Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
Day: 1b
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 a look of contemplation and body language suggesting not calling, but folding or raising, he eventually pushed enough chips out to put Thorson all in. Thorson quickly called for a total of 4,150. The players showed:
Thorson:
Opponent:
The button was drawing dead by the turn and Thorson is now sitting on about 8,500 chips.
One of those is the mere presence of Daniel Negreanu. If he so much as scratches his derriere, the onlooking crowd will close in to see the scratching action unfold. If he's all in, however, they'll well and truly swamp the table!
Although I arrived slightly late, Arnaud Mattern (my get out clause if my information is incorrect) filled me in on all the gory details. "Negreanu min-raised to 300," he began, "only to be called in about four spots. On the
flop, Daniel led out for 800. His neighbor made it 2,400, Daniel pushed, and his opponent called."On their backs, and Daniel was in trouble against
, but not dead with 
. However, no further clubs arrived, and Kid Poker was gone.
board, reigning champion Sander Lylloff led out for 2,100, only to be raised all in by Eric Koskas who shoved his entire stack of 13,000 over the line."You could have K-T," pondered Lylloff as the press edged closer.
With around 8,000 behind, Lylloff eventually opted for the fold, and was shown
for his troubles.Several hands later, Lylloff's seat was empty, there were no chips at the felt, and the Dane was spotted trundling dejectedly towards the press room. Now I'm no Columbo, but I think he's out.
. Vance led out for 2,000 and the button called. The turn came the 
and after eyeing his opponent's chip stack for a moment, he moved all in. The button made the call. In a massive cooler of a hand, Vance turned up
for a set, but his opponent flopped a higher set with 
. The 
on the river changed nothing and Vance rapped the table with a "nice hand, sir" and quickly made his exit.
flop, the Italian called 3,650 with 
to find he was ahead against . The turn and river both missed, allowing Blanco to lap up the pro. He's now on around 15,000.
board before being called down by his mustached opponent. Mizzi showed 
to take the pot and is now on around 20,000.
