After Gerard Piqué limped in from under the gun, Paul Berende raised all in from the cutoff seat for 18,100. Piqué called holding the , and Berende was at risk with the .
The flop gave Berende the lead with the falling. The turn was the , then the river was the . With the ace on the river, Piqué retook the lead and won the hand. He eliminated Berende and moved back to 340,000 in chips.
Main Event start-of-the-day chip leader Tom Middleton was one of many who qualified online to play the EPT10 Barcelona. So, too, did short stack Kresten "the Killer" Nielsen. Five online qualifiers altogether made Day 5 of the tournament. Read more about their journeys over at the PokerStars Blog.
We arrived at the table to find the aftermath of a hand where Timothy Adams doubled through Sam Greenwood. We're not sure of the exact action, but know that Adams' beat Greenwood's on a hand where the completed board read . Adams was all in for roughly 55,000 and was able to score a double up, knocking Greenwood to about 170,000 in the process.
The €10,000 High Roller here at the kickoff festival for Season 10 on the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour has set the record for a high roller event of the same buy-in on the EPT. Last season, the EPT record for a €10,000 High Roller event was broken four separate times: Barcelona, Prague, London, and Berlin. Coming into the start of this event, the EPT Berlin High Roller had the record with 140 entries, but that has since been smashed with the performance of this event in Barcelona.
The EPT Barcelona €10,000 High Roller attracted 138 unique players, and those players generated 42 re-entries for a total field size of 180 entries. That is a 28.6% increase over the record previously set, and an absolutely great showing.
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The Finns are once again at the sharp end of EPT Barcelona Main Event with Kimmo Kurko and Pasi Sormunen looking to go one better than last year's famous Finnish duo. Reap more over at the PokerStars Blog.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and Bryn Kenney checked the flop to see the land on the river. Negreanu bet 15,000, and Kenney called. The river was the , and Negreanu bet 32,000. Kenney called.
"Full house," announced Negreanu with the . Kenney mucked, and Negreanu won the pot.
From the cutoff seat, Dan Smith raised to 5,100. Out of the small blind, Gerard Piqué called, then Richard Yong reraised to 14,500 from the big blind. Smith folded, and Piqué called.
On the flop, the fell, and Piqué check-called a bet of 12,500 from Yong. Then, the landed on the turn, and both players checked to see the land on the river. Piqué bet 27,000, and Yong called.
Piqué shook his head and mucked his hand. Yong showed the for trips, and he won the pot.