€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em I
Day 2 Started
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em I
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,200,500
Entries
50
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
Entries
9
Players Left
1
Seidel, Mateos, Phua Among Nine Remaining in EPT Barcelona €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 of €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour gets underway shortly at 12:30 p.m. local time and leading the nine remaining players is America's Erik Seidel with a stack of 522,000.
Joining the nine-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer will be Malaysian high-stakes veteran Paul Phua (438,000), Canadian crusher Timothy Adams (178,000) and Spain's Adrian Mateos (144,000), who earlier this year took down the EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 Super High Roller for €1,385,430.
Also still in the hunt in Uruguay's Francisco Benitez, who started off EPT Barcelona with a victory in €10,200 Mystery Bounty good for €114,080.
€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Chip Counts
| TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 127,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | Francisco Benitez | Uruguay | 324,000 | 32 |
| 1 | 3 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 178,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 4 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 242,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 5 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 144,000 | 14 |
| 1 | 6 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | 438,000 | 44 |
| 1 | 7 | Ramiro Petrone | Uruguay | 229,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 8 | Erik Seidel | United States | 522,000 | 52 |
| 1 | 9 | Pedro Garagnani | Brazil | 297,000 | 30 |
The money bubble will bust on Day 2 as only seven spots are paid, with the seventh place finisher receiving €63,030. The eventual winner, meanwhile, will earn the trophy and the top payout of €390,160.
Day 2 will kick off on Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000/10,000 and levels will increase from 30 minutes to 60 minutes in duration. Once three-handed play is reached, levels will return to 30 minutes in length. There is no dinner break scheduled but players will get a 15-minute break every two levels.
Some of the players who made it deep in Day 1 but couldn't find a bag include Stephen Chidwick, Patrik Antonius, Laszlo Bujtas, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Tom-Aksel Bedell and 2020 WSOP Main Event champion Damian Salas.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring readers updates up to the crowning of the latest champion here at EPT Barcelona.
Shuffle Up and Deal
Cards are in the air and play is now underway for the nine players on the second and final day of the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Thorel Eliminated by Benitez
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Francisco Benitez opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Jean-Noel Thorel defended the big blind.
The 
flop was checked to the 
turn. Thorel announced "all in" for the rest of his short stack, and Benitez quickly put in chips for a call.
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
Francisco Benitez: 
Thorel was drawing to a chop, and the 
completed the board to eliminate the Frenchman in ninth place. Players are now on the bubble and one elimination from the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
Busted |
Martirosian's Set Doubles Through Garagnani's Aces
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With roughly 200,000 in the pot on a 
completed board, Artur Martirosian was in early position and moved all in for 155,000.
"How much is it?" asked his button opponent, Pedro Garagnani.
After a count was confirmed and after time for deliberation, the Brazilian put in the calling chips.
Martirosian tabled 
for a turned set, and he collected the pot as Garagnani's 
went into the muck to leave him short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
-267,000
|
-267,000 |
Garagnani Secures Short-Stacked Double Through Seidel
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Pedro Garagnani moved all in for his 29,000 chips from under the gun and Erik Seidel called in the big blind.
Pedro Garagnani:
Erik Seidel: 
The board ran out 
to give Garagnani the short-stacked double. Garagnani also received a walk on the next hand to pick up a few more chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
||
|
|
78,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
610,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
395,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
270,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
265,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
|
||
|
128,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
102,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
73,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Mateos Eliminated on Money Bubble in Classic Cooler
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Francisco Benitez opened to 20,000 from early position, Adrian Mateos jammed for 80,000 in the cutoff, and Paul Phua called on the button. Action folded back to Benitez who also laid down his hand.
Adrian Mateos: 
Paul Phua:
It was the classic preflop cooler of aces versus kings, and the board ran out 
to eliminate the Spaniard on the money bubble in eighth place. The remaining seven players are now guaranteed a minimum of €63,030.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
540,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000