Jude Ainsworth bet 3,500 on the 
board into his opponent, Belgian Guy Goossens. Goossens made the call, and the dealer revealed the 
on the river. Ainsworth doubled the bet this time, wagering 7,000. Goossens folded, and Ainsworth won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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131,000 | |
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47,500 |
One of the players in the €5,300 Main Event today is Felipe Ramos. A newly-minted Friend of PokerStars, Ramos is a man of many hats. Not only is he a professional poker player, but Ramos runs a premier poker coaching school in his home country of Brazil. One of his main clients? None other than Neymar Jr. himself. Outside of poker, Ramos is a music producer.
On a recent break, Sarah Herring caught up with Ramos to discuss all the different aspects of his life.
Bryn Kenney was under the gun and he raised to 1,200. Action folded to Foeke Deinum two seats over who announced a three-bet to 3,100. Action trickled back around to Kenney and he called to see a flop.
The flop came down 
and Kenney check-called a continuation bet of 3,000. Fourth street was the 
. Kenney checked again and Deinum continued his aggression with a bet of 5,600. Kenney once again stayed the course, allowing the 
to finish off the board.
Kenney checked a third time and Deinum wasted no time dropping in all of his large denomination chips. Kenney was suddenly faced with a decision for his tournament life of 16,850. He thought for about two minutes before flicking his hand at the muck. Deinum picked up the pot and boosted his stack to 51,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,500 | |
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16,850 |
A short-stacked Gerard Piqué was all in and at risk before the flop for just over 2,200. Both Nikolay Sharkov and Robert Zipf called, leaving the latter two heads up for a side pot.
The flop came out 
and Zipf fired out a bet. Sharkov quickly got out of the way, allowing the hands to be rolled on their backs.
Piqué: 
Zipf: 
Both players flopped a pair, but it was Zipf's tens that were out in front. The board finished with the 
and the 
, failing to improve Piqué's hand. He was sent to the rail for the second time today in Barcelona.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
As we said earlier, Neymar Jr. and Gerard Piqué aren't the only professional footballers to compete in the European Poker Tour this year, as Camel Meriem was in the €5,300 Main Event field. Unfortunately for him, he has been eliminated, though, and will have to pick another event if he wants to find success at this year's EPT Barcelona.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
We found Team PokerStars Online Pro Pier Paolo Fabretti engaged in a hand with a single opponent. The completed board read 
. With about 6,000 already in the middle, Fabretti cut out one final bet of 2,000. His opponent called and showed for ace-high.
Fabretti mucked his cards and watched on as the pot was pushed toward his opponent. This hit puts Fabretti's stack at about 34,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,500
-5,000
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-5,000 |
Gintaras Simaitis was all in and at risk before the flop for approximately 6,500 against Pierre Neuville. The cards were turned over to find the two racing for Simaitis' tournament life.
Simaitis: 
Neuville: 
The board ran out 
, pairing Neuville's ace and allowing him to score the elimination. With this win, Neuville's stack increased to about 37,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,500
9,000
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9,000 |
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Busted |
From middle position, Jake Cody raised to 1,250. In the cutoff seat, Quentin Lecomte reraised to 3,500. Play folded back to Cody, and he moved all in for around 20,000. Lecomte called to put himself all in for 15,300.
Lecomte had the best of it with the 
, and Cody had the 
.
The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Lecomte went from holding a bigger pocket pair, to flopping a full house, to rivering quads to win the hand and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,000 | |
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4,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |
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Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
