With mass crowds gathering to play the EPT Barcelona Main Event, the Day 1b field is on the verge of breaking records, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Also best of luck to all the Norwegians out there! Can't remember last time that this many Norwegians played an EPT Main! #comeback #eptnorFollow @johnnylodden
Ok this going well. Called 3b with JJ. I bet flop and turn big on 278T. We check check K river and I lose vs AK :(. 25bb left. #eptliveFollow @RaSZi
Playing the #EPTBarcelona main today. Quiet first couple levels at my very international table. 30k at first break. On secondary live streamFollow @PeterJetten
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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61,000 | 31,000 |
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60,000 | -6,000 |
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43,000 | 13,000 |
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38,000 | 8,000 |
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36,000 | 6,000 |
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35,000 | -3,700 |
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31,000 | 1,000 |
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24,500 | -5,500 |
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23,000 | -7,000 |
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22,000 | 22,000 |
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18,000 | -500 |
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14,000 | 14,000 |
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9,000 | -21,000 |
We arrived at the table in time to see a short stacked player all in and at risk before the flop for his last 9,775 against Jake Balsiger. The hands were turned over to find that the players were racing for Balsiger's opponent's tournament life.
Balsiger: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Balsiger was unable to improve. He shipped double up chips across the table and watched as his own stack shrunk to just about 17,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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17,500 | -12,500 |
Peter Kresz, a PokerStars Qualifier from Hungary opened from early position and got a call from Daniel Negreanu who announced “This could be the one.” as he put in the chips. Two more callers behind and we saw a flop of 
. Kresz continued for 525 and got calls from Negreanu and the small blind. 
on the turn and Kresz ploughed on betting another 1,500. This time Negreanu was the only caller and they saw a river of 
. Kresz bet for the last time, 2,100. Negreanu held his cards up and released them in frustration. “So close.” He said. “So far.” replied Kresz and turned over his 
for quads. “Oh wow, thank God. I had a pair and a flush draw.” claimed Negreanu.
We picked up with the action on a flop of 
to see Kitty Kuo heads up with Anthony Mowad. Mowad fired 1,600 and Kuo came over the top with a raise to what looked to be 3,800. Mowad called the raise but in doing so tossed out four red T1,000 chips on top of his bet. This was more chips than Kuo's raise and Kuo insisted that the move must be a raise. The floor was called and they agreed, ruling a raise to 6,000.
The very moment that the raise was made valid, Kuo snap-shoved her entire stack all in for a four-bet raise to 22,475. Mowad tanked for quite some time.
"Would you should me your hand?" he asked.
Kuo merely shook her head to signify a no.
He mucked his hand - the 
- face up, and watched as Kuo scooped up the pot. This win boosted Kuo's stack up to about 31,000.
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31,000 | 1,000 |
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Ola Amundsgard, who was recently featured in PokerNews' popular Online Chat series, is in action today looking to expand his live results.
In a recent hand, Amundsgard, opened for 450 from middle position only to have Ukraine's Igor Yaroshevskyy three-bet to 1,100 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, and then Amundsgard tossed in a call before checking the 
flop. Yaroshevskyy kept the pressure on with a bet of 1,000 and then called when Amundsgard check-raised to 2,600.
Amundsgard returned to checking on the {Qg} turn and Yaroshevskyy bet 3,500. Amundsgard called and then checked for a third time on the river. Yaroshevskyy casually tossed out two blue T5,000 chips for a bet of 10,000 and Amundsgard snap-folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,000 | -6,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
We arrived to find a completed board of 
strewn on the felt. Maxim Lykov was heads up with a lone opponent with over 6,000 in the pot. Lykov shot out a fifth street bet of 4,000 and his opponent flung out a call.
Lykov showed for a flopped wheel straight and his opponent quickly mucked his cards. Lykov dragged in the pot and added to his stack. He now sits around 41,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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41,000 | 11,000 |
