€1,100 EPT National Day 1c | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-23-2018 23:49 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Xhavit Berisha	395,000 95,000	95,000
Rytis Sandaras	270,000 270,000	270,000
Adrian Garcia	254,000
Santiago Soriano Ramos	220,000 220,000	220,000
Rui Milhomens	210,000 210,000	210,000
Stieven Razab-Sekh	195,000 195,000	195,000
Javi Fernandez	160,000
Rene van Krevelen	150,000 150,000	150,000
Marti Roca de Torres	97,000 65,000	65,000
Leo Margets	24,000 -21,000	-21,000

Voinea Busts to Wang

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Ionut-Flavius Voinea three-bet all in for around 38,000 with the and Michael Wang called after brief consideration with the . The board came and Voinea was eliminated, while Wang jumped to more than two times the average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	240,000
Ionut-Flavius Voinea	Busted

Tags: Michael Wang Ionut-Flavius Voinea

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

08-24-2018 00:13 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesar Plaza	385,000 385,000	385,000
Bruno Ayleke Galiano Pereira	300,000 300,000	300,000
Philippe Foly	270,000 270,000	270,000
Michal Kolano	255,000 255,000	255,000
Stieven Razab-Sekh	245,000 50,000	50,000
Daniel Heredi	230,000
Sebastian Pauli	185,000 47,000	47,000

Jack Salter	170,000 -149,000	-149,000
John Ventre	165,000 165,000	165,000
Joris Ruys	155,000 85,000	85,000
Pedro Cairat	130,000 130,000	130,000
Carlo Savinelli	72,000
Sander van Wesemael	35,000 -65,000	-65,000

08-24-2018 00:17 UTC+2

End of the Line for Sklenicka

Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Michael Sklenicka has busted late on Day 1c and will not be one of the 280 players to cash from this flight. Down to 43,500 in chips, Sklenicka open-shoved from early position and John Ventre reshoved from late position.

Michael Sklenicka:
John Ventre:

The brought no help to Sklenicka but the on the turn added some extra outs.

"Five," begged Sklenicka, but the dealer slapped the on the felt instead to eliminate the Czech.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Ventre	115,000 -50,000	-50,000
Michael Sklenicka	Busted

Tags: John Ventre Michael Sklenicka

08-24-2018 00:36 UTC+2

Final EPT National Tally: 4,356 Players

Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The official number of entrants for Day 1b has been adjusted to 851, which brings the total number of players in the 2018 EPT National in Barcelona at 4,356, the second-largest National field ever and slightly below last year's record field of 4,557.

08-24-2018 00:38 UTC+2

Geilich Stacking

Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In what was presumably a four-bet pot, Ludovic Geilich bet 28,000 from under the gun in a pot of over 100k already. The board read and his opponent opted to fold, which moved the Scotsman up to 360,000 near the final break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	360,000 110,000	110,000

08-24-2018 00:45 UTC+2

Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The players are on their final 20-minute break of the night. After the break, play will continue down until 280 are left.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

08-24-2018 01:16 UTC+2

"Wow, Wow, Wow!"

Yori Epskamp

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

After a first player had open-shoved 60,500 on the button, Adria Diaz reshoved all in for 105,000 from the small blind. Michael Wang snap-called in the big blind to put both players at risk.

Button:
Adria Diaz:
Michael Wang:

The first round of "wow's" across the table was still echoing when the dealer spread out the first three community cards. The was waiting in the window, prompting even more "wow's" from the table.

However, behind the lurked Wang's only out, the , to swing him right back in the lead. It delivered the biggest "wow" of them all, and the remaining , and kept him in the lead. Wang eliminated both players and the bracelet winner soared to 410,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	410,000 170,000	170,000
Adria Diaz	Busted

Tags: Adria Diaz Michael Wang