Action began when Dan Smith made a raise to 5,000 from the button. Kristijonas Andrulis cut out a three-bet to 13,300 from the small blind and Sam Chartier thought for a bit in the big blind. He eventually moved out a four-bet to 32,400 which caused Smith to muck his cards.
Andrulis announced an all in bet for right around 100,000 total and Chartier snapped him off. Andrulis showed but was in dire need of improvement to beat Chartier's . The flop was no help for Andrulis as it came and the turn left him hunting for an ace on the river. Alas, the final card was the and Andrulis was sent packing.
Chartier dragged in the pot and is now the biggest stack in the room with around 475,000.
We arrived in time to catch the end of a blind vs. blind battle between Chino Rheem and Nikolaus Teichert. Teichert was pondering the all in bet of about 145,000 from Rheem before the flop.
"Alright," shrugged Teichert. "I call,"
He slapped onto the felt and Rheem rolled over . The board ran clean with and Rheem was sent packing, allowing Teichert to drag in the pot and move up to 395,000.
On the final board of , 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event runner-up Sergii Baranov bet 13,000 into three opponents. Paul Berende and Dan Smith both folded quickly, but Gerard Piqué took a little bit of time. Eventually, Piqué folded and showed that he was thinking with the for two pair of eights and jacks. Baranov showed the for eights and jacks as well, and then Piqué grabbed both his cards to show that he had the for the same hand. Piqué folded, though, and Baranov won the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro and 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific Main Event champion Daniel Negreanu was all in preflop for 41,500 with the against Philipp Gruissem holding the . The board ran out clean for Negreanu with the falling, and he doubled up.
From the cutoff seat, Dan Smith raised to 5,100. Out of the small blind, Gerard Piqué called, then Richard Yong reraised to 14,500 from the big blind. Smith folded, and Piqué called.
On the flop, the fell, and Piqué check-called a bet of 12,500 from Yong. Then, the landed on the turn, and both players checked to see the land on the river. Piqué bet 27,000, and Yong called.
Piqué shook his head and mucked his hand. Yong showed the for trips, and he won the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and Bryn Kenney checked the flop to see the land on the river. Negreanu bet 15,000, and Kenney called. The river was the , and Negreanu bet 32,000. Kenney called.
"Full house," announced Negreanu with the . Kenney mucked, and Negreanu won the pot.
The Finns are once again at the sharp end of EPT Barcelona Main Event with Kimmo Kurko and Pasi Sormunen looking to go one better than last year's famous Finnish duo. Reap more over at the PokerStars Blog.