Barny Boatman is all smiles as he won his first notable pot of the day. He was sat in the big blind and called a button raise to head to a 
flop.
He checked to face a 500 c-bet that he clicked up to 1,000. The button tried to win it when he three-bet to 2,150 but he must have been "at it" as he folded when the Brit four-bet to 4,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
3,000
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3,000 |
|
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We picked up the action on the 
flop in a growing pot between Konstantin Puchkov and a gentleman we're not familiar with. When we joined the hand, Puchkov had a bet (or raise) of 3,425 out in front of him, and his opponent had quickly flicked an oversized calling chip into the pot.
The turn came the 
, and Puchkov's second bullet of 5,150 was instantly called again. On the river, the 
paired the board, and Puchkov nearly emptied his clip with one last bet of 10,000. The call came, and Puchkov tabled 
for aces up. His opponent was frustrated, and he flashed his inferior 
before smacking them back into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000 |
Henrique Pinho tried to use his position and aggression to win a pot, but he had to concede defeat.
The Team PokerStars Pro raised from under the gun and was called from the button before the big blind three-bet to 1,100. Pinho put in a four-bet to 2,225 and the big blind was the only caller. The flop fell 
and the big blind check-raised the Portuguese's 1,850 c-bet up to 5,100. It did the job as he tank folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
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That's a very short EPT Madrid for Marcel Bjerkmann, he had a hand, kings, but Florian Schleps
sitting to his right held aces. Ergo, a quick messy exit for the Norwegian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
According to tablemate James Dempsey, there had been a four-way three-bet pot where the big blind had fired out a bet of about 2,400 on a flop of 
. Former EPT Vienna winner Michael Eiler had raised to 6,225 and it was passed back to the three-bettor who reraised to 11,100. The German thought for a moment before moving all, eliciting a quick fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Marcel Bjerkmann was not the only player to last less than a level. The following players got little value for the 5k Euro outlay.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
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Busted |
We've just watched Team PokerStars Pro Toni Judet enter the field, and we followed him across the room with our eyes to see where he'd land. He's drawn Table 7, which had already been the toughest table in the room. Have a look at the lineup there now, minus the four poor players whom we don't recognize.
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Staszko |
| 2 | James Dempsey |
| 5 | Oleksandr Vaserfirer |
| 7 | Toni Judet |
| 9 | Michael Eiler |
Between them, they've accounted for a pair of EPT final tables, one win, a WPT title, a WSOP Main Event final table, and well over than $9 million in winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
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It's not a trait we're known for but it's early days so give us a chance.
James Dempsey had made it to the turn when the board read 
. He check-folded to a 2,300 bet from Dobromir Nikov.
Barny Boatman didn't even make it that far. He raised from the hijack but folded when the cut-off three-bet him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
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28,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
Martin Staszko had opened preflop and James Dempsey three-bet in position behind him, the Czech player flat-calling to see a 
flop which both players checked. Staszko fired out 700 on the 
turn and Dempsey made the call to see the 
on the river.
Staszko eyed up his opponent and opted to check and after a 10 second dwell Dempsey checked back. Staszko showed 
but he'd been pipped on the river by the Englishman's 
. Dempsey is back up to about 30,000
