€2,200 EPT National High Roller | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-27-2018 13:22 UTC+2

Konnikova's Shove Gets Through

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action folded around to Maria Konnikova in the small blind, and she moved all in on Roman Emelyanov in the big blind. The latter, who is a television personality in Russia, double checked his hand and showed an ace before he folded, and gave the pot to New York Times best-selling writer Konnikova.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	220,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Maria Konnikova Roman Emelyanov

08-27-2018 13:28 UTC+2

Arends From Almost Zero to Hero

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jans Arends was down to a mere 100,000 but has since added a zero to his chip count. The details of the first double up are unknown, but he then three-bet shoved for 246,000 on the button soon after and was called by Ivan Deyra.

Jans Arends:
Ivan Deyra:

The board came and Arends doubled.

But that wasn't all of it just yet. Dominik Panka, who had recently arrived at the table, opened and Arends in the small blind asked for the stack size of Alex Lindop in the blind. "I have 150,000," Lindop replied and Arends jammed again. Lindop folded, but Panka called for around 440,000 to create a one million chip pot.

Dominik Panka:
Jans Arends:

The board ran out and Panka was eliminated.

Right after, Lindop in the small blind and Danilo Cangianiello in the big blind got their stacks in with the latter at risk holding . Lindop had him dominated with and the board of was not enough for Cangianiello.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jans Arends	1,000,000 862,000	862,000
Ivan Deyra	590,000 188,000	188,000
Alex Lindop	260,000 59,000	59,000
Danilo Cangianiello	Busted
Dominik Panka	Busted

Tags: Alex Lindop Danilo Cangianiello Dominik Panka Ivan Deyra Jans Arends

08-27-2018 13:30 UTC+2

Players Eliminated in 144th to 183rd Place (€4,260)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper Van Moorsel	Busted
Manuel Fernandes	Busted
Pierre Merlin	Busted
Samy Ouellani	Busted
Juan Pardo	Busted
Leandro Bustillo	Busted
Gisle Olsen	Busted
Allan Ribeiro De Mello	Busted
Bernhard Haider	Busted
David Arelli Santarelli	Busted
Mykhailo Gutyi	Busted
Ken Okada	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Joel Emil Lehtinen	Busted
Kristen Bicknell	Busted
Leonardo Mancuso	Busted
Joao Rodrigues Manana	Busted
Florent Estegassy	Busted
Joep van den Bijgaart	Busted
Anton Wigg	Busted

Fred Weiss	Busted
Jakub Michalak	Busted
Marc Trijaud	Busted
Jacques Der Megreditchian	Busted
Fernando Duarte Borges	Busted

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08-27-2018 13:38 UTC+2

Hawkins Takes Out Wolszczak With Aces

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The flop was down when Gabriel Wolszczak moved all in and was called by Maurice Hawkins.

Gabriel Wolszczak:
Maurice Hawkins:

Wolszczak hit top pair on the flop, but it wasn't ahead of Hawkin's pocket aces. The turn changed nothing, and when the river was revealed to be the , Wolszczak was up from his seat and said his goodbyes to the table.

Hawkins collected in the pot and stacked his new 640,000 chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	640,000 160,000	160,000
Gabriel Wolszczak	Busted

Tags: Gabriel Wolszczak Maurice Hawkins

08-27-2018 13:40 UTC+2

Cairat Doubles Through Salman

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Pedro Cairat was all in and at risk for 169,000 with the and had a coin flip against start-of-the-day big stack Huesnue Salman, who showed .

The board came and Cairat had reason to celebrate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huesnue Salman	400,000 -232,000	-232,000

Pedro Cairat	360,000 -1,000	-1,000

Tags: Huesnue Salman Pedro Cairat

08-27-2018 13:42 UTC+2

Gomez Loses His Last Few Chips

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Javier Gomez Zapatero was down to his final three big blind and moved all in from middle position. Rodrigo De Barros Semeghinini was in the big blind and made the call after the rest of the table folded.

Javier Gomez Zapatero:
Rodrigo De Barros Semeghinini:

Board:

Semeghinini was ahead preflop and paired his king on the river to lockdown the pot as Gomez departed from the table shortly before the first break on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo De Barros Semeghini	220,000 26,000	26,000
Javier Gomez Zapatero	Busted

Tags: Javier Gomez Javier Gomez Zapatero Rodrigo De Barros Semeghinini

08-27-2018 13:45 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In the first two and a half levels on Day 2, the field has been whittled down from 229 hopefuls to just 130 contenders and they have been sent on a 20-minute break.

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

08-27-2018 14:07 UTC+2

Bustouts Before the Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Each of the following players has been eliminated before the break and received a payday of €4,870.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Delfoco	Busted
Jonathan Concepcion Tacoronte	Busted
Sean Prendiville	Busted
Jose Luis Manso	Busted
Javier Gomez Zapatero	Busted
Valentin Anghel	Busted
Gabriel Wolszczak	Busted
Olvedo Heinze	Busted
Franco Spitale	Busted
Danilo Cangianiello	Busted
Roberto Morra	Busted
Shakhabiddin Muradov	Busted
Dominik Panka	Busted

Rudy Hadjedj	Busted
Victor Manuel Mateu Parreno	Busted

08-27-2018 14:12 UTC+2

Mordvinov Hits Quads to Double

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Aleksandr Mordvinov moved all in from middle position and Maria Konnikova reshoved. The rest of the table folded and the cards were turned on their backs.

Aleksandr Mordvinov:
Maria Konnikova:

Board:

Mordvinov hit a set on the flop as Konnikova picked up the wheel draw. The turn card was no help to her, and the river three of spades gave Mordvinov quads and a lock on the pot to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Mordvinov	220,000 161,000	161,000
Maria Konnikova	135,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Aleksandr Mordvinov Maria Konnikova