PokerStars Team Pro Jose 'Nacho' Barbero was struggling a bit earlier with just 20,000 but he's a lot healthier now with over 55,000. We just caught the end of a hand where he knocked out Tudor Purice with 
against 
catching a ten on the river after all the chips had gone in preflop.
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41,000
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With thanks again to Neil Stoddart, here's another peek at some of our field this evening.
We've just heard word from the frontier that we're minus one former EPT champion. The most recent champion, no less. Mickey Petersen won the whole shebang in Copenhagen, but his run here in Madrid has come to an end with a premature elimination.
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A stubborn Ilan Boujenah is soaring clear of the field after he eliminated an angry Imed Ben Mahmoud.
The action folded to McLean Karr on the button who put in a raise to 1,100. Mahmoud three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind and then Boujenah four-bet to 15,000 from the big blind. Karr folded but Mahmoud shipped for 30,000. Boujenah announced a call but failed to represent by pushing anymore chips forward.
Mahmoud: 
Boujenah: 
The dealer insisted that Boujenah push some more chips forward and he did so but had to argue the point of doing so first.
The board ran out 
to see Boujenah come from behind to claim another chunky pot.
Mahmoud stormed off and then came back a minute later as he seemed to have forgotten something. While he was back he seemed to have a go at Boujenah for making the call. The two argued in French for a minute before Mahmoud stormed off for a second time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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175,000
60,000
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Eugene Katchalov was all in preflop holding 
while short against Robert Cazal's but the fact was that both a nine and an ace had both been folded preflop and the Ukrainian was drawing very thin. However, he hit his one-outer on the 
flop only for Cazal to re-one-outer him on the 
turn, the 
on the river changing nothing.
Katchalov's fellow Team Pro Richard Toth has also been eliminated, he was on the proverbial table of death with Anton Wigg, Jacob Rasmussen, Kevin Iacofano and Faraz Jaka. "It was one of the toughest tables today, there were very few spots for me."
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It's always worse when it comes on the river. Like a dagger to the heart. And when it''s Leo Margets, we get angry too.
She three-bet to 2,600 and then called when Matan Krakow raised and then four-bet shoved all-in with 
. Margets tabled 
and was happy to see an 
flop appear.
Maybe she relaxed too much as when the board ran out 
she jolted forward. The Israeli came from behind to river a set.
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8,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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These ten gents appear to be the only ones to have crossed the 100,000-chip mark.
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172,000
3,000
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155,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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140,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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123,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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108,000 | |
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107,000
68,000
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68,000 |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
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Ismail Erkenov came in raising to 1,600 from the button, and Pantazidis Anestis flatted in the small blind. From the big, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier squeezed all in for 9,325 total. Erkenov made the call, Anestis folded reluctantly, and the cards were on their backs with ElkY poised to double.
Showdown
Erkenov:
ElkY: 
The flop was a disaster for the Team PokerStars Pro from France, rolling out 
to put him in a big hole with two to come. The turn left him drawing dead to a one-out chop, and the river was the wrong pointed card, the 
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That's the end of the road for ElkY here in Madrid.
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