One day of pot-limit Omaha is in the books, and it's time for Day 2 of PokerStars Championship Barcelona €10,300 PLO High Roller.
The tournament drew a hefty field of 111 runners, of which 21 survived. The first order of business on Day 2 will be to burst the bubble, as 15 of those 21 players will make the money. Based on the pace of play last night, that's likely to happen fairly early in the day, even with the deep stacks — the current average is north of 50 big blinds.
One of the players who pushed the action most was Jan "PerpetualCzech" Suchanek, who splashed his way through Day 1 to the tune of bagging more than 20 starting stacks. His 1,087,000 gives him a wide lead heading into the final day over second-place Laszlo Bujtas and his 598,500.
Plenty of stiff competition remains, including Yuri Martins, Ben Tollerene, Peter Eichhardt and $10K PLO bracelet winner Jan-Peter Jachtmann.
The plan for Day 2 is to play down to a champion, who will claim €277,000 in prize money. To get there, they'll play through 45-minute levels once again, starting at 2,500/5,000. There will be breaks every three levels. Stay tuned here on PokerNews to see who will be the four-card champ of Barcelona.
Leo Nordin opened for 17,500 and got three-bet to 60,000 by Ben Tollerene, who had the button. Nordin told the dealer he was all in, and Tollerene counted out his stack. It looked to be in the neighborhood of 180,000 and he decided he couldn't fold.
Nordin:
Tollerene:
The board ran out , no help to the American nosebleed legend.
Ismael Bojang potted for most of his stack. In the cutoff, Samuli Sipila repotted to about 80,000, and big blind Pedro Zagalo called. Bojang tanked briefly then called off his remaining few chips.
The flop came and Zagalo checked. Sipila jammed into the side pot for about 125,000 and got snap-called.
Zagalo:
Bojang:
Sipila:
The turn was a , giving Zagalo a straight, and he faded the diamond flush draw on the river, eliminating both opponents. As Bojang had the much shorter stack, he walks empty-handed.
Sylvain Loosli opened for 30,000 in middle position and got one call from Oliver Weis, on his left. Yuri Martins potted on the button for 138,000, leaving about 7,000 back. Loosli mucked, but Weis put the required chips in to make Martins get all in.
Martins:
Weis:
Weis' double-suited queens found nothing on the flop. However, the arrived and it was followed by a .
Eder Campana shoved for 130,000 in the big blind over an open from Pedro Zagalo, who called with . Campana had and was ahead for the moment with queens. However, a board gave Zagalo almost all of the cards he needed as he found first aces with top kicker and then a straight.
Jan Suchanek raised in the small blind and Shyngis Satubayev defended the big. They both checked the flop, bringing a . Suchanek checked and Satubayev bet 60,000. Suchanek potted 276,000 and Satubayev jammed. Suchanek called for about 180,000 more.
Satubayev:
Suchanek:
"PerpetualCzech" desperately needed a nine or an ace against the slowplayed straight, but the river was a .
Oliver Weis made it 56,000 to go in the cutoff and got three-bet to pot by big blind Pedro Zagalo. Weis was considering whether to put his 230,000 in, and after counting it down he decided to go with his hand.
Weis:
Zagalo:
The flop did little for Weis, but the paired him up. A river was no help, though, leaving the German out sixth.
After defending his big blind from a Pedro Zagalo raise, Mandy Calara check-raised pot when Zagalo continuation bet 90,000 on the flop. Zagalo said he was all in, so the two ran it with Calara at risk for about 550,000.
Calara:
Zagalo:
Calara had a monster draw but his hearts were no good as Zagalo was drawing to the nut flush and had the winner for the moment with ace-high. That changed on the turn, which paired Calara. However, Zagalo picked up a wrap of his own and completed it with the river.
Shyngis Satubayev opened for 45,000 on the button and Pedro Zagalo announced a pot-sized raise in the small blind. Satubayev repotted for what turned out to be 485,000. Zagalo peeled, and they saw a flop. Zagalo checked and snap-called the last 486,000.
Zagalo:
Satubayev:
Zagalo had outflopped his foe with two pair, and the runout kept him best.
The final two players agreed to a short bathroom break.
, no help to the American nosebleed legend.
river, eliminating both opponents. As Bojang had the much shorter stack, he walks empty-handed.
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. Campana had 
flop, bringing a 
. Suchanek checked and Satubayev bet 60,000. Suchanek potted 276,000 and Satubayev jammed. Suchanek called for about 180,000 more.
