2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 1a
Breaktime #1
Chip Counts
Marcin Horecki - 34,000
Joseph Cada - 32,000
Luca Pagano - 30,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg - 21,000
Johnny Lodden - 19,300
Jason Mercier - 18,000
Ruthenberg Picks One Up
"Action card on the turn." said the player. "Ace queen with the ace clubs."
The defending champ is sitting with around 21,000 chips currently.
Mercier's Rocky Start
Dragan V. De Wolfe; Dragan Wins
Current Table Of Doom standings:
Dragan Galic: 42,000
Roland de Wolfe: 21,200
Arnaud Mattern: down to just 12,400
Michael Keiner, newly moved to the Table Of Doom: 31,000
Walthaus Dips
Walthaus check-raised on a flop and his opponent called to see a turn. Walthaus stuck in another 3,825 but his opponent called this too, and they proceeded to an river. Walthaus now checked, and then passed to a bet from his opponent, leaving himself with less than his starting stack.
The Prince Makes an Appearance
Nitsche Flops the Better Set
The turn brought the , giving Nitsche quads and ending the drama. The river completed the board with the .
This was the second time quads were seen besting a full house within seconds of each other. Nitsche is up to slightly over 50,000 chips.
Top Full House Loses to Quads!
Aguiar flipped over the other two nines, , to beat his opponent's . Aguiar apologized after the table explained that it was somewhat of a slowroll. He simply didn't hear the man say that he was all in, but still felt bad about his mistake.
With that pot, Aguiar was able to eliminate his opponent and move up to 85,000 chips.