El Mostafa Bel Khayate raised to 100,000 in the hijack, Anton Suarez moved all in from the big blind, and Bel Khayate called for 350,000.
El Mostafa Bel Khayate: A♣K♥
Anton Suarez: Q♠Q♦
Suarez's queens stayed in the lead on the 10♣5♦2♦ flop, while the J♣ turn gave Bel Khayate outs to a straight. He missed the 9♣ river and Bel Khayate became the first elimination of the day.
From under the gun, Tobias Leknes raised to 80,000 and only Rifat Palevic called from the cutoff.
Leknes tossed out a bet of 105,000 upon seeing the 3♣2♠2♥ flop, and Palevic continued in the form of a call.
The 7♣ rolled off on the turn and Leknes quickly threw out 300,000. Palevic went through two of his time banks before deciding to fold and surrender the pot to Leknes.
Youssef Zereg opened the button to 85,000 and Hugo Gotuzzo called from the big blind.
The flop came 8♥4♠5♦ and Gotuzzo check-called a bet of 55,000 from Zereg to see the J♥ hit the turn. Again Gotuzzo checked, and again Zereg bet, this time for 140,000. Gotuzzo called again.
A 4♣ landed on the turn and both players decided to check it down, where Gotuzzo showed 5♥3♥ for a pair of fives. That was good for the pot as Zereg mucked.
Day 5 of the €5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona kicks off at noon local time inside Casino Barcelona and will see 29 players return, each guaranteed €34,800 as they continue the chase for the €1,436,000 top prize from the €9,918,250 prize pool.
France’s Yohan Rascar leads the way after bagging 5,725,000 yesterday, the only stack to move past five million. With less than two percent of the starting field still in the running, Rascar comes into the day in the best position to challenge for the seven-figure payout and the EPT Barcelona title. Spain’s Sergio Carro Marin follows in second with 4,275,000, while Romania’s Sebastian Ionita rounds out the top three with 3,670,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Yohan Rascar
France
5,725,000
143
2
Sergio Carro Marin
Spain
4,275,000
107
3
Sebastian Ionita
Romania
3,670,000
92
4
Rifat Palevic
Sweden
3,310,000
83
5
Umberto Zaffagnini
Italy
2,925,000
73
6
Tobias Leknes
Norway
2,860,000
72
7
Leo Worthington-Leese
United Kingdom
2,705,000
68
8
Hugo Gotuzzo
Argentina
2,685,000
67
9
Marc Foggin
United Kingdom
2,585,000
65
10
Anton Suarez
Sweden
2,425,000
61
Sweden’s Rifat Palevic returns with 3,310,000, the only other stack over 100 big blinds. Also still in contention are the United Kingdom’s Leo Worthington-Leese (2,705,000), last year’s EPT Cyprus Eureka Main Event champion, and Marc Foggin (2,585,000). France’s Thomas Eychenne (1,610,000) and Day 3 chip leader Martin Nielsen (1,540,000) also return, while El Mostafa Bel Khayate (550,000) and Firoz Mangroe (430,000) will have the shortest stacks to start the day.
Thomas Eychenne
The payouts continue to climb with a new EPT champion set to be crowned on Sunday, August 31. Play resumes at 12 p.m. on Level 25 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 and a big blind ante of 40,000 and levels continue to be 90 minutes in length. The schedule for the day will be announced shortly after the cards get in the air.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
€1,436,000
2
€898,350
3
€641,200
4
€493,250
5
€379,350
6
€291,800
7
€224,450
8
€172,700
9
€132,800
10-11
€102,150
12-13
€85,100
14-15
€70,900
16-17
€61,000
18-20
€53,050
21-23
€46,100
24-27
€40,050
28-29
€34,800
Viewers around the world can follow the action on the PokerStarsYouTube channel, where cards-up coverage from the feature table will be streamed on a 30-minute delay.
For everything away from the cameras, follow PokerNews throughout the day for live updates, chip counts, and all the key storylines as the EPT Barcelona Main Event moves closer to crowning its next champion.
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