As the eliminations continue, the Germans, Russians and Spanish are out in force. Among them are the likes of Andrey Zaichenko, record setting Konstantin Puchkov and Andrey Gurtovoy. Elsewhere Herold Roman continues with his remarkable turnaround while Mauro Canavese, seated next to the hooded Marcos Fernandez, watches cowboy films for inspiration.
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Just prior to the break, Felix Kretchmann moved all in from the button and received a call from Konstantin Streletskiy in the big blind.
| Showdown |
|---|
Streletskiy:   |
Kretchmann:   |
Kretchmann got it in good and even paired his ace on the 
flop; however, any paint cards would give Streletskiy the leader. The dealer burned and turned the 
, which gave Streletskiy Broadway and left Kretchmann drawing to a king for a chop. He seemed resigned after having doubled Jonathan Karamalikis and didn't react much when the 
blanked on the river and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,610,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
|
2,600,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
1,980,000
991,000
|
991,000 |
|
1,800,000
294,000
|
294,000 |
|
||
|
1,700,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
1,556,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,400,000
493,000
|
493,000 |
|
1,400,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
1,400,000
1,288,000
|
1,288,000 |
|
1,300,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
1,190,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
|
||
|
1,130,000
-370,000
|
-370,000 |
|
1,101,000
451,000
|
451,000 |
|
1,050,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
||
|
900,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
680,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
610,000
-188,000
|
-188,000 |
|
|
573,000
-127,000
|
-127,000 |
|
552,000
-198,000
|
-198,000 |
|
550,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
540,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
475,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
440,000
-256,000
|
-256,000 |
|
|
409,000
-191,000
|
-191,000 |
In the last hand before the break, a three-way all-in pot developed that saw two players fall. Jean-Jacques Mars was all in from middle position for 172,000, Jean-Jacques Mars for 186,000 in the small blind, and Anton Sinel had them both covered in the big.
| Showdown |
|---|
Mars:  |
Caprioli:  |
Sinel:  |
It was a bit of a cooler for both short stacks as they had big pocket pairs only to run it into the second biggest pocket pair possible. The preflop drama in this hand was intense, but the rest of it wasn't as the board ran out a dry 
and Sinel scored the double elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mikalai Pobal from Belarus shoved all in from the button before the flop and found a customer in Jakob Moesslacher from Austria in the early position. Spain's Luis Rufas in the cutoff seat was tempted to call as well, but eventually resisted and the two remaining players went in for a showdown.
| Showdown |
|---|
Pobal:  |
Moesslacher:   |
The Belorussian was in the lead while the Austrian needed help from the board. Not only did the 
flop not help Moesslacher, but gave a pair to Pobal leaving the Austrian a very little chance for a double up. And the last hope was lost as the dealer flipped 
on the turn giving Pobal a set and eliminating Moesslacher from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
With around 120,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Guy Thomas bet 55,000 from the hijack only to have Anton Sinel raise to 175,000 from the button. Thomas tanked for a bit before sliding in an all-in three-bet for about 350,000 more, and Sinel snap-called.
| Showdown |
|---|
Sinel:   |
| Thomas: |
Sinel had Thomas drawing to either running eights or a running 
, which meant the 
left the latter drawing dead. The meaningless was put out on the river, Thomas was escorted to the payout desk, and play was briefly halted so a table coule be broke.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Marcos Fernandez from Spain opened the action with a raise to 40,000 from the early position and Italy's Mauro Canavese three-bet to 80,000 in the hijack seat. The rest of the table folded and Fernandez moved all in and Canavese called.
The Italian was in good shape as he showed dominating Fernandez's 
. However. it was not Canavese's victory just yet as the flop went 
giving a set to the Spaniard.
Now it was the Italian who needed help from the board which came in the shape of the 
on the turn giving Canavese a flush draw. The completed Canavese's flush eliminating Fernandez from the EPT Barcelona Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Mauro Canavese didn't hold on to all those chips for too long, after he paid three streets of value to Algirdas Saveikis.
He was in the big blind and defended a late position raise from Saveikis to see a 
flop appear.
Saveikis continued for 25,000 and Canavese check-called with little though. Nagel wagered 50,000 on the turn and once again Canavese check-called in quick time. The river came and once more Canavese check-called, that time for 115,000.
Saveikis opened for trips. Canavese flashed and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
720,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
