In the hijack, Stephen Chidwick raised to 13,000 and Dan Smith in the cutoff three-bet to 32,000. Chidwick moved all in and Smith gave it just brief consideration before folding.
One hand later, Chidwick opened 13,000 first to act and was called by Bryn Kenney in the big blind. The flop came and Kenney quickly check-folded to a continuation bet.
Jan Eric Schwippert was among the bigger stacks at the start of the day but things haven't gone as smoothly for the German. Down to his last 90,000 he was all in with against the of Benjamin Pollak and the Frenchman improved to the nut flush on a board of to leave Schwippert drawing dead on the turn.
Soon after, Daniel Dvoress followed. He pushed for just 35,000 and Adrian Mateos called in the big blind.
Daniel Dvoress:
Adrian Mateos:
The player at risk once again was drawing dead on the turn with the board running out and that reduced the field to the last 33 hopefuls.
Patrik Antonius opened to 14,000 and Byron Kaverman called. Nick Petrangelo was in the small blind and three-bet all in for 90,000. Antonius re-raised but Kaverman folded.
Patrik Antonius:
Nick Petrangelo:
The board came and Petrangelo doubled up his 69,000 stack.
A total of 158 players out of a field of 3,287 returned to the Pau Casals room at Casino Barcelona for Day 2 of the 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €550 EPT Cup and another Pineapple Flipout for the coveted Platinum Pass was up for grabs. The room was buzzing in preparation for Day 2 of the EPT Cup and the €100,000 Super High Roller, and all tables played one flipout to get to the semi-finals with two tables. Among those were also Jackson White, Yorane Kerignard and Antonina Anapolska, but neither of them was fortunate enough to win their second flip in a row.
In the first semi-final, Mickael Vongsouthi hit a flush with to book his seat for the heads-up duel, while Rolando Camardese claimed his spot with . Vongsouthi and Camardese faced off in the final and it was Camardese, who hails from Maastricht in the Netherlands, that won his entry for the 2019 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC) on The Bahamas worth $30,000 in total.
Flipout for the Platinum Pass on Day 2 of the €550 EPT Cup
Following the elimination of Dietrich Fast, Sean Winter was moved to his space. He limped on the button and Steffen Sontheimer raised to 26,000. Daniel Negreanu folded his big blind and Winter called.
The flop came . Sontheimer continued for 22,000 and Winter used a time extension before moving all in for 120,000. Sontheimer snap-called.
"Nothing," said Winter, tabling for a flush draw. Sontheimer turned over . The turn was the but the river brought the , completing Winter's flush and doubling him up.
Dietrich Fast entered before the start of Day 2 and lasted barely half an hour before running out of chips.
According to the PokerStars Blog team, Ivan Leow raised to 13,000 in the cutoff and Luc Greenwood three-bet the button to 45,000. Fast, in the big blind, four-bet all in and Greenwood asked for the stack size before moving all in over the top, Leow got out of the way.
Dietrich Fast:
Luc Greenwood:
The board came and the kicker played to eliminate Fast soon after sitting down.
Stanley Choi opened to 14,000 and Ivan Leow three-bet to 42,000 from the small blind. Luc Greenwood used a time extension before flat-calling in the big blind and Choi used two time extensions and then four-bet all in for 205,000.
Leow used a time extension before folding, and Greenwood snap-called.
Luc Greenwood:
Stanley Choi:
The board ran out and Choi became the first elimination of the day.
Until the river of a board , a pot of around 50,000 had emerged and Rui Neves Ferreira checked out of the big blind. Timothy Adams bet 40,000 and Nick Petrangelo on the button called before Neves Ferreira check-raised to 150,000. Adams folded and Petrangelo used three time banks before eventually calling.
Neves Ferreira rolled over for a full house and scooped a decent pot.
Dietrich Fast, Steffen Sontheimer, Aaron Been and Rui Neves Ferreira all entered for the first time before the start of Day 2 while the other new entries are all players that busted throughout Day 1.