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Well, he's still in the tournament, but we've lost Juan Manuel Pastor to the featured table. The Spaniard has taken the seat to the direct right of Vanessa Selbst, possibly the worst seat in the room. He's too far away for us to even count his chips, but we'll try to get an update on his status during the upcoming break.
In early position, Victor Ramdin came into the pot with a raise to 8,800. Pierre Milan was on the button, and he slipped his headphones on before making the call to go heads-up.
The flop came out 
, and Ramdin continued right out with another 13,900. Milan made the call once again, and Ramdin checked to him after the 
turn. Now Milan took his cue to bet 21,700, and Ramdin flicked the calling chips off his stack and into the pot. That brought them to the 
river, and Ramdin checked it again. This time, Milan checked it back.
"Two pair, Ramdin said," and Milan nodded that it was good. Ramdin tabled his relatively meager 
, and it was still good, though it drew a wide-eyed head shake from Milan.
Ramdin's doing some good work here today, up over 400,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000 | 123,000 |
The players in the EPT Barcelona Main Event are on a 20-minute break.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Nikolay Poltaratskiy has survived the the soft side of the bubble to double up. He three-bet his 52,000 stack all-in over the the top of a Team PokerStars Pro Rino Mathis' late position open.
Mathis: 
Poltaratskiy: 
The board ran 
.
Thanks to Neil Stoddart for his mad skills
The most tense period of a tournament is upon.
MEN! - 121 of you remain and only 120 of you will be paid today. Who will be the unlucky soul? Stayed tuned and we'll let you know. Hand-for-hand play is in progress.
On the first hand of this hand-for-hand play, we had an all in and a call.
We joined the action just before the shove, walking up to see the dealer put the turn card down on a 
board. There was 44,500 in the pot already, and it was a heads-up battle of the blinds. Roger Tondeur was in the small, and he went ahead and shoved all in for 87,000. Manuel Chico was in the big blind, and he only considered the 2x-pot shove for a few moments before making the call. The players were instructed not to table their hands until all the other hands were complete and the television crew was in place. It was an eternal delay of at least five minutes before we got to see the cards, but the news was quite good for the at-risk Tondeur.
Showdown
Tondeur: 
Chico: 
Chico needed to find a four-out full house to burst this bubble, but the dealer would not oblige. The rivered, and Tondeur will get to stack a double up and coast into the money if he so chooses.
Action folded to Mario Adinolfi on the button and he raised to 12,000. After Boris Becker folded in the small blind, Jeff Hakim moved all in from the big blind for 84,000. Adinolfi made the call and the two then went through the long several-minute process of waiting to expose their hands while all of the other tables finished. After all of the other hands were complete, the cards were revealed.
Adinolfi showed down the powerhouse . Hakim was all in holding the 
and was ahead, but Adinolfi was plenty live.
As the media, cameras and other players swarmed the table to get a glimpse of the action, the dealer spread the 
flop and Adinolfi took the lead with a pair of eights. Neither player held a club so that didn't matter unless the board ran out all clubs and caused a chopped pot.
The turn paired the board with the and now Hakim was left needing just an ace or a jack on the river to stay alive.
The river landed with the and Hakim struck out, missing the flop, turn and river. He failed to best the measly eight-four offsuit for Adinolfi and was sent to the rail in 121st place here at EPT Barcelona.
All of the remaining players are now on a short break while the tables are rebalanced and the tournament staff prepares for in-the-money eliminations. All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum payday of €8,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000 | 160,000 |
|
Busted |
Here's what's left of the Team PokerStars family and how they stack up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000 | 120,000 |
|
535,000 | 135,000 |
|
248,000 | 90,300 |
|
160,000 | -77,000 |
|
155,000 | -65,000 |
|
103,000 | 41,400 |
|
85,000 | -38,900 |
|
46,000 | -29,000 |
|
41,000 | -11,300 |
