Skrill Last Longer Participants
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,984,900
Entries
1,230
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Who Will Be the Skrill Last Player Standing?
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Season 10 of the European Poker Tour kicked off this past weekend in Barcelona, Spain. The festival’s €5,300 Main Event is underway, which you can follow in our live blog, and one name that keeps popping up during the tournament is Skrill – which isn’t a player, but rather an online payment solutions company that aims to evolve “the way people pay and get paid globally.”
The company’s website provides a bit more information on Skrill, which rebranded from Moneybookers back in 2010:
“Skrill has been moving money digitally since 2001. We offer online payment solutions for businesses and consumers, allowing them to pay and get paid globally. Over 36 million account holders already trust Skrill. Our customers can send and receive money worldwide in 200 countries and 40 currencies, securely and at low cost, without revealing their personal financial details. Your business will benefit from our worldwide payment network with over 100 payment options. Whether through a simple one-step integration or a fully-tailored payment solution. Whoever you are, however you like to pay or get paid, trust Skrill to make your online payments simpler, faster and safer.”
Headquartered in London, Skrill is looking to make their presence known in the poker world with a commitment to customer satisfaction through innovation and service. Not only that, they’re looking to be more than just a company by becoming a trusted and respected member of the poker community.
One way they’re fostering this is through the Skrill Last Longer competition, which will be held at each stop on this season’s EPT, of which they’re an official sponsor. The promotion is simple – players sign up for the promotion either online (preregistration is available) or at the Skrill booth (which will be present at each stop); don a Skrill patch; and then aim to be the last man or woman standing. The last player remaining will then receive the €5,300 buy-in back in their Skrill account.
For the EPT Barcelona Main Event, more than 200 players signed up for the promotion, and of those 106 made it through to Day 2. Some notable players who are a part of the competition include Dominik Nitsche, Konstantin Puchkov and Carlos Mora Alvarez, the man who eliminated famed footballer Gerard Piqué.
While Skrill is upping the ante for Season 10 with a bigger branding initiative, this isn’t their first appearance on the EPT; as a matter of fact, they were a sponsor of Season 8 and have held previous “Last Longer” promotions (the most successful being in EPT Copenhagen when one of their players took second).
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be keeping an eye on the latest incarnation of the Skrill Last Longer throughout the duration of the EPT Barcelona Main Event.
Da Silva Bests De Meulder
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Christophe de Meulder raised to 2,500 and found a three-bet to 5,100 from Luis Da Silva. Action came back to de Muelder and he called.
The flop brought down 
and de Muelder check-called a continuation bet of 6,100. The 
fell on fourth street and de Muelder checked again. Da Silva checked it back which allowed the 
to finish off the board. Both players checked once more and de Muelder tabled 
. Da Silva looked at his opponent's cards but then rolled over 
for a pair of jacks and the best hand. Da Silva dragged int he pot and now has about 125,000 chips to de Muelder's 13,0000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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130,000
-10,000
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62,000
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Salter’s Mind Games
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Jack Salter is always a gregarious presence at the tables. He had been talking to the other players trying to persuade them, half-jokingly, to each chose a card from the deck to bet on if it comes up on the flop, reasoning that if they all did it for even a small amount it would be worth it. He frequently uses his friendly table talk and image to get into the minds of recreational players without them even realising it, as one player was about to find out.
Paul Rimmer, a PokerStars qualifier from the UK, opened for 2,600 and Salter three bet him to 6,300. The blinds folded and Rimmer made the call. Salter leaned over from the one seat and said to Rimmer, “Good luck. Forty behind?” His opponent confirmed that was what he had and was probably thinking about the implications to his stack before a card had been dealt. The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and RImmer made a bet of 7,200 which Salter called. The river was 
. Rimmer now checked and Salter thought for a while before dropping a bet of 8,100 on to the felt. Rimmer shook his head, thought he must be being bluffed and made the call. Salter showed 
and won the pot when Rimmer mucked his cards, unsure just quite what happened there.
Gerard Pique Shows Off His Passing Skills
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Footballer Gerard Pique made Day 2 of the record EPT Barcelona Main Event and looked confortable in front of the TV cameras. He even outlasted Eugene Katchalov (although it did take a monstrous cooler to KO Katchalov). Read more at the PokerStars Blog.
Moreno Adding
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
From middle position, a player opened with a raise to 2,500. Andrew Moreno called from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. After Moreno checked, his opponent fired a continuation bet of 3,500. Moreno check-raised to 7,700, and his opponent made the call.
The turn card paired the board with the 
, and Moreno led for 11,600. His opponent took a few moments, then folded, and Moreno won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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185,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Trips For Salter
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The board erad 
when we found Victor Sbrissa and Jack Salter engaged in a heads up hand. Sbrissa fired a bet of 10,300 on the turn and Salter called to see the final card. The dealer produced the 
on the river and Sbrissa put Salter to the test with 27,300. Salter called and Sbrissa flung up 
for just jack-high. Salter tabled 
for trip queens and was able to drag in the pot. He now has about 145,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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82,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The Eliminations Continue to Mount
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
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Ladouceur Leaves
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We just recently received a report that Marc-Andre Ladouceur has been eliminated at the hands of Erik Freiberg. Ladouceur was all in and at risk before the flop holding 
. Unfortunately for Ladouceur, he was crushed by the of Freiberg. The board came out 
and Freiberg's pocket jacks were able to hold up, sending Ladouceur to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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