Break It Up, Baby
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Last one of the day. We'll be playing two more levels and then calling it a night.
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,790,000
Entries
758
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Konstaninos Craving
When we arrived to see the flop reading 
, the player in the hijack was already all in for around 22,000, the player on the button all in for 17,000, and recent EPT Vienna finalist Konstantinos Nanos in the big blind had a decision to make.
He ummed and ahhed for some time, and eventually, with a thump, slammed the call on to the felt. He immediately smacked the table when he saw what he was up against, and shouted something that sounded like, "Russian Russian Russian flush draw jacks."
Nanos: 
Hijack Gentleman: 
Mr. Button: 
Turn: 
River: 
The gent with the jacks tripled up, while the busted Mr. Hijack offered a gentlemanly, "Nice hand, man, good luck," before taking his leave. Nanos picked up the side pot, but still made a considerable loss on the hand. He's down to 23,000.
Toby Lewis Has Been Eliminated
EPT VIlamoura Winner Toby Lewis will not be adding another EPT title to his trophy cabinet just quite yet.
We didn't catch the action has it happened but we are led to believe that he opened the action with a raise and Luis Rufas called in the big blind. The flop was 
and Rufas check-called a bet by Lewis. The turn was a King and Rufas again checked and Lewis bet. Rufas check-raised enough to put Lewis all-in and Lewis called.
Lewis: 
Rufas: 
The river was a 9 and Lewis was eliminated at the hands of the chip leader
Here's What You've All Been Waiting For.....The Payouts!
We have been given the official payout structure for the 2010 ET Barcelona Main Event and thought it would be best to share them with you good people.
A total of 758 players have walked thbrough the doors of the Casino de Barcelona over the course of the official Day 1's meaning 112 places will be paid, with the winner eventually walking away with a cool €825,000. Anyone reaching the money places is guaranteed no less than €7,500, whilst those reaching the final table will each boost their bank balances by at least €70,000.
The payout structure in full is as follows:
1: €825,000
2: €525,000
3: €300,000
4: €222,000
5: €170,000
6: €130,000
7: €90,000
8: €70,000
9-10: €50,000
11-12: €36,000
13-14: €28,000
15-16: €23,000
17-24: €20,000
25-32: €17,000
33-40: €15,000
41-48: €15,000
49-56: €13,000
57-64: €13,000
65-72: €11,000
73-80: €11,000
81-88: €9,000
89-96: €9,000
97-104: €7,500
105-112: €7,500
Luis Rufas Extends His Chip Lead
Luis Rufas finished in 41st place at this event last year. This year he has his eyes firmly set on a higher finish and at the moment he can do no wrong.
We caught up with him as he took 8,800 from EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis after Lewis folded to a Rufas raise on a flop we didn't quite catch. Then while he was still counting his chips up he nonchalantly looked at his cards and threw 1,425 in for a raise. A player a few seat to his left pushed all-in for 11,275 and after a little think Rufas reluctantly made the call.
Rufas: 
All-in Dude: 
The board ran out 
and Rufas added the 11,275 to the stack he was still trying hard to stack up after his last win.
The Newest Member of The 100 Club
We welcome Mihails Morozovs to the 100 club after his pocket Kings held up against his opponents Ace Queen in a pre flop raising frenzy.
Chip Counts from Those Full of Food
They swapped over a little while ago, so we are now around 20 minutes into our second Level 7.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 500 |
|
95,000 | -12,000 |
|
75,000 | 16,800 |
|
|
70,000 | -22,000 |
|
70,000 | 25,000 |
|
57,000 | 26,000 |
|
56,000 | |
|
55,000 | 25,500 |
|
53,000 | 10,000 |
|
53,000 | 8,000 |
|
45,000 | 6,150 |
|
|
45,000 | 15,000 |
|
37,000 | |
|
33,000 | -2,800 |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
28,000 | -20,000 |
|
27,000 | 1,700 |
|
22,000 | -6,400 |
|
18,000 | -2,600 |
|
15,500 | -4,300 |
|
|
15,000 | -3,200 |
|
14,000 | -9,000 |
|
13,000 | -7,250 |
|
11,500 |
Lodden's T8,000 gift
Johnny Lodden has seen his stack drop to "just" 95,000 after giving his opponent an 8,000 chip gift.
On a board reading 
, Lodden fired a 8,000 bet and then folded as fast as light when his opponent announced he was all-in.
Standing Room Only in the Terrazas
Santiago Terrazas, who finished third in this event last year behind Carter Phillips and Marc Goodwin, is in a spot of serious bother now.
He was actually in some fairly serious bother already when he shoved for his last 12,075 in mid position to an under-the-gun raise. The gentleman on the button unexpectedly called all in for around 7,000 and the original raiser folded. On their backs, and suddenly things were looking up for the Spaniard as he discovered that he was dominating.
Terrazas: 
Button Gentleman: 
Terrazas stood up, apparently aware of what was coming...
Board: 
The all-in gentleman spiked his queen, and more than doubled up. Terrazas was left with just 5,000 or so.
A Look at Table 4
The three people with the heftiest stacks at Table 4 are Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske, Team PokerStars Online Jorge Arias and Ognjen Sekularac.
How have they been doing this year?
Luske has had 8 cashes on the live circuit this year including the 1st place at EPT Vienna in the H.O.R.S.E tournament.
Arias has had two cashes on the live circuit - one of which was at this years world series in a 6 handed event.
Sekularachas has had eleven cashes on the live circuit this year. This includes a 10th place finish at a side event in EPT Vienna a few weeks ago.
All three of them were just involved in a few hands before heading for their lunch break.
Luske opened to 1,300 from under the gun and the players on the button and in the small blind called. The flop was and everyone checked. The turn was the and and again everyone checked. The river was the and this time the small blind led for a bet of 2,400 and Luske called before the button folded.
Small Blind: 
Luske: Mucked Face Down
Then Sekularachas opened in early position to 1,500 and he had three callers. The flop was 
and the two blinds checked the action over to Sekularachas who bet 3,375 and the Button folded behind. The action was then on the small blind, Jorge Arias and he made the call before Luske folded in the big blind.
The turn was the 
and both players checked this time. The river was the and Arias started to count up a raise when Sekularachas saved him the time by folding. Arias showed a pair of queens for a full house.
Arias ~ 64,600
Sekularachas ~ 131,000
Luske ~ 72,750