€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

09-03-2013 17:19 UTC+3

Ryan Runs Good

[user252447]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Tough table or not Ryan Spittles just keeps marching on. He told PokerNews that he had five bet jammed into and got there earlier and we there to witness him play another hand against a short stack. Ulrich Fetz from Austria opened for 1,300 and Spittles three bet to 5,500. The blinds folded and Fetz made the call. They saw a flop of , Fetz checked and when Spittles bet 5,000 Fetz went all in. Feeling he was priced in Spittles made the call and turned over , but Fetz had flopped trips with . Spittles needed help, but he got it. gave him the better full house. Fetz could barely believe it, but it was true and he was out. Spittles is up to 290,000 and amongst the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Spittles	290,000 290,000	290,000
Ulrich Fetz	Busted

09-03-2013 17:22 UTC+3

Shorr's Bluff Doesn't Work

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

From the cutoff seat, Shannon Shorr raised to 2,500. Francesco Paolo Conte made the call on the button, and the flop came down . Shorr bet 3,500, and Conte called.

The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Shorr bet 9,100, and Conte called.

Shorr showed offsuit. Conte had the winner with the , and he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shannon Shorr	166,000 30,000	30,000
Francesco Conte	120,000 78,100	78,100

Tags: Shannon Shorr Francesco Paolo Conte

09-03-2013 17:26 UTC+3

Season 1 EPT Barcelona Champ Holding Steady

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Alexander Stevic won the very first EPT event in Barcelona back in 2004, and he's very excited to be back to play again this year. In part two of her interview with Stevic, Sarah Grant got him to talk about how his poker career has gone since his big EPT win. Check it out on the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

09-03-2013 17:30 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Daher	301,000 173,300	173,300
Pasi Sormunen	267,000 230,900	230,900
Jamila Von Perger	260,000 141,100	141,100
Kent Lundmark	258,000 230,200	230,200

Alejandro Perez	255,000 110,200	110,200
Andrew Moreno	181,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jack Salter	168,000 23,000	23,000
Fabian Ortiz	98,000 65,200	65,200
Victor Sbrissa	72,000 -10,000	-10,000
Angel Guillen	70,000 3,000	3,000

Paul Newey	28,000 -4,900	-4,900

09-03-2013 17:41 UTC+3

It’s a Trap!

[user252447]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Erik Freiberg limped in the small blind to Sergey Rybachenko’s big blind and Rybachenko checked. The flop came . they bothe checked and saw a turn card . Freiberg bet 2,500 and was raised by Rybachenko to 6,500. Freiberg made the call. The river was the and when Freiberg checked Rybachenko bet small, 2,500. Freiberg gave a puzzled smile and after a minute’s thought released his hand. Rybachenko showed him to which Freiberg said, “Yeah, you trapped me.”

09-03-2013 17:42 UTC+3

More Chip Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Daher	315,000 14,000	14,000
Ville Wahlbeck	175,000 46,400	46,400

Kitty Kuo	170,000 74,000	74,000

Christophe De Meulder	155,000 25,000	25,000

Leo Fernandez	138,000 -10,000	-10,000

Dani Stern	115,000 38,000	38,000
Richard Yong	78,000 10,000	10,000
Sofia Lovgren	57,000 22,000	22,000
Liv Boeree	56,000 -4,000	-4,000

Kevin Vandersmissen	43,000 -7,000	-7,000
Ismael Bojang	26,000 -10,000	-10,000

09-03-2013 17:55 UTC+3

Various Counts from Around the Room

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Livingston	303,000 303,000	303,000
Christopher Andler	260,000 144,300	144,300
Kitty Kuo	190,000 20,000	20,000

Andrew Moreno	185,000 4,000	4,000
Christophe De Meulder	175,000 20,000	20,000

Ville Wahlbeck	160,000 -15,000	-15,000

Shannon Shorr	153,000 -13,000	-13,000
Toni Judet	130,000 30,000	30,000

Alexander Goulder	130,000 99,000	99,000
Dimitar Danchev	100,000 81,000	81,000

Mike Watson	80,000 60,900	60,900

Liv Boeree	80,000 24,000	24,000

Richard Yong	80,000 2,000	2,000
Angel Guillen	75,000 5,000	5,000

Martin Staszko	63,000 21,400	21,400
Sofia Lovgren	57,000
Govert Metaal	43,000 9,000	9,000
Tim Reilly	36,000 -21,000	-21,000
Ismael Bojang	20,000 -6,000	-6,000

09-03-2013 17:58 UTC+3

Kim vs. Duta

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

From middle position, Andreas Christoforou opened with a raise to 3,600. In the cutoff seat, Florian-Dimitrie Duta reraised to 8,500, and then action fell on Brian Kim on the button. Kim reraised to 14,600, and play folded back through the blinds and over to Christoforou. Christoforou looked a little pained with his decision, but eventually folded. Duta then called to see a flop.

The flop came down , and Duta checked to Kim. With roughly 45,000 in his stack after four-betting preflop, Kim fired a bet of 8,400. Duta studied, then check-raised to 18,300. Kim snap-shoved, and Duta snap-folded, and just like that the hand was over.

Kim collected the pot and moved to 100,000 in chips, while Duta was kicked back to 246,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian-Dimitrie Duta	246,000 11,000	11,000
Andreas Christoforou	215,000 139,000	139,000
Brian Kim	100,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Andreas Christoforou Brian Kim Florian-Dimitrie Duta

09-03-2013 18:00 UTC+3

Prize Pool Information

Josh_Cahlik

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

With registration closed for this event, the prize pool information has officially been released! The Main Event garnered a total of 1,234 players and the top 183 of them will make the money. A min-cash in this event will guarantee players €8,680 but all of the eyes are on the top prize of €1,067,000 for first. For more information on the prize pool, see the handy Payouts tab above.

EPT 10 Barcelona Main Event Final Table Payouts

Place	Payout
1	€1,067,000
2	€625,000
3	€440,000
4	€328,500
5	€253,000
6	€188,000
7	€143,000
8	€102,430

09-03-2013 18:08 UTC+3

Did Fernandez Have It?

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We happened upon a big pot in progress involving Michael Skender and Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez. The former had 90,000 already out in front of him (there had obviously been prior action) and Fernandez had moved all in for about 50,000 more.

The board flop read and it was obviously Skender wasn't excited by his opponent's shove. Skender, who had about half his chips already in the pot, thought for a little over a minute before folding. Fernandez then showed just the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Fernandez	250,000 112,000	112,000

Michael Skender	90,000 -110,000	-110,000

Tags: Michael Skender Leo Fernandez