Action folded to Dan Smith on the button and he put in a raise, how much we're not sure. What we do know is that both Artem Litvinov and Ilari Sahamies called from the small and big blind respectively, bringing about a flop of .
Two checks put action on Smith, and he took the opportunity to bet 7,000. Litvinov made the call, and after thinking for a solid minute, Sahamies opted for a check-raised to 22,000. Smith called, Litvinov folded, and then both players checked the turn. The action repeated itself on the river, Sahamies sheepishly revealed , and it was good as Smith simply mucked.
On a board reading , Juha Helppi checked and watched Ilya Bulychev bet 9,000. Helppi responded with a check-raise to 35,000, and after thinking for about 90 seconds, Bulychev made the call. Helppi proudly rolled over for the nuts, and Bulychev sent his cards to the muck.
That hand dropped Bulychev to just 68,000, though we assume most of his stack went to Talal Shakerchi, who is sitting with nearly 450,000.
According to his Twitter feed, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, who was first elimination of the tournament, will be rebuying, just not anytime soon.
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu100% going to rebuy in the 50k HR #EPTBarcelona either tonight or start fresh tomorrow with 50 big blinds. Sudafed has me groggyAugust 17 2012
On the final board of , Phil Ivey checked to [Removed:283]. [Removed:288] fired a bet of 20,000 and Ivey tanked for a bit before making the call. [Removed:288] tabled the for ace-ten high. Ivey showed the for ace-queen high and won the pot.
[Removed:283] limped in from the cutoff seat before Alec Torelli raised to 4,200 on the button. In the small blind was Mike Watson and he reraised to 14,200. [Removed:288] and Torelli both made the call to see the flop.
The dealer spread the flop and Watson continued with a bet of 16,200. [Removed:288] folded, but Torelli called.
The turn brought the and Watson bet 36,600. Torelli didn't take long to make the call.
The completed the board on the river and both players checked.
Watson showed the for two pair, aces and deuces. Torelli mucked and Watson won the pot.
From under the gun, Jason Mercier raised to 2,400. [Removed:283] called from the hijack seat and Phil Ivey reraised to 11,000 from the small blind. Mercier folded and [Removed:288] called.
The flop came down with a lot of love as the rolled out. Ivey fired 15,000 and [Removed:288] raised to 35,000. Ivey folded and [Removed:288] won the pot.
From under the gun, [Removed:283] limped in. Phil Ivey limped behind from the cutoff seat and Ignat Liviu raised to 4,000 from the button. Jason Mercier flatted out of the small blind, Bryn Kenney folded from the big blind and then both [Removed:288] and Ivey called.
The four-way flop came and action checked to Liviu. He bet 7,100 and Mercier called. [Removed:288] and Ivey folded.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the land on the river. Both checked again.
Liviu tabled the , but Mercier had him beat with the and won the pot.