With the board reading 
, Allen Bari check-called a bet of 1,100 from Team PokerStars Pro and former World Series of Poker November Niner Ivan Demidov. The river landed with the 
and Bari check-called again, this time for 2,500. Demidov tabled the 
for top set. Bari showed a weaker set with the 
and lost the pot.
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The number on the board is stuck at 400 registered players, but we know for a fact there will be at least 435 today, and probably a handful more than that. Adding in the Day 1a crowd gives us more than 780 players in total, and we can now safely say this will be the largest EPT Barcelona in history. Registration will remain open through two levels today, so if you're near Barcelona with €5,000 burning a hole in your pocket, the EPT is the place to be!
The action has been fast and furious at the mine-field starting table in the middle of the room with the notables getting involved often and early here on Day 1b of the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event.
On this hand, we picked up the action on the 
flop as Anton Wigg checked, the next player bet 500, a third player called and then Allen Bari called. Play then fell back on 2010 EPT Copenhagen champion Wigg and he check-raised to 2,650. The original bettor called, but only after counting out some chips past the betting line and being forced to call by the dealer. The next player and Bari folded.
The turn was the 
and Wigg checked. His opponent fired 10,000 and Wigg tanked for a bit and then gave it up, allowing his opponent to take the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker is out after a cooler of a hand.
The money was all-in on a 
flop between Moneymaker and Juan Manuel Copani. The former WSOP Main Event champ tabled 
for a full-house, bettering his opponent's 
. He was looking good for a near double-up but the board ran out 
to make the Spaniard a larger full-house. Ouch.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Table 14 (already a tough one) has just picked up a new player. And unfortunately for the rest of the players, the new guy happens to be the EPT's all-time leading points earner and a new 2011 WSOP bracelet winner.
It's Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and he's taken his seat to the direct right of Boris Becker.
A bet of 650 was fired on the paired 
into Victor Ramdin. He made the call quickly and the turn brought in the 
. Ramdin's opponent fired 1,250 and Ramdin nearly beat him into the pot with a call.
The river was the 
and the first player fired 2,200. Ramdin called and his opponent showed the 
for seven high. Ramdin tabled the 
for kings and threes to win the pot.
In a four-way limped pot, the flop was . The big blind, the under-the-gun limper and the middle-position limper all checked to Eddy Sabat. He fired a bet of 450 and easily won the pot as his opponents quickly released their hands.
On the next hand, an under-the-gun player raised to 350 and action folded to Sabat in the hijack seat. He three-bet to 900 and the original raiser made the call to see the 
flop. Both players checked and the turn brought the 
. Both checked again and the river completed the board with the 
. After his opponent checked, Sabat fired 1,275 and his opponent folded.
Sabat may not have an EPT title under his belt just yet, but he'll be looking to change that here in this event. One title Sabat does hold is a PokerStars.net APPT Macau title from 2008. He also final tabled the 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final and placed sixth. On EPT's, Sabat has cashed twice in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. This past year, he ran very deep and placed 30th for $66,000.
Victor Ramdin has been playing tons of hands at his table as only Ramdin knows how to do. Just recently, he got all the money in with an opponent on the turn with the board reading 
holding the 
. His opponent held the and held up as the river landed with the , missing all of Ramdin's draws.
Despite losing that pot, Ramdin still has about 15,000 in chips.
