The Daily Strategy: Early Stages
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
First in a brand new EPT series, Lex Veldhuis talks about playing the early stages of a major poker tournament…
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2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
All Fed and Back Together
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
All the players are back together now after both dinner breaks. They'll play this level (7), take a break, and play one more level before play ends for the night.
Meet the Poker Father
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Today's PokerStars Qualifier of the Day is Mark Suddes, from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Read all about it here.
So Long, Farewell
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Can't Break the Cody
Giuseppe Pantaleo opened from UTG to 900 and it was passed around to Jake Cody who three-bet to 2,500. Manuel Bevand thought about getting involved but instead opted to fold and the action passed back to Pantaleo.
The Italian then four-bet to 5,850 and put the onus back on the Triple Crown winner but Cody refused to back down, he five-bet to 12,500 to which Pantaleo took about ten seconds before mucking his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | 14,000 |
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40,000 | -10,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
A Look Back at the EPT Barcelona Season 8 Final Table
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
EPT Barcelona Season 8 Final Table
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool | Number of Payouts |
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| €5,000 + €300 | 811 | €4,055,000 | 120 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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| 1st | Martin Schleich | Germany | €850,000 |
| 2nd | Dragan Kostic | Spain | €532,000 |
| 3rd | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | €315,000 |
| 4th | Raul Mestre | Spain | €244,000 |
| 5th | Tomeu Gomila | Spain | €185,000 |
| 6th | Saar Wilf | Israel | €145,000 |
| 7th | Juan Manuel Perez | Spain | €105,000 |
| 8th | Isabel Baltazar | France | €73,000 |
Brazilian Style
Joao Simao, who went very deep at EPT Madrid last year, is doing pretty well here so far on Day 1b in Barcelona - Spain might well be a good destination for the Brazilian youngster.
He just bet 11,500 on the river of a 
board against Jorge Ufano Pardo, the latter tanking for about six minutes before electing to fold. Simao has around 80,000.
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Ace From Space for Lellouche
Pierre Oliver Jean Jandaud opened the pot for 1,000 only to have the cutoff three-bet to 2,700. The small blind made the call, and then Antony Lellouche shoved all in from the big for 17,225. Jandaud responded with an all-in shove of his own for about 30,000, which forced the other two out of the pot.
Showdown
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Jandaud was ahead with his kings and managed to dodge an ace on the 
flop; however, he was unable to do it on subsequent streets as the 
hit the turn followed by the 
on the river.
Lellouche found the help he needed and doubled to nearly 40,000; meanwhile, Jandaud was knocked down to 16,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | 22,775 |
Jacks Too Good for Mercier
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier is also in the Day 1b player field, however his last hand didn't go the way he wanted. Mercier raised to 2,225 in the cutoff seat and was called by Geert-Jan Potijk in the big blind.
Flop: 
Both players checked and Potijk bet 2,500 on the 
turn. Mercier called and the dealer flipped 
on the river. Potijk checked and so did Mercier and the latter mucked his hand after seeing his opponent open 
for a two pair.