€10,300 High Roller
Dia 2 Iniciado
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
Dias: 2
Gerard Piqué Headlines Those Entering Day 2; Ole Schemion Leads
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Welcome back for Day 2 of the €10,000 High Roller from the kickoff festival for Season 10 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour. Day 1 attracted a large group of deep-pocketed pros and amateurs alike, but one player in particular who was able to build a big stack transcends any type of stardom reached by any poker player in the field — superstar footballer Gerard Piqué.
The central defender for the Spanish National Team and FC Barcelona earned himself a red card and a suspension in the Confederations Cup final against Brazil back in June. Today, when the Spanish National Team takes on Finland in a World Cup qualifier, Piqué is unable to play. Unable to suit up for his team in what figures to be a victory for Spain, Piqué has opted to show off his skills on a different kind of green surface — the poker felt.
Piqué played the EPT Barcelona Main Event, but busted on Day 2 before the money was reached. Back in July, Piqué played in the World Series of Poker Main Event, but also fell short of the money there. So far in the High Roller, Piqué has done very well. He ran his starting stack of 50,000 in chips up to 308,500, which should be good enough for a top 10 stack moving into Day 2.
One of the few men topping Piqué on the leader board was chip leader Ole Schemion. THe young German phenom amassed a stack of 393,600 in chips, storming into the chip lead in the latter half of the final level of Day 1. It was then that he busted two players on the same hand, Vitaly Lunkin and Vincent Verdickt, to take the number one spot.
Other notables with big stacks were Igor Kurganov (315,300), Sam Greenwood (313,800), Richard Yong (312,200), Eugene Katchalov (260,400), and 2013 World Series of Poker November Niner David Benefield (220,400).
Like Schemion, Benefield has already made the final table of the €50,000 Super High Roller and cashed in the Main Event here in Barcelona at this stop. Both have the opportunity for the trifecta of great results from EPT Barcelona, and they've done well to position themselves thus far.
Day 2 is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. local time. The registration and re-entry period will remain open until 11:45 a.m. this morning, then the final numbers will be tallied and released. As of the end of the night last night, around 170 entries were created.
Day 2 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Igor Kurganov | 315300 |
| 1 | 2 | Philippe Narboni | 32500 |
| 1 | 3 | Toby Lewis | 151800 |
| 1 | 4 | Scott Seiver | 36800 |
| 1 | 5 | --empty-- | -- |
| 1 | 6 | Sam Greenwood | 313800 |
| 1 | 7 | David Benefield | 220400 |
| 1 | 8 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 104900 |
| 2 | 1 | Kevin Vandersmissen | 118200 |
| 2 | 2 | Vishal Pundjabi | 134600 |
| 2 | 3 | --empty-- | -- |
| 2 | 4 | Ludovic Lacay | 177700 |
| 2 | 5 | Raoul Gilmar Refos | 53300 |
| 2 | 6 | Thomas Muhlocker | 77500 |
| 2 | 7 | --empty-- | -- |
| 2 | 8 | Anton Morgenstern | 85200 |
| 3 | 1 | Aku Joentausta | 86300 |
| 3 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 3 | 3 | Andrew Chen | 63500 |
| 3 | 4 | Roger Hairabedian | 89900 |
| 3 | 5 | Ole Schemion | 383600 |
| 3 | 6 | Eugene Katchalov | 260400 |
| 3 | 7 | Marcin Wydrowski | 20000 |
| 3 | 8 | Paul Newey | 78700 |
| 4 | 1 | Andrey Shatilov | 137900 |
| 4 | 2 | Vojtech Ruzicka | 28900 |
| 4 | 3 | Timothy Adams | 67600 |
| 4 | 4 | Peter Jetten | 171600 |
| 4 | 5 | Adrian Mateos Diaz | 118800 |
| 4 | 6 | --empty-- | -- |
| 4 | 7 | Gilbert Diaz | 98700 |
| 4 | 8 | Daniel Stern | 30300 |
| 5 | 1 | Maroun Jazzar | 20500 |
| 5 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 5 | 3 | Joao Barbosa | 21900 |
| 5 | 4 | Xia Lin | 29700 |
| 5 | 5 | Martin Jacobson | 181900 |
| 5 | 6 | Nadar Kakhmazov | 115000 |
| 5 | 7 | Nikolaus Teichert | 114000 |
| 5 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 6 | 1 | Steven Silverman | 125900 |
