Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
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
What's Been Going Down
Dario Minieri is still hanging in ther ethough he now only have ten big blinds to his name after he raised first in from middle position to 450, the player directly to his left called and both players saw a 
flop. Minieri bet 1,000 but as soon as the chip hit the felt, his opponent raised to 6,000 and the diminutive Italian released his hand, leaving him with 2,250 chips.
We are just waiting for confirmation but it looks as if EPT founder, John Duthie has been eliminated. Whilst visiting his table to see how he was doing, I was surprised to find Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth sitting there, counting out his 14,200 chips!
Elsewhere, "Elky" has been busy building his stack up to the dizzy heights of 60,000 chips
Liv Boeree Runs Into Rockets
Never has a title been so apt because Team PokerStars Pro, Liv Boeree, the poker player with a degree in Astrophysics, has just run into rockets.
The player seated in early position raised to 450, which was small enough to see four other players, including Max Lykov call. Seated on the button, Boeree raised it up to 2,100, only to see the initial preflop raiser move all in for a total of 16,800 chips.
This monster sized raise folded everyone out but sent Boeree into the tank. When she emerged from her deep thought, she wanted some answers to her questions.
"Why such a big shove?" was the first question poised to her statuesque opponent, he replied something along the lines of he did not think she had a hand that. Another minute or so passed and Boeree tossed in a pile of chips, more than enough to make the call.
Boeree: 
Mr Overbet Shove: 
The 
was no help at all to the EPT San Remo winner and when the 
peeled off on the turn she was drawing dead. The inconsequential 
fell on the river, knocking Miss Boeree back down to 21,200
Not Seeing Double
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We saw Team PokerStars Pro Matthias de Meulder make it through the day yesterday, but woefully his identical twin brother Christophe doesn't seem to be playing this event.
Similarly we have been denied a second shot at seeing identical twins at the final table - Daniel Zink is here, but sadly his identical twin brother Sebastian is not. Still, Daniel seems to be doing well enough for the both of them - he's just knocked out a relative short stack who got his last 13,000 or so in with 
while Zink found 
. The board ran out a completely harmless 
(although the dealer insisted on dramatically hovering the river card over the felt before he turned it over) and Zink is up to almost 40,000.
Stare Down
Earlier we reported on a hand between Team Pokerstars Pro Max Lykov and an opponent where neither player looked at each other once throughout the entire hand. People are different and we all have different styles. Take this hand for example over at Table 3.
A player opened from early position to 400 and two people called behind including Roberto Romanello. Mike Binger was in the big blind and also made the call. The flop was 
and the original raiser made the continuation bet, making it 750 to play. The action folded around to Binger in the big blind and he made the call. The turn was the and the original raiser fired a second barrel making it 2,750. Binger went into the tank and stared straight into the raiser. The raiser stared straight back into BInger. For a long time the two of them refused to break their connection until the player in seat 1 indicated to the Dealer that he should hurry them up.
"Give them more time, it has not been that long." Said Romanello.
Not long after Binger, not even breaking off his stare, called the bet.
The river was 
and both players, still staring into each other, checked.
The original raiser showed and Binger quietly mucked his hand.
Assorted Early Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
38,000 | |
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000 | |
|
32,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
|
30,000 | |
|
29,800
-200
|
-200 |
|
|
||
|
29,500 | |
|
29,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
29,100
-900
|
-900 |
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
27,000 | |
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
||
Marcel Luske
Team Pokerstars Pro Marcel Luske, who recently took down the €1,000 H.O.R.S.E event at EPT Vienna, is sat looking as elegant as always over at table 4.
We caught up with him as he added a few chips to his stack. He limped in early position and David Ian John raised to 550 in middle position and Javier Martinez Perez made the call. The flop was 
and Luske checked over to John who bet 500. The big blind folded and Luske made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked before Luske threw in a 1,000 bet when he saw the 
river - John folded.
Luske ~ 40,000
Dario Done, Dusted
It didn't take long for the diminutive Dario Minieri to get his diminutive stack in the middle. He was in trouble from the start, and though he found a little something on the river it wasn't nearly enough to save him.
Minieri: 
Happy opponent: 
Board: 
As always, the tiny Italian Team PokerStars Pro behaved like a gentleman, and was all smiles as he took his leave.
Chips Here, Chips There, Chips Everywhere
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,250
8,075
|
8,075 |
|
26,700
1,125
|
1,125 |
|
||
|
19,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
||
|
9,100
-12,200
|
-12,200 |
|
|
||
|
3,500
-23,300
|
-23,300 |
|
|
||
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0