On the board, Stephen Chidwick bet 11,000 before John Juanda raised to 25,000. Chidwick called, and the completed the board on the river. After Chidwick checked, Juanda tossed out a bet of 75,000. Chidwick folded, and Juanda took the pot.
John Juanda raised to 6,800 from the hijack seat, Juha Helppi called on the button, Stephen Chidwick called from the small blind, and Jason Les took a few seconds before folding from the big blind.
The flop came down , and Chidwick checked. Juanda bet 12,500, and Helppi put in a raise to 32,000. Chidwick and Juanda folded, and Helppi won the pot.
Andrew Pantling raised to 8,000 to start the action from the hijack seat. Noah Schwartz reraised from the cutoff seat to 19,000, and then action moved to Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst in the small blind. She reraised to 46,000.
Play moved back to Pantling, and he quickly made it 115,000 to go. Schwartz mulled it over before folding, and Selbst reraised all in for around 525,000. Pantling quickly gave it up, and Selbst raked in the pot.
Three tournament rooms are full to bursting in Barcelona today, the result of yet another record-breaking day on the Estrellas Poker Tour. One year on from a 1,700-player event, we're beyond 2,600 this time around, the largest freezeout in PokerStars event history. PokerStars Blog has more.
Just before the last break, Max Altergott sent Kyle Julius to the rail. Here's how it happened:
After Julius checked the board, Altergott bet 26,000. Julius called, and the river completed the board with the . Julius checked, and Altergott put him all in — a bet for Julius' last 75,000 in chips. Julius sighed and made the call. Altergott tabled the for top pair, and Julius showed a losing .
We arrived as Sam Trickett from the small blind bet out 16,000 on a board. Timothy Adams in the big blind made the call, both Sven Reichardt (under the gun) and Ismail Erkenov (button) folded.
The river came the and Trickett checked. Adams now bet out 45,000 and action was on Trickett. Trickett cut out a call, than played with 143,000, but eventually ended up picking 183,000 and sliding it forward.
Minutes passed before Adams made his decision, but in the end he called. Trickett instantly showed and Adams mucked.
Fabian Quoss was just eliminated by 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event chip leader Jorryt van Hoof. Quoss had against van Hoof's , and the flop, turn, and river ran out .