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

09-05-2009 15:44 UTC+3

Rousso Way Down

donpeters

Vanessa Rousso was faced with a large bet of 7,000 chips in front of her. The final board read {10-Hearts}

. She tanked for a while, but eventually made the call.

Her opponent showed {8-Diamonds}

for a pair of sevens on the river. Rousso tabled {9-Clubs}

for a pair of sixes and a busted club draw. She was left with only 6,000 chips.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

09-05-2009 15:45 UTC+3

Pot Lost for Demidov

donpeters

Ivan Demidov raised to 400 from the cutoff seat. The button called and then Boris Becker called out of the big blind. The flop came down {9-Spades}

. Action checked to the button and he bet 475. Only Demidov called.

The turn brought the {3-Hearts}

. Both players checked.

The river was the {4-Clubs}

and Demidov check-folded to a bet of 1,200 from his opponent, dropping some chips just before the break.

09-05-2009 15:47 UTC+3

Constant Craving

[user46392]

We're not sure how it came to pass, but EPT San Remo champ Constant Rijkenberg has rallied, and more than doubled his earlier 23,500 stack to his current 56,000.

Tags: Constant Rijkenberg

09-05-2009 15:48 UTC+3

Breaktime

[user46392]

15 minutes of milling for all our runners.

09-05-2009 15:48 UTC+3

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[user46392]

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

09-05-2009 16:05 UTC+3

Cards Back in the Air

donpeters

The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air.

09-05-2009 16:14 UTC+3

Naujoks Shows What She's Got

[user46392]

An interesting hand involving Sandra Naujoks erupted shortly before the break.

Naujoks had bet 1,050 to a check from her opponent on the {A-Clubs}

flop and he had called; he check-called again on the {J-Hearts}

turn. Both players checked the {10-Clubs}

river -- at which point the opponent open-folded. The dealer started to push the pot towards Naujoks, when another player at the table complained that he would like to see Naujoks' cards. The dealer started to tell him that she didn't have to show, although after a moment of this, she flipped {J-Clubs}

in order to avoid any controversy.

Naujoks is on 29,300.

Tags: Sandra Naujoks

09-05-2009 16:21 UTC+3

Riverman Only Needs a Flop

[user46392]

Laurence "Riverman1" Houghton is up to 34,000, not a bad start for the online wizard.

Most recently he saw a {3-Hearts}

flop and his opponent bet out 1,500. Houghton made it 4,800 and his opponent swiftly passed. Houghton showed him {A-Hearts}

.

While this whole hand was going on, a tablemate appeared to be involved in a long and impassioned lecture directed at Houghton, the subject of which seemed to be that Britain was only ever a great country because of its history of colonizing and plundering other nations. Houghton nodded politely.

Tags: Laurence Houghton