2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Andre Lettau
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€794,058
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
1,496
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
200,000

€5,300 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Jose Lamarca Capa Leads Gigantic Field into Day 2

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Jose Lamarca Capa
Jose Lamarca Capa

Records are made to be broken, and the players who entered Day 1b of European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event were knee-deep in shattered vinyl. Over 1,000 players entered the final starting day of this event, the 100th EPT event ever held, and not a table in the tournament area was spared with an empty seat for much of the day.

Adding the 1,010 runners to the 475 who played yesterday, meant the field grew to 1,485 at the completion of play last night. With registration open until the start of play on Day 2, things could get even larger. The tournament already contains a bigger field than any EPT event on European soil and overall is currently only eclipsed by the PokerStars Carribean Adventure main events in Season 6 and Season 7, which drew 1,529 and 1,560 runners, respectively. Even if the final number fails to beat these, it'll still be the third biggest tournament in the EPT's 10-year history.

Of course, the question you should be asking is who is currently leading this mammoth field? Well, after eight 75-minute levels, it is Jose Lamarca Capa who is top of the pile at this point in time. Capa, who qualified through a live satellite, finished the day delighted with 193,300 in chips, which put him as the chip leader not just of Day 1b, but overall as well, pushing Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi into second.

With a field of this size, there were numerous Team PokerStars Pros who made it through the day with sizeable stacks and they were led by Theo Jorgensen, who finished up with 116,500 thanks in part to a huge pot where he made a full house at the same time another player made trips. Others to make it through included Jake Cody (57,900), Ivan Demidov (52,900), Marcin Horecki (47,300) Joao Nunes (34,900), Liv Boeree (27,400), Andre Akkari (20,100), and Daniel Negreanu (18,600).

Some of the other Team PokerStars didn't fair so well and were eliminated today. Those included Jason Mercier, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Luca Pagano, George Danzer, and Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof. Danzer, currently looking to secure the World Series of Poker Player of the Year title, suffered from a mistimed squeeze play when he pushed all in with the {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds} but ran into the {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} and the {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} — running into the "top of their ranges."

Other players to make it through included Timur Margolin (166,175), Timo Pfutzenreuter (163,600), Vojech Ruzicka (155,300), Davidi Kitai (93,200), Mike McDonald (76,800), David Peters (75,800), Dan Smith (45,600), Pius Heinz (21,500), and Sofia Lovgren (16,200).

The long list of casualties included November Niners, WSOP Europe champions, and former EPT winners, as Jorryt van Hoof, Annette Obrestad, Michael Tureniec, Zimnan Ziyard, Pieter de Korver, and Steve O'Dwyer were all felled during the day.

Tomorrow we believe there will be around a thousand players returning for Day 2, how the EPT plans to accommodate such a large remaining field is open to debate, but no doubt they'll be pulling out all the stops to make sure everyone is able to fit in for what should be an incredibly fast and hectic day.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back from 12 p.m. local time tomorrow as this huge tournament continues, so be sure to tune back in then for more coverage.

While you wait, check out the following video of Negreanu discussing the recent debate he's been involved in as to whether or not he'd be able to win playing $25/$50 no-limit hold'em cash games online:

Selected End of Day Chip Counts

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jose Lamarca es
Jose Lamarca
193,300 18,300
Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
166,175 6,175
Timo Pfutzenreuter de
Timo Pfutzenreuter
163,600 1,600
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
155,300 155,300
Tommie Janssen nl
Tommie Janssen
138,000 -11,000
Vincent Robert fr
Vincent Robert
130,400 130,400
Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
129,400 -5,600
Hugo Pingray fr
Hugo Pingray
128,800 128,800
Andrew Derek Taylor
Andrew Derek Taylor
128,700 128,700
Thomas Dunwoodie gb
Thomas Dunwoodie
119,600 119,600
Raigo Aasmaa ee
Raigo Aasmaa
118,900
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
116,500 40,500
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
113,900 113,900
Hugo Lemaire pr
Hugo Lemaire
107,600 107,600
Rumen Nanev bg
Rumen Nanev
104,800 104,800
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
93,200 47,200
Ami Alibay ca
Ami Alibay
88,800 15,300
Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
86,000 -42,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
78,100 -21,900
Jamila von Perger de
Jamila von Perger
78,000 59,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
76,800 11,800
David Peters us
David Peters
75,800 45,800
Michiel Brummelhuis nl
Michiel Brummelhuis
67,200 19,550
Grzegorz Mikielewicz pl
Grzegorz Mikielewicz
61,600 61,600
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
57,900 2,850

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Rens Feenstra Eliminated

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Dutch EPT regular Rens Feenstra has been eliminated from the tournament. A, what he called, "shitty day" came to an end in a queens versus kings situation.

Feenstra was down to 20,000 and he three bet an early position open with {Q-}{Q-}. The player on the button cold four bet, and Feenstra eventually got his chips in the middle against him. Feenstra couldn't beat the kings of his opponent, and with just about twenty minutes left on the clock for the day, made his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
Busted

Boeree Grinding Her Stack

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Liv Boeree has been grinding a stack of just under 15,000 since getting caught in a river bluff several hours ago. The headphones are on but there has been little sign of concentration dropping or any lack of patience. The Team PokerStars Pro showed no frustration and simply bided her time.

Yaki Hevron opened for 1,200 and was raised to 2,800 by Karol Radomski. Boeree was on the button and after a short pause she cold-four-bet to 5,700. Hevron quickly mucked but it took a little longer before Radomski reluctantly released his cards. The valuable pot was slid to Boeree without the need to see a flop.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
26,400 12,400

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Joao Nunes and Bud Downes Take Down the Takedown With Style

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
João Nunes and Bud Downes (photo: Neil Stoddart/PokerStars Blog)
João Nunes and Bud Downes (photo: Neil Stoddart/PokerStars Blog)

It was an event about skill, about luck, about intrigue, even sabotage (maybe, probably not). Whatever it was, this was competition at its fiercest, and with a few laughs thrown in along the way. Using a unique combination of elements we saw poker skills combined with imagination, and even nautical know-how. This could only be the EPT100 Takedown. Check it out on the PokerStars Blog.

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Its the Little Things in Life That Count

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

And we're not talking about Dan Smith himself in this case, he just won a small pot.

We saw him open the button and got some resistance from the big blind who defended.

The big blind check called a 1,500 bet on {8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, and both players checked the {3-Hearts} on the turn. The river came the {Q-Spades} and the big blind checked again. Smith bet out 4,000, and his opponent quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
34,400 4,300

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Cody Loses With Jacks

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

With the entire board of {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} board already out on the green felt, a player in early position checked to Jake Cody two positions down. The British Team PokerStars Pro bet 3,700, and his opponent called after some thinking.

Cody somewhat confident showed his {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}, but that hand ended up in the muck mili seconds later as his opponent tabled {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} for flopped trips.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
55,050 -1,950

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