Justin Bonomo, Dan Smith and Terje Augdal have booked themselves into the semi-finals of the €10k Heads Up Championships but have put the last couple of bouts on hold to play the €10,000 High Roller, which is pretty much a freeroll for them now.
Read more, and find out about other side events payouts, by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog.
Today, we play down to just 24 in the EPT Barcelona Main Event. Luckily for you, the action doesn't stop there.
Guy Thomas was all in preflop holding 
and behind the 
of Zimnan Ziyard. Thomas needed some help, and he got more than a little on the 
flop. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing and Thomas doubled through Ziyard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
||
|
|
600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Antonin Duda closed the day as chip leader last night, bagging up 147,000 and then 1,470,000 after realising he’d missed a zero on the end – even Economics students can miss a number here and there. Duda was delighted with his performance, as were several other key players close behind who made up a top order that would grace any EPT final…
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
1,850,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
1,550,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
|
1,506,000
786,000
|
786,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,335,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
1,320,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
1,220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
1,120,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,100,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,080,000
858,000
|
858,000 |
|
|
1,020,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,000,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
989,000
427,000
|
427,000 |
|
932,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
|
907,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
|
875,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
840,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
798,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
|
750,000
720,000
|
720,000 |
|
740,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
696,000
367,000
|
367,000 |
|
|
690,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
608,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
580,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
505,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Every stop on the European Poker Tour is now a full festival of more than 30 tournaments. In the latest edition of The Daily Strategy, the Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck, a mixed game specialist, offers his insight on how to plan your schedule and avoid burnout when visiting the EPT.
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The players are on a short break that marks the end of the day.
Germany's Ole Schemion just busted Ugnius Simelionis from Lithuania collecting the latter's stack of more than 400,000.
Schemion opened with a raise to 20,000 and Simelionis three-bet to 41,000. Schemion fired a four-bet of 101,000 and Simelionis shoved for 400,000. The German took his time before making the decision and finally made the call.
The Lithuanian opened a pair of tens and Schemion flipped jacks. The board went blank and Simelionis hit the rail leaving the monster pot to the German.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,240,000
478,000
|
478,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Two more players went in quick succession and both were from the Russian Federation.
Jonathan Karamalikis opened from mid position with 
and called when Konstantin Puchkov three-bet all in from the big blind with 
. The board ran 
to make the Australian a set. Puchkov's dreams of making a second final table in three years here were dashed.
Moments after Konstantin Uspenskiy moved all in from the small blind when the action folded around to him. Aku Joentausta was in the big blind and made the call.
Uspenskiy: 
Joentausta:
The board ran 
to to make Joentausta the best two-pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,180,000
318,000
|
318,000 |
|
|
900,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
