Seven players left and €1,700,000 for the winner - Fabiano Kovalski found himself in a position to potentially knock out Michael Pinto in seventh place and bring Day 5 to a close.
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The Ehsan Amiri show continues, as he has eliminated another player and extended his already commanding lead.
Amiri raised to 125,000 under the gun and was called by Rui Bouquet in the small blind and Lander Lijo in the big blind.
The flop came 
and after his opponents in the blinds checked, Amiri continued for 250,000.
Bouquet then moved all in for 1,345,000. Lijo folded, but Amiri went into the tank briefly before calling for the opportunity to send another player to the rail.
Rui Bouquet: 
Ehsan Amiri: 
Amiri's pair led Bouquet's flush draw, and after the 
turn and 
river, the Australian had secured another knockout as his stack hit the nine million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,250,000 | |
|
||
|
760,000
-1,340,000
|
-1,340,000 |
|
Busted | |
After raising in early position, Daewoong Song called the all-in bet of Antoine Labat for 320,000 to put the Frenchman at risk.
Antoine Labat: 
Daewoong Song: 
The 
flop brought Song some help, pairing his queen, and the turn brought even more with the 
.
The 
on the river filled Song up and brought the field down to 11 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
Busted |
After Rui Bouquet opened to 100,000 in early position, Ramon Colillas moved all in for 830,000 on the button and Bouquet called.
Ramon Colillas:
Rui Bouquet: 
The 
flop was safe for the PokerStars Ambassador, but the on the turn and then the 
on the river sealed his fate in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,350,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Ehsan Amiri has been dominating the table with a series of raises and three-bets. In one of the latest hands, Amiri opened from the cutoff and a fed-up Eric Rabl on the button three-bet the chip leader, who then called.
Amiri checked on the flop of 
and Rabl bet 180,000. Amiri called. Amiri checked again on the turn and Rabl checked back.
The river brought the and Amiri checked for a third time. Rabl took a moment before pushing out his stack of 845,000 for an all-in bet. Amiri went into the tank and stared down his opponent behind a pair of blue-tinted sunglasses. After using two time banks, Amiri called.
Rabl tabled a stone bluff with 
for nine-high and Amiri let out a gasp that was equal parts in relief and in shock before he tabled for trips, more than enough to win the pot. Rabl hit the rail in 14th place as those at the table tried to wrap their heads around the meltdown they had witnessed.
"Nine-six off?!" F***!" Amiri exclaimed after extending his already massive chip lead.
"Wow," contributed Ramon Colillas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,200,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
After Kyriakos Papadopoulos raised to 80,000 on the button, Rui Ferreira moved all in for 1,050,000. Rui Bouquet then called in the big blind with Ferreira covered and Papadopoulos folded.
Rui Ferreira:
Rui Bouquet: 
The flop came , giving Ferreira top two pair, but adding a potential gutshot to Bouquet's outs.
The 
on the turn and on the river couldn't help Bouquet as he sent over a third of his stack to his namesake.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
2,195,000
1,295,000
|
1,295,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
Luuk Gieles open-shoved his short stack from middle position and Lander Lijo reshoved from the small blind to get the hand heads-up.
Luuk Gieles:
Lander Lijo:
Gieles was dominated and received no help from the runout of 
to go out in 15th place for €58,350.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
Busted |
Martin Stausholm jammed his final 140,000 on the button and was called by Laszlo Molnar in the big blind.
Laszlo Molnar:
Martin Stausholm:
The board ran out 
bringing no help to Stausholm as his four big blind stack went to Molnar.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,880,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
Busted |
One of the final massive tournaments from the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour wraps up Sunday, with 16 remaining hopefuls looking to claim €962,880, a PokerStars Spadie trophy, and the title of 2022 EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller champion.
It will be Australian Ehsan Amiri in pole position with 4,115,000 chips after a dominant Day 2 that saw him build his stack throughout the day, including the elimination of PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari on the final hand to send him over the 100 big blind mark to start Sunday’s play.
Plenty of notables remain in the hunt for the title, however, including German crusher Stefan Schillhabel (2,710,000), who won an EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller in 2016, PokerStars Ambassador and Inaugural PSPC champion Ramon Colillas (1,800,000) former SCOOP champion Laszlo Molnar (1,710,000), and Damian Salas (1,160,000), who’s won both EPT Online and SCOOP championships.
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 4,115,000 | 102 |
| 2 | Andrew Wilson | United Kingdom | 2,790,000 | 69 |
| 3 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany | 2,710,000 | 67 |
| 4 | Rui Bouquet | Portugal | 2,550,000 | 63 |
| 5 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | Greece | 2,280,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Laszlo Molnar | Hungary | 1,710,000 | 42 |
| 8 | Eric Rabl | Hungary | 1,570,000 | 39 |
| 9 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 1,480,000 | 37 |
| 10 | Johannes Straver | Netherlands | 1,230,000 | 30 |
Play will resume at 12:30 p.m. local time at Level 25 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Fifteen-minute breaks are scheduled after every two levels with a dinner break scheduled after Level 32.
The 30-second shot clock remains in play, and once the final table is reached a couple of adjustments to the structure will be made. Once four players remain, level time will be reduced from 50 minutes to 45, and with three remaining, the level time will shrink to 30 minutes.
Stay close to PokerNews for updates throughout the day’s action as they wrap up what’s been an incredible two weeks of action at EPT Barcelona.
