Season 10 of the European Poker Tour continues today with Day 2 of the €50,000 Super High Roller. Yesterday, 39 unique players plus 10 re-entries accounted for 49 total entries, but that number is expected to go up as registration is open until the start of Day 2. Igor Kurganov, who busted in the last hand of the night on Day 1, is likely to re-enter, and online high-stakes pro Jens Kyllonen has been spotted wandering the room.
Hungarian businessman Sandor Demjan will begin the day as chip leader with 1,037,000, and he will be joined by other big stacks such as Fabian Quoss (813,000), Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu (619,000), and November Niner David Benefield (552,000).
The field will return at 12 p.m. local time, which is about 20 minutes from now. At that time registration will be closed and official numbers, including the final number of entries and the prize pool, will be released. Join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the floor of the Casino Barcelona.
Our access to the feature table is limited, and it appears since our last pass that Steven Silverman has been eliminated. From what we could piece together, Andrew Lichtenberger got his stack of 110,000 all in preflop holding the and was called by Silverman, who held the . Lichtenberger's hand got there and Silverman was left with just 12,000.
In the very next hand, Silverman got it in with the and was up against the of Frederik Jensen. The flop gave Silverman a flush and the guaranteed double. One hand later, Silverman got it in holding the and was once again called by Jensen, who was holding . The flop gave Silverman a flush draw, which he needed to hit after a turn gave Jensen a pair of kings. The on the river was not a heart and that was all she wrote for Silverman.
From the hijack seat, Mike Watson raised to 14,000. Sandor Demjan called on the button, then Jens Kyllonen reraised to 52,000 from the big blind. Watson reraised to 104,000, and that knocked Demjan out of the pot. Kyllonen moved all in for 249,000, and Watson quickly made the call.
Watson showed the for a flip against the at-risk Kyllonen's . The flop, turn, and river ran out to bust Kyllonen and move Watson to 645,000 in chips.
In the first hand after being moved to the feature table, Ole Schemion got involved in a raising war with Daniel Alaei that resulted in the latter player being all in preflop for 312,000.
Schemion:
Alaei:
It was a bit of a cooler for Alaei as Schemion woke up with pocket kings on his first hand after sitting down. The flop didn't provide Alaei much help, and neither did the turn. Alaei needed an ace on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive, but it was not in the cards as the useless peeled off.
Alaei wished the table luck and promptly exited the feature table.
Over at the feature table, action folded to Andrew "Lucky Chewy" Lichtenberger in the small blind and he announced that he was all in for 123,000. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier asked for a count from the big blind, looked down at his cards and then made the call.
Mercier:
Lichtenberger:
Mercier was in a dominating position, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, he had a 70.25% chance of winning the pot. On the other hand, Lichtenberger would come from behind 26.95% of the time.
The flop bumped Mercier up to 79.70% while Lichtenberger dropped to 17.27%. The turn pushed Lichtenberger's chance down even further to 15.91%, meaning he needed either a jack or eight on the river to stay alive. Mercier and Lichtenberger were joking and enjoying the moment, but it came to an end when the dealer burned one last time and put out the .
Lichtenberger wished Mercier luck, removed his mic and then took his leave from the Season 10 EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller.
We picked up the action over at the feature table on a board reading . Philip Sternheimer had checked from the small blind and Tobias Reinkemeier bet 42,000 from the big. Sternheimer woke up with a check-raise to 86,000, and after considering it for over a minute, Reinkemeier made the call and left himself just 92,000 behind.
When the completed the board on the river, Sternheimer moved in and Reinkemeier was not pleased. He indicated that he had spades that he missed, but he still thought for a little over two minutes before calling off. Reinkemeier showed the for kings and nines with a missed flush, but it wouldn't have mattered had he hit it as Sternheimer had flopped a full house with the .
Reinkemeier fired two bullets in this year's event to no avail.
In the last hand before the break, a big hand developed over at the feature table between Mike Watson and Frederik Jensen. We missed the early action, but we do know a flop saw action explode and resulted in Jensen being all in for 416,000.
Jensen:
Watson:
Watson had flopped a straight, but Jensen was drawing very live with an open-ended straight and flush draws, which he'd hit 45% of the time. Any heart or king would give Jensen the win, and he could still chop with an eight. With 928,000 in the pot, the dealer burned and turned the . It was a blank as far as Jensen was concerned.
It was down to the river for Jensen, who sat silently with his eyes fixed on the board. The dealer burned once again and put out the . It was red, but it was not a heart. Clearly dejected, Jensen exited the tournament stage while the rest of the table went on break.
It happened after Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier opened with a raise from the cutoff and Smith shoved from the button for 42,000. The blinds folded and Mercier made the call.
Mercier:
Smith:
Smith got it in good, but Mercier was drawing to two live cards. He hit one of them on the flop and left Smith in need of either a king or an ace. The turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the . Smith failed to catch and was bounced from the tournament in 25th place.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Troyanovskiy was eliminated at one of the outer tables.
Fabian Quoss opened for 27,000 under the gun only to have Martin Finger three-bet all in for 200,000 from the button. The blinds both folded and Quoss made a quick call.
Quoss:
Finger:
Quoss was ahead, but Finger was drawing to two live cards. The latter German seemed hopeful, but not after the flop paired Quoss' ace. Finger needed runner-runner to stay alive, but the turn took away any chance of that happening.
Finger was drawing dead, and after the was run out on the river for good measure, he exited the tournament area in 18th place.
Action folded around to a big-stacked Dani Stern in the small blind and he opted to move all in to put the pressure on Salman Behbehani, who had 150,000 or so behind. Behbehani looked down at his cards and liked what he saw as he immediately called off.
Behbehani:
Stern:
Behbehani was well out in front and he was all smiles. The gave him pause as Stern flopped a flush draw, and Behbehani must not have been confident as he was up out of his seat. No sooner did he stand up than the dealer burned and turned the . Stern hit his flush to leave Behbehani drawing dead.
The meaningless was put out on the river and Behbehani exited the tournament floor and brought about the two-table redraw.
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. Lichtenberger's hand got there and Silverman was left with just 12,000.
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to bust Kyllonen and move Watson to 645,000 in chips.
turn. Alaei needed an ace on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive, but it was not in the cards as the useless 
peeled off.
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. Philip Sternheimer had checked from the small blind and Tobias Reinkemeier bet 42,000 from the big. Sternheimer woke up with a check-raise to 86,000, and after considering it for over a minute, Reinkemeier made the call and left himself just 92,000 behind.
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