2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
Day: 2
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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De Haas:
York:
The flop came down
giving de Haas a piece of it, but left him still trailing. Things changed dramatically however when the 
hit the turn. York was drawing to one of two remaining queens and he failed to connect with either as the 
fell on the river. York was eliminated on the hand and de Haas climbed to just over 26,000 chips with the win.
board. On the 
river, Sallin paused momentarily, peered down at his chips before leading out for 6,000. With his leg twitching erratically under the table, Chorny grabbed two columns of chips and effectively put his foe all in. After around fifteen seconds, Sallin made the call."Flush," announced Chorny as he revealed
. Confident that he had his nose in front, Chorny was shown a 
for the turned full house."What's with the slowroll?" probed Chorny, to which he received no response. "You like sit there for minutes before calling and don't turn your cards over. I wouldn't have done that to you, but don't be surprised if I do it back."
Slow-roll or not, Chorny drops to 55,000.
against the 
of Malte Strothmann, the November Niner was drawing dead by the turn of a 
board and swiftly exiting stage left.
flop, play was checked around to Nielsen who led out for 8,700 only to be raised by Ygborn. Quicker than a jet propelled whippet, Nielsen shoved his chips across the line and we had ourselves a showdown.Nielsen:
Ygborn:
Although all eyes were fixated on the potential pairing of the board, it was the backdoor that the Poker Gods flung open as the
turn and 
delivered an unexpected flush draw.Double up for Nielsen whilst Ygborn takes a nasty hit.
The two saw the
flop heads up. Strothmann checked and Mercier led out for 4,600. Strothmann made took his time before calling. When the hit the turn, both men quickly checked.The
hit the river and after Strothmann checked to Mercier, he bet 9,200. Strothmann took his time but called that bet as well. Mercier confidently rolled over but Strothmann tabled 
for two pair. Mercier tapped the table and nodded as if to indicate "good hand."Mercier slipped to just over 48,000 chips on the hand while Strothmann is doing well with just roughly 56,000.
Cedric Rossi min-raised to 2,000 from UTG, Niklas Strom called from the small blind, and Smurfit moved all in for his remaining 5,000 from the big blind. Both of his opponents called.
The flop was
. Strom led out for 6,000, Rossi folded, and the cards were turned up. Smurfit:
Strom:
Smurfit was drawing nearly dead to Strom's set, and the two sixes that landed on the turn and river made him a full house, eliminating Smurfit.
flop, Cedric Rossi finds himself all in against Sorel Mizzi with 
versus . No drama on the turn and river means he doubles up his short-stack whilst online pro Mizzi drops to 21,000.
