You couldn't get a bigger mixture of characters than Ville Wahlbeck, Ilan Boujenah, Ran Azor, and Dario Minieri. All four players are sat in a row in a corner if the main room.
Azor just won a small pot. He raised from under the gun and was called in four spots, including Minieri. The flop fell and Azor continued for 1,100 and got folds from all his opponents.
We're not sure how he got the chips, but Dan Smith seems to picked up where he left off yesterday in the 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller. We're not even two levels in and Smith is already up to 53,000, nearly twice the starting stack.
Mike "Timex" McDonald fired a bet of 850 on the board before Terje Augdal made the call. A third player in the hand, the woman on the button, also called and the dealer dealt the on the turn. McDonald checked and Augdal bet 2,000. The woman called and McDonald called.
The river was the and McDonald checked. Augdal bet 3,000 and the woman folded. McDonald called.
Augdal showed the for a seven-high straight. McDonald turned up a high straight with the and won the pot.
With 850 in the pot and a board reading , Steve O'Dwyer bet 525 from the big blind and Robertas Vaitkevicius called from the hijack. The river saw O'Dwyer pause for a moment, and then toss out a bet of 1,100. Vaitkevicius thought for the briefest of moments before conceding the hand.
Even with that win, O'Dwyer is still down a bit from the starting stack of 30,000.
From under the gun, Tristan Wade raised to 300. Action folded all the way around to Sergio Aido Espina in the big blind and he tossed in the call to take the flop.
On the flop, Espina led for 400. Wade called and the paired the board on the turn. Espina checked and Wade fired 650. Espina made the call.
The completed the board on the river and Espina checked. Wade tossed in a bet of 1,125 and Espina folded. Wade took the pot and moved to 38,500 in chips.
Wade most famously won a World Series of Poker Europe gold bracelet last year in the €3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. His best result on the European Poker Tour came that same year in January when he took 169th in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $17,500, although he's never actually cashed in an EPT event on European soil.
In a three-way pot, it was checked across to Grand Final runner-up Lucille Cailly who bet 1,625 on a flop of and former EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis was the only caller.
On the Lewis checked again and Cailly bet 2,825 but found herself being check-raised to the tune of 6,550. The Frenchwoman took a couple of minutes before making the call to see the on the river.
Lewis now made a deceptively small bet of just 6,000 putting Cailly back into the tank. After about four minutes, she flicked in the call but could only tap the table when Lewis flipped for the nuts.
He went two-way into the flop and the board ran . The player on the button bet 1,000 and Sahamies made the call.
Both players checked on the turn and the player on the button lead for 2,600 on the river. Sahamies called and showed for a two pair which was good enough to collect the pot.
and Azor continued for 1,100 and got folds from all his opponents.
board before Terje Augdal made the call. A third player in the hand, the woman on the button, also called and the dealer dealt the 
on the turn. McDonald checked and Augdal bet 2,000. The woman called and McDonald called.
and McDonald checked. Augdal bet 3,000 and the woman folded. McDonald called.
for a seven-high straight. McDonald turned up a high straight with the 
and won the pot.
river saw O'Dwyer pause for a moment, and then toss out a bet of 1,100. Vaitkevicius thought for the briefest of moments before conceding the hand.
paired the board on the turn. Espina checked and Wade fired 650. Espina made the call.
completed the board on the river and Espina checked. Wade tossed in a bet of 1,125 and Espina folded. Wade took the pot and moved to 38,500 in chips.
. Gomez continued for 4,200 and Jaka gave up his hand.
and former EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis was the only caller.
for the nuts.
. The player on the button bet 1,000 and Sahamies made the call.
river. Sahamies called and showed 
for a two pair which was good enough to collect the pot.
