Bernardo Neves moved all in for 6,000,000 from the hijack and Mengshi Tian called in the cutoff.
Bernardo Neves: A♥Q♣ 
Mengshi Tian: J♦J♣
Neves was racing for his tournament life, but he couldn't connect with the K♥9♥3♣2♠6♠ board and the WSOP bracelet winner became the first casualty of the final table.
Tian took over the chip lead with that pot.
Level: 37
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Last year in Barcelona, the European Poker Tour (EPT) celebrated its 20th anniversary in style. Despite the black clouds and torrential downpour outside Casino Barcelona, which contrasted with the sunny scenes of previous PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Events, Stephen Song provided the warmth needed in the room as he proudly hoisted the 20th Anniversary Golden Shard trophy.
On the final day of the Main Event, Song found himself all-in and at risk on five separate occasions. Lady luck smiled down upon him each time as he scratched and clawed his way to the win. But what was the secret to running so pure?
"You just keep showing up and eventually you're just going to win, right? Just mathematically, it has to happen," Song told PokerNews. "I will say that my mom said she was praying for me very hard during this tournament. I've been sun-running the whole seven days, so I'm definitely thankful for that."
| Place | Place | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Song | United States | €1,290,386* |
| 2 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | €1,165,614* |
| 3 | Marius-Catalin Pertea | Romania | €674,150 |
| 4 | Rania Nasreddine | United States | €518,600 |
| 5 | David Coleman | United States | €398,950 |
| 6 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | €306,900 |
| 7 | Alexandre Fournier | Canada | €236,100 |
| 8 | Jianwei Lin | China | €181,600 |
| 9 | Fabiano Kovalski | Brazil | €139,750 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
The nine finalists are going on a 20-minute break.
Action folded to Daniele Cuomo who raised to 1,050,000 in the small blind. Bernardo Neves then three-bet to 2,800,000 in the big blind, and Cuomo called.
The flop came K♣7♣9♠ and Neves continued for 2,000,000. Cuomo then slid forward a tower of white 500,000 chips to put Neves all in, and Neves quickly folded. Cuomo showed Q♠J♠ as he took the pot.
"How do you know?" Ben Zech asked.
"I know him," Cuomo replied.
The next hand, Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 1,000,000 in the hijack and picked up calls from Cuomo on the button and Mengshi Tian in the big blind.
Yotsushika bet 1,500,000 on the J♥6♣5♣ flop and only Tian called. Both players checked the 6♠ turn, and Tian led out for 2,800,000 on the 9♠ river. Yotsushika called and Tian showed K♥J♥ to win the last pot before break.
Daniele Cuomo raised to 1,050,000 under the gun and Kazuhiko Yotsushika called in the small blind.
Both players checked the 10♠9♠4♠ flop. Yotsushika then bet 1,000,000 on the Q♦ turn and Cuomo called.
The river was the 9♦ and Yotsushika bet another 4,000,000. Cuomo took around 30 seconds before folding, and Yotsushika took in the pot.
Jakub Sterba raised to 1,100,000 on the button and instantly called as soon as Alexis Nicolai announced all in from the big blind.
Alexis Nicolai: A♦Q♠
Jakub Sterba: J♥J♠
Sterba remained in the lead on the 10♠8♠5♣ flop, but Nicolai hit the A♥ on the turn. The river was the 8♣ and Sterba paid off Nicolai's 6,950,000.
Daniele Cuomo raised to 1,100,000 in the cutoff and David Taieb called in the big blind.
The flop came A♣6♠2♣ and Cuomo bet 900,000. Taieb called and the 4♠ fell on the turn.
Cuomo then bet 1,800,000 and Taieb again called. Both players checked the Q♦ river, and Cuomo showed A♠10♣ for top pair to win the pot.
Jakub Sterba raised to 1,100,000 in early position and Kazuhiko Yotsushika three-bet to 4,000,000 in the hijack. Sterba called and they saw a flop of A♥K♣6♥.
Yotsushika bet 2,000,000 and Sterba called. The turn was the 2♠ and Yotsushika bet another 3,000,000. Sterba then moved all in for 6,000,000 and Yotsushika snap-folded.
The players have taken their seats at the final table, and action is back underway.
Levels are switching to hand-for-hand, with 11 hands remaining in this level. Each subsequent level will last 24 hands.
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