After two hours of play in the €10K High Roller at EPT10 Barcleona, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has assumed the chip lead after the eliminations of Raoul Refos, David Benefield, and Richard Yong as reported on the PokerStars Blog.
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,876,000
274,000
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274,000 |
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1,784,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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1,317,000
88,000
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88,000 |
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1,271,000
261,000
|
261,000 |
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1,048,000
27,000
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27,000 |
|
669,000
19,000
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19,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
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From the button, Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 70,000. Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. Negreanu checked, and Jouhkimainen bet 75,000. Negreanu check-raised to 225,000, and Jouhkimainen folded.
Jonathan Duhamel raised to 65,000 from the cutoff seat, then Joni Jouhkimainen reraised to 180,000 from the big blind. Duhamel called, and the flop produced the 
. Jouhkimainen bet 150,000, and Duhamel made the call.
The landed on the turn, and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Jouhkimainen and Duhamel both checked again.
Jouhkimainen showed the 
for jack high and lost to Duhamel's 
for a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,435,000
164,000
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164,000 |
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1,010,000
774,000
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774,000 |
Ole Schemion opened to 65,000 and received calls from Daniel Negreanu on the cutoff and Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind. The flop brought 
onto the felt and Thorel checked, Schemion continued out for 85,000 and Negreanu called. Thorel got rid of his hand and the two were heads up going to fourth street.
The dealer put the out on the turn and Schemion fired 120,000. Negreanu called again and the 
rivered. Schemion slowed down and Negreanu fired 185,000 into the middle. Schemion thought for a bit before pushing out a call. Negreanu showed 
for a rivered pair of jacks and Schemion mucked his cards. Negreanu dragged in the pot and now has about 3.465 million while Schemion has dropped to 365,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,465,000
589,000
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589,000 |
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365,000
304,000
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304,000 |
Daniel Negreanu opened to 64,000 from UTG+1 and Jonathan Duhamel popped it up to 150,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded and Negreanu called, making the two PokerStars Team Pros heads up to the flop.
The flop came 
and Negreanu knuckled the table. Duhamel continued for 175,000 and Negreanu played around with his red T25,000 chips before moving out a stack of them for a raise totaling 375,000. Duhamel heaved a sigh and kicked his cards in. Negreanu picked up the pot and now is flirting with 4 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,835,000
370,000
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370,000 |
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1,315,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
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From the hijack seat, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 70,000. Jonathan Duhamel reraised from the big blind to 200,000, and Thorel called. The flop was 
, and Duhamel checked. Thorel bet 250,000, and Duhamel folded.
