2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€850,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,055,000
Entries
811
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Xavier Carruggi
Xavier Carruggi
577,700
Toni Pettersson
Toni Pettersson
534,100
Martin Schleich de
Martin Schleich
EPT 1X Winner
453,400
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
430,700 700
Raul Mestre es
Raul Mestre
404,900
Dmitrij Fadeev de
Dmitrij Fadeev
380,200
Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
380,100 -39,900
Evgeny Zaytsev ru
Evgeny Zaytsev
368,300
Jose Angel Latorre Marina
Jose Angel Latorre Marina
367,800
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
364,500
Stephane Albertini
Stephane Albertini
361,000
Rumen Nanev
Rumen Nanev
352,600
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
349,500 1,000
David Sonelin se
David Sonelin
333,800 18,800
Dobromir Nikov
Dobromir Nikov
330,300
Ka Kwan Lau
Ka Kwan Lau
326,400
Kristoffer Edberg
Kristoffer Edberg
324,700
Marcos Fernandez Diaz De Espada
Marcos Fernandez Diaz De Espada
317,100
Miikka Anttonen fi
Miikka Anttonen
296,200
Marton Czuczor hu
Marton Czuczor
295,000
Manuel Sadornil
Manuel Sadornil
293,000
Andreas Samuelsson
Andreas Samuelsson
284,300
Bartolome Gomila Romero
Bartolome Gomila Romero
265,000
Vadzim Kursevich
Vadzim Kursevich
260,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
252,900

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Carruggi Tops After Day 2

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The day is all set here at the 2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona and done with approximately 140 players remaining. Leading the way is Xavier Carruggi with 577,700 in chips. He'll be the man to catch come tomorrow's Day 3, which begins at noon local time here in Spain.

There's plenty of other notable players who will be moving onto Day 3, but first let's run through some of those that were eliminated. Team PokerStars Pros Jonathan Duhamel, Nacho Barbero, Luca Pagano and Jason Mercier all hit the rail on the day. They were joined by Melanie Weisner, John O'Shea, David Vamplew and Daniel Cates to name a few.

Some of the notables moving onto Day 3 are Andre Akkari, Vanessa Selbst, Chris Moorman, Victor Ramdin, Eugene Katchalov, Boris Becker, Guillaume Darcourt and Leo Margets.

When the players return tomorrow, they will be just a handful of spots away from the money, which is set at 120 players. The money bubble will surely be reached early in the day tomorrow, so be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live coverage. We'll see you at noon!

Tags: Xavier Carruggi

Four to Go

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The clock has been paused with 15 minutes left in the level, and each table is going to play four hands before bagging and tagging the survivors' chips.

Marvin Mad

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier was down to 55,000 chips after a cooler saw his {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} match-up with Dmitrij Fadeev's {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}.

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{4-Spades} to help him make a flush to move up to 356,000 chips.

The German was eliminated soon after.

Tags: Dmitrij FadeevMarvin Rettenmaier

Pettersson Finds the River

From under the gun, Dmitry Gromov raised to 7,200. In middle position, Toni Torsten Pettersson three-bet to 15,500 and then Ali Amelipour called from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Gromov and he also called to bring the players to the {10-Spades}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop. Gromov was first and checked. Pettersson fired 18,600 and Amelipour called. Gromov folded.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} to pair the board. Pettersson stayed aggressive and bet 28,500. Amelipour called and then the river completed the board with the {A-Spades}. Pettersson didn't slow down there. He bet a tiny bit more than he did on the last street with a wager of 28,600. Amelipour called, but didn't look too happy in doing so.

Pettersson tabled the {A-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for a rivered two pair and Amelipour's face had disgust written all over it. He mucked his hand and dropped back to 110,000 in chips. Pettersson climbed to 535,000.

Player Chips Progress
Toni Torsten Pettersson
Toni Torsten Pettersson
535,000

Tags: Toni Torsten PetterssonDmitry GromovAli Amelipour

Ramdin Snares El Sayed

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Sam El Sayed was the butt of Sam Razavi and Victor Ramdin's jibes earlier when they were offering him odds on a last longer bet with Ramdin. It was a good job , for El Sayed, that a price wasn't agreed as he's just fallen to the Team PokerStars Pro.

El Sayed raised to 7,100 from the button and called when Ramdin three-bet to 21,500 from the big blind. Ramdin continued for 20,000 on the {5-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop and snap called when El Sayed moved all-in for about 60,000.

Ramdin: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
El Sayed: {k-Spades}{5-Spades}

There was a delay in the dealing of the turn and river cards as the cameras were beckoned and this frustrated the Swiss as it was drawing more attention to his dire situation. They came and filmed the board running out {3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}. Ramdin is up to 240,000 chips now.

Tags: Sam El SayedVictor Ramdin

Sonelin Can See Right Through You

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

We joined a three-way pot just as a {9-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} flop was coming out on board. From the small blind, Tobias Reinkemeier led out with a bet of 11,500, and Dobromir Nikov made the call next door. David Sonelin was the one in position, and he stuck in a raise to 39,000 straight, drawing a quick fold from Reinkemeier. Nikov, though, was undeterred. He announced a reraise all in, committing his last 177,500 to the pot. After just a short pause, Sonelin made the call, and there was another big pot up for grabs.

Showdown
Nikov: {6-Hearts} {7-Hearts}
Sonelin: {3-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}

Not exactly the battle of premium hands, but Sonelin had made quite a call with bottom pair. Nikov was drawing, essentially flipping for it all with two overs and the flush draw. Sonelin's massive call would go unrewarded, though, as the {6-Clubs} appeared right on the turn. Now it was he who was drawing from behind, and the river {K-Diamonds} was no help.

After that big exchange, Sonelin has been reduced to about 315,000, while the double pulls Nikov up close to 400,000.

Tags: Tobias ReinkemeierDavid SonelinDobromir Nikov

Moorman and the Mighty Six-Deuce

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

There were rumours afloat in the break about Chris Moorman cracking and eliminating a player holding pocket aces. We investigated further and found the rumours to be true. A chuckling Moorman and Simon Charette retold the story.

Charette opened UTG with pocket tens before Moorman three-bet with six-deuce from two seats along. A third player then moved all-in behind for 14 big blinds. The sandwiched Charette folded to leave Moorman to take care of business. He was priced in and called.

The board ran out {8-}{3-}{3-}{2-}{2-} to put Moorman up to 290,000.

Tags: Chis MoormanSimon Charette