Tomasz Brzezinski raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and Yohan Rascar called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 9♥2♦6♣ flop. Rascar then led out for 250,000 on the 10♣ turn, and Brzezinski moved all in.
Rascar had around 600,000 remaining and used a time bank before calling. He showed 9♠7♦ for a pair of nines, but Brzezinski had turned a pair of tens with K♠10♠.
Rascar needed to improve on the river, but he missed the 6♠ and was sent to the rail in 11th place.
Sebastian Ionita raised to 200,000 on the button as action went on Youssef Zereg in the big blind. He looked down at A♥A♣ and three-bet to 650,000. Ionita gave up Q♣10♥.
The next hand, Julian Pineda Lozano raised to 200,000 on the button and Zereg moved all in for 1,600,000 in the small blind. Umberto Zaffagnini folded his big blind, while Pineda Lozano quickly called to put Zereg at risk on the second hand of the day.
Youssef Zereg: A♣J♥
Julian Pineda Lozano: 9♠9♣
The J♦J♠8♦ flop gave Zereg trips and the lead, while Pineda Lozano was left looking for just two outs after the 3♣ turn. Instead, the J♣ river improved Zereg to quads and gave him an early double up.
Just 11 players remain in the €5,300 Main Event at PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona inside Casino Barcelona in the quest to win €1,436,000 and become the newest EPT champion. Leading the way heading into Day 6, which kicks off at noon local time, is Sweden's Anton Suarez, the beneficiary of the biggest pot of the tournament late last night who will look to best a career best $1 million live score from 2020.
Also eying that top seven-figure prize is France's Thomas Eychenne, who will enter the penultimate day second in chips, while his fellow Frenchmen Youssef Zereg and Yohan Rascar make up the bottom of the counts. In between these players in terms of chips are Spain's Sergio Carro Marin and Cesar Garcia, Britain's Marc Foggin, Italy's Umberto Zaffagnini, Colombia's Julian Pineda Lozano, Poland's Tomasz Brzezinski and Romania's Sebastian Ionita.
Day 6 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Anton Suarez
Sweden
15,340,000
153
2
Thomas Eychenne
France
9,595,000
96
3
Sebastian Ionita
Romania
6,820,000
68
4
Tomasz Brzezinski
Poland
6,525,000
65
5
Julian Pineda Lozano
Colombia
4,730,000
47
6
Sergio Carro Marin
Spain
4,520,000
45
7
Umberto Zaffagnini
Italy
4,410,000
44
8
Marc Foggin
United Kingdom
3,655,000
37
9
Cesar Garcia
Spain
3,285,000
33
10
Youssef Zereg
France
1,350,000
14
11
Yohan Rascar
France
1,125,000
11
Yesterday's Day 5 wrapped up after a little more than four levels of play with the elimination of Brazil's Joao Webber, whose dream at an EPT title turned to a nightmare as he had aces cracked by the queens of Thomas Eychenne, who flopped a set just a few minutes into the fifth level of the day to put an abrupt end to the evening.
Joao Webber - Thomas Eychenne
That means Day 6 will pick back up with 67 minutes on the clock of Level 29 with blinds of 50,000/100,000/100,000. Today will likely play down to the final six, five or four before pausing ahead of the final day on Sunday, Aug. 31.
The tournament action will once again be streamed by PokerStars, and PokerNews will provide its updates on a delay to avoid any spoilers.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here in Barcelona and eager to provide coverage as the 2025 EPT Barcelona festival draws closer to its conclusion.
