Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,055,000
Entries
811
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 811
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker is out after a cooler of a hand.
The money was all-in on a 
flop between Moneymaker and Juan Manuel Copani. The former WSOP Main Event champ tabled 
for a full-house, bettering his opponent's 
. He was looking good for a near double-up but the board ran out 
to make the Spaniard a larger full-house. Ouch.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The action has been fast and furious at the mine-field starting table in the middle of the room with the notables getting involved often and early here on Day 1b of the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event.
On this hand, we picked up the action on the 
flop as Anton Wigg checked, the next player bet 500, a third player called and then Allen Bari called. Play then fell back on 2010 EPT Copenhagen champion Wigg and he check-raised to 2,650. The original bettor called, but only after counting out some chips past the betting line and being forced to call by the dealer. The next player and Bari folded.
The turn was the and Wigg checked. His opponent fired 10,000 and Wigg tanked for a bit and then gave it up, allowing his opponent to take the pot.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The number on the board is stuck at 400 registered players, but we know for a fact there will be at least 435 today, and probably a handful more than that. Adding in the Day 1a crowd gives us more than 780 players in total, and we can now safely say this will be the largest EPT Barcelona in history. Registration will remain open through two levels today, so if you're near Barcelona with €5,000 burning a hole in your pocket, the EPT is the place to be!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
With the board reading 
, Allen Bari check-called a bet of 1,100 from Team PokerStars Pro and former World Series of Poker November Niner Ivan Demidov. The river landed with the 
and Bari check-called again, this time for 2,500. Demidov tabled the 
for top set. Bari showed a weaker set with the 
and lost the pot.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Action folded to Allen Bari in late position and he raised to 250. The player in the small blind called and then Jon Spinks called from the big blind. Before the dealer could deal the flop, the player in the small blind asked, "Can we bet any amount?" Some of the players at the table seemed confused by the question, but the dealer went on to explain that as long as you bet the amount of the big blind, you can bet whatever you want.
The flop came down 
and action checked around to see the 
fall on the turn. The small blind checked and Spinks bet 425. Bari made the call and the small blind folded.
The landed on the river and Spinks fired 750. Bari took some time and then fired back with a raise to 1,900. Spinks called.
Bari tabled the 
for a flopped flush draw that turned into two pair on the river, kings and nines. Spinks mucked and Bari took the early pot.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Tables 5, 6, 13, and 14 are the four corner tables on the far side of the room, and they're arranged together in a square. To be honest, we could probably stand right in the middle of those four tables all day and fill this blog to the brim.
Table 5 has Sorel Mizzi (Seat 1), Juan Manuel Pastor (2), Jason Mercier (4), and PokerStars Challenger Alexis "J0hnny_Dr@m@" Zervos playing larger-than-average pots early, it seems.
Table 6 is really the one to watch, containing Dominic Nitsche (1), Viktor Blom (3), Daniel Negreanu (6), and Dmitry Vitkind (8).
Table 13 is where we find Chris Moneymaker (3) and EPT standout Dimitry Stelmak (8).
At table 14, Boris Becker (6) will have to deal with the fourth-place finisher from the last EPT Grand Final, Andrey Danilyuk (2).
If they'd let us set up a lounge chair out on the floor, we wouldn't have to move all day.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Silvio Blengino is the third player to fall today after he gave up his stack to Alex Sanchez.
Sanchez made it 300 to go before Blengino three-bet to 1,200 and then moved all-in for 25,000 after Sanchez four-bet to 4,300. Sanchez took about ten minutes before calling with . It was good as Blengino tabled , and it stayed good through the 
board.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Almost right in the center of the room is what could easily be considered one of the toughest starting tables in this tournament. Looking at the first four seats to the left of the dealer you have Liv Boeree, Allen Bari, Ivan Demidov and Anton Wigg. In the seven seat sits Jon Spinks who had four cashes at the World Series of Poker this year including two final tables. That's quite the starting table with those two Team PokerStars Pros (Boeree and Demidov), two former EPT champions (Boeree and Wigg) and one WSOP gold bracelet winner (Bari). Good luck at that table.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It took over an hour to lose a player yesterday but today it took a total of two hands. The player in question was sat at table 51 and that is the only table without media ID cards. Understandably the player in question bolted from the room before anyone could get his name.
