From the cutoff seat, Antonio Brando raised to 8,500. Chip leader Albert Daher was in the small blind, and he reraised to 22,500. After the big blind folded, action fell back on Brando. He reraised to 43,500, but that wasn't enough to scare Daher away. Instead, Daher reraised to 69,500. Brando studied, but eventually folded, and Daher won the pot. After Brando folded, Daher showed the .
Daher has over $450,000 in career earnings, with his largest score coming from just last month in August when he took second in the World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event for $160,200. The month before, Daher took second in the Merit World Cup of Poker Main Event for $137,299. He also has one World Series of Poker cash from 2012 and a cash in the European Poker Tour London Main Event last season for £15,000 after he took 28th place.
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Each elimination carries more and more weight as we approach the bubble here in the EPT 10 Barcelona Main Event. After cries of an all in and a call were shouted through the tournament area, media and players alike swarmed the table to see the outcome of the action.
In this particular hand, Theodoros Aidonopoulos was all in before the flop holding and was racing for his tournament life against Pawel Brzeski's . The dealer brought forth a flop that read and Aidonopoulos quickly stood up out of his chair and took a few steps away from the table, seeing that his opponent had taken the lead with a pair of nines. The came on the turn which caused Aidonopoulos to pull out his phone, thumb through the messages and begin to walk away. He shot once final glance back to the felt to see the finish off the board and give Brzeski a winning two pair.
By absorbing Aidonopoulos' stack, Brzeski now sits at 190,000 here on the bubble.
German PokerStars player Thomas Butzhammer made it 8,000 to go, Antonio Brando in the small blind and big blind Kent Lundmark made the call. on the flop and when the blinds checked Butzhammer continued for 14,500. Lundmark made the only call. They both checked the turn and the final card made it very interesting for anyone with a diamond in their hand. Lundmark checked and Butzhammer decided to have another look at his hole cards. Whatever he found there he decided to bet 16,500 and Lundmark threw his hand away.
Portugal's Nuno Da Camara began the day with 83,500 in chips, but he has yet to show up. It is unknown the reason, but he has been blinded all the way down to just 5,000 in chips with exactly one player to go before the money is reached. With his stack sitting in the cutoff seat, Da Camara has a few hands before he'll be all in.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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and was racing for his tournament life against Pawel Brzeski's 
. The dealer brought forth a flop that read 
and Aidonopoulos quickly stood up out of his chair and took a few steps away from the table, seeing that his opponent had taken the lead with a pair of nines. The 
came on the turn which caused Aidonopoulos to pull out his phone, thumb through the messages and begin to walk away. He shot once final glance back to the felt to see the 
finish off the board and give Brzeski a winning two pair.
on the flop and when the blinds checked Butzhammer continued for 14,500. Lundmark made the only call. They both checked the turn 
and the final card 
made it very interesting for anyone with a diamond in their hand. Lundmark checked and Butzhammer decided to have another look at his hole cards. Whatever he found there he decided to bet 16,500 and Lundmark threw his hand away.
was out in front. Naydenov seemed resigned to his fate, which came to fruition after the board ran out an uneventful 
.
, and Thomas successfully doubled up on the bubble.
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 
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.
