Joao Brito opened with a middle position raise to 1,600 and received one call from Jake Cody out of the big blind. The two saw a flop of and Cody checked. Brito continued out for 1,800 only to have Cody come over the top with a check-raise to 5,400.
Brito reached into his stack and grabbed enough chips to call the raise. Fourth street brought the and Cody riffled through his chips and stacked them into even stacks before announcing that he was all in. Suddenly Brito was faced with the all-in bet of 20,600 and he took his time before coming to a decision. Eventually, a call was made and the hands were turned up.
Cody:
Brito:
Both players flopped a pair but Cody's was larger and he was looking likely to double up heading to the river. He did exactly that after the hit the table and Cody's stack is now sitting around 58,000. Brito, who began the day over 100,000, is now down to around 86,000.
Miroslav Rizov was all in with against Ireland’s Full Tilt Ambassador Dermot Blain’s . They both had just over 60,000 in chips so it was a crucial hand for both of them. “I’ve got to win one flip.” said Rizov. “You’ve got to win a lot more than that.” Were the wise words from Blain. As the flop brought Blain stated the obvious, “That’s not a good start.” It didn’t get any better as the sent Rizov packing.
With records to be broken it had never been more tense at the registration desk this morning as staff waited on the arrival of enough players to set a new record here in Barcelona. But as the clock ticked down, the magic number got further and further away. Or did it? The PokerStars Blog was on the scene.
Vanessa Selbst opened to 1,700 from the cutoff and Aleksandar Denishev made it 5,200 to go from the button. The blinds ditched their hands and Selbst called to see a flop.
The flop brought and Selbst checked to the raiser. Denishev continued out for 3,400 and Selbst flat called. The fell on the turn and Selbst knuckled the table again. Denishev fired a second bullet, this time for double the first - 6,800. Selbst thought for a moment, counted down her chip stack, and then opted just to call. The brought paint to the board on the river and Selbst checked for a third time. Denishev fired 11,000 and Selbst went into the tank once again. Eventually she decided to release her cards and Denishev triumphantly slapped on the table for just king high.
He dragged in the pot and now sits around 88,000 while the PokerStars Team Pro has fallen to about 35,000.
Two players were all in and at risk as PokerStars player Shannon Shorr, the big stack at the table, called their bets. Alexander Dovzhenko had and Fadhil Farag versus the of Shorr. Farag was out of his seat on the flop as the board ran out to add two more victim’s chips to Shorr’s growing stack.
All of the many online qualifiers who won their way into the EPT Barcelona Main Event on PokerStars have cool stories to tell. And the deeper they go, the cooler their stories become. Harley Stoffmaker is among the group of qualifiers who have made it to Day 2, and just before play began today he shared his story thus far with the PokerStars Blog.