€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

09-06-2009 19:20 UTC+3

Samer Pays Off Quads

[user76023]

Samer Rahman just lost a a decent amount of his stack. He tanked and used almost the whole of the minute of a clock called on him before calling 40,000 on the river of a {A-Clubs}

board.

His opponent flipped {A-Diamonds}

and Samer mucked declaring, "Nines..."

09-06-2009 19:02 UTC+3

Interesting Hand Evaporates into Air

[user46392]

Laurence Houghton raised to 6,400 under the gun, and once Dominik Nitsche and big blind Dmitry Stelmak had called, it had all the makings of a very interesting hand.

However, things are not always what they appear, and they somehow managed to check down the {2-Diamonds}

board, and Nitsche took the pot with a pair of sevens.

09-06-2009 18:50 UTC+3

What a Quoc

[user46392]

Quoc Nguyen has doubled to 75,000 through a very unhappy Michael Greco. It's not clear when the chips went in, but we'd guess before the flop or on it.

Greco: {10-Clubs}

Nguyen:

Board:

Tags: Michael Greco Quoc Nguyen

09-06-2009 18:47 UTC+3

Slowing Down

[user76023]

The pace of the tournament has really slowed down in the last half hour or so. The average stack is almost 140,000 (over 50BB's). With around four tables until the money, some of the players are starting to have one eye fixed on the payouts.

09-06-2009 18:46 UTC+3

Woodward Must Lose Sometimes

[user46392]

We're not sure how it happened, but former chip monster Matt Woodward has taken a significant hit. At roughly double the average, though, the 265,000 stack he's in possession of right now is still nothing to be ashamed of...

Tags: Matt Woodward

09-06-2009 18:42 UTC+3

Early Night?

[user46392]

This EPT is currently progressing at breakneck speed -- from 240 starters today, we're down to just 104 already.

Although we are meant to be playing six 75-minute levels today, play will stop for the evening if and when we make the money, at 72 places. Fingers crossed...

09-06-2009 18:38 UTC+3

One for the Dutchies

[user46392]

One corner of the card room has a distinctly Nederlands feel at the moment, featuring as it does Messrs. Lex Veldhuis, Noah Boeken and Bas Steegers. On the non-Dutch front, it also currently involves Alain Roy and Marc Goodwin.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

09-06-2009 18:07 UTC+3

While On Your Break...

[user76023]

Please enjoy this...

09-06-2009 18:03 UTC+3

Jak It In

[user46392]

Alain Roy limped under the gun, and it folded around to Faraz Jaka in the small blind who moved all in for his last 5,000 or so. Big blind Bas Steegers called, and so did Roy.

Flop: {10-Spades}

-- check, check.

Turn: {3-Diamonds}

Now Steegers bet out 5,500 and Roy called.

River: {7-Hearts}

Steegers now bet 17,000, eliciting a fold from Roy.

On their backs, and Jaka showed a surprisingly premium {A-Spades}