Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moriera de Melo is still going strong with just 44 players left. The PokerStars Blog video team caught up with the former hockey star, who's now back on the TV table again.
Watch Lynn Gilmartin put Moreira de Melo under the spotlight here.
John Juanda raised to 26,000 from the button and Anton Sinel opted to defended from the big blind. The brought two checks from the player, while the turn saw Sinel fired out 40,000. Juanda made the call and then bet 95,000 after Sinel checked the river. The Romanian thought for a brief moment and then relinquished his cards.
Action folded around to Jean-Jacques Mars in the hijack and he moved all in for right around 100,000. Joao Vieira then three-bet all in over the top for around 260,000 from the button, which inspired both blinds to fold.
Showdown
Mars:
Vierira:
Mars held the dominant pair and was never in much danger as the board ran out .
It seemed that all the all ins in the last level resulted in a bust out, not so this level.
First up we witnessed Roberto Romanello double-up Konstantin Streletskiy. The latter was down to 140,000 when he shoved from the hijack with . Romanello was the only caller with from the small blind and the board ran to make the Russian two-pair.
We missed all of the action in the next double-up, but it was more bad news for Lucille Cailly. Her ace-nine was no match for Joni Petteri Jouhkimainen's on a board.
Andrey Zaichenko was down to just 100,000 when he got it all in preflop with and was way out in front of the of [Removed:273]. Unfortunately for Zaichenko, the flop gave Casals a set and the lead.
Neither the turn nor river helped Zaichenko and the disappointed Russian rapped the table before heading to the payout desk.
With 325,000 in the pot and a board reading , Bjorn Lindberg moved all in from middle position for 340,000 and was snap-called by Aku Joentausta, who if you recall finished as the Day 1a chip leader.
Showdown
Joentausta:
Lindberg:
Lindberg had turned a pair to go with his flush draw, but he'd need even more help on the river to stay alive. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , a blank for Lindberg.
We didn't catch the action, but we just saw Ilari Sahamies shipped a 600,000 pot after he and Zimnan Ziyard both checked the river on a board. Sahamies had tabled for kings and tens, which easily downed Ziyard's .
There are a lot of familiar faces returning to play the €10,000 High Roller event at EPT9 Barcelona. The €10,000 Heads Up has had to pause for five of them to jump into this one.
Sweden's Bjorn Lindberg went all-in on the button with the board reading and Algirdas Saveikis from Lithuania snap-called. However, Saveikis' stack was much smaller as he had around 350,000 while Lindberg had over 600,000.
Showdown
Saveikis:
Lindberg:
Swede showed a pair of nines, but Saveikis' aces were in the lead. The also gave Lindberg a gut-shot straight draw, but on the river wasn't what the Swede needed and Saveikis' aces held giving him a double up.