On a 
flop, Patrice Chamarre check-raised all in for a little over 30,000 and Ponomarev quickly flicked in a call.
Patrice Chamarre: 
Nikolay Ponomarev: 
Ponomarev was looking for an ace or a heart to win but instead caught the runners 
and 
to make a wheel and eliminate Chamarre.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
85,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
||
|
60,000 | |
|
23,000 | |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Australian Daniel Neilson has jumped into the EPT National Day 1a field after he was unable to build a stack in the $10,300 High Roller.
Neilson, whose best live cash came for $392,935 after he achieved a third-place finish in the EPT Main Event in 2011, exited the High Roller during level five and immediately got his seat in the EPT National.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
40,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000 | |
Michael Tureniec was all in for a little over 30,000 holding 
and had run into the setup against Renato Minicuci's 
. However, there was a waiting in the window for the EPT5 London winner and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000 | |
Photos courtesy of René Velli / PokerStars.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
155,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
155,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
80,000 | |
|
78,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
70,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
65,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
20,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,900
10,900
|
10,900 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
The board was down 
, and Aylar Lie was on the button and had seen the action checked to her by Alberto Ah Line who was in the cutoff. Lie bet 8,500, and Ah Line made the call.
After the river card was revealed to be the 
, Ah Line checked, and Lie thought for half a minute before he moved the rest of her stack into the middle for around 20,000.
Ah Line made a very quick call and Lie mucked before the dealer revealed her hand to be 
for king high. Ah Line showed 
for two pair and won the pot to eliminate Lie before the start of level nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
WIth late registration now closed, a total of 1,264 players have signed up for Day 1a of the €1,100 EPT National in Barcelona. Around 800 of them are left as we are in the last level before the dinner break.
Day 1a will play down until 15% of the field is remaining, which is expected to happen around level 16 (~ 1 a.m.).
