The tension here in the tournament room at Casino Barcelona has reached its highest point as the field got down to just 161 players, meaning the first player to bust from the tournament would become this year's EPT Barcelona bubble boy. Play was stopped for a few minutes by the tournament director to make sure that all the tables had finished their current hand and from that point, all tables would continue with hand-for-hand action.
Soon after play resumed, the dealer at Table 8 announced an all in and a call. In just a few moments, the table was surrounded by the media, film crews, as well as a huge number of players from other tables.
The hand was not played until all the rest of the hands were finished. The action was between Australian Jonathan Karamalikis, who called Aliaksei Boika's all-in bet of 37,500 from the cutoff.
| Showdown |
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Boika:   |
Karamalikis:   |
The dealer burned the first card and put out the 
flop on the felt, leaving Karamalikis in the lead. The 
on the turn and 
on the river were no good for Boika making him the official 2012 EPT Barcelona Main Event bubble boy — the first of such this season. All of the players have now locked up €8,400 in prize money and 160 remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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279,500
40,500
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40,500 |
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Busted | |
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but ran into Ben Jackson's 
.
. Bardah held the 
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came out, Bardah's tournament life was over just short of the money.
and up against the 
flop was uninteresting, but the 
spiked on the river to give Grundtvig the lead and renewed life of making the money. Unfortunately for him, it was Jokinen's turn to suck out as the 
peeled off on the river. Grundtvig slammed the table and then bolted from the tournament floor.
and gave Cailly a ten-high flush for the double. With that, Sahamies dropped back under a million.
turn and river. Juanda opened 
