2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€600,924
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€4,258,300
Entries
439
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

€10,300 EPT High Roller

Day 2 Completed

Seth Davies Leads Final 18 in PokerStars EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Seth Davies
Seth Davies

After a marathon eleven hours of play on Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €10,300 High Roller it is American Seth Davies who leads the final 18 players.

After coming into the day well-positioned with 50 big blinds, Davies navigated his way to the top thanks to some big late pots and will be eyeing up the €824,000 first place prize when play resumes tomorrow. He sits on a stack of 2,595,000

Other big stacks at the end of Day 2 include Johnny Nedved (2,195,000) and Joris Ruijs (2,150,000), who has already tasted success here at EPT Barcelona after winning a €2,000 Side Event for €260,050.

SeatTable 1Chip CountTable 2Chip CountTable 3Chip Count
1Zhong Chen350,000Gen Nose355,000Siarhei Chudapal1,380,000
2Joris Ruijs2,150,000Rustam Hajiyev850,000Cord Garcia1,570,000
3Niall Farrell530,000  Orpen Kisacikoglu1,085,000
4Seth Davies2,595,000Max Silver1,420,000Mikalai Vaskaboinikau935,000
5  Richard Kirsch1,400,000Marcin Chmielewski1,060,000
6Eder Takashi Murata590,000Louis Nyberg1,480,000  
7      
8Rens Feenstra730,000Norbert Szecsi1,410,000Johnny Nedved2,195,000

The day began with 151 entrants, but with around two dozen players joining at the start of Day 2 there was still a long day’s play ahead, with

Among the new players was Daniel Negreanu, who got his 20 big blinds in with pocket sevens on a king-seven-deuce flop, only to run into the pocket kings of an opponent.

The early pace was set by start-of-day chip leader Justin Ligeri, who was soon up over 600,000 after some well-timed aggressive play, with other big stacks including Lucas Reeves, Joris Ruijs, Louis Nyberg and Gianluca Speranza.

With just 63 players paid, the bubble burst when Byron Kaverman moved all in for his last 16 big blinds with ace-king. He was called by Siarhei Chudapal with pocket eights, and after an eight came on the flop, Kaverman was drawing almost dead. Chudapal filled up on the turn and the remaining players were all guaranteed €18,100.

Bubble_Byron Kaverman
Bubble_Byron Kaverman

Early eliminations in the money included Kitty Kuo (62nd - €18,100), €100,000 Super High Roller final tablists Matthias Eibinger (53rd - €19,560) and Benjamin Pollak (47th - €19,560), Will Kassouf (45th - €19,560), PokerStars Team Pro Jeff Gross (43rd - €19,560), Bryn Kenney (40th - €19,560) and Spaniard Adrian Mateos (33rd - €22,600).

By this stage, it was Norbert Szecsi who was one of a select few players with seven-figure stacks, with Aaron Lim joining him after eliminating Ligeri after the American’s stack dwindled after coming into the day as overnight chip leader.

Seth Davies began his assault on the end-of-day chip lead in the penultimate level after he eliminated two players. Davies held pocket tens against the threes of Murad Akhundov and the pocket aces of Tom-Aksel Bedell, but a ten on the turn gave Davies the win and he sent them both to the rail.

This gave him a top-five stack at the final three tables, and after the winner of the first EPT Barcelona €10,000 High Roller Michael Soyza (23rd - €35,350) was eliminated, Davies became the first player over the two million chip mark. The Americans pocket queens held against Lucas Reeves who held ace-king.

Play finished for the day just two eliminations away from another redraw. Each player is guaranteed €39,600 when play resumes tomorrow at 12:30pm. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we play down to a winner.

End of Day Chip Counts

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
2,595,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Johnny Nedved be
Johnny Nedved
2,195,000
670,000
670,000
Profile photo of Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
2,150,000
210,000
210,000
Profile photo of Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
1,570,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Louis Nyberg se
Louis Nyberg
1,480,000
-395,000
-395,000
Profile photo of Max Silver gb
Max Silver
1,420,000
450,000
450,000
Profile photo of Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
1,410,000
310,000
310,000
Profile photo of Richard Kirsch us
Richard Kirsch
1,400,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Siarhei Chudapal by
Siarhei Chudapal
1,380,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
1,085,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Marcin Chmielewski pl
Marcin Chmielewski
1,060,000
-240,000
-240,000
Profile photo of Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
935,000
-65,000
-65,000
Profile photo of Rustam Hajiyev az
Rustam Hajiyev
850,000
-150,000
-150,000
Profile photo of Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
730,000
-295,000
-295,000
Profile photo of Eder Takashi Murata br
Eder Takashi Murata
590,000
240,000
240,000
Profile photo of Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
530,000
-195,000
-195,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gen Nose jp
Gen Nose
355,000
-355,000
-355,000
Profile photo of Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
350,000
-275,000
-275,000

Sammartino Knocked Out by Kisacikoglu

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

According to the table, Dario Sammartino went all in preflop for his last 320,000 against Orpen Kisacikoglu.

Holding {q-}{q-}, Sammartino had to win the flip against Kisacikoglu with {a-}{k-}, but {k-}{k-}{7-}{4-}{4-} fell on the board, giving Kisacikoglu a full house and Sammartino busted in 19th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
1,100,000
735,000
735,000
Profile photo of Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
Busted

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Reeves Eliminated by Davies

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Lucas Reeves
Lucas Reeves

Seth Davies opened and Lucas Reeves moved all in for stack around 300,000. Davies called and the players tabled their cards:

Lucas Reeves: {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Seth Davies: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

The board came {5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{j-Clubs}{q-Clubs}, giving Davies two pair to eliminate high stakes phenom "Bit2Easy" in 20th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
2,550,000
190,000
190,000
Profile photo of Lucas Reeves gb
Lucas Reeves
Busted

Tags: Lucas ReevesSeth Davies

Szecsi Gets a Fold From Chudapal

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Norbert Szecsi opened and Siarhei Chudapal raised it to 160,00 from the cutoff. Szecsi called and the dealer showed a flop {6-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}. Szecsi checked and faced a bet to 130,000 from Chudapal. Szecsi moved all in and Chudapal folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Siarhei Chudapal by
Siarhei Chudapal
1,250,000
-350,000
-350,000
Profile photo of Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
1,100,000
200,000
200,000

Tags: Norbert SzecsiSiarhei Chudapal

Vaskaboinikau Busts Delfoco

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau opened from the button and Francesco Delfoco moved all in for his last 360,000 in the big blind. Vaskaboinikau called and the players showed their cards:

Francesco Delfoco: {4-Spades}{3-Spades}
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Delfoco was in bad shape to double up, and the board {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades} eliminated him in 21th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
1,050,000
350,000
350,000
Profile photo of Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
Busted

Tags: Francesco DelfocoMikalai Vaskaboinikau