Aku Joentausta continues to head the right way, he's just knocked out Elie Saad when he flopped 
against the Lebanese player's 
on a 
flop. Saad saw some outs on the 
turn but the 
gave the Finn a full house to increase his stack.
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An awesome new service for the European Poker Tour Season 9 players is the EPT Concierge, which Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is clearly taking full advantage of!
Action folded to Randal Flowers in the hijack and he raised to 4,000. Elisabeth Hille, the 11th-place finished from this year's World Series of Poker Main Event, proceeded to three-bet to 10,300 from the big blind, Flowers called, and the flop came down 
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From there, Flowers led out for 8,500, Hille called, and the 
turned. Again Flowers bet, this time 9,200, and Hille called. The river saw Flowers slow down with a check, and Hille took the opportunity to fire out 12,000, a little less than half her remaining stack. Flowers quickly folded and Hille took down the pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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115,000
30,000
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80,000
38,400
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38,400 |
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu @dnchips #EPTBarcelona hello average stack 118k QQ vs 77. Would be pretty cool to win this I guess. 279 left, 1082 started 160 get paid.
August 21 2012
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68,000
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We stumbled upon a hand with around 20,000 in the pot and a board reading 
. Jonathan Karamalikis was in the tank after betting 8,000 from the small blind and being raised to 20,000 by Alejandro Perez Torres on the button. The Australian thought for a long time and eventually sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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275,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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150,000
53,000
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53,000 |
The PokerStars Blog looks back on the early days of the EPT, when Barcelona hosted the first event of the tour and a min-cash was worth €100.
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According to a Finnish colleague, "I don't know what he's doing, every time I go back he has even more chips."
Edit: We have a few more details on the big pot that got Ilari Sahamies. An opponent shoved a massive 200,000 into him with whilst the Finn was sat there with 
. The board ran an exciting 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
229,800
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229,800 |
Just as the flop was being dealt, Daniel Negreanu was telling Sam Holden, "I have a good hand..."
The board came out 
and Holden led out for 6,100 which Negreanu thought about then made the call.
The 
came on the turn and Holden didn't hesitate for too long before leading for 14,500. Again Negreanu thought before mucking and then said, "I had a good hand...You have a better one or you were going to get there!"
Kid Poker has about 50,000 left and is going to be looking for a double up before the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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175,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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3,000
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Konstantin Puchkov, who finished third in this very event back in Season 7 for €300,000, raised to 4,500 from early position and cleared the field to Jake Cody, who moved all in for 55,400 from the button. The blinds both folded and Puchkov slid in a call.
Showdown
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The dynamic duo held the same hand, which meant it would be a chop barring one of the players making the flush. Puchkov had a better chance of doing that with two spades in his hand, but it would be Cody who was freerolling on the 
. Puchkov looked disgusted, and even more so when the turn gave Cody the flush. The Russian could still chop if the river put a straight flush on the board, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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115,000
59,600
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59,600 |
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42,300
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42,300 |
