€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

09-04-2009 19:10 UTC+3

Corks for Kastle

[user46392]

We really don't know how we missed him earlier, but only just spotted: Casey Kastle, wearing an eye-achingly bright yellow t-shirt and one of those ridiculous Australian hats with the corks hanging off the brim.

He's on 45,000.

Tags: Casey Kastle

09-04-2009 19:10 UTC+3

Aguiar Adds To Stack

[user76023]

Martin Jacobson raised to 800 and Jonathan Aguiar reraised quickly to 2,000, Jacobson called and both checked the {Q-Diamonds}

flop and the {9-Clubs}

turn. On the {7-Clubs}

river Jacobson bet 4,000 and Aguiar quickly called. Jacobson flipped {Q-Spades}

but was pipped by Aguiar's {Q-Hearts}

09-04-2009 18:48 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts

[user46392]

Roland de Wolfe: 35,000
Arnaud Mattern: just 9,000
Freddy Deeb: 26,000
Mark Teltscher: 72,500
Pierre Neuville: 64,000
Atanas Gueorguiev: 23,400
Johnny Lodden: 27,000
Michael Keiner: 28,000
Faraz Jaka: 54,000

09-04-2009 18:43 UTC+3

Walthaus Takes the Lead

[user46392]

A player raised to 900 in early position and received a call in mid position. Over to Walthaus in the small blind who made it 3,150. Both players called, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {5-Diamonds}

Walthaus checked to the original raiser, who now bet 6,000. The caller got out of the way, but Walthaus called and they saw a turn.

Turn: {5-Clubs}

Our original raiser now bet out a very serious 15,000 -- but Walthaus raised very nearly all in, sticking his 42,000's worth of high denomination 5,000 and 1,000 chips in the middle.

His opponent seemed to give it some thought, but passed. Walthaus is now up to 83,000 and appears to be our chip leader.

Tags: Jorn Walthaus

09-04-2009 18:37 UTC+3

One Hougaard Remaining

[user46392]

In an unsurprising conclusion to his day after a nonstop downward spiral as already documented, Jesper Hougaard is now officially busto.

Tags: Jesper Hougaard

09-04-2009 18:35 UTC+3

Mercier Eliminated

[user76023]

Jason Mercier has been knocked out. He had rebuilt his stack before pushing all-in over a 4,000 bet on a {A-Spades}

board. The button pushed behind and the third player folded his {A-?}

face up.

Mercier flipped {A-Hearts}

and asked, "Fours?" His opponent nodded and showed {4-Hearts}

which stayed ahead on the {6-Hearts}

turn and

river.

09-04-2009 18:31 UTC+3

About EPT Barcelona

donpeters

Our very own Melissa Castello has a few things you might want to know about the EPT Barcelona. A brief breakdown of the event and a few tips are included in the video segment below. Melissa even shows off her math skills for all of those wondering how much €8,300 really is. But enough blabber about what's in the video, just watch it.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

09-04-2009 18:15 UTC+3