We didn't catch the action, but we do know that Steven Watts just doubled through Season 7 champ Kent Lundmark over at the secondary feature table. It was an all-in preflop situation, and Watts won holding the against Lundmark's on a board reading .
Here's a look at updated chip counts from the secondary feature table.
Nuno Da Camara's empty seat on Day 3 of EPT Barcelona, player never turned up and was the bubble
Nuno Da Camara was not at his seat and was all in on the big blind for his last 3,000. He hadn’t shown up today so his starting stack of 83,500 was gradually blinded away. Playing hand for hand, if no one else at the other tables was all in and knocked out then Camara would be the bubble, and all the other players would be in the money. If another player was knocked out at another table they would chop the lowest prize money of €8,680. Everyone was crowded round the table with the empty seat when the cry went up from another table, “All in and a call.” Everyone rushed over to see who was at risk.
[Removed:551], an Austrian PokerStars player, was all in for 27,000 and had been called by Christopher Andler in the big blind who could certainly afford it. When the tournament director was happy the players turned over their hands. [Removed:552] had the inevitable while Andler had made the call with . Could he crack those aces and force [Removed:552] to go home with €4,340, sharing it with Camara? The flop came . It would take runner runner to knock [Removed:552] out. The turn was river and [Removed:552] doubled his small stack.
Nuno Da Camara was the bubble. All the players are now in the money, hand for hand is over and we return to normal play.
With 55,000 in the pot and a flop reading , Pablo Tavitian checked and opened the door for Valentino Konakchiev to bet 31,000. Tavitian responded by moving all in and Konakchiev called off. Tavitian seemed as if he'd been caught with his hand in the cookie jar, which he had with his . Konakchiev flipped over the and doubled when the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Mihails Morozovs was all in for his last roughly 40,000 before the flop against Alexander Stevic. Morozovs showed and was racing for his tournament life against Stevic's .
The flop was of no help to Morozovs and he picked up a few additional outs on the turn. Thankfully for Morozovs, those outs came in handy as the hit the river, making him a winning straight. He was able to double to around 88,000 and hand-for-hand play continues in the tournament room.
Russell Thomas reraised all in for 61,000 from the small blind for 61,000 after Yann Dion had opened for 8,000 from under the gun. Dion called with the . Thomas was at risk with the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Thomas successfully doubled up on the bubble.
It's the first hand of hand-for-hand play and there appears to be three all-in players. The tournament staff is waiting for hands to finish on all the other tables before proceeding. We'll have details for you shortly.
The bubble bursting is imminent at the EPT Barcelona Main Event, with one more elimination standing between the players and the business of working out how the €5,984,900 prize pool will be divided. Learn more over at the PokerStars Blog.
We saw some commotion in the far corner of the room and made our way through the numerous TV cameras to discover an all-in pot.
Simeon Naydenov was all in for 75,000 or so holding the and was called by Danny Covyn, who seemed relieved to discover his was out in front. Naydenov seemed resigned to his fate, which came to fruition after the board ran out an uneventful .
Naydenov was sent to the rail two spots shy of the money, which means we're no on the bubble. Hand-for-hand play will now be instituted.
against Lundmark's 
on a board reading 
.
while Andler had made the call with 
river 
and [Removed:552] doubled his small stack.
, Pablo Tavitian checked and opened the door for Valentino Konakchiev to bet 31,000. Tavitian responded by moving all in and Konakchiev called off. Tavitian seemed as if he'd been caught with his hand in the cookie jar, which he had with his 
. Konakchiev flipped over the 
and doubled when the 
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
and was racing for his tournament life against Stevic's 
.
flop was of no help to Morozovs and he picked up a few additional outs on the 
turn. Thankfully for Morozovs, those outs came in handy as the 
. Thomas was at risk with the 
, and Thomas successfully doubled up on the bubble.
