From under the gun, Gerard Piqué limped in. In the next seat, Frederik Jensen raised to 1,500. Action folded around the table and back to Piqué, and he made the call to see the flop.
The flop came down , and Piqué checked. Jensen bet 1,800, and Piqué called to see the land on the turn. Piqué checked, and Jensen bet 5,500. Piqué folded, and Jensen won the pot.
Jensen showed the for a flopped full house, to which Piqué smiled.
Superstar footballer Gerard Piqué has come back to Casino Barcelona for another go at the tables, and this time he's jumped into the €10,000 High Roller. Along with the FC Barcelona star, a few others names have taken seats in the field, including Mike Watson fresh off his deep run in the Main Event.
We picked up with the action on the turn to see three players looking down at . Scott Seiver was the first of them and he checked over to Vladimir Troyanovskiy. With over 19,000 already in the middle, Troyanovskiy fired out 12,500. A third player in the hand thought for about 30 seconds before mucking his cards. Action was then back on Seiver and he thought for a moment before moving out calling chips.
The completed the board and Seiver rapped the table. Troyanovskiy took his time cutting out one final bet of 19,000.
"Call," Seiver announced almost immediately.
Troyanovskiy rolled over for a straight to the king and Seiver threw his cards away. Troyanovskiy dragged in a very sizable pot that brought his stack to around 98,000. Seiver, on the other hand, now sits around just 16,000.
The board erad when we came upon Jose Carlos Garcia and Eugene Katchalov engaged in a heads up pot. Garcia checked and Katchalov fired out 6,000. Garcia went into the tank for about 45 seconds before calling the bet. The river was the and Garcia checked once more.
Katchalov cut out a sizable bet of 17,000 and Garcia thought for some time before letting it go. Katachlov dragged in the pot and now has about 54,000 in chips.
Niall Farrell began Day 4 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event with one of the big stacks, and early on he found himself involved in a tricky hand versus Pasi Sormunen at the feature table. He spoke with Sarah Grant about his thought process in the hand, which you can watch over at the PokerStars Blog.