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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With our base secured here in the press room, I can't help but feel as though I'm trapped in an elevator as an array of tedious, repetitive tunes (known as Muzak - in England, at least) trickle out of the loud-speaker and pollute my ears. But that's not the worst of it as there's a grand piano lurking on the stage and I deeply fear that the Devilfish is going to tickle the ivories and belt out a few numbers. That surely would be the first bad beat of the day.
Meanwhile, a number of familiar faces are waiting patiently at their respective tables, braced and ready for action. Of those, Robert Mizrachi, Glen Chorny, David Rheem, Chad Brown, Alex Kravchenko and Rolf Slotboom are notable in their presence, as is former Eastender Michael Greco who is eagerly hoping to echo the recent success of fellow 'poker celebrity' Tony Cascarino.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
flop. The initial raiser led out for 300 and Raymer announced "raise" as he tossed a red (T1000) chip into the center. The button folded and the middle position player wasted little time calling.The
on the turn had both players quickly checking. When the 
hit the river, the middle position player confidently bet 1,700 only to have Raymer announce "all in" and eagerly push his remaining stack towards the middle. Fossilman's opponent quickly let it go and the 2004 world champ picked up a nice pot to start the day. He is now working with about 13,000 chips.
As I made my way through the tables, I thought I'd stumbled across a multiple all-in, but alas it was just a table that was catering to the latecomers/reserves. "There was a game on TV once when they gave aces to all the players," I informed Norway's Sverre Sundbo, who was waiting patiently for the action to commence. "Hey, I was in that hand," claimed Barny Boatman two seats along. "I folded on the big blind."
The flop came
and it was checked to Obrestad. She bet 350 and was quickly called. The turn fell the 
and again Obrestad's opponent let her do the betting. She tossed out 575 only to have her opponent casually slide out a raise of 1,025. Annette was still for a few moments before finally calling.The
hit the river and it was checked to Obrestad yet again. She confidently fired a bet of 2,500 and got a relatively prompt call from her under-the-gun adversary. Annette showed 
for a strong two pair and her opponent mucked. She climbed to just over 14,000 on the hand.
