€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

09-04-2009 19:20 UTC+2

Split Break-Time

Players are now on a break. Half of them are having a dinner break while the other half are just getting fifteen minutes before returning to play level 7 and will have their dinner break thereafter.

09-04-2009 19:20 UTC+2

PokerStars.tv Has Some Treats While We Wait for Action to Resume

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Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

09-04-2009 19:55 UTC+2

Half Back

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Donnie Peters

After a slight delay in getting back to action, half of the players have now returned from their short break to get the cards back in the air. The other half of the remaining field will continue their dinner break.

09-04-2009 20:06 UTC+2

Rensink-ing

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Donnie Peters

Claudio Rinaldi checked to Johan Rensink on the turn with the board reading {Q-Diamonds}

. Rensink bet 6,000. Rinaldi then raised to 26,000. Rensink tanked, but then made the call, leaving himself with 875 chips behind. Yes, 875 chips.

The river brought the {7-Hearts}

and Rinaldi checked as if he had missed something. Rensink checked in the same manner. Rinaldi didn't seem like he wanted to turn up his hand, but tabled {K-Clubs}

for king high after he missed a straight draw. Rensink turned up {5-Clubs}

for a busted flush and straight draw and only held five high. Rinaldi's king high was good enough to scoop the pot.

"You have how many chips left?!?!" questioned one of the players at the table to Rensink. "Maybe if you bet he would have folded."

Rinaldi now has 95,000 chips. A few hands later, Rensink was eliminated.

Tags: Claudio Rinaldi Johan Rensink

09-04-2009 20:21 UTC+2

Margets Makin' Moves

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Donnie Peters

Leo Margets raised all in on a board of {K-Diamonds}

after her opponent bet 3,200. The all-in bet was for roughly 18,000 chips. Her opponent tanked, but eventually folded the {10-Hearts}

. and Margets gathered in the chips. She now has about 25,000 in her stack.

Tags: Leo Margets

09-04-2009 20:36 UTC+2

The Other Half's Break Time

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Donnie Peters

The other half of the field that did not break for dinner has just gone on a one-hour dinner break with the return of the players that took the first break.

09-04-2009 20:40 UTC+2

ElkY in the Room

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Donnie Peters

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has been running around the tournament area as a very busy man. he's not playing in today's flight, but over the last half hour or so, he's been seen doing multiple interviews along with posing for plenty of photos. Everyone in the room recognizes ElkY's face and shiny wardrobe. All of them are also all to well known with the way he crushes poker tournaments around the world. Tomorrow, we'll get to see ElkY in action as he takes on the other competitors from Day 1b.

Tags: "ElkY"Bertrand Grospellier

09-04-2009 20:45 UTC+2

Jaka Enjoying Himself

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Faraz Jaka is having a fine old time, nonchalantly chewing gum, nodding along to some music in his head, pushing people off big pots with enormous bets and the like.

Just now he bet 16,000 into a 20,000 pot with the board reading {K-Diamonds}

with nary a twitching muscle in his face. His opponent duly passed, and Jaka is up to 60,000.

09-04-2009 20:49 UTC+2

Jorn To Be Wild...

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Jorn Walthaus has moved up to 124,000 after he raised preflop from mid-position. The small blind flat-called but then big blind reraised all-in. Walthaus pushed behind and the small blind folded.

The Dutchman showed {A-Spades}

ahead against the small blind's live {9-Clubs}

but neither hit anything on the {10-Diamonds}

board.