Ready... Break
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,247,700
Entries
1,082
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Great Start for...
Lorenzo Sabato and Theo Jorgensen are the two early pace setters and both have a pedigree about them
Team PokerStars Pro Jorgensen is a becoming a legend of the game in Europe. Away from the tournament circuit he crushes high-stakes PLO, and he's not doing a bad job today either.
Then there's Lorenzo Sabato. He won the Estrellas Grand Final yesterday for a cool, round €200,000. The tournament staff told us he eliminated a player on the first hand of the day with a sevens versus aces match-up (no more details than that, I'm afraid), and shortly before the break he took out another to soar to 90,000 chips. He's playing the rush!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
85,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
Photo Dump
Courtesy of Neil Stoddart.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
"€100, Really?"
With 3,900 in the pot and a board reading 
, Justin Bonomo bet 4,200 from middle position and put the pressure on Mihails Morozovs, who eventually folded.
Bonomo began to slide his cards to the dealer when Morozovs asked, "
€100?"
"€100, really?" Bonomo asked as he pulled his cards back. The American seemed legitimately interested in showing his hand for €100.
"Next time," Morozovs said with the knowledge that Bonomo was willing to show for a price.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
Good Start for Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu went off to a good start after raising to 450 in the big blind by splashing his chips on the table and getting called by the player in the hijack seat.
The flop ran 
and Negreanu's opponent bet 550 and Kid Poker check-called. He lead for 1,600 after the dealer opened on the turn and the player in the hijack seat mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
Let's be Frank
Andy Frankenberger's good start has continued into level three after he won a three-way three-bet pot.
There was a raise and call before Frankenberger squeezed from the button. It didn't deter either player from calling. All three were wary of the 
board as it was checked all the way down. One player opened 
but it was Frankenberger who scooped with his winning 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Various Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
52,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
39,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
||
|
34,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
||
|
32,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
32,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
31,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
24,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
22,300
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
16,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
11,500
-18,500
|
-18,500 |
|
|
||
Berende Busto
Paul Berende was a very early bustout back in the second level, he was all in on the turn of a [8s6sK6s6d] board with 
but was already drawing dead against 
, the 
river changing nothing.
Berende explained, "That was my third cooler within an hour, pretty ridiculous really."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
EPT9 Barcelona: Main Event Day 1b Update
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
The Season 9 European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event field is going to crush those of years past with more than 600 players registered for Day 1b.