for 6,900 and was looked up by 
. "I think I'm dead," confessed his opponent as the flop came a rather clinical 
. He wasn't dead, but he was by the 
turn and 
river. Kravchenko now on over 14,000.
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€4,952,000
Entries
619
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 619
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for 6,900 and was looked up by . "I think I'm dead," confessed his opponent as the flop came a rather clinical . He wasn't dead, but he was by the turn and river. Kravchenko now on over 14,000.
Hansen raised it up with
preflop, his Spanish neighbor called with 
, but another player pushed all in for 8,000 with 
. Casper then pushed himself for 9,000, only to be called by his neighbor.Surprised to see that he wasn't just ahead, but dominating both opponents, Hansen was chagrined in equal measure as the board came a cruel
to eliminate both players and award the Spanish gentleman a very tasty pot."This guy's killing the game," claimed Chad Brown, smirking slightly. Whatever he's doing, it seems to be working though, as he now has a very healthy stack of 55,000.
Johannes Strassmann opened for 1,200 from early position. The button reraised to 3,200 before Mercier popped it to 9,700, Strassmann quickly got out of the way, and after a stint in the tank, the button folded as well.
And just like that, Mercier added another 5,400 to his stack, taking him up to 48,000.
In a pot that was raised preflop by an early-position player and reraised by Rheem, the flop came down
. Both players checked. The turn was the 
. The EP player bet 3,150 and Rheem quickly called. The river was the 
. The EP player fired out another 7,000 and after a whole lot of chip shuffling, Rheem made the call. His opponent turned over 
for the straight and Rheem mucked. After the hand Rheem was left with only 9,000 in chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Michael Keiner in particular has shot out of the blocks, the former bracelet winner currently boasting a 60,000-plus stack. Meanwhile, Jesper Hougaard and Jonathan Dwek aren't too far behind with 58,000 and 50,000 respectively, neither is PokerStars pro Andre Akkari on 49,500. Also worth keeping an eye on are Michael Murra with 47,000, Spaniard Daniel Mangas on 41,000 and, of course, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi with 40,000. But at this stage you just can't count anybody out. Well, except the guys who are actually out.
Rheem checked dark and the flop came
. David's opponent bet 3,000 and Rheem quickly slid out a stack of 24 red chips (T24,000) which was more than enough to put his opponent all in.The two began a dialogue in which Rheem admitted he was beat before the flop but was quite sure he now held the best hand. After a few minutes of typical table talk, Rheem eventually got the call he was looking for. The players showed:
Rheem:
Opponent:
The turn was disaster for Rheem as it came the
and completed his opponent's flush. The river helped neither player falling the 
and after a count, Rheem pushed an additional 13,225 chips over to his opponent. He is now down to just under 25,000 chips.
Meanwhile, I have been restricted to just three final questions regarding EastEnders after continually probing him about the show for the last three years. Thinking cap on, must make them count.
