EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 1b | 2007 EPT - Barcelona

08-30-2007 01:53 UTC+3

Ansky Busts a Player

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Dan "Ansky" Stern sent a player to the rail. On a board of {Q-Clubs}

and with about 14,000 in the pot, Ansky bet 15,000. His opponent went into the tank for a few minutes before he called with {A-Spades}

. Ansky flipped over {K-Diamonds}

for two pair.

Tags: Ansky

08-30-2007 01:52 UTC+3

Johnny Chan Takes a Hit

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On a board reading {4-Spades}

, the small blind bet 6,000 and after much deliberation, Johnny Chan called. The small blind turned over {J-Spades}

for a flush and Chan mucked.

Chan was down to 24,000 after the hand.

Tags: Johnny Chan

08-30-2007 01:51 UTC+3

Girl on Girl Action: Isabelle Mercier Doubles Through Liz Lieu

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Liz Lieu raised 1K preflop and Isabelle Mercier moved all in for her last 3,400. Lieu called with {J-Diamonds}

. Mercier flipped over K-10 which held up. She increased her stack to almost 8,000. Lieu still has around 16,000.

Tags: Isabelle Mercier Liz Lieu

08-30-2007 01:47 UTC+3

Mads Andersen Eliminated, Joins Cash Game

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Mads Andersen has been eliminated from the tournament. Almost immediately after his bustout, he joined a second table of 50-100 NLHE that is running in a roped-off area that formerly housed some of the tournament tables. A third table came together shortly thereafter, featuring Greg Raymer.

The wait list for the 50-100 game is still seven players deep, including Sorel Mizzi (who is still betting on flop colors with Johnny Chan). There are nearly as many spectators crowded around these cash tables as there are railing the tournament.

Tags: Greg Raymer Johnny Chan Mads Andersen Sorel Mizzi

08-30-2007 01:33 UTC+3

Here Come the French on Day 1b

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The official list of 1b players was released. The country with the most players on Day 1b is France with 39 total entrants. Here's the Top 10...

France - 39
Sweden - 30
UK - 28
USA - 22
Spain - 18
Germany - 17
Italy - 15
Denmark- 15
Holland - 14
Norway - 12

08-30-2007 01:28 UTC+3

Video Gallery Updated!

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We found a solution to our Internet issues and have finally uploaded all of today's videos thus far. We talked to Greg Raymer about some differences in picking up tells in Europe versus the US, Kirk Morrison about living out of his suitcase and missing a certain someone, Terrance Chan about the old days working at PokerStars and "just trying to beat Paradise Poker," and Daniel Negreanu about his newfound focus and spontaneously breaking into golf swing.

Click here to check out those videos, along with all the others from this event.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Greg Raymer Kirk Morrison PokerNews Video PokerStars Terrance Chan

08-30-2007 01:22 UTC+3

184 Players Remaining

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08-30-2007 01:20 UTC+3

Girl on Girl Action

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Liz Lieu's table was broken and she was moved to Isabelle Mercier's table. Lieu is sitting on a stack worth about 16,000 while Isabelle needs help with just 4,000. They are both wearing chic hats.

Tags: Isabelle Mercier Liz Lieu

08-30-2007 01:19 UTC+3

Table Talk: Johnny Chan and Sorel Mizzi

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Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, who played (and busted out) on Day 1A was spotted sitting behind Johnny Chan's table. We thought he was just sweating the action, but it turns out he was more concerned with the colors of the flop cards. Mizzi and Chan had a €1,000 per hand bet going, with Mizzi taking the red cards and Chan the black ones. If it came down more red than black, Mizzi took it. More black than red, it went to Chan.

Last we saw they were nearly even and were discussing payment methods, since neither man had very many Euros on them, only U.S. dollars.

Tags: Johnny Chan Sorel Mizzi

08-30-2007 01:13 UTC+3

Here Come the Antes

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After five levels of play, the antes have finally kicked in. It's push and pray time for some of our shorter stacks.