Main Event Day 2 | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-29-2018 18:16 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime Staples	295,000 -46,000	-46,000

Shaun Deeb	265,000 25,000	25,000
Christopher Brammer	170,000 21,400	21,400
Danny Tang	165,000 130,300	130,300
Anatoly Filatov	160,000 -100,000	-100,000
Leo Margets	150,000 20,000	20,000
Benny Spindler	130,000 52,000	52,000
Andrew Hedley	98,000 69,000	69,000
Ken Okada	95,000 7,000	7,000
Tom Middleton	93,000 54,600	54,600

Heidi May	80,000 25,000	25,000
Chin Wei Lim	35,000 -25,900	-25,900

Okada Doubles Through Greenwood

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Luc Greenwood opened to 7,000 on the button and Ken Okada reraised all in from the small blind for 97,000. Greenwood thought about it for a minute and made the call to create the following showdown:

Luc Greenwood:
Ken Okada:

Greenwood had the best hand but the run out gave Okada a pair of queens as well as the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Okada	200,000 105,000	105,000
Luc Greenwood	45,000 -36,700	-36,700

Tags: Ken Okada Luc Greenwood

08-29-2018 18:38 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Der Megreditchian	Busted
Jochanan Flink	Busted
Frank Blumlein	Busted
Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos	Busted
Paolo Pellegrini	Busted
Andrew Rudnik	Busted
Vladimir Andjelic	Busted
Hubert Matuszewski	Busted
Andrew Hedley	Busted
Jesper Hansen	Busted
Levan Karamanishvili	Busted
Felix Kurmayr	Busted
Tom Middleton	Busted

Fiodor Martino	Busted
Andrejs Perederejevs	Busted
Thomas Scholze	Busted
Kristo Klaassen	Busted
Lander Lijo	Busted
Miguel Capriles	Busted
Alan Rocamora Garcia	Busted
Alexis Armand Donay	Busted

Preflop Win for Wang

Gaelle Jaudon

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

A first player opened in the middle position for 7,000 and Paul Pires Trigo three-bet to 24,000 in the cutoff. Haoxiang Wang thought about his move for a minute and four-bet to 61,000. It folded back to Pires Trigo who chose to fold his hand as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haoxiang Wang	375,000 135,700	135,700

Paul Pires Trigo	75,000 -5,100	-5,100

Tags: Haoxiang Wang Paul Pires Trigo

08-29-2018 18:56 UTC+2

Deeb Keeps Climbing

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Shaun Deeb opened the action with a raise worth 6,500 in middle position and only Salem Cherrati in the big blind came along with a call.

The flop went and Cherrati check-called Deeb's continuation bet for 7,000.

The on the turn got checked by both players, as was the on the river. Cherrati revealed for a pair of fours but mucked his hand after Deeb showed for a better pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salem Cherrati	385,000 -20,000	-20,000
Shaun Deeb	345,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Shaun Deeb

08-29-2018 19:04 UTC+2

Filatov Lets Pons Off The Hook

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Spanish player Fernando Pons is in excellent shape in this tournament and owns a massive stack worth 750,000, even after losing a pot against Anatoly Filatov.

On a board, Pons check-called a bet of 41,000 from Filatov on the button. The river showed a , Pons checked and so did Filatov after saying "I should bet here". Pons mucked when Filatov revealed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Pons	750,000 200,000	200,000
Anatoly Filatov	296,000 136,000	136,000

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Fernando Pons

08-29-2018 19:06 UTC+2

Friberg Runs Into Kings

AaronMcBride

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

The action was opened with a raise to 7,000 from the player under the gun, and Erik Friberg called in the hijack. When the action was on Javier Fernandez Alonso in the small blind he three-bet to 31,500. The initial raiser thought for a minute but ultimately folded and the decision was back on Friberg.

"Watch out we are close to the bubble," said Fernandez Alonso after Friberg had taken 30 seconds to think, and another 20 seconds pasted before Friberg responded.

"You are right; we are close to the bubble."

The clock was then called on Friberg by another player at the table and when he was given just 30 more seconds to act he moved all in and was snap-called.

Fernandez Alonso tabled , and Friberg was at risk with . The board came down , and Friberg was sent to the rail short of the money places as Fernandez Alonso moved up to 410,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Fernandez Alonso	410,000 349,800	349,800
Erik Friberg	Busted

Tags: Javier Fernandez

08-29-2018 19:20 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

AaronMcBride

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi Shehadeh	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted
Ion Tabacaru	Busted
Francois Evard	Busted
Tom Hall	Busted
[Removed:19]	Busted
Giulio Mascolo	Busted
Jimmy Guerrero	Busted
Sean Prendiville	Busted
Carlos Sanchez Diaz	Busted
Luc Greenwood	Busted
Patrik Hansen	Busted
Tomasz Gluszko	Busted

08-29-2018 19:23 UTC+2

Yang Knocks Out Two Players

Gaelle Jaudon

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

With a total stack of 15,000, the player under the gun limped in and Renjun Yang raised in middle position. Dimitrios Angelakos announced all in for 106,000 and the initial player called with his remaining crumbs. Yang tanked for a few minutes and eventually made the call as well.

Initial player:
Dimitrios Angelakos:
Renjun Yang:

The under the gun player had the dominating hand but the board came , giving Yang a set of nines and the double elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renjun Yang	500,000 416,200	416,200
Dimitrios Angelakos	Busted

Tags: Renjun Yang

08-29-2018 19:27 UTC+2

Margets Wins Some

Gaelle Jaudon

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

The flop showed in a blind versus blind situation when Leo Margets bet 4,500. Kunal Manohar Punjwani made the call and the came on the turn. Both players checked.

The river was the and Margets bet 16,000. Punjwani considered it for some time and ended up calling but mucked his hand after Margets flipped over . The Spanish player now has a stack of 255,000 before the last break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	255,000 105,000	105,000
Kunal Manohar Punjwani	160,000 117,000	117,000

Tags: Kunal Manohar Punjwani Leo Margets