| 6 | 2 | Salman Behbehani | 102500 |
| 6 | 3 | --empty-- | -- |
| 6 | 4 | Jan Petersen | 97900 |
| 6 | 5 | Simon Mattsson | 209400 |
| 6 | 6 | Philipp Gruissem | 100900 |
| 6 | 7 | --empty-- | -- |
| 6 | 8 | Griffin Benger | 81200 |
| 7 | 1 | Dan Smith | 183000 |
| 7 | 2 | Kristijonas Andrulis | 62800 |
| 7 | 3 | Sam Chartier | 195000 |
| 7 | 4 | Pique Gerard | 308500 |
| 7 | 5 | --empty-- | -- |
| 7 | 6 | Robert Haigh | 89300 |
| 7 | 7 | Jens Lakemeier | 35400 |
| 7 | 8 | Paul Berende | 103300 |
| 8 | 1 | Philippe Ktorza | 99100 |
| 8 | 2 | BENJAMIN JUHASZ | 104200 |
| 8 | 3 | DAVID RHEEM | 186500 |
| 8 | 4 | --empty-- | -- |
| 8 | 5 | Steve O`Dwyer | 32300 |
| 8 | 6 | Jonathan Duhamel | 70300 |
| 8 | 7 | --empty-- | -- |
| 8 | 8 | Jason Lavallee | 246500 |
| 9 | 1 | Seng Yong | 312200 |
| 9 | 2 | Abi Khaitan | 295200 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Negreanu | 50400 |
| 9 | 4 | Jeffrey Rossiter | 74400 |
| 9 | 5 | Benny Spindler | 83500 |
| 9 | 6 | Jose Carlos Garcia | 206500 |
| 9 | 7 | --empty-- | -- |
| 9 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 10 | 1 | Mikhail Surin | 57100 |
| 10 | 2 | Frederik Jensen | 45300 |
| 10 | 3 | Patrick Sacrispeyre | 105200 |
| 10 | 4 | Vitalijs Tarhanovs | 94900 |
| 10 | 5 | --empty-- | -- |
| 10 | 6 | Jason Mercier | 13800 |
| 10 | 7 | Bryn Kenney | 43800 |
| 10 | 8 | Simon Ravnsbaek | 59000 |
| 11 | 1 | Tobias Reinkemeier | 54800 |
| 11 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 11 | 3 | Berthold Winz | 118600 |
| 11 | 4 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 33600 |
| 11 | 5 | Ilari Sahamies | 76400 |
| 11 | 6 | Kamal Choraria | 138900 |
| 11 | 7 | Ihar Soika | 128400 |
| 11 | 8 | Fabian Quoss | 77600 |
Nível: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Cards in the Air!
Nível 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Players have taken their seats and cards are flying here for Day 2 of the €10,000 High Roller.
The World's Game
Nível 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
There are still 17 different countries represented among the final 24 players in the EPT10 Barcelona Main Event. Germany leads with three, five countries have two players still alive, and 11 have but one representative. Read more and see Sarah Grant and Rick Dacey recap yesterday's action and preview today's at the PokerStars Blog.
Mercier Out; Piqué Climbing
Nível 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier has been eliminated from tournament after returning for Day 2 with just 13,800 in chips. In other news, FC Barcelona's Gerard Piqué has climbed up to 360,000 on the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 51,500 |
|
Eliminado |
Silverman Five-Bets
Nível 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Philipp Gruissem raised to 4,500 from under the gun and found a three-bet to 15,000 from Steven Silverman in the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and Gruissem cut out a four-bet to 24,000. Silverman replied to this by five betting all of his blue T5,000 chips which was a bet of just about all in.
Gruissem let out a laugh and threw his cards at the muck, allowing Silverman to pick up the pot. Silverman is now sitting on about 130,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 5,000 |
|
55,000 | -150,000 |
Kenney Doubles Through Choraria
Nível 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Bryn Kenney was all in for 79,600 on the 
flop with the 
against Kamal Choraria's 
.s The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
, keeping Kenney in front and doubling him up to over 180,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | 141,200 |
|
23,000 |
Baranov Shows Three Cowboys
Nível 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
From early position, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,400. Sergii Baranov reraised on the button to 14,000, and Negreanu called to see the flop.
The flop came down 
, and Negreanu checked. Baranov bet 12,000, and Negreanu folded. Baranov showed the 
for top set of cowboys.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 75,000 |
|
78,000 | 27,600 |