Players Are on a Break
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2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€4,952,000
Entries
619
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Ronny Johansen Cracks Aces to Stay Alive
Johansen:
Ruscalla:
The flop was dramatic as it fell
. Another player commented that they folded a pair of nines, thus turning Johansen's six-outer into a virtual four-outer. Nevertheless, he hit the turn squarely as it fell the 
. The 
on the river was of no consequence Johansen doubled to just over 58,000.
When Shorties Attack
, where Baroukh led out for another 11,000. After much deliberation, his opponent made the fold, allowing Baroukh to collect the pot and recompile a now-50,000 stack.Another short stack is heading in a similar direction, Michael Greco's start-of-the-day stack of 7,700 now reaching the dizzy nose-bleeding heights of 80,000.
Other short stacks, however, are finding life somewhat harder, as Petre Ionescu, Simone Coppari and Stavros Kalfas are all at the wrong end of the spectrum with 24,000, 17,000 and 24,000 respectively.
Simone Coppari Doubles Through Diogo Manuel Sampaio Pereira
held up against the 
of Diogo Manuel Sampaio Pereira. The chips went in before the flop and, much to the delight of Coppari's cheering section, the board ran out 
and Coppari's hooks were best. He doubled up his remaining 18,600 chips and now sits on just shy of 40,000.
Sapiano Fires the Bullets
face-up, and is presented with aces for his troubles.
British Invasion
Mazhar Nawab -- 140,000
Albert Sapiano -- 125,000
Stephen Chidwick -- 118,000
Michael Greco -- 80,000
Steve Jelinek -- 72,000
Mark Dalimore -- 53,000
Stuart Rutter -- 51,000
Stuart Taylor -- 38,000
80 Players Remaining
Robert Mizrachi Eliminated
vs. Felipe Ramos' 
. Ramos spiked a set when the flop came down 
, Mizrachi recoiling as if he'd been shot. The turn was the , the river the 
and the last Mizrachi standing hit the rail, just short of the money.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Mizrachi Gets Some Back
Ukella folded straight away, but Ramos went into the tank. He counted out the raise and then eyeballed his remaining stack. After a bit of deliberation, he pushed out the call. The players showed:
Ramos:
Mizrachi:
The board helped neither man as it came
and Mizrachi's ace-high was best. He scooped up the pot and is now sitting on just under 60,000. Ramos, meanwhile, is still above average with about 90,000 chips.