We didn't catch the hand, but we do know that the Season 7 EPT Barcelona champ, Kent Lundmark, has been eliminated from the tournament. We were able to piece together some of the details, and we do know that Lundmark called off holding from the button on a board reading after Saab Rachad had moved all in from the big blind with .
Meanwhile, Bryn Kenney has been eliminated from the tournament. He is already waiting to get back in action as an alternate in today's 4:00 PM €2,000 No-Limit Hold'em side event (Event #13).
Team PokerStars Pro and Season 5 EPT Barcelona champ Sebastian Ruthenberg is primed to make another go at the title. We're not sure how he got them all, but in the last couple levels Ruthenberg has chipped up to 292,000!
There's not much snow in Barcelona in August, which is how come it was poker under discussion when Lex Veldhuis met the World Champion skiers Petter and Tomas Northug this morning.
At the star-packed table featuring two Team PokerStars Pros Lex Veldhuis and Daniel Negreanu as well as the 2010 UKIPT Grand Final winner David Vamplew, the latter bet 3,400 in the early position on the flop.
The player in the hijack seat made the call and the big blind contradicted by three-betting to 5,800. Vamplew showed no fear and four-bet to 14,900 making the player in the hijack seat fold his hand.
This put the big blind in a though spot and it took him a few minutes to finally lay down his cards. He flipped one of them showing the while Vamplew mucked both his cards.
With 12,000 in the pot and a board reading , Andy Frankenberger checked to Vasil Panev in the cutoff. The latter checked behind, the was put out on the river, and both players checked once again.
Panev tabled for a pair of sevens, and it was good as Frankenberger sent his hand to the muck.
Yuri Gulyy just made a very good river call. It was a three-way pot which had been checked around to Juha Helppi who bet 4,000, Andres Artinano Munoz check-raised to 11,500 and Gulyy opted to cold-call this bet.
Helppi thought for ages and opted to fold before the dealer put out the on the turn. Munoz now checked and Gulyy checked behind, the river was the - ostensibly a blank and Munoz now led out for 15,500. Gulyy took about a minute then made the call and Munoz quickly mucked his hand, the Russian showed to win the pot.
johneamespoker John EamesReasonable start to day 2. Up to 60k #eptbarcelonaAugust 21 2012
John Eames' reasonable start has just got even better. He opened the button to 2,200 before Oleksii Kovalchuk raised to 6,800 in the small blind. Eames slid out a four-bet to 15,000 and the Ukrainian quickly folded.
This year's World Series of Poker final table bubble girl Elisabeth Hille from Norway has just doubled her chip stack after going all-in for 12,300 from the small blind against Russia's Roman Novoselov.
Showdown
Novoselov
Hille
The dealer burned and turned giving Hille an early lead by pairing her ten. The on the river even gave the Norwegian a straight draw, while the Russian was in desperate need of a four to win this pot. However, the river bricked and Hille doubled up.
from the button on a board reading 
after Saab Rachad had moved all in from the big blind with 
.
flop.
while Vamplew mucked both his cards.
, Andy Frankenberger checked to Vasil Panev in the cutoff. The latter checked behind, the 
was put out on the river, and both players checked once again.
for a pair of sevens, and it was good as Frankenberger sent his hand to the muck.
on the turn. Munoz now checked and Gulyy checked behind, the river was the 
to win the pot.
giving Hille an early lead by pairing her ten. The 
