2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot and Manuel Fischer, who was fourth in chips heading into the day, are having loads of success on Day 2.
Talbot has already taken his stack from 105,000 to around 165,000 while collecting a pair of bounties in the process.
While that's impressive in its own right, Fischer has earned four bounties in the first level and a half and has seen his stack explode from 256,000 to nearly 450,000.
The pair will be very busy when the bounties are eligible to be turned in at the beginning of dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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445,000
189,000
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189,000 |
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165,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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, Will Kassouf had bet out 5,500 from the big blind and the action was now on Marc Foggin who was deep in thought.
"Big blind special, I flopped it," Kassouf said, but as soon as the words left his mouth Foggin put in a raise to 20,000.
"Wow, you really got a nine, mate?" Kassouf asked him, perplexed, but no response.
"Queen jack no good, eh?" Kassouf tried again to get a read, and this time Foggin just chuckled and took a sip from his drink.
"Alright, I believe you," he conceded and threw his cards into the muck and Foggin was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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70,000
23,500
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23,500 |
With 38,000 in the pot on a ![]()
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board, Anas Belatik checked from under the gun over to Stoyan Madanzhiev, who shoved all in for 58,500. Belatik took about 90 seconds before asking for a count. After confirmation of said count, Belatik needed another minute before finding the fold.
Madanzhiev is now back to roughly the same stack he started the day with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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101,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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96,500
1,000
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1,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Francois Pirault got it all in preflop for 24,500 against big stack Jack Germaine, with Pirault's tournament life on the line.
Francois Pirault: ![]()
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Jack Germaine: ![]()
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which meant Pirault's pocket threes held for him to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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215,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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52,000 |
Eric Rabut opened from under the gun and Bartu Ugurtas flatted from the hijack.
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and Rabut fired a continuation bet. After the Ugurtas raise, Rabut went over the top and Ugurtas called off his remaining 54,500.
Bartu Ugurtas: ![]()
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Ugurtas woke up with a set of threes and was dominating Rabut's pocket queens on an eight-high board.
The
and the
completed the board, giving Ugurtas the full double up and denying Rabut of a bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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130,000
62,500
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62,500 |
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119,000
57,000
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57,000 |
Nikolay Ivanov opened for 3,000 from the hijack and Andras Nemeth defended his big blind.
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and Ivanov continued for 2,500. Nemeth raised to 7,500 and Ivanov called.
On the
Nemeth checked over to Ivanov who shelled out 17,000. Nemeth quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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161,000
9,500
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9,500 |
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143,000
33,500
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33,500 |
In one of the first hands of the day, Danut Chisu moved all in for his stack of 35,000 and was called by Fouad Toujani who covered.
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Although Chisu was ahead in this flip situation, the runout of ![]()
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was not his friend as Toujani paired his king to eliminate Chisu early in Day 2 and claim his first bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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185,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500