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

09-04-2009 19:43 UTC+3

Goodwin? More of a moderate boost really...

[user76023]

Marc Goodwin is slowly working his way up the leaderboard, he just won a decent pot betting 10,000 on the river of a {10-Hearts}

putting him over 40,000.

Tags: Marc Goodwin

09-04-2009 19:40 UTC+3

Arcas in Deep Water

[user46392]

The rather lovely Francisca Arcas was very short-stacked when it checked around to her on a {9-Clubs}

flop, so she did the decent thing and went all in.

All three limpers folded, though, and she merely picked up the blinds and limpy calls to leave her on a still desperate 6,000 or so.

09-04-2009 19:39 UTC+3

In Unrelated News...

[user76023]

William Thorson has just defeated Juan Maceiras...

In an arm-wrestling contest. Score one for the Swedes...

09-04-2009 19:37 UTC+3

Langmann Finds The Nuts

[user76023]

Florian Langmann made a 8,500 bet on the river of a {7-Hearts}

board, when he was called he flipped {A-Diamonds}

for the nut flush.

Langmann has now recovered above his starting stack and has over 31,000.

09-04-2009 19:27 UTC+3

Here are some of the players in the room yielding some very plump chip stacks.

Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar - 110,000
Johnny Lodden - 90,400
Alessio Isaia - 68,500
Freddy Deeb - 62,000
Dragan Galic - 57,000
Dominik Nitsche - 53,000

09-04-2009 19:23 UTC+3

Deeb Grows

donpeters

Freddy Deeb may not be one of the most intimidating people in the room, but now he is yielding a very intimidating stack after picking up two hefty pots in back-to-back action.

First, the flop was {K-Spades}

when a player from the small blind bet out 2,650. Deeb was next to act and raised to 18,000 straight. The third player that saw the flop from the button folded, sending the small blind into the tank for a few minutes. He knew that Freddy's raise committed nearly all of his chips to the hand so the decision was an important one. Finally, the player ended up sticking the chips into the middle. It was only a couple thousand more for Deeb to make the call and he instantly did so, tabling {K-Clubs}

. The small blind held two red aces -- {A-Hearts}

.

The turn brought the {Q-Hearts}

, adding a few straight outs for the player in the small blind, but he fell short when the river was the {8-Spades}

. Deeb gathered in the pot, but even before stacking all of his chips, he got involved again.

After raising preflop and finding one caller, Deeb led out into the flop of {K-Spades}

. His opponent made the call. The turn brought the {A-Hearts}

and Deeb fired 2,300 on the second-to-last street of action. His opponent took some time, but then mucked his hand.

Deeb added those chips to the unstacked pile already in front of him and began building his towers. When it was all said and done, Deeb was held slightly over 62,000 chips.

Tags: Freddy Deeb

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

09-04-2009 19:15 UTC+3

Lodden Wins a Monster in Dream Scenario

donpeters

There now sits a massive stack in front of Mr. Lodden

Brace yourselves because there was plenty of action on this hand.

It was Johnny Lodden's big blind when the player under the gun raised to 1,100. The next player reraised to 3,000. Action then folded around to the player on the button who moved all in for 7,375. The small blind ducked out of the way before Lodden went into the tank. After a minute or so of thought, Lodden put in another raise to 13,000. The original raiser folded before the next player that had made 3,000 made the call. There would be three players to the flop, with one player all in.

The flop came down {J-Spades}

and Lodden checked. The other remaining player checked as well.

The turn brought the {2-Spades}

and there would be no free cards this time decided Mr. Lodden. He bet out 12,500 and the other player called.

With the pot growing massive, the river was placed on the felt -- the {6-Diamonds}

. Lodden slowly counted out all of his chips and then announced that he was all in. His opponent made the call. Lodden tabled {A-Spades}

and his opponent showed two queens -- {Q-Spades}

-- to give Lodden the side pot first.

The all-in player from the button position showed {K-Diamonds}

, which meant that Lodden would take down the main pot as well. With that enormous pot and spectacular hand, Lodden has climbed over the 90,000-chip mark.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

09-04-2009 19:14 UTC+3

Horecki Drops Down

[user46392]

Marcin Horecki's stack is heading proverbially south -- he's now down to around 19,000.

Most recently he raised under the gun and called a reraise from the gent immediately to his left to see a {5-Clubs}