Break
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The players are on a 30-minute break. When they return, only 12 eliminations will be required before the rest of the 296 players are in the money.
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,365,350
Entries
1,931
Level
36
Blinds
2,500,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Pollak Gets a Fold from Radoja
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mark Radoja started the action with a raise of 13,000 from the hijack and after some consideration, Benjamin Pollak called in the small blind.
Both players checked through the flop 
and the turn 
.
The river 
brought some action as Radoja bet 12,000 after another check from Pollak. The French player tanked for a minute before raising it to 65,000. Radoja snap-folded and Pollak added the pot to his stack as the bubble approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
240,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Day 2 Photos
Photos by Neil Stoddart / PokerStars.
Shot Clock In Play
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The play is on break as 303 players remain in the tournament for 296 places in the money. The shot clock has been brought into play; from now on, players get 30 seconds to act for each decision. Each player also receives six time bank cards worth 30 seconds each for the hard decisions.
Buckley Takes from Van Zadelhoff
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The flop read 
on a heads-up pot when Steven van Zadelhoff checked from the big blind. Mark Buckley bet 12,000 before calling a raise of 32,000 from van Zadelhoff.
The turn fell a 
and went check-check. On the river 
, Buckley bet 35,000 after a last check from van Zadelhoff and the latter let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
170,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Hand-For-Hand Begins
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
With 298 players remaining hand-for-hand play has started with two eliminations needed until the players are in the money.
Three All-Ins and All Survive
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ilya Etko, Volodymyr Drokin, and David Domjan all just had their tournament lives on the line during hand-for-hand but all three players managed to survive.
Etko won with 
against two opponents on a 
board when neither of his opponents revealed a diamond in their hand for a flush.
In the second all-in situation, Volodymyr Drokin took the pot with a set of tens on the 
board against Adrian Constantin.
And in the final hand, David Domjan was all in for just 5,000 from the small blind and managed to triple up against two opponents when his 
hand won on the 
board with just a pair of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
31,600
|
31,600 |
|
45,000
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
16,000
-43,200
|
-43,200 |
Xi Eliminates Er Before the Bubble
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Zorlucan Er open-shoved from the middle position for a stack worth 104,000 and Ming Xi situated in the small blind made the call.
Holding 
, Er was in bad shape for a double up before the bubble burst, facing for Xi.
The board 
brought him no help and the Turkish player got eliminated at the 298th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
286,600
|
286,600 |
|
Busted |
Diaz Bubbles EPT Barcelona Main Event; 296 in the Money
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Guillaume Diaz was all in from the big blind with only 4,000 left in his stack. Adrian State in the hijack and Niall Farrell on the button went heads-up to a 
flop. State bet and Farrell revealed pocket sevens before folding.
This meant that Diaz was up against State for the side pot with his tournament life on the line. The tournament director asked Diaz to reveal his hand first, and flipped over 
. State then revealed 
for top pair.
Diaz was drawing very thin and needed help from the turn. The hit and gave Diaz hope as he now needed to hit a jack to survive. But it wasn't to be as the river was revealed to be the .
Diaz's departure meant that the remaining 296 players were all in the money and guaranteed minimum prize of €8,150.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |