Main Event Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

08-23-2017 13:31 UTC+2

Lau Busts Nikitina

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Alan Lau raised to 2,500 and was called by Tatiana Nikitina and Usman Siddique in the cutoff. The flop fell and the action checked to Nikitina, who moved all in for 13,800. Siddique folded but Lau quickly called.

Tatiana Nikitina:
Alan Lau:

The board completed with the turn and river, which ended Nikitina's run early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Usman Siddique	200,000 -5,000	-5,000
Alan Lau	98,000 19,300	19,300
Tatiana Nikitina	Busted

Tags: Alan Lau Tatiana Nikitina Usman Siddique

08-23-2017 13:37 UTC+2

2 Minutes with ZEDD

4projectmayhem

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

08-23-2017 13:50 UTC+2

Asmolov Falls to Yakuba

Yori Epskamp

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Anton Yakuba opened to 2,500 under the gun and received no less than three callers. From the big blind, Timofey Asmolov went all in for 26,400. Yakuba isolated for under 100,000 and the other players folded.

Anton Yakuba:
Timofey Asmolov:

The board ran out and Yakuba's eights remained best.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Yakuba	130,000 92,100	92,100
Timofey Asmolov	Busted

Tags: Anton Yakuba Timofey Asmolov

08-23-2017 13:53 UTC+2

Assorted Early Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Among those to run out oif chips early on were Marcin Horecki, Jimmy Guerrero, Dominik Panka, Kent Lundmark, Felix Stephensen and Dominik Nitscht amongst others.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaroslaw Sikora	Busted
Georgios Karakousis	Busted
Mark Gruendemann	Busted
Oliver Weis	Busted
Jimmy Guerrero	Busted
Jacek Pustula	Busted
Rory Young	Busted

Marcin Horecki	Busted

Ari Engel	Busted

Bryn Kenney	Busted

Dominik Panka	Busted

Marco Regonaschi	Busted
Paul Berende	Busted
Joao Vieira	Busted

Alexandros Kolonias	Busted

Pete Chen	Busted

Felix Stephensen	Busted
Andrea Cortellazzi	Busted
Kent Lundmark	Busted

Harry Lodge	Busted

Vlad Darie	Busted

Dominik Nitsche	Busted

Peter Kamaras	Busted

Tags: Dominik Panka Felix Stephensen Jimmy Guerrero Kent Lundmark Marcin Horecki

08-23-2017 13:59 UTC+2

Adam Owen Eliminated

Yori Epskamp

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Adam Owen at the EPT13 Barcelona Final Table

High-stakes mixed games specialist Adam Owen has been eliminated from the PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event. Last year, the Brit finished 3rd in the EPT13 Barcelona Main Event to bank a whopping €646,250, easily the biggest score of his career.

We spoke with Owen on the rail. According to him, he saw a queen-high flop with against Matas Cimbolas and got all the chips in. Cimbolas had and the better kicker played to send Owen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matas Cimbolas	100,000 77,000	77,000

Adam Owen	Busted

Tags: Matas Cimbolas Adam Owen

08-23-2017 14:00 UTC+2

Wetemans Nearing 100,000

Webjoker

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The player under the gun plus one opened for 2,800 and Jasper Wetemans called from middle position. Big blind Jakub Wojtas called as well so it was 3-handed to the flop of .

Wojtas and the initial raiser checked and Wetemans bet 4,200. Wojtas called, the initial raiser gave up.

Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Wojtas checked and folded as Wetemans bet 11,000.

Wetemans started out the day rather short but was up to an above average stack within 30 minutes of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakub Wojtas	110,000 12,800	12,800
Jasper Wetemans	94,000 82,600	82,600

Tags: Jakub Wojtas Jasper Wetemans

08-23-2017 14:12 UTC+2

Luca and Lampropulos One Table Apart

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Maria Lampropulos raised from under the gun and just the player in the big blind called. IOn the flop, the big blind check-called a bet of 3,200 by Lampropulos before the turn went check, check. After the river, the big blind made it 7,000 to go and Lampropulos eventually folded.

One table over is Ivan Luca, who has a lot of cashes but Lampropulos got the better single result with a seven-figure score in Nottingham earlier this year.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Lampropulos	75,000 -32,100	-32,100
Ivan Luca	65,000 32,500	32,500

Tags: Ivan Luca Maria Lampropulos

08-23-2017 14:20 UTC+2

Updated Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Difelice	230,000 120,000	120,000
Anatoly Chen	220,000 54,500	54,500
Andrea Shehadeh	215,000 15,000	15,000
Patrick Leonard	210,000 68,000	68,000

Ramon Miquel Munoz	170,000 89,000	89,000
Govert Metaal	130,000 10,000	10,000
Upeshka De Silva	130,000 -60,000	-60,000

Dmitry Yurasov	125,000 -30,000	-30,000

Jamila Von Perger	120,000 65,000	65,000
Pierre Neuville	115,000 100,500	100,500
Ismael Bojang	75,000 -5,500	-5,500

Joep van den Bijgaart	72,000 -14,000	-14,000
Leo Margets	61,000 -23,900	-23,900

Bart Lybaert	60,000 -2,200	-2,200
Jasper Meijer Van Putten	60,000 -17,000	-17,000
Benny Glaser	45,000 7,800	7,800

Steven Warburton	40,000 -52,000	-52,000
Sam Greenwood	31,000 -8,100	-8,100

08-23-2017 14:22 UTC+2

Troyanovskiy Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Benoit Albiges raised to 3,000 and Bruno Politano called on the button. Erik Friberg three-bet to 11,000 in the small blind and both opponents called. On the flop all three players checked and Friberg's bet of 15,000 on the turn won the pot.

One hand later, Albiges raised to 3,000 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved in for 14,100, Albiges called.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
Benoit Albiges:

The board came and Troyanovskiy doubled, while the table also features Moritz Dietrich and Barry Shulman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Friberg	120,000 45,300	45,300
Benoit Albiges	100,000 42,800	42,800
Moritz Dietrich	95,000 7,300	7,300
Barry Shulman	80,000 6,700	6,700

Bruno Politano	54,000 -22,500	-22,500
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	33,000 -41,000	-41,000

Tags: Barry Shulman Benoit Albiges Bruno Politano Erik Friberg Moritz Dietrich Vladimir Troyanovskiy

08-23-2017 14:24 UTC+2

Mateos Chips Up Through Soika

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ihar Soika raised to 3,000 and Adrian Mateos from one seat over in the cutoff three-bet to 9,000, which Soika called. On the flop, Soika checked and called a bet of 7,500 by Mateos.

The same action repeated on the turn for 25,000 before the river went check, check. Soika rolled over and Mateos claimed the pot with . The Spaniard just signed up before the start of Day 2 and has ran up quite an impressive stack already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	195,000 112,500	112,500

Ihar Soika	95,000 -18,500	-18,500

Tags: Adrian Mateos Ihar Soika