2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
The 277 remaining players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break and will come back at around 8:34 p.m. Of those returning, six will leave empty-handed, with 271 spots in the money.
When action resumes, the blinds will be 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante.
On a J♠6♠Q♠Q♥8♣ river, Lei Yu bet 36,000 into a pot of 70,000. Iegor Zarev then moved all-in for 105,500, sending Yu deep into the tank.
Yu spent all of his remaining time banks before he elected to let his hand go, surrendering the pot to Zarev.
Meanwhile, at an adjacent table, [Removed:647] became the latest casualty of Day 2.
The action was picked up as Mengshi Tian and Ali Abdulzahra tangled in the blinds. All the money went in preflop, with Abdulzahra's stack of roughly 105,000 being the shorter of the two.
Ali Abdulzahra: Q♠Q♣
Mengshi Tian: A♠A♥
The K♣9♥10♥K♥7♥ board only served to improve Tian's hand to the nut flush, bringing an end to Abdulzahra's Main Event.
Alessandro Signoriello got his 25,000 or so chips into the middle, with Marius Kudzmanas trying to send him home.
Alessandro Signoriello: J♥9♥
Marius Kudzmanas: A♥10♥
Signoriello was already out of his seat before seeing that he improved to a pair of jacks on the 3♥J♦4♠ flop.
That didn't stop Signoriello's stride as he continued to pack his things, perhaps prompting the A♠ turn to give Kudzmanas the lead with a higher pair.
The 10♦ river was no help, and Signoriello became another Main Event Day 2 casualty.
Atanas Malinov was one of the shortest stacks in the room with 10,500, and pushed them across the betting line from under the gun. Kharlin Sued called on the button and the players went to showdown.
Atanas Malinov: A♠5♣
Kharlin Sued: K♦7♦
Malinov held a slight lead, but Sued picked up a whole host of outs on the 4♦J♦8♣ flop with a flush draw.
The 4♥ turn was safe for Malinov, but the K♠ river wasn't, as Sued spiked a king to win the hand and send everyone one step closer to the money.
Tomasz Brzezinski's stack of around 55,000 found its way into the middle from the small blind, with Nicholas Seward trying to bust him from the big blind.
Tomasz Brzezinski: K♣K♥
Nicholas Seward: A♥9♣
Brzezinski was in front with two kings, but Seward spiked an ace on the A♠8♦6♠ flop to take the lead.
Seward improved further to two pair on the 9♦ turn, and faded Brzezinski's two-outer when the 5♣ completed the board.
Brzezinski wished the table good luck as he ventured toward the exit.