€1,100 EPT National Day 1b | 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-22-2019 01:09 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	203,000	63,000
Quan Zhou	117,000	52,000
Francesco Delfoco	100,000	43,000
Jon Kyte	80,000	13,000
Guy Goossens	34,000	-6,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	33,000	-119,000
Erwann Pecheux	15,000	-25,000
Dragos Trofimov	Busted
Anton Wigg	Busted
Mustafa Biz	Busted

Huge Doubles Through Sufragiu

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Sorin Sufragiu raised from the middle position and Jerome Huge shoved from the cutoff for 16,300. Action folded back to Sufragiu who made the call.

Jerome Huge:
Sorin Sufragiu:

The board ran out for Huge to find a king on the flop to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorin Sufragiu	60,000
Jerome Huge	36,600

Tags: Jerome Huge Sorin Sufragiu

08-22-2019 00:50 UTC+2

Some Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There are currently 330 players left in the field:

Player	Chips	Progress
Zeus Post	105,000	-34,000
Louis Salter	79,000	-6,000
Alexander Lakhov	65,000	19,000
Xixiang Luo	60,000	25,000
Sander van Wesemael	59,000	-6,000
Dario Marinelli	57,000	28,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	54,000	24,000
Sergio Fernandez	50,000	8,000
David Hu	43,000	10,000
Florian Duta	41,000	1,000
Anton Wigg	38,000	38,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

08-22-2019 00:38 UTC+2

Faces in the Field

Shirley Ang

Photos courtesy of Rene Velli/PokerStars

08-22-2019 00:26 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	Busted
Aladin Reskallah	Busted
Francois Evard	Busted
Michael O'Grady	Busted
Renato Kaneoya	Busted
Eder Murata	Busted
Mihai Niste	Busted
Gerald Karlic	Busted

De Jong Still at the Top

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Willem de Jong raised to 1,200 from the hijack, Ramon Colillas three-bet to 4,000 from the cutoff and was called by both the player in the big blind and De Jong.

The flop brought them the , both the big blind and De Jong check-folded to the 10,000 continuation-bet of Colillas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Willem de Jong	216,000	86,000
Ramon Colillas	40,000	10,000

Tags: Ramon Colillas Willem de Jong

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-22-2019 00:00 UTC+2

Branco Looking for Another Deep Run

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Carlos Branco finished in fifth place during the EPT Prague Main Event in 2018 and collected a few more cashes in the side event in Prague and the Bahamas. Branco is looking to do some damage here too and started off well.

The flp[ read with around 7,000 in the middle already. The player in the small blind checked, Petar Kalev did the same in the big blind. Carlos Branco bet 3,400 from the button and only Kalev made the call.

The turn brought them the , Kalev check-called the 10,600 continuation-bet of Branco.

The river completed the board with the , Kalev checked and so did Branco after a while. Kalev tabled for the flush but was beaten by the of Branco who held the slightly higher flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Branco	105,000	105,000
Petar Kalev	92,000	2,000

Tags: Carlos Branco Petar Kalev

08-21-2019 23:50 UTC+2

Registration Closed

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Registration for Day 1b closed with 606 entries in total which means play will continue until there are 91 players left who can bag and tag their chips for Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	152,000	152,000
Stephen Song	140,000	140,000
Willem de Jong	130,000	100,000
Paul Lozano	85,000	37,000
Alexandre Reard	75,000	54,000
Jean-René Fontaine	70,000	-5,000
Oshri Lahmani	55,000	55,000
Josep Galindo	46,000	46,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	36,000	6,000
Aladin Reskallah	16,000	-54,000