Groundhog Level
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players who went on the first dinner break are now back in their seats and playing level 6.
All the players will reconvene for level 7 in 75 minutes.
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,247,700
Entries
1,082
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Liv Suffers a Blow
Tam PokerStars Pro Live Boeree opened the hand with a raise to 1,000 in the early position and Ugnius Simelionis re-raised to 2,000 on the button. Action folded back around to Boeree and she made the call.
The flop went 
and Simelionis continued for 3,000. Boeree re-raised to 6,200 and Simelionis called.
The dealer flipped 
on the turn and both players checked. They did the same on the river. Boeree showed 
and Simelionis opened the 
for a winning two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,800 | -8,200 |
Break Time!
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
All players are on a 15 minute break. Then the other half on the room who've been on dinner break (tables 1-18) will come back and play out the level while Tables 19 and above get their 75 minute dinner break.
Hruby Hunted Down
Martin Hruby has been eliminated. The Team PokerStars Pro raised to 900 from under the gun and was called in two spots before a player in the small blind squeezed to 3,200.
The action was back on Hruby and he moved his last 15,150 in to the middle. PokerStars qualifier Carlos Mora Alvarez, in the next seat along, was the only player to call.
Hruby: 
Alvarev: 
The board ran 
to miss the Czech's hand completely.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Chips Ahoy!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000 | -20,000 |
|
48,500 | 16,500 |
|
44,000 | 23,250 |
|
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38,000 | 10,000 |
|
28,000 | |
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25,000 | |
|
23,000 | 1,000 |
|
22,500 | -3,000 |
|
14,500 | -3,000 |
|
13,100 | 100 |
|
11,500 | -8,000 |
|
8,000 | -24,000 |
Oscar-Winning Performance
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Philipp Teipel check-called a bet of 5,200 on the turn from Oscar Kemps on a 
board before Kemps sighed and checked back the 
river.
Teipel showed a cheekily slowplayed 
for the nuts while Kemps flashed a missed monster draw of 
.
Spindler Hits the Rail
The 2011 EPT London Main Event champion Benny Spindler just got eliminated from the tournament when his 
busted into his opponent's 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Brotherly Love
Crispokers De Meulder Christoph Just in time to witness @mattionfire double up to 13k with 99 vs QQ in the EPT ME. 9 ball in the window ! :) #comebackkid
August 19 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,000 | -13,500 |
Another One for Boeree
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree seems to be getting in shape as the tournament progresses. She bet 1,500 on the board reading 
and was called by Konstantin Uspenskiy from Russia in the early position.
Both players checked the 
on the turn and Boeree went in for 3,100 on the river and Uspenskiy made the call. Boeree showed for a two pair which was good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000 | 500 |
Numbers and Fallers
The final number of entrants for today stands at 403 players. The players below were included in this number but their chips have found new homes.
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Busted |