Athletes are Flocking to the Felt
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Sarah talks to English Rugby Champion Mike Tindall before he sits down to the felt.
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€8,657,250
Entries
1,785
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Three Streets For The Postman
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Freerk Post called a raise on the button holding 
. The flop came 
, and Post's opponent check-called bets of 1,300, 2,700 and 6,700. Post's top two pair was good, moving the Dutchman up the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
Players And Counts
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
One of the players spotted in the field is Janne "Savjz" Mikkonnen, one of the world's top Hearthstone players. Mikkonen and Jeffrey "Sjow" Brusi, another Hearthstone player, are both invited here by PokerStars.
Although Mikkonen plays with fewer cards than he usually holds in Hearthstone, he is off to a good start and currently sitting on 45,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
45,000 | 15,000 |
|
35,000 | 2,000 |
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
Full House for Dominik Panka
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Polish pro Dominik Panka is seated in the secondary room of the Main Event today and has had an indifferent start. Panka, who won the 2014 PCA and final tabled the inaugural EPT Malta Main Event, was facing a board of 
. His opponent who was in the small blind checked to Panka, who was in the big blind and the Polish player bet 5,100 into a pot of around 9,000.
His opponent thought for a minute or two before calling, and Panka unveiled 
for a rivered full house and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | -3,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
38,000 | -4,000 |
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
35,000 | |
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
34,000 | -1,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
25,000 | -10,000 |
|
23,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | -15,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Break Time
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day. Here are a selection of chip counts from the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
42,000 | 12,000 |
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,500 | -500 |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
28,500 | |
|
28,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
14,000 | -16,000 |
In The Field
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Naoya Kihara Starts with a Smile
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Naoya Kihara is rarely seen without a smile on his face. The jovial member of PokerStars Team Online, who became Japan's first WSOP bracelet winner in 2015 is in the field today and has started strongly.
In this hand Gabor Adam opened to 350 in early position, and picked up four callers. Kihara was seated in the big blind and three-bet to 2,500. Adam muttered something under his breath and folded, followed in turn by each of the four callers. Kihara smiled and double-checked his cards, before exposing the 
and raking in the pot.
Kihara is up to 40,000 in chips shortly before the first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 |
Hall Chipping Up
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Here in Barcelona, Cate Hall is making her debut at the EPT circuit. The American lawyer-turned-poker-pro just took a pot off Raoul Refos to chip up some more. On a 
board, Hall bet 2,200 in a pot of over 2,500, enough to see Refos' hand fly into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |