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Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,055,000
Total Entries
811
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 811
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The day is all set here at the 2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona and done with approximately 140 players remaining. Leading the way is Xavier Carruggi with 577,700 in chips. He'll be the man to catch come tomorrow's Day 3, which begins at noon local time here in Spain.
There's plenty of other notable players who will be moving onto Day 3, but first let's run through some of those that were eliminated. Team PokerStars Pros Jonathan Duhamel, Nacho Barbero, Luca Pagano and Jason Mercier all hit the rail on the day. They were joined by Melanie Weisner, John O'Shea, David Vamplew and Daniel Cates to name a few.
Some of the notables moving onto Day 3 are Andre Akkari, Vanessa Selbst, Chris Moorman, Victor Ramdin, Eugene Katchalov, Boris Becker, Guillaume Darcourt and Leo Margets.
When the players return tomorrow, they will be just a handful of spots away from the money, which is set at 120 players. The money bubble will surely be reached early in the day tomorrow, so be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live coverage. We'll see you at noon!
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The clock has been paused with 15 minutes left in the level, and each table is going to play four hands before bagging and tagging the survivors' chips.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Marvin Rettenmaier was down to 55,000 chips after a cooler saw his 
match-up with Dmitrij Fadeev's 
.
The board ran out 
to help him make a flush to move up to 356,000 chips.
The German was eliminated soon after.
From under the gun, Dmitry Gromov raised to 7,200. In middle position, Toni Torsten Pettersson three-bet to 15,500 and then Ali Amelipour called from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Gromov and he also called to bring the players to the 
flop. Gromov was first and checked. Pettersson fired 18,600 and Amelipour called. Gromov folded.
The turn was the 
to pair the board. Pettersson stayed aggressive and bet 28,500. Amelipour called and then the river completed the board with the 
. Pettersson didn't slow down there. He bet a tiny bit more than he did on the last street with a wager of 28,600. Amelipour called, but didn't look too happy in doing so.
Pettersson tabled the for a rivered two pair and Amelipour's face had disgust written all over it. He mucked his hand and dropped back to 110,000 in chips. Pettersson climbed to 535,000.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Sam El Sayed was the butt of Sam Razavi and Victor Ramdin's jibes earlier when they were offering him odds on a last longer bet with Ramdin. It was a good job , for El Sayed, that a price wasn't agreed as he's just fallen to the Team PokerStars Pro.
El Sayed raised to 7,100 from the button and called when Ramdin three-bet to 21,500 from the big blind. Ramdin continued for 20,000 on the 
flop and snap called when El Sayed moved all-in for about 60,000.
Ramdin: 
El Sayed: 
There was a delay in the dealing of the turn and river cards as the cameras were beckoned and this frustrated the Swiss as it was drawing more attention to his dire situation. They came and filmed the board running out 
. Ramdin is up to 240,000 chips now.
From middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin raised to 6,700. Action folded to Sam Razavi in the big blind and he moved all in for 62,800. After a bit of a tank, Ramdin folded and dropped back to about 139,000 in chips.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
We joined a three-way pot just as a 
flop was coming out on board. From the small blind, Tobias Reinkemeier led out with a bet of 11,500, and Dobromir Nikov made the call next door. David Sonelin was the one in position, and he stuck in a raise to 39,000 straight, drawing a quick fold from Reinkemeier. Nikov, though, was undeterred. He announced a reraise all in, committing his last 177,500 to the pot. After just a short pause, Sonelin made the call, and there was another big pot up for grabs.
Showdown
Nikov: 
Sonelin: 
Not exactly the battle of premium hands, but Sonelin had made quite a call with bottom pair. Nikov was drawing, essentially flipping for it all with two overs and the flush draw. Sonelin's massive call would go unrewarded, though, as the 
appeared right on the turn. Now it was he who was drawing from behind, and the river was no help.
After that big exchange, Sonelin has been reduced to about 315,000, while the double pulls Nikov up close to 400,000.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
There were rumours afloat in the break about Chris Moorman cracking and eliminating a player holding pocket aces. We investigated further and found the rumours to be true. A chuckling Moorman and Simon Charette retold the story.
Charette opened UTG with pocket tens before Moorman three-bet with six-deuce from two seats along. A third player then moved all-in behind for 14 big blinds. The sandwiched Charette folded to leave Moorman to take care of business. He was priced in and called.
The board ran out 
to put Moorman up to 290,000.
