with PokerStars.

In 2023, she received a Platinum Move to the 2023 PokerStars Gamers Championship (PSPC) within the Bahamas, finally cashing for $35,100.

That yr, she additionally notched the most important money of her profession, ending fifth within the 2023 Estrellas Madrid Major Occasion for €35,010, and earlier this yr, by means of the PokerStars Energy Path, received a Silver Move to the 2024 version of ESPT Madrid.

Now she’s added the primary victory of her stay poker profession, taking down the €550 Girls’s Occasion right here at 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona after topping a area of 84 gamers.

She got here into the ultimate day fifth in chips, and defeated Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin heads-up to win €11,350. Ho Yin must accept €7,330 right here on the On line casino Barcelona.

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Winner’s Response

“It is tremendous superb,” Estrada advised PokerNews shortly after her victory. “I’ve to take pleasure in this second. We had been pondering of going to the resort swimming pool, however it is a bit late, so we’re in all probability going to drink a bit as a result of we’ve got to go away on Monday, so we are going to spend the final days with our good associates in Barcelona.

“It is certainly one of my favourite tournaments as a result of it at all times has an excellent setting from begin to end”

“It wasn’t a really huge area, nevertheless it’s certainly one of my favourite tournaments as a result of it at all times has an excellent setting from begin to end. Everyone seems to be completely happy, not like different tournaments which can be tremendous critical. I felt like everybody was associates right here on the desk.”

Estrada took residence the lion’s share of the €40,320 prize pool, and when requested about her future poker plans concerning EPT Cyrpus, right here’s what she needed to say.

“After all I’ll go, I received a event and received three EPT packages. That is the second, and the third will probably be in Cyrpus, so see you there.”

Day 2 Motion

Eleven gamers returned for Day 2, with every assured at the very least €1,010. After the elimination of France’s Shira Scharo in eleventh place, motion tightened up significantly with only one extra knockout wanted to achieve the ultimate desk.

Finally, Mariona Canals (pictured) was despatched to the rail after getting all her chips within the center with a flush towards eventual winner Estrada’s two pair, however a brutal board pair on the river gave Estrada a full home, leading to Canals’ elimination in tenth place.

Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin got here into the ultimate desk because the chip chief, holding a slight lead over Estrada, whereas Maria Lampropulos got here in because the shortest stack with simply 5 huge blinds. Nevertheless, it was Chien-Chih Weng who hit the rail first.

After doubling up Maria Ortiz to be left with only one huge blind, Weng finally fell by the hands of Olga Iermolcheva.

Pleasure Waldau was eradicated subsequent by Ho Yin, earlier than in a single day chip chief Anna Gulevich fell in seventh place. She had struggled to take care of the momentum she had on the finish of Day 1. In the long run, she needed to accept €1,970 after her deep run.

Paula Arreba, then again, had maneuvered her brief stack all through the day to climb the pay ladder. Nevertheless, her ace-three finally fell brief towards Ortiz’s queen-nine, sending Arreba out in sixth place.

Ortiz quickly adopted Arreba to the rail, eradicated by Ho Yin, earlier than Ho Yin despatched well-known professional Lampropulos to the rail in fourth, to take a seat atop the chip counts with roughly 75% of the chips in play three-handed.

An early double-up by Estrada helped balanced out the chip stacks. Nevertheless, within the following arms, three consecutive double-ups propelled Ho Yin again into the highest spot, with Iermolcheva and Estrada nearly tied for second place.

Iermolcheva would finally completed third after getting all-in with pocket kings towards Estrada’s ace-ten. Sadly for Iermolcheva, the poker gods weren’t on her aspect, as an ace on the flip sealed her exit from the event in third place for €5,230.

When heads-up play started, Ho Yin nonetheless held a slight chip lead over Estrada. Nevertheless, a straight-over-straight state of affairs allowed Estrada to double up and take a commanding chip lead. Shortly after, Ho Yin acquired all her chips in with pocket eights towards Estrada’s king-ten. A ten on the flop and a king on the flip resulted in Ho Yin ending because the runner-up for €7,330.