Wondering if Your Opponent Has the Nuts?
Sarah talks to Barny Boatman about some indicators of bluffing and why acting and bluffing are not the same.
Sarah talks to Barny Boatman about some indicators of bluffing and why acting and bluffing are not the same.
Mickael Cano was all-in and at risk pre-flop with . He looked in great shape to double his short stack against his only opponent in the hand, Andrey Shatilov, who held .
The flop of put Shatilov into the lead, however, and after the turn and river, Cano was out of EPT Barcelona on Day 2. Shatilov is up to 44,600, but that's still some way behind the average of just under 60,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Andrey Shatilov |
44,600
14,600
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14,600 |
Mickael Cano
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Busted |
Shaun Deeb started the day as one of the big stacks, but busted rather early and took to his misery on Twitter. Other casualties include Michael Tureniec, Polish prodigy Dzmitry Urbanovich and EPt12 Grand Final runner up Adrian Allain.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Patrick Leonard | Busted | |
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Tom-Aksel Bedell | Busted | |
Paul Berende | Busted | |
Shaun Deeb | Busted | |
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Matthias De Meulder | Busted | |
Michael Tureniec | Busted | |
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Thi Xoa Nguyen | Busted | |
Adrien Allain | Busted | |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | Busted | |
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Simon Deadman | Busted | |
Artem Metalidi | Busted | |
Mark Radoja | Busted | |
[Removed:4] | Busted |
On a board of , Georgios Zisimopoulos had a bet of 3,500 out in front of him. Dorian Rios, directly to his left, made it 12,000. 'Zisimo' decided to let it go after a minute.
In the next hand, Zisimopoulos opened again, this time to 2,300. Once again, Rios came along with the call. Alexandros Kolonias, 4th in the €50,000 Super High Roller earlier this week (€467,700), three-bet to 8,000 from the binds. Zisimopoulos folded, but Rios called the extra chips right away.
Both players checked the flop. Kolonias bet 7,000 on the turn, and Rios folded. With a lot of action players, it should be an interesting table to follow throughout the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dorian Rios Pavon |
275,000
122,300
|
122,300 |
Georgios Zisimopoulos |
175,000
48,700
|
48,700 |
Alexandros Kolonias |
65,000
14,200
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14,200 |
Short stack Patrick Sacrispeyre, who had lost half his stack coming into Day 2, got it in for 12,400 from the cutoff and Michael Sklenicka looked him up out of the small blind with . Sacrispeyre had the and doubled thanks to a board of .
"Nothing I can do," Sklenicka added after the hand was over and shrugged.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Michael Sklenicka |
30,000
-15,900
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-15,900 |
Patrick Sacrispeyre |
26,000
-100
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-100 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Among the next big names to join the rail were Paul Hoefer, who won a bracelet at the 2015 World Series of Poker and a ring at the Aussie Millions this year, the High Roller regulars Ben Heath and Anthony Zinno, as well as 2015 Master Classics of Poker champion Jussi Nevanlinna.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Paul Hoefer | Busted | |
Ben Heath | Busted | |
Anthony Zinno | Busted | |
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Jussi Nevanlinna | Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano, who holds the record for most cashes at the European Poker Tour, just busted a short stack to chip up. His held up against Ukraine's Dmytro Shuvanov's when the board didn't ran higher than an eight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Luca Pagano |
100,000
80,300
|
80,300 |
Dmytro Shuvanov | Busted |
Robert Kaggerud saw a pre-flop raise from Luiz Orrico on the button and got his stack of 15,400 into the middle from the big blind. Orrico weighed it up with serious consideration, but eventually tossed in the requisite chips and showed . He was way ahead of Kaggerud's and stayed there through the board. Orrico has now built an impressive stack and sits on double the average.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Luiz Orrico |
138,500
43,300
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43,300 |
Robert Kaggerud | Busted |
The pocket kings of Marcelo Caceres were already in the muck and he headed to the exit while the stack of Ioannis Kontonatsios was counted after a board of . He held and turned a set of queens, while Aliaksei Boika's , the best hand going into the showdown, were cracked.
Kontonatsios was all in for around 57,000 and doubled through Boika to boost his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ioannis Kontonatsios |
130,000
102,100
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102,100 |
Aliaksei Boika |
13,000
-54,800
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-54,800 |
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Marcelo Caceres | Busted |