EPT Barcelona will crown a new champion this season as Kent Lundmark failed to recover from his short stack status.
Another reigning champ, Ivan Frietez (EPT Madrid) is also bust. He failed to find the winning angles today.
From under the gun, Guillaume Darcourt raised to 4,000. Sam El Sayed was in the next seat and three-bet to 11,500. Action folded back to Darcourt and he made the call to see the 
flop. Both players quickly checked and the turn brought the 
. Darcourt checked and El Sayed fired 13,000. Darcourt made the call. The river was the 
and both players checked.
Darcourt showed the 
to beat El Sayed's 
and win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | 29,000 |
|
|
196,000 | -64,000 |
Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 3,400 to open the pot, and Anthony Picault three-bet shoved for 39,400 total. When it came back to Rettenmaier, he'd spend a few long minutes soaking in the tank. After some time, he quietly announced the call with plenty of chips to try for the knockout.
Picault turned up 
and asked, "Same hand?" but the look on Rettenmaier's face indicated otherwise. He looked like he was a bit frustrated as he fumbled to flip over his cards, possibly a bit upset that he'd made the wrong decision with his 
.
Board: 
That's no good for the German, and having to pay out that double up drops his stack to about 164,000.
Bulgarian Dobromir Nikov called Jonathan Duhamel's all in with the . Duhamel shoved the cutoff with the 
on the short stack. The board ran out 
and Duhamel was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Jason Mercier has just been relieved of his last 23,700 chips, the middling stack he's been nursing for many levels now. The Team PokerStars Pro went with 
, shoving his suited Broadway cards right into the 
of Antoine Junillon. Oh, and the of Vitali Grigoriev as well.
The 
board was no help to Mercier, drawing dead as soon as the turn card landed.
He gone.
Toni Ojala raised from the hijack seat and Daniel Reijmer reraised to 7,100. Ojala's original raise was unknown. Ojala then moved all in and Reijmer called for his entire stack of 36,400. Reijmer held two overcards with the to Ojala's 
.
The board ran out 
and Reijmer was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Guillaume Darcourt raised to 4,000 from middle position and Sam El Sayed called from the next seat. In the cutoff seat, Victor Ramdin also called and the three players took the flop of 
. Everyone checked and the turn brought the 
. After Darcourt checked, El Sayed bet 11,000. Ramdin folded and Darcourt also gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
311,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
260,000 | -5,000 |
|
108,000 | -9,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 30,000 |
|
166,000 | 122,000 |
|
160,000 | |
|
155,000 | 50,000 |
|
140,000 | -8,600 |
|
127,000 | -26,100 |
|
|
117,000 | 37,000 |
|
86,000 | 1,000 |
|
85,000 | -45,000 |
|
79,000 | 54,900 |
|
76,000 | -34,100 |
|
72,000 | 24,200 |
|
56,000 | -35,100 |
|
44,000 | -1,700 |
|
|
18,000 | -500 |
|
11,000 | -21,400 |
Action folded to Jan Petersen on the button and he made it 3,700 to go. Jasper Wetemans reraised all in from the big blind to put Petersen at risk. Petersen called with the 
, but saw he was up against the 
for Wetemans.
The flop, turn and river ran out and Wetemans sent Petersen to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
177,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
