We missed the preflop action, but we do know that Jamila Von Perger, the last woman in the field, got her stack of 625,000 all in preflop holding the and was in bad shape against the of Madis Müür.
Yesterday Von Perger was able to spike a miracle river in a similar situation, but she wouldn't be as fortunate here as the board ran out a dry . Von Perger, the girlfriend of poker pro Manig Loeser, collected her things and quietly exited the tournament area in 23rd place.
Alejandro Perez three bet Pasi Sormunen’ s open and Sormunen four bet all in for his last 824,000. Perez called. Sorumunen had and Perez tabled . The cards ran out , the set of Sorumunen good enough to double him up.
Action folded to Nicolau Villa-Lobos on the button and he opened for 65,000, which Anaras Alekberovas called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, the dealer burned and turned the and Alekberovas checked to Villas-Lobos, who bet 80,000.
Alekberovas woke up with a check-raise to 205,000, Villa-Lobos called and the completed the board on the river. Alekberovas returned to checking and then made a quick call when Villa-Lobos moved all in for 452,000. Alekberovas showed the , but it was no good as Villa-Lobos had a bigger two pair with the .
There are still 17 different countries represented among the final 24 players in the EPT10 Barcelona Main Event. Germany leads with three, five countries have two players still alive, and 11 have but one representative. Read more and see Sarah Grant and Rick Dacey recap yesterday's action and preview today's at the PokerStars Blog.
Tom Middleton opened for 60,000 and Julian Thomas moved all in for his last 195,000. Middleton made the call and tabled . It looked good for Thomas who had . The cards though had other ideas. they fell and despite the flush draw on the flop Middleton’s trips sent Thomas home.
Cards are now in the air here on Day 5. The plan is to play down to the final table of eight. That could be quick or take all day — there's no telling.
For the second day in a row, Tom “hitthehole” Middleton begins play as the chip leader. He sits on a stack of 3.886 million, which is nearly 700,000 more than his next closest compeitior Alejandro Perez, who will start with 3.3 million. Another man with a big stack is Anaras Alekberovas, who finished fourth in this very event last year. The Lithuanian is looking to make back-to-back final tables, which would be an incredible feat considering the size of the field the past two years.
Headed into the penultimate day, there are still two players left in the Skrill Last Longer competition – Middleton and Bulgarian player Valentino Konakchiev. Whichever one of them lasts longer in the tournament will received their €5,300 buy-in back courtesy of Skrill, the official payment provider sponsor of EPT Season 10. It’s a small pittance compared to the €1,067,000 first-place prize, but rest assured we’ll be keeping an eye on that storyline.
Speaking of the top prize, there is plenty of tough competition among the final 24 including Kimmo Kurko (2,427,000), Eduard Bhaggoe (1,637,000), Rens Feensta (1,255,000), Pasi Sormunen (703,000) and Julian Thomas (230,000). Some have big stack, others not so much, but the one thing they all have is a shot at becoming the next EPT champion.
Action will kick off in a little over an hour here at the Casino Barcelona. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews' live coverage as we bring you all the action and eliminations from the tournament floor. Until then, check out this interview from Day 1 of the €10,000 High Roller were Kristy Arnett asked Peter Jetter to “Explain This.”
and was in bad shape against the 
of Madis Müür.
. Von Perger, the girlfriend of poker pro Manig Loeser, collected her things and quietly exited the tournament area in 23rd place.
and Perez tabled 
and Alekberovas checked to Villas-Lobos, who bet 80,000.
completed the board on the river. Alekberovas returned to checking and then made a quick call when Villa-Lobos moved all in for 452,000. Alekberovas showed the 
, but it was no good as Villa-Lobos had a bigger two pair with the 
.
. It looked good for Thomas who had 
. The cards though had other ideas. 
they fell and despite the flush draw on the flop Middleton’s trips sent Thomas home.
