By the by, the official numbers are now in. Day 1b managed to get 372 players - almost double the 191 we got yesterday, bringing the total field to 563 - only a little shy of last year's 584. Good work, everybody.
The prize pool is being calculated now, we'll publish that information as soon as we get it.
The same Italian Gent on Table 34 who suffered the one-card flush outdraw to take his stack into short territory just busted to Mercedes Osti. Patiently biding his time for most of the last level, he found 
and Osti with a preflop call.
The deadly flop: 
. Now all-in, his overpair was shown to have been supremely out-flopped - she held 
and although the 
on the turn gave him a glimmer of hope for the flush draw, he missed the 
river and her stack grew to 33,000.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The sea of players flows through the door out into the rest of the Hilton, the snow or the smoking area. Back shortly.
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier is down to just 6,000 chips after coming off worse from a battle with Matteo Taddia.
Nicolas Chouity raised to 700 from under the gun but neither Taddia, the button or Elky repsected the raise as they all called, meaning it was four handed to the 
flop. All four players checked but when the made an appearance on the turn, Elky bet 1,450, Chouity mucked, Taddia called but the button folded.
The 
on the river saw Elky continue his aggression by betting 2,550 but Taddia obviously liked his hand and he raised to 7,150. Elky then frantically riffled a pile of black chips (nowhere near enough to make the call) for around a minute before counting out enough chips to make the call.
Taddia showed 
for two pair and Elky angrily slammed his cards into the muck in a very uncharacteristic fashion
A fair bit of fortune for Ville Wahlbeck as his final bowl of rice found the win and the triple-through-plus. A raise to 750 in early-middle position found a call from Praz Bansi and two others before Wahlbeck on the button moved all-in for 1,850 total. The initial raiser called, but Bansi asked the dealer, "Can I raise?"
Yes, he could. Up it went to 6,125 total which served its purpose to isolate the all-in short stack.
Bansi: 
Wahlbeck: 
It was all over but the singing on the 
flop, with the turn and river being a useless 
. It didn't really hurt Bansi's stack, but it makes a pile of difference to Wahlbeck, who now can avoid the autocall and has a foot back in the door of the tournament.
We're not sure of the exact details, but we arrived at the table to see two-time EPT finalist Artur Wasek busting out with 
against 
on a board that featured a third queen.
The gentleman on the button raised and Team PokerStars Pro Michael Keiner shoved from the small blind for his last 6,250. After a while the button called, and though both players made a straight, Keiner's was higher and he stays in the game on a little over 13,000.
Keiner: 
Button gentleman: 
Board: 
Team PokerStars Pro, Marcel Luske has just locked horns with EPT Barcelona winner, Kent Lundmark in a preflop raising war!
Lundmark ignited the touch paper with a raise to 800 from early position, prompting everyone to fold to Dutchman Luske on the button. He double checked his cards and tossed in a 5,000 chip, informing the dealer his raise was to 2,800.
After a quick check of his own holecards, Lundmark silently put out enough chips to raise to 6,000, sending Luske into the tank. With his shades upside down on his forehead, Luske looked as if he was going to at least call but alas he flicked his cards into the muck and said "nice hand." Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. I guess we'll never know
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