€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

08-26-2015 16:25 UTC+2

Raniszewski Doubles Through Novikova

Josh_Cahlik

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The player in the hijack opened with a raise to 3,200. PokerStars Team Online Pro Liliya Novikova three-bet all in from the cutoff for her last roughly 28,000. Tomasz Raniszewski was on the button and thought for a moment before moving all in for less. The blinds and original raiser folded, leaving the hands to be turned over.

Raniszewski:
Novikova:

The board ran out , allowing Raniszewski's pocket aces to hold as the best hand. Novikova was forced to ship 21,000 to her neighbor, leaving her with just about 7,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Raniszewski	46,000 23,400	23,400
Liliya Novikova	7,000 -23,500	-23,500

Tags: Liliya Novikova

08-26-2015 16:34 UTC+2

Novikova No More

Webjoker

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

After doubling up Raniszewski, Team Online's Liliya Novikova got right back into action. She was first lucky enough to chop with against Daniel Dvoress's as the board ran out . The next hand though, she wouldn't be so lucky.

She pushed all in under the gun for her last 11,600 and action folded to Haresh Thaker from the United Kingdom. He called from the hijack and all others folded.

Haresh Thaker:
Liliya Novikova:

The board came and with the rivered flush, Thaker send Novikova packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	220,000 99,100	99,100
Liliya Novikova	Busted

Tags: Liliya Novikova

08-26-2015 16:41 UTC+2

Pollak Gets Frustrated

Webjoker

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Benjamin Pollak opened for 3,400 from the hijack and his neighbor Aslan Daurov from Russian three bet to 10,100 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded and Pollak four bet to 20,400. Daurov made the call with just under 35,000 behind.

The flop came and Pollak shoved all in. Daurov made the call instantly.

Pollak sighed, shrugged, puffed, and rolled his eyes upon seeing the showdown:

Benjamin Pollak:
Aslan Daurov:

The on the turn and on the river didn't change a thing and Pollak had to forfeit 34,700 of his chips to his neighbor. Pollak wasn't happy about it and just about shoved them into his neighbor's stack. Daurov started stacking while Pollak frowned some more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	68,000 -52,000	-52,000

Tags: Benjamin Pollak

08-26-2015 16:47 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

Josh_Cahlik

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Morgenstern	Busted
Koray Aldemir	Busted

Erik Scheidt	Busted
Daniel Fuchs	Busted
Marcel Steffen Kessler	Busted
Felix Bleiker	Busted
Lukasz Golczyk	Busted
Amir Sonsino	Busted
Yann Pineau	Busted
Andrii Nadieliaiev	Busted
Ermo Kosk	Busted
Anton Astapau	Busted
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz	Busted
Frank Blumlein	Busted
Daniel Rose	Busted
Andrea Dato	Busted
Fabian Ortiz	Busted
Dimitrios Kalaroutis	Busted

Fouad Chaptini	Busted
Claudio Di Giacomo	Busted
Robert Askarov	Busted
Geir Gronstad	Busted
Maksim Nosenko	Busted
Florian Husler	Busted
Ilari Sahamies	Busted

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08-26-2015 16:56 UTC+2

Irimia's Nightshift Lands €2 Qualifier in Barcelona

Josh_Cahlik

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Two Euros doesn’t tend to buy you much in the casinos of the world, but if one invests wisely in an online satellite, and puts the hours in, it’s possible to land yourself with a top 10 stack in a tournament with more than a million up top. PokerStars Blog meets Marius Irimia, on a €2 spin-up.

08-26-2015 16:56 UTC+2

More Hit the Rail

Josh_Cahlik

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasili Firsau	Busted
Farid Yachou	Busted
Weiran Pu	Busted
Jeremy Menard	Busted
Franklin Diaz Vielma	Busted
Massimo Mosele	Busted
Marton Czuczor	Busted
Aleksei Platonov	Busted
Terje Henriksen	Busted
Laurynas Levinskas	Busted
Anatoly Filatov	Busted

Abilio Ribeiro	Busted
Yan Li	Busted
Murad Akhundov	Busted
Ludovit Fischer	Busted
Firhinia Murray	Busted
Goncalo Nuno Veiga De Magalhães Pedro	Busted
Rytis Praninskas	Busted
Ollie Price	Busted
Ivan Pavlov	Busted
Ondrej Vinklarek	Busted
Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Ciaca Paul	Busted
Marcelo Ramos Da Fonseca	Busted

08-26-2015 16:59 UTC+2

More for Soutavong

donpeters

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

From under the gun, Bruno Soutavong raised to 3,600. In middle position, And El Mannan Qasem reraised to 7,300. Play folded back to Soutavong, and he moved all in. With about 70,000 left in his stack, Qasim tanked for a bit, then folded. Soutavong won the pot and moved near 400,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Soutavong	395,000 120,000	120,000
Abd El Mannan Qasem	70,000 -21,500	-21,500

Tags: Abd El Mannan Qasem Bruno Soutavong

08-26-2015 17:00 UTC+2

Ainsworth Soaring and Other Assorted Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jude Ainsworth	415,000 165,000	165,000
Aku Joentausta	165,000 120,100	120,100
Niels van Alphen	136,000 -8,000	-8,000
Andre Akkari	136,000 45,000	45,000

Haralabos Voulgaris	121,000 91,000	91,000
Jeremy Ausmus	84,000 58,600	58,600

Matthias de Meulder	71,000 46,000	46,000

Martin Kabrhel	63,000 -11,000	-11,000
Ami Barer	60,000 36,500	36,500

08-26-2015 17:01 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Miguel Nogueira Da Silva E Sousa	280,000 208,500	208,500
Carlos Vallve Arias	220,000 -30,000	-30,000
Patrik Antonius	215,000 15,000	15,000

Florian-Dimitrie Duta	200,000 71,200	71,200
Ryan Riess	186,000 -16,000	-16,000

Dong Kim	180,000 114,000	114,000
Anthony Zinno	120,000 82,800	82,800

Lynn Gilmartin	85,000 -6,000	-6,000

08-26-2015 17:06 UTC+2

Chartier's Unlucky Elimination

Happy_Freaked

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Denys Shafikov raised to 3,200 from early position and Canadian Sam Chartier three-bet all in for 28,400 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Shafikov, who tanked for a while before making the call.

Shafikov:
Chartier: