Francisco Izquierdo was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 18,375 against Fatima Moreira de Melo. Izquierdo held but was crushed by de Melo's .
The door card of the flop proved to be safe for de Melo as it was the . When the dealer spread the rest of the flop, however, de Melo's chances of winning the hand dropped significantly as the and the were the other two cards. Suddenly Izquierdo was primed for a double up by flopping trip queens. Izquierdo held his lead all of the way to the end after the hit fourth street and the hit fifth. De Melo took the hit and shipped double up chips across the table, shrinking her stack to around 16,000. Izquierdo was able to double up to around 38,000.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 800 and short stacked William Hani from France went all in for his last 5,575. Action was on Mike McDonald who sized up the situation asking for a count of Troyanovskiy’s chips. 15,000 was the amount. McDonald took the cautious route and called. Troyanovskiy folded and McDonald had Hani to himself. Unfortunately for McDonald’s was crushed by Hani’s . McDonald tapped the table acknowledging a loose call. The board ran out and the chips were passed to Hani.
In a recent hand, there was around 8,000 in the pot and a board reading when Schemion checked from the hijack and Tim Reilly bet 3,200 from the button. Schemion thought for a few moments, made the call and then checked the river.
Reilly considered another bet but ultimately checked behind. Schemion tabled the for two pair and it was good as Reilly sent his cards to the muck unseen.
The European Poker Tour has been attracting poker's best players from all over the world for a decade. A number of Latin American Poker Tour stars are among those who've come out for today's Day 1B at EPT Barcelona.
Francesco Paolo Conte opened for 725 in the cut off and was raised to 1,985 by Manig Loeser on the button. It looked like these two were ready to go to war but PokerStars Pro “Mad” Marvin Rettenmaier had other ideas. He made it 8,025 and took it down. Conte looked annoyed by how the hand played out and started talking to Rettenmaier about his range and what he could be doing that with. He jerked a thumb towards Loeser and added, “Besides I didn’t know what he was going to do.”
but was crushed by de Melo's 
.
. When the dealer spread the rest of the flop, however, de Melo's chances of winning the hand dropped significantly as the 
and the 
were the other two cards. Suddenly Izquierdo was primed for a double up by flopping trip queens. Izquierdo held his lead all of the way to the end after the 
hit fourth street and the 
hit fifth. De Melo took the hit and shipped double up chips across the table, shrinking her stack to around 16,000. Izquierdo was able to double up to around 38,000.
was crushed by Hani’s 
. McDonald tapped the table acknowledging a loose call. The board ran out 
when Schemion checked from the hijack and Tim Reilly bet 3,200 from the button. Schemion thought for a few moments, made the call and then checked the 
river.
for two pair and it was good as Reilly sent his cards to the muck unseen.
for jacks and nines with a king kicker, but it was no good as Rimmer rolled over the 
for jacks and nines with an ace kicked.
