The action folded to PokerStars ambassador Benjamin Spragg in the small blind and he moved all in for his last 13,500. Jan-Eric Schwippert quickly called from the big blind.
Benjamin Spragg: A♣K♥
Jan-Eric Schwippert: Ax6x
Spragg was miles in front and remained ahead following the 10♣7♠5♣ flop. The K♣ turn sealed him the checkmark ahead of the J♠ river.
Jesse Lonis
The following hand, Gabriel Cunha opened to 3,000 from early position. Jesse Lonis called from the cutoff. Schwippert and Fabiano Da Costa came along from the blinds.
Three checks put the action on Lonis and he bet 6,000 on the 8♥5♣4♣ flop. Schwippert made it 16,000, folding out Da Costa and Cunha. Lonis thought for a moment before calling.
On the 7♦ turn, Schwippert moved all in as the bigger stack. Lonis had between 40,000 and 50,000 and quickly called for his tournament life.
Jesse Lonis: 8♦6♦
Jan-Eric Schwippert: J♣8♣
Lonis had an eight-high straight while Schwippert had outs to the flush.
The A♣ river saw Lonis leave his chair as his opponent got there.
"I deserve it, nice hand," said Lonis.
Spragg, who'd been chatting away from the table, appeared shocked at Lonis leaving.
"I leave you alone for two minutes buddy," said a stunned Spragg. The duo exchanged a handshake before Lonis left the tournament room.
From the big blind, Claudio Di Giacomo three-bet to 11,000 over a Cedric Schwaederle raise from under the gun. Schwaederle called to see a flop.
Di Giacomo's bet of 14,000 on the 8♣7♠5♣ flop was called by Schwaederle.
The 4♥ came on the turn and Di Giacomo opted to check-call a bet of 15,000 from Schwaederle.
On the 9♦ river, Di Giacomo checked, Schwaederle shoved for 52,500, and Di Giacomo went deep into the tank. After thinking for over two minutes, Di Giacomo reluctantly made the call.
Schwaederle turned over 6♠6♦ for a straight, which was good as Di Giacomo flipped over pocket aces with A♣A♦.
Ryan Mandara raised to 3,000 from the hijack with Q♦Q♣ and Tom Middleton called in the big blind with A♦5♦.
The flop came 8♠5♥3♥ and Middleton checked. Mandara bet 5,500 and Middleton called. The turn was the 7♦ and Middleton led for 6,500, which Mandara called.
The 5♣ river gave Middleton trips and brought him ahead. He moved all in for 40,500 and Mandara got the count and then made the call.
Middleton got the double up with his trips and took a huge chunk out of Mandara's stack.
Ren Lin opened from hijack to 3,000 and was three-bet to 13,000 by Jakub Piwowarski out of the small blind. Lin called.
Piwowarski's bet of 6,500 was called by Lin on the 3♣8♦A♠ flop.
The 6♠ turn saw Piwowarski opt to check-call a bet of 21,000 from Lin.
Piwowarski checked again on the 6♦ river and Lin quickly shoved for Piwowarski's remaining 45,000. Piwowarski called and was shown 9♦9♥ by Lin. Piwowarski tabled A♥J♦ for top pair to take down the pot.
Andres Korn opened to 3,500 from middle position before Bekim Murtezi three-bet to 10,000 from the hijack. Sandor Hadnagy cold-called out of the big blind and Korn also stuck around.
Murtezi continued for 12,000 on the A♠10♥9♥ flop. Hadnagy then moved all-in for 33,500 before Korn rejammed for around 60,000. Murtezi snap-called as the bigger stack and the cards were tabled.
Sandor Hadnagy: A♣Q♦
Andres Korn: 7♥6♥
Bekim Murtezi: 9♣9♦
Each player had a bit of something, but Murtezi was the favorite with his set of nines. The K♦ turn gave Hadnagy a gutshot to Broadway while Korn still had his combo draw.
The 10♠ completed the board to fill Murtezi up and he downed two opponents early on in Day 2.
Welcome to Day 2 of the €5,300 Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona, hosted at the magnificent Casino Barcelona. Leading the pack is France’s Jeremie Zouari, who built an impressive stack of 402,500 during Day 1b last night, making him the only player to surpass the 400,000-chip mark.
Bringing in the second largest stack after bagging the Day 1a chip lead is Joost Hollak of the Netherlands, with 364,500. Just shy of making the top ten is the EPT Barcelona reigning Main Event champion Simon Wiciak with 212,000. The PokerStars Ambassador might start to experience a bit of déjà vu, having lifted the trophy in this event exactly one year ago today.
So far, there have been 1,891 entries from the two opening flights, with 628 having managed to bring a stack through to Day 2 today. Late registration remains open until the start of play, so that number is expected to grow. The official prize pool and payouts will be announced shortly after registration closes.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jeremie Zouari
France
402,500
268
2
Joost Hollak
Netherlands
364,500
243
3
Jorge Artiga-Pacheco
Canada
306,500
204
4
Georgios Zachmanidis
Greece
304,500
203
5
Ram Sanati
Australia
303,000
202
6
Yevhenii Kuzmin
Russia
300,500
200
7
Yuan Li
Hong Kong
286,500
191
8
Andrea Salamone
Italy
275,000
183
9
David Miscikowski
United States
271,000
181
10
Matteo Orchide
Italy
263,000
175
Also in the hunt today with 122,000 chips and positioned in the middle of the pack is Derk van Luijk from the Netherlands. Luijk is no stranger to success, having already feasted on EPT Main Event glory earlier this year when he lifted the trophy at the tour's most recent stop in Monte Carlo just a few months ago.
Derk van Luijk
An array of notables will be in the field today, all in the hopes of building up a stack to bring through to Day 3. Some of those include Stephen Song (230,500), Mark Teltscher (199,000), Maria Konnikova (128,500), Uri Gilboa (120,000), Davidi Kitai (122,500), Patrik Antonius (51,000), Tom Middleton (50,000), and two time EPT winner Mike Watson (47,000).
Cards will be in the air at noon local time, with play resuming at Level 11, featuring 1,000/1,500 blinds and a 1,500 big blind ante. Levels will now be extended to 90 minutes each, with a 20-minute break after every level and a 75-minute break after Level 14.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you live coverage from the tournament floor throughout Day 2 of the highly anticipated Main Event here in Barcelona.
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