2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open

EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
€1,361,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€4,952,000
Entries
619
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 619
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Mizrachi Gets Some Back

Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi
Just a few hours after losing a lot of chips to Felipe Ramos and his flush draw, Robert Mizrachi just got a few of them back. Dren Ukella opened for a raise to 4,000 from the cutoff seat and Ramos called from the button. A short-stacked Mizrachi wasted no time pushing his remaining 24,700 towards the center.

Ukella folded straight away, but Ramos went into the tank. He counted out the raise and then eyeballed his remaining stack. After a bit of deliberation, he pushed out the call. The players showed:

Ramos: {6-Clubs} {5-Clubs}
Mizrachi: {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}

The board helped neither man as it came {K-Spades} {9-Spades} {2-Spades} {3-Spades} {Q-Clubs} and Mizrachi's ace-high was best. He scooped up the pot and is now sitting on just under 60,000. Ramos, meanwhile, is still above average with about 90,000 chips.

Tags: Robert Mizrachi

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

British Invasion

Like a snake in the grass, the British players have been laying low for the majority of the tournament (well, the whole year, in fact), but have survived the flurry of recent exits and are now braced and ready to pounce. The following are still flying the flag of her Majesty the Queen, with the likes of Stephen Chidwick and Mazhar Nawab looking very dangerous indeed. And the "Honey Man" Albert Sapinao may ruffle a few feathers too.

Mazhar Nawab -- 140,000
Albert Sapiano -- 125,000
Stephen Chidwick -- 118,000
Michael Greco -- 80,000
Steve Jelinek -- 72,000
Mark Dalimore -- 53,000
Stuart Rutter -- 51,000
Stuart Taylor -- 38,000

When Shorties Attack

No, don't worry, the Oompa-Loompas haven't turned on Willy Wonka, I'm talking about the short stacks here in Barcelona. One of those is Fowzi Baroukh. With one player limping in the cutoff, he made it 11,000 from the small blind. After his foe called, both players saw a flop of {J-Spades}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, where Baroukh led out for another 11,000. After much deliberation, his opponent made the fold, allowing Baroukh to collect the pot and recompile a now-50,000 stack.

Another short stack is heading in a similar direction, Michael Greco's start-of-the-day stack of 7,700 now reaching the dizzy nose-bleeding heights of 80,000.

Other short stacks, however, are finding life somewhat harder, as Petre Ionescu, Simone Coppari and Stavros Kalfas are all at the wrong end of the spectrum with 24,000, 17,000 and 24,000 respectively.

Tags: Fowzi Baroukh

Ronny Johansen Cracks Aces to Stay Alive

Ronny Johansen moved all in from under the gun for roughly his last 26,500. Action folded around to Pier Paolo Ruscalla on the button and he cold called the raise. The blinds folded and the players showed:

Johansen: {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}
Ruscalla: {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}

The flop was dramatic as it fell {J-Spades} {10-Hearts} {6-Spades}. Another player commented that they folded a pair of nines, thus turning Johansen's six-outer into a virtual four-outer. Nevertheless, he hit the turn squarely as it fell the {9-Spades} . The {5-Clubs} on the river was of no consequence Johansen doubled to just over 58,000.
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