Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 75
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€3,832,000
Entries
479
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Schaefer Takes A Chunk From Williams
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board, Brandon Schaefer bet 6,200 and David Williams made the call. The river was the 
and Schaefer bet 13,500 this time, Williams gave it some thought before calling but mucked when he saw Schaefer's 
.
Basebaldy's First Trip to Europe Going Well
Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin stopped in with Melissa Castello just before his dinner break to give us some insight to his first trip ever to Europe. Eric seems to be enjoying his trip and so far he's doing well in the tournament, although it's taken him a little extra time to figure out some of the European players.
Pieter de Korver Eliminated
Korver failed to improve on his longshot and was eliminated from the tournament.
Visser Busted
but Minieri had 
and ran out the victor on the 
board.
Muy Bueno as Eastgate Hits the Rail
Most of the damage was done when he doubled up another player, the chips going in preflop. Eastgate held pocket
, but the all-in gent was holding pocket 
and with no help from the 
board, all in stayed in and Eastgate was down to roughly the 10-big-blind mark.A few hands later he open-shoved in early position with
and found himself called by Patrick Bueno on the button holding pocket . He was coinflipping, but Bueno's tens held up, hitting an unnecessary set on the river of the 
board to knock out the world champ.
Liu Doubles Up
and her opponent pocket threes; the board came down 
to give Liu the straight.
Negreanu Continues To Play Small Ball
. The player bet 2,300 into Negreanu. Negreanu made the call.The turn came the
and the player bet again, this time for 3,500. Negreanu called again.The river was the
and Negreanu called a bet of 7,000 from his opponent. The player turned up 
for two pair, but Negreanu held for a better two pair. Negreanu moved up to 82,000 on the hand.He has been given a little flack from Lex Veldhuis about his small-ball strategy and after the hand mentioned, "You would've liked that one, Lex. You see it?"
Lex commented that he saw it after the flop, but also made a reference that Negreanu might've been able to get a lot more chips than he did had he raised at any point in the hand.
Dario Downed!
and Minieri check-raised all-in for about 33,000 over the top of an 18,800 continuation bet. His opponent prompty called with 
leaving Minieri's in hot water.Both players hit a full house on the
turn and the changed nothing.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100