During the first thirty minutes, more than 20 players were forced to the rail, including Mustapha Kanit, €10k PLO winner Sylvain Loosli, and Noah Boeken.
Down to about 29,000, Martin Kozlov shoved all in when Ognjen Sekularac opened to 4,500 on his right in middle position. Sekularac called after some brief thought
Kozlov:
Sekularac:
The SHRPO Main Event champ looked out the door after flopped to give the Serbian a big lead. However a arrived and Kozlov suddenly needed to dodge tens and hearts. A red card fell, but it was the .
Helio Neves opened for a raise to 4,500 in middle position and Adam Owen made it 13,000 in the cutoff. Neves peeled and they both checked the flop for a board of . Neves bet 13,000 and Owen called. On the river, Neves checked and Owen patted his own arm to get to showdown.
Neves opened for a missed flush and Owen took it with .
Nicolas Chouity and Steve O'Dwyer saw a flop for what looked to be the minimum in the blinds. Chouity check-called 3,000. He check-called another 7,600 on the and checked the river. O'Dwyer fired a third barrel for 16,500. Chouity called again and showed when O'Dwyer revealed a worthless , having missed a combo draw.
Tom-Aksel Bedell had 7,000 in front of him and Martin Kozlov had moved in from the small blind. After thinking it over for a bit, Bedell called all in for 30,700 total.
Martin Kozlov:
Tom-Aksel Bedell:
"Don't forget it's my birthday," smiled Bedell. After the flop, the fell on the turn to give Bedell the lead.
"There's my birthday present," he grinned.
The river was the and the winner of the Senior's event earlier this week doubled up.
There appear to have been 15 additional entries for the start of Day 2. Here's a full list of the 14 who paid up at the start of the day, with one additional unknown player having entered last night at the close of Day 1.
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Another massive field gathered for the first Day of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €10,300 High Roller. In what is perhaps the most popular €10k tournament on European soil, 542 entries were already made during the first ten hours of play. The field eclipsed the 500-runner mark for the third year in a row and is likely to increase even further with late registration being open until the cards are underway for Day 2 at 12.30 p.m. local time.
Leading the way is Spain's David Lopez Llacer, who bagged 362,100 on Day 1. A slew of notables have the Spaniard in their sights, with Markus Durnegger (315,500), Adrian Mateos (299,800), Christopher Kruk (292,900) and Raul Martinez (281,500) rounding out the top 5. Online prodigy Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger (274,200) and EPT13 Prague winner Jasper Meijer van Putten (230,100) also sit near the top of the leaderboard.
The red spade will be represented by Jake Cody (204,500) Bertrand "ElkY Grospellier (125,000), Jeff Gross (111,300), and Felipe "Mojave" Ramos (104,000). Daniel Negreanu fell by the wayside on the first day and is out of reentries.
Like yesterday, 10 levels of 60-minutes each are scheduled with a 75-minute dinner break after level 14. Blinds will resume in the 1,000/2,000 level with a running ante of 300, giving those who jump in at the latest possible time a fresh stack of 25 big blinds to work with. As the registration is still open, the Day 2 seat draw won't be published until the cards are in the air, and payouts are expected to be finalized within the first two levels of play.
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flopped to give the Serbian a big lead. However a 
arrived and Kozlov suddenly needed to dodge tens and hearts. A red card fell, but it was the 
.
. Neves bet 13,000 and Owen called. On the 
river, Neves checked and Owen patted his own arm to get to showdown. 
for a missed flush and Owen took it with 
.
flop for what looked to be the minimum in the blinds. Chouity check-called 3,000. He check-called another 7,600 on the 
and checked the 
river. O'Dwyer fired a third barrel for 16,500. Chouity called again and showed 
when O'Dwyer revealed a worthless 
, having missed a combo draw.
flop, the 
fell on the turn to give Bedell the lead.
