€10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

08-26-2016 22:24 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Fernandez	120,000 120,000	120,000

Patrick Leonard	60,000 10,000	10,000
Robin Ylitalo	50,000

Tobias Reinkemeier	50,000 50,000	50,000
Rui Sousa	20,000 20,000	20,000

Dutch Up And Down

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Steven van Zadelhoff pulled us over to describe the hand he doubled in, in all of its glorious detail. "I had the second best starting hand in poker, and he had one better. Well, until the flop that was," he laughed. Van Zadelhoff is now sitting at a solid 120,000.

Lady Fortune gives and takes, so to speak, which meant Govert Metaal had to take one for the team to balance the scales. After a raise to 2,800 and a three-bet to 8,000, Metaal picked up the best starting hand in poker himself and shoved for 28,000. The reraiser called with and spiked a king on both the flop and the turn to eliminate Metaal. Metaal doesn't bend easy, though, and he quickly fired another bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven van Zadelhoff	120,000 95,000	95,000
Govert Metaal	50,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Govert Metaal Steven van Zadelhoff

08-26-2016 22:13 UTC+2

Leo Yan Ho Cheng Wins Huge Pot Against Philipp Gruissem

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

When we got to the table, Philipp Gruissem had bet 60,000 into a pot of just under 70,000. The board was and his opponent, Leo Yan Ho Cheng was tanking and eventually made the call, albeit seemingly unassuredly. Gruissem turned over for a pair of nines, while Cheng held for top pair and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Yan Ho Cheng	225,000 175,000	175,000
Philipp Gruissem	25,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Philipp Gruissem Leo Yan Ho Cheng

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

08-26-2016 21:36 UTC+2

Even More Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament clock says that there are around 380 players remaining, but what's perhaps more important is that it also says that the total number of entrants has crossed the 500 player mark, beating the record set this time last year. With registration open until the start of Day 2, that record looks set to be smashed as the tournament has currently 517 entrants, including 61 re-entries.

Some of the eliminations from the field since dinner include November Niner Zvi Stern and Super High Roller Bowl champion Rainer Kempe. Players have the option of re-entering, if they haven't already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	Busted

Timothy Adams	Busted
Nicolas Chouity	Busted

Ali Reza Fatehi	Busted
Christopher Kruk	Busted
Zvi Stern	Busted
Simon Deadman	Busted
Guillaume Diaz	Busted
Rainer Kempe	Busted

08-26-2016 21:28 UTC+2

Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Wilkerson	248,000 248,000	248,000
Martin Kozlov	240,000 140,000	140,000
Simon Mattsson	145,000
Kees van Brugge	130,000 130,000	130,000
Raoul Refos	100,000 100,000	100,000
Anthony Zinno	100,000 100,000	100,000
Eugene Katchalov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Daniel Dvoress	75,000 75,000	75,000
Max Silver	55,000 5,000	5,000
Luca Pagano	55,000 15,000	15,000

Joseph Cheong	50,000 50,000	50,000
Craig Varnell	40,000 40,000	40,000
Keven Stammen	40,000 40,000	40,000
Stephen Chidwick	40,000 -10,000	-10,000
Gaelle Baumann	30,000 -33,000	-33,000

Charlie Carrel	22,000 -6,000	-6,000
David Peters	20,000 20,000	20,000

08-26-2016 21:27 UTC+2

Christopher Kruk Eliminated By Adrian Mateos

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

A massive pot was brewing between Christopher Kruk and Adrian Mateos, and it was the latter who ended up with all the chips. The pot was up to 40,000 and the board read . Kruk checked and Mateos shoved all in, which was effectively for Kruk's remaining stack of 30,000.

The American pondered for twenty seconds, then called it off with . To his disgust, Mateos flipped open for the rivered straight, gobbling up all of Kruk's chips in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	155,000 12,000	12,000

Christopher Kruk	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Christopher Kruk

08-26-2016 21:13 UTC+2

Eliminations and Re-entries

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Here is a list of some eliminations from the field, as well as those who have re-entered following their elimination on their first bullet. [Removed:17]'s elimination came on his second bullet. 2015 champion Mustapha Kanit is already on his second bullet in his pursuit of defending his title, as is Jason Wheeler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	50,000 5,000	5,000
Jonathan Karmalikis	50,000 50,000	50,000
Niall Farrell	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tom Hall	Busted
Andrei Konopelko	Busted
Julian Stuer	Busted
Antoine Saout	Busted
Matthew Stout	Busted
[Removed:17]	Busted
Daniel Dvoress	Busted
Oleksii Khoroshenin	Busted

08-26-2016 20:59 UTC+2

Ognyan Dimov Eliminated

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ognyan Dimov raised to 2,000 from middle position and Moshin Charania called on the button. Thomas Miller three-bet to 7,500 from the big blind, Dimov moved in for 30,000, Charania folded, and Miller called.

Thomas Miller:
Ognyan Dimov:

It was the mother of all coinflips, and Miller ended up on the right side of the coin: . Dimov might use his one single re-entry later tonight to get back into the action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Miller	140,000 140,000	140,000
Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Tags: Ognyan Dimov Thomas Miller

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100