2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 1a
Arcas in Deep Water
All three limpers folded, though, and she merely picked up the blinds and limpy calls to leave her on a still desperate 6,000 or so.
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Langmann Finds The Nuts
Langmann has now recovered above his starting stack and has over 31,000.
Beware of the Big Stacks
Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar - 110,000
Johnny Lodden - 90,400
Alessio Isaia - 68,500
Freddy Deeb - 62,000
Dragan Galic - 57,000
Dominik Nitsche - 53,000
Deeb Grows
First, the flop was when a player from the small blind bet out 2,650. Deeb was next to act and raised to 18,000 straight. The third player that saw the flop from the button folded, sending the small blind into the tank for a few minutes. He knew that Freddy's raise committed nearly all of his chips to the hand so the decision was an important one. Finally, the player ended up sticking the chips into the middle. It was only a couple thousand more for Deeb to make the call and he instantly did so, tabling . The small blind held two red aces -- .
The turn brought the , adding a few straight outs for the player in the small blind, but he fell short when the river was the . Deeb gathered in the pot, but even before stacking all of his chips, he got involved again.
After raising preflop and finding one caller, Deeb led out into the flop of . His opponent made the call. The turn brought the and Deeb fired 2,300 on the second-to-last street of action. His opponent took some time, but then mucked his hand.
Deeb added those chips to the unstacked pile already in front of him and began building his towers. When it was all said and done, Deeb was held slightly over 62,000 chips.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Lodden Wins a Monster in Dream Scenario
It was Johnny Lodden's big blind when the player under the gun raised to 1,100. The next player reraised to 3,000. Action then folded around to the player on the button who moved all in for 7,375. The small blind ducked out of the way before Lodden went into the tank. After a minute or so of thought, Lodden put in another raise to 13,000. The original raiser folded before the next player that had made 3,000 made the call. There would be three players to the flop, with one player all in.
The flop came down and Lodden checked. The other remaining player checked as well.
The turn brought the and there would be no free cards this time decided Mr. Lodden. He bet out 12,500 and the other player called.
With the pot growing massive, the river was placed on the felt -- the . Lodden slowly counted out all of his chips and then announced that he was all in. His opponent made the call. Lodden tabled and his opponent showed two queens -- -- to give Lodden the side pot first.
The all-in player from the button position showed , which meant that Lodden would take down the main pot as well. With that enormous pot and spectacular hand, Lodden has climbed over the 90,000-chip mark.
Horecki Drops Down
Most recently he raised under the gun and called a reraise from the gent immediately to his left to see a flop. Horecki didn't look happy at all and checked; his opponent bet 3,500 and Horecki gave it up there.