Rory Tinlin was all in before the flop for his last roughly 45,000 against Oscar Kroon. Tinlin tabled and hoped to improve for his tournament life against Kroon's already made hand of .
The board fell , allowing Tinlin to pair six, but still keeping him from besting the pocket queens of Kroon. Tinlin made a quick exit from the tournament floor and Kroon stacked his new chips. His stack now sits around 285,000.
Jukka Paloniemi was all in for 36,400 with the against the of Oscar Kroon. On the flop, the fell and kept Kroon's queens in the lead. The turn was the , and now Paloniemi needed a non-club ace, king, or queen on the river to double up.
Thanks to the , Paloniemi hit one of the cards he needed and doubled through.
On the last day of August, Event #2 €330 Women’s Event at the EPT Barcelona saw Croatian Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Hana Soljan top a 86-player field to capture the €6,880 first-place prize. The win marked the second Women’s Event title for Soljan, who studied Entrepreneurial Management at the University of Applied Scienes, after she won the EPT Prague version back in 2010 after beating out 25 others for the €3,750 prize.
Interestingly, Soljan used to be a houseguest on the Croatian version of Big Brother, though she was evicted after 48 days.
"I don't think there's any advantage to being a woman at the table," Soljan previously told the PokerStars Blog. "I prefer to play against men though as I think I can read them better. But I don't think men underestimate woman, they just don't like to lose to a woman!"
Jamila Von Perger, one of a handful of women remaining in the field, opened for 6,500 from the cutoff only to have Massimo Di Cicco three-bet all in for 65,900 from the button. The blinds both folded and Von Perger thought long and hard before making the call.
Di Cicco:
Von Perger:
Di Cicco got it in good, but the flop gave the lady a pair of queens. The turn meant Di Cicco needed either a deuce or ace on the river, and he found the latter as the spiked to extend his tournament life.
From early position, Michel Pecheux opened with a raise to 6,000. Action folded to Mario Vojvoda in the small blind, and he called. Then, Andrew Moreno called from the big blind, and the three players saw the flop come down . After Vojvoda and Moreno checked, Pecheux bet 8,600. Vojvoda called, then Moreno also came along.
Fourth street produced the , and Vojvoda checked. Moreno checked over to Pecheux for the second street in a row, but this time Pecheux opted to check behind and let a free river card be seen.
The dealer put out the on fifth street, and Vojvoda led with a bet of 21,100. Moreno put in a raise to 66,500, and that folded out Pecheux. Vojvoda would only have a few thousand chips left if he were to call and lose, and he mulled hard over his decision. Then, he called.
Moreno showed the for a pair of sevens. Vojvoda had the for a straight, and he was awarded the pot to move to roughly 185,000 in chips. Moreno was nipped back to 120,000.
Alejandro Perez Torres came into the day with a bug stack and he's done nothing but add to it here in the early goings.
In a recent hand, Torres eliminated Slaven Popov when the two played a big all-in preflop pot. Popov held , but it was no good as Torres had woken up with the . The board ran out and that was all she wrote for Popov.
Pablo Tavitian begins Day 3 with the chip lead, but he'd already gotten our attention earlier this week and not just because he came to Barcelona after winning LAPT6 Chile back in the spring. Following a humorous encounter with Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier a few days ago, Tavitian entered the Main after winning his entry in a slot machine! Read all about it on the PokerStars blog.
The board read when we came across Daniel bass and Andrew Moreno engaged in a hand. Bass had a bet of 27,300 laid out in front of him and Moreno had moved all in over the top for what looked to be around 90,000 total. Bass sat pondering for about one minute after we arrived at the table.
After that minute passed, Moreno asked the dealer for the clock to be called on Bass. A tournament director arrived at the table and informed Bass that he would have one minute to act on his hand before it was declared dead. About twenty seconds passed before Bass kicked his hand in, flashing the to Moreno and the table. Moreno quietly dragged the pot in and now sits around 165,000.
and hoped to improve for his tournament life against Kroon's already made hand of 
.
, allowing Tinlin to pair six, but still keeping him from besting the pocket queens of Kroon. Tinlin made a quick exit from the tournament floor and Kroon stacked his new chips. His stack now sits around 285,000.
against the 
fell and kept Kroon's queens in the lead. The turn was the 
, and now Paloniemi needed a non-club ace, king, or queen on the river to double up.
, Paloniemi hit one of the cards he needed and doubled through.
turn meant Di Cicco needed either a deuce or ace on the river, and he found the latter as the 
, and Vojvoda checked. Moreno checked over to Pecheux for the second street in a row, but this time Pecheux opted to check behind and let a free river card be seen.
for a straight, and he was awarded the pot to move to roughly 185,000 in chips. Moreno was nipped back to 120,000.
