2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 2
Get Carter!
His stack is now probably twice anyone else's left in the tournament.
Phillips Screws Acin
Board:
Phillips:
Acin:
McDonald Chops Using His Trusty Ace
The turn was the and the small blind checked again. McDonald checked behind.
After the river fell the , the small blind fired out 25,000 rather quickly. McDonald tanked and then made the call. The small blind tabled for sevens and fours with an ace. McDonald showed and despite starting with the better hand, wound up with the same hand. The two players chopped up the pot.
Assorted Chip Counts
Marc Goodwin: 310,000
Laurence Houghton: 70,000
Jan Collado: 165,000
Noah Boeken: 97,000
Marc Gork: 63,000
Thierry van den Berg: 85,000
Matt Woodward: 375,000
Samer Rahman: 245,000
Almira Skripchenko: 100,000
Michael Greco: 93,000
Jorn Walthaus: 110,000
Jacking Jaka's Chips
The river brought the to the felt. Jaka took his time and picked out a bet of 35,000. Roy raised all in for 53,700 and Jaka quickly called.
Roy rolled over and had made a heart flush on the river. Jaka showed only the and counted off the chips. After the hand, Jaka was left with 5,000.
Goodwin Joins The Chip Leaders
Goodwin managed to avoid all the redraws to knock out his unfortunate opponent.
De Wolfe Goes Wild
Opponent: pocket queens
De Wolfe: pocket kings
Board: , entirely devoid of queens or four-flushes.
De Wolfe is now up to a commanding 240,000.
Assorted Eurocounts
Laurence "Riverman" Houghton: 48,000
Malte Strothmann: 43,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier: 101,000
Joep van den Bijgaard: OUT
The Huis That Lex Built
First, he found himself raising with , receiving one caller to see a flop. The caller bet out 5,000 and Veldhuis called, and they proceeded to the turn which conveniently made Veldhuis the nuts. Veldhuis' opponent bet out 12,000, Veldhuis made it another 30,000 to go, the other gentleman went all in with and Veldhuis called. That was the first hand.
Then not long after, Veldhuis raised with and both blinds called. The flop came down with two hearts on it, and all three players checked, moving on to the turn. The small blind bet out 15,000 and both big blind and Veldhuis called. They saw a river and now it checked around to Veldhuis who bet 38,000. The big blind called, and mucked.
Voila 320,000 in chips.