€5,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

08-25-2015 17:29 UTC+2

Break

Josh_Cahlik

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day.

08-25-2015 17:29 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	50,000	-3,900
Russell Thomas	44,200	-1,300
Jake Cody	40,600	12,600
Pier Paolo Fabretti	36,800	-7,200
Nicholas Rampone	32,900	2,400
Mikhail Shalamov	32,200	200
Pierre Neuville	23,800	-6,200
Bertrand Grospellier	18,500	-6,700
Angel Guillen	17,600	-11,900
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	14,500	-11,800
Kevin Vandersmissen	9,500
Sam Grafton	6,000

Siarhei Kremerau raised to 525 from the cutoff and the player on the button let his hand go. Konstantin Puchkov was in the small blind and he opted to come over the top with a three-bet to 1,500. The bid blind folded and Kremerau moved out a four-bet to 3,800. Puchkov called.

The flop fell and Puchkov checked. Kremerau opted not to continue, allowing the to hit the felt on the turn. Both players checked once more to see the on the river. Puchkov knocked the table a third and final time. Kremerau bet 4,500 and Puchkov quickly let go of his cards. Kremerau took downt he pot and brought his stack to about 45,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Puchkov	20,100	-3,900

Tags: Konstantin Puchkov

08-25-2015 17:13 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	55,000	-4,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	48,000	-5,500
Michael Egan	39,500
Ari Engel	36,700	-5,600
Vanessa Selbst	36,500	3,800
Andre Lettau	23,300
Maxim Lykov	10,100	-3,400
Tom Middleton	Busted

08-25-2015 17:12 UTC+2

Where Have All The Former Champs Gone?

Josh_Cahlik

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Of the 11 previous winners of EPT Barcelona, only Thomas Middleton returned to the scene of his greatest success — and he has now been eliminated. That means, with registration open until noon tomorrow, that Jan Boubli, et al, have a better chance of winning than “hitthehole” does. And that’s pretty slim. PokerStars Blog explains.

08-25-2015 16:45 UTC+2

Lovgren Jams

Josh_Cahlik

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Poland's Dawid Kuliberda was heads up with Sofia Lovgren on a board of . Kuliberda bet 4,500 on the river only to have Lovgren raise all in over the top for her last 16,425.

After a moment of pondering, Kuliberda let his cards go and Lovgren was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sofia Lovgren	28,000	5,700

Tags: Dawid Kuliberda Sofia Lovgren

08-25-2015 16:43 UTC+2

Novikova Fires Thrice

Josh_Cahlik

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Matias Ruzzi and PokerStars Team Pro Online member Liliya Novikova were engaged in pot where the flop read . Ruzzi checked over to Novikova and she cut out a bet of 1,200. Ruzzi called to see a turn.

Fourth street was the and Ruzzi check-called a bet of 2,800. The finished off the board and Ruzzi checked one final time. Novikova bet 7,525 and Ruzzi went into the tank. After well over a minute, he tossed out calling chips. Novikova instantly mucked her hand without tabling it, allowing Ruzzi to take down the pot without a showdown.

With this hit, Novikova's stack has dropped to approximately 23,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liliya Novikova	23,000	23,000

Tags: Liliya Novikova

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

08-25-2015 16:12 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

Josh_Cahlik

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gilbert Diaz	Busted
Shawn Cunix	Busted
Jason Wheeler	Busted
Benny Spindler	Busted

08-25-2015 16:11 UTC+2

Patkovic Over Grospellier

Josh_Cahlik

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 400 from early position and found calls from the players in the cutoff and on the button. Srdjan Patkovic was in the small blind and he came along for the ride. The player in the big blind called as well, making it five players to the flop.

The dealer fanned and the two blinds checked back to Grospellier. He continued for 1,000 and the next two players quickly released their hands. Patkovic called and the big blind let it go.

Fourth street was the and Patkovic checked for a second time. Grospellier did the same and the completed the board. Action checked to the Team PokerStars Pro one final time and he bet 2,250. Patkovic called and Grospellier confidently rolled over . Patkovic had that beat, however, with for a pair of kings with a higher kicker. With this hit, Grospellier's stack has been reduced to 25,200.