€10,300 High Roller Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

08-26-2017 16:06 UTC+2

Cimbolas and Quenneville Fall

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Matas Cimbolas shoved all in for 59,000 from the button and got a call from big blind Francis-Nicolas Bouchard. Cimbolas held and was behind . The board failed to bring any help for the Lithuanian.

At another table, Troy Quenneville jammed under the gun for 58,000. Nan Hong called a couple of seats over.

Hong:
Quenneville:

Board:

That left Quenneville unpaired and busted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard	354,000	212,000
Nan Hong	326,000	231,000
Matas Cimbolas	Busted
Troy Quenneville	Busted

Tags: Matas Cimbolas Troy Quenneville

08-26-2017 16:02 UTC+2

Engel Eliminates De Silva

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Upeshka De Silva open-shoved 45,000 in late position and Ari Engel called one seat over.

Upeshka De Silva:
Ari Engel:

The two-time bracelet winner failed to gain any traction on a board and made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	555,000	102,000
Upeshka De Silva	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Upeshka De Silva

08-26-2017 15:59 UTC+2

Alvarado Takes Down Daurov

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In a three-bet pot between JC Alvarado in the cutoff and Aslan Daurov in the small, action was on the latter on a flop. Daurov bet 19,000 and Alvarado called. On the turn, Daurov bet 49,000 and Alvarado called again.

The river was the and Daurov checked. Alvarado slid 125,000 forward, a substantial part of his stack and enough to cover Daurov's stack of 105,000. The Russian used up one of his time bank chips before making the call.

JC Alvarado:
Aslan Daurov:

Alvarado's rivered flush had cracked Daurov's aces and the Russian smashed his cards across the felt before making his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Alvarado	450,000	206,000
Aslan Daurov	Busted

Tags: JC Alvarado Aslan Daurov

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

08-26-2017 15:49 UTC+2

Stuer Eliminates Lewis

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Romain Lewis opened for 7,000 on the button and called just before his 30 seconds was up when Julian Stuer put him all in for about 80,000 from the big blind.

Lewis:
Stuer:

The board ran out , no help to Lewis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Stuer	212,000	25,000
Romain Lewis	Busted

Tags: Julian Stuer Romain Lewis

08-26-2017 15:43 UTC+2

Liberto Pays Nuutinen

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Justin Liberto defended big blind from a Jorma Nuutinen hijack open and check-called 8,500 on a flop. Both players checked when the put a four-straight on board, and the river made the board even juicier as it paired with the . Liberto checked and called 23,500 but mucked upon seeing for a boat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorma Nuutinen	117,000	-74,800
Justin Liberto	68,000	-32,000

Tags: Justin Liberto Jorma Nuutinen

08-26-2017 15:37 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samu Riihela	501,000	287,000
Timur Margolin	453,500	13,500
Ari Engel	453,000	73,000
Emil Patel	413,000	143,000
JC Alvarado	244,000	228,500
Stefan Schillhabel	232,000	-3,000
David Lopez Llacer	228,000	-93,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	200,000	75,500
Ben Tollerene	187,500	187,500
Jake Cody	114,000	-90,500
Ryan Riess	83,000	-1,300
Christopher Kruk	40,500	-252,400

08-26-2017 15:33 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Viktor Blom is among the latest batch of players that have run out of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcelo Bonanata	Busted
Roman Korenev	Busted
Julien Alberola	Busted
Simon Burns	Busted
Adolfo Vaeza	Busted
Kevin Stani	Busted
Bahram Chobineh	Busted
Francisco Benitez	Busted
Leo Nordin	Busted
Antoine Saout	Busted
Jonathan Abdellatif	Busted
Alexander Ivarsson	Busted
Viktor Blom	Busted
Nabil Cardoso	Busted
Corey Kempson	Busted
Artan Dedusha	Busted
Ghattas Kortas	Busted
Paul Newey	Busted
Diego Bittar	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted
Xixiang Luo	Busted
Dmytro Shuvanov	Busted
Jeffrey Hakim	Busted
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted
Mike Watson	Busted

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08-26-2017 15:27 UTC+2

Kitty Kuo Is "Going Crazy"

Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Twitter-star Kitty Kuo, who finished 6th in last year's €10,300 kick off tournament for €101,500, was involved in three-way action with around 60,000 in the pot.

With the board reading , Anton Wigg checked, Kuo bet 27,000, the player on the button called, and Wigg called as well.

The river was the and Wigg checked. Kuo bet 65,000, to which the button snap-folded. Wigg used one of his time bank chips before folding as well.

Kuo showed for the bluff, which received an appreciative chuckle from Wigg.

Steffen Sontheimer took a stroll earlier and just got back at the table when the cards were shown.

"I walk off the table and you go crazy!" said Sontheimer. Kuo laughed and stacked up the sizable pot to put her above 400k.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	430,000	235,000

Tags: Kitty Kuo Anton Wigg

08-26-2017 15:19 UTC+2

Durnegger Pacing the Field

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Durnegger	622,000	192,000
Georgios Vrakas	400,000	160,000
Linus Loeliger	350,000	75,800
Kyle Bowker	320,000	253,000
Isaac Haxton	222,000	60,400
Alex Papazian	151,000	19,000
Moritz Dietrich	138,000	-36,000
Jeff Gross	117,500	6,000
Justin Liberto	100,000	-48,600
Paul Hoefer	50,500	37,200
Pascal Lefrancois	35,500	-99,700