On the fifth hand of play, Daniel Negreanu raised to 13,500 from under the gun. Gerard Piqué called from the next seat, then Jonathan Duhamel called from the hijack seat. The flop came down 
, and action checked to Duhamel. He bet 27,000 and won the pot.
Igor Kurganov was all in with the 
for 187,000. He was up against and behind David Benefield holding the 
. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Kurganov was eliminated.
With his elimination, all of the players are now in the money, including Gerard Piqué who gave a big fist pump upon cashing and was first congratulated by golfer Sergio Garcia. Benefield along with Ole Schemion are also in the money, having already made the final table and cashing in the €50,000 Super High Roller together, then both running deep into the money in the Main Event here in Barcelona.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |
The board read 
and there was already at least 100,000 in the middle when we found Daniel Negreanu and Philipp Gruissem staring one another down. Negreanu checked fourth street and Gruissem moved out 80,000. Negreanu announced an all in bet over the top and then lowered his head and enjoyed his massage.
Gruissem tanked for right around two minutes before finally releasing his hand. Negreanu picked up the pot and now has about 545,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
265,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
Steven Silverman has been collecting high roller titles of late, winning big ones at the EPT Grand Final and the WPT Alpha8 Florida during this year. He's also earning praise as an analyst thanks to some guest spots this week in the EPTLive webcast booth. Read more over at the PokerStars Blog.
Gerard Piqué raised to 12,000 from early position and Jonathan Duhamel flat called from the next seat over. Action folded to Benny Spindler who three-bet shipped all in for 106,000 total and it folded back to Piqué who mucked his cards as well. Duhamel instantly called and the hands were tabled.
Spindler: 
Duhamel: 
The board dropped down 
and Spindler was sent to the rail. The 2010 WSOP Main Event champion dragged in the pot and is now flirting with 700,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
695,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Germany's Robert Haigh was all in preflop with the 
against the 
for Toby Lewis. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Haigh was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
797,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
||
|
770,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
745,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
585,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
550,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
530,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
440,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
|
439,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
||
|
415,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
410,000 | |
|
400,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
352,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
304,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
|
||
|
297,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
276,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
275,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
235,000 | |
|
227,000 | |
|
221,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
165,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
161,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
134,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
130,000 | |
|
93,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
There was some mutual admiration between Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and FC Barcelona's Gerard Piqué in the High Roller earlier today (which broke an EPT €10,000 High Roller record with 180 entries) Hey, everyone's got to have a hobby or two, right? Nothing wrong with the occasional selfie. Find out more at the PokerStars Blog.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
