€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

09-01-2013 18:26 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
James Dempsey	63,400	-3,600
Charancy Khun	61,000	15,000
Kevin Iacofano	40,000	-6,000
Joseph El Khoury	38,700	2,700
James Mitchell	33,000	-27,000
Fabian Quoss	30,000
Kristijonas Andrulis	29,000	-500
Jason Mercier	27,400	-4,600
Mikalai Pobal	25,500	-1,500
Sam Chartier	22,000	-8,800
Martin Schleich	18,600	-20,400
Roberto Romanello	18,200	-10,800
Seth Berger	17,000	1,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	14,000	-6,000

On table 47, as the benevolent face of Scott Seiver looked on, an ugly raising war broke out. Facing an open to 450 from the player to his left Josef Antos, a PokerStars qualifier from the Czech Republic, raised to 1,125. Claas Segebrecht, a German PokerStars player made it 2,925 from the big blind. The original raiser folded and it was back to the qualifier. He took his chips back and thought about his next move. It was a five bet to 6,125. Segebrecht wasn’t convinced and moved all in. He should have been as Antos called and tabled . Segebrecht was in trouble with . The board ran out and the qualifier doubled his stack to 36,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josef Antos	36,200

09-01-2013 18:32 UTC+3

Break Started

[user252447]

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players are on a short 20-minute break.

09-01-2013 18:35 UTC+3

EPT10 Barcelona: How to Enjoy Barcelona Beach!

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

PokerNews hostess Kristy Arnett shows you how she enjoys Barcelona Beach.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

09-01-2013 19:14 UTC+3

Eiler Blows Up

[user252447]

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Andreas Eiler, a German PokerStars player with huge experience, opened from early position and was three bet by Dmitry Yurasov. Eiler responded with a four bet to 6,400. Yurasov moved all in and was snapped off by Eiler. PokerNews was expecting a clash of big hands and was surprised to see Eiler turn over against Yurasov’s . Maybe he was priced in, maybe there had been history between the two or maybe he just liked diamonds. The board ran out . EIler ran out too as he had no more chips left. The table took a moment and issued a collective shrug.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Eiler	Busted

09-01-2013 19:26 UTC+3

Malm Picks One Up

donpeters

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

From middle position, Joao Brito raised to 625. Michael Malm called from the next seat, and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier called from the small blind. The three players saw the flop come down , and Mercier led with a bet of 825. Both Brito and Malm called.

The turn was the , and Mercier checked. Brito bet 2,300, and Malm called. Mercier folded. The river was the , and Brito checked. Malm bet 7,500, and Brito gave it up.

Tags: Jason Mercier Michael Malm Joao Brito

09-01-2013 19:29 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Stevic	108,000	15,000
Guillaume Darcourt	83,000
Fabrice Soulier	77,000	7,000
Jonathan Roy	74,000	20,000
Vanessa Selbst	69,000	21,000
Marcel Luske	56,000	14,000
Jeff Hakim	50,000	20,000
Zimnan Ziyard	38,000
Nicolas Chouity	31,000
Jan Heitmann	27,000	400
Eugene Katchalov	26,000

09-01-2013 19:30 UTC+3

Lucky Ducky?

[user252447]

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, sitting with his yellow rubber ducky on the table gazing up at him, opened on the button for 650 and was raised from the small blind by Kevin Weiland, a PokerStars player from Luxembourg, to 1,600. When the big blind folded Grospellier made the call and they saw a flop of . Weiland led for 1,600 and got a call. They both checked the turn and river . Weiland turned over and Grospellier’s stack dwindled a little more. We hope his lucky duck hasn’t sprung a leak.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand Grospellier	13,500	-500

09-01-2013 19:46 UTC+3

The Two Sides Of The Main Event

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Busy Tournament Room here on Day1a of EPT Barcelona

On one side of the rail the “haves”, those already in the Main Event and enjoying themselves after a few levels of play. On the other side of the rail the “have-nots”, those stuck waiting in a registration line, a line that never moves, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.

Tags: PokerStars Blog