€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

08-22-2016 15:55 UTC+2

Lynskey Takes from Benitez

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Alexander Lynskey cashed six times at the 2016 World Series of Poker and the biggest score of the Australian came earlier this year on home soil. Lynskey finished 4th in the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event, for a payday of A$ 445,000.

Lynskey just got involved in a bigger hand with table neighbor Francisco Benitez and the duo headed to the river. Benitez bet 5,300 out of the small blind and Lynskey then raised to 15,000 from the button.

Benitez folded and was shown the by Lynskey, who raked in the pot while enjoying a massage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lynskey	39,500 39,500	39,500
Francisco Benitez	25,300 25,300	25,300

Tags: Alexander Lynskey Francisco Benitez

08-22-2016 15:33 UTC+2

November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka in the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The flop came and it checked to 2016 November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka. He finished 45th in the EPT Barcelona Main Event two years ago, and will be looking for a good run in preparation for his trip back to Vegas in a couple of months' time.

Ruzicka bet 2,150 and his opponent called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and this time his opponent lead for 3,200. Ruzicka quickly called. His opponent tabled but Ruzicka quickly turned over and started gathering the chips to add to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	37,000

Tags: Vojtech Ruzicka

08-22-2016 15:31 UTC+2

Titans At Table 47

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Table 47 is shaping up to be one of the interesting tables in the room, as Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton and Byron Kaverman sat down at the table with Dominik Nitsche and Andreas Hoivold.

Kaverman played the €50.000 Super High Roller earlier this week, while Grafton is one of the voices of the Global Poker League and known for his quality instructional videos. Both players are seated to the right of Nitsche.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Hoivold	43,000 3,000	3,000

Sam Grafton	35,000 35,000	35,000

Dominik Nitsche	35,000 5,000	5,000
Byron Kaverman	30,000 30,000	30,000

08-22-2016 15:23 UTC+2

Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kimmo Kurko	55,000 25,000	25,000
Per Linde	55,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Telker	45,000 15,000	15,000
Steve Watts	40,000 11,500	11,500
Sam Chartier	40,000 10,000	10,000
Akin Tuna	40,000 40,000	40,000
Chance Kornuth	40,000 10,000	10,000
Leo Yan Ho Cheng	35,000 5,000	5,000
Bart Fergiatakis	35,000 5,000	5,000
Max Silver	32,000 2,000	2,000
Michael Addamo	32,000 32,000	32,000
Rene van Krevelen	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Raul van Boxtel	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Brian Yoon	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
Oliver Price	20,000 -12,000	-12,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	12,000 -13,000	-13,000
Sergey Lebedev	10,000 -20,000	-20,000
Vincent van der Fluit	10,000 -20,000	-20,000
Jason Lavallee	Busted

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

08-22-2016 14:38 UTC+2

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

After two 75-minute levels, the players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day.

08-22-2016 14:37 UTC+2

Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Kuiper	55,000 12,000	12,000
Simon Deadman	50,000 22,000	22,000
Martin Kozlov	45,000 45,000	45,000
Joao Vieira	33,000 3,000	3,000

Stephen Chidwick	30,000 13,000	13,000
Shola Akindele	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Alexandru Papazian	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Leo Fernandez	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

Mateusz Moolhuizen	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Ronald Keijzer	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
Daniel Reijmer	20,000 -10,000	-10,000
Pratyush Buddiga	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

08-22-2016 14:36 UTC+2

The Champ Is Here

Yori Epskamp

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

John Juanda after last year's final card

Defending champion John Juanda just sat down in the Main Event. Juanda won the EPT Barcelona Main Event last year, earning €1,022,593 and his first EPT title in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	30,000

Tags: John Juanda

08-22-2016 14:35 UTC+2

Andrey Konopelko Chipping Up Nicely

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

It is often said that you can't win a tournament on the first day, but you can certainly lose it, as demonstrated earlier by Christoph Vogelsang.

On a flop of Andry Konopelko's opponent checked and the Belarussian bet 500. His opponent called. The pair checked the turn which was the before the was dealt on the river.

Again his opponent checked to him, allowing Konopelko to bet 1,000. After some thought his opponent called, but mucked when shown for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Konopelko (Andrei Konopelko)	39,000

Tags: andrey konopelko

08-22-2016 14:31 UTC+2

Ben Heath Talks His Way to Chips

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Move over William Kassouf, there's a new motormouth in town. It appears that Benjamin Heath might have got some lessons in tabletalk from his fellow Brit, as demonstrated in this hand against Simon Boss.

Heath was facing a 6,000 bet from Boss into a pot of around 10,000 on a board of . After some consideration, Heath moved enough chips forward to put his opponent all in.

There was a moment's silence before Boss spoke up: "It's hard to fold a set," he said.

"You can!" replied Heath, "You have 18k and..." (he paused to check the tournament clock), "Six levels. A whole day of fun times to be had."

Boss counted out his stack, but Heath wasn't letting up with the talking. "One fold for a whole day of fun. I think that's a very fair price," he continued.

Eventually, Boss threw a single chip forward signalling a call. Heath turned over for a rivered top set. True to his word, Boss showed and started to gather his things.

"So lucky," said Boss.

"Yes," came the one-word reply from Heath.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	75,000 45,000	45,000

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