Schaefer's Helpful River
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on a 
board.Soon after Schaefer bet 8,500 on the river of a
board. He was called by an upset 
which had been pipped by Schaefer's own 
.
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
on a board.Soon after Schaefer bet 8,500 on the river of a
board. He was called by an upset which had been pipped by Schaefer's own .
Bullets on the Button for Kang
They saw a
flop, which the original raiser checked. Kang threw in 3,000, eliciting a swift and painless fold from his opponent. Kang nonchalantly flashed a pair of aces.He's on 38,000.
Eights Lucky for Kabbaj
flop, which they both checked.The big blind bet out 1,300 on the
turn, which Kabbaj called; they proceeded to the river, and this time both checked.The big blind turned over
for the two pair on the board with an ace kicker -- but Kabbaj had him just pipped, turning over pocket 
to take the pot and put him back up to 28,000.
Chip Counts
Samer Rahman - 55,000
Sandra Naujoks - 53,000
Justin "BoostedJ" Smith - 43,000
Noah Boeken - 21,500
Fatima Moreira de Melo - 20,000
Justin Young - 11,000
David Williams - 7,000
Smith Gets Backdoored
The flop came down
. The big blind took his time and then fired out 3,500. Smith called behind.The turn brought the
and both players checked.The river was the
and both players checked again.The big blind showed first and revealed
for the nut flush. Smith showed the same hand, but a different suit with the 
. Unfortunately for him though, his opponent backed into a diamond flush and he dropped to 36,500 chips.
Quote Of The Day...
Peter-ing Out
into on a king-high flop.
The Levi Breaks A Player
beat his opponent's 
on a 
after it was all went in preflop.
Countries by the Numbers
The United States had the most players in the field with 55. Bunched together in the next tier are Italy with 46 and France, Germany and Spain all with 44. Rounding out the top ten countries with most entrants are the Netherlands (30), Russia (29), Finland (21), Sweden (21), and Canada (18). The United Kingdom, Denmark and Romania all had numbers in the double digits as well.
To branch things out globally, players have flown in from Venezuela, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Israel and New Zealand.
How Many Chips Do They Have?
Laurence Houghton: 46,000
Anthony Roux: 40,000
Davidi Kitai: 18,000
JJ Liu: 21,000
Jonas Molander: 16,000
Juan Pastor: 29,000
Kati Jerney: 37,000
Liya Gerasimova: 40,000
Matt Woodward: 83,000
Mel Judah: 42,000
Noah Boeken: 21,000
Peter Hedlund: 38,000
Pieter de Korver: 26,500
Surinder Sunar: 55,000
William Thorson: 18,000
Ivan Demidov: 30,000
Guillaume de la Gorce: 31,000