After a series of preflop raises, Jean Montury put all of his 25,900 into the middle against Marcel Luske. Luske rolled over 
but was ultimately behind Montury's 
.
A run out of 
ensured Montury's aces would hold and he was able to double to around 55,000. This hit drops Luske down to just about 12,000 in chips.
Ka Kwan Lau, a Spanish PokerStars player, bet 12,000 into Albert Daher on the turn of a board reading 
. Daher dropped a chunk of T5000 chips over the line, enough to put Lau all in. Lau thought about it and made the call. There were gasps around the table as they saw the two hands turned over. Lau tabled 
for the bare ace high, Daher the 
for the gut-shot straight draw. Amazing read by Lau and a gutsy call for his tournament life. The dealer burned the last card, the . Daher got there and Lau tapped the table in frustration before he wished the table good luck.
All of the many online qualifiers who won their way into the EPT Barcelona Main Event on PokerStars have cool stories to tell. And the deeper they go, the cooler their stories become. Harley Stoffmaker is among the group of qualifiers who have made it to Day 2, and just before play began today he shared his story thus far with the PokerStars Blog.
Two players were all in and at risk as PokerStars player Shannon Shorr, the big stack at the table, called their bets. Alexander Dovzhenko had 
and Fadhil Farag 
versus the 
of Shorr. Farag was out of his seat on the flop as the board ran out 
to add two more victim’s chips to Shorr’s growing stack.
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Vanessa Selbst opened to 1,700 from the cutoff and Aleksandar Denishev made it 5,200 to go from the button. The blinds ditched their hands and Selbst called to see a flop.
The flop brought 
and Selbst checked to the raiser. Denishev continued out for 3,400 and Selbst flat called. The 
fell on the turn and Selbst knuckled the table again. Denishev fired a second bullet, this time for double the first - 6,800. Selbst thought for a moment, counted down her chip stack, and then opted just to call. The brought paint to the board on the river and Selbst checked for a third time. Denishev fired 11,000 and Selbst went into the tank once again. Eventually she decided to release her cards and Denishev triumphantly slapped on the table for just king high.
He dragged in the pot and now sits around 88,000 while the PokerStars Team Pro has fallen to about 35,000.
With records to be broken it had never been more tense at the registration desk this morning as staff waited on the arrival of enough players to set a new record here in Barcelona. But as the clock ticked down, the magic number got further and further away. Or did it? The PokerStars Blog was on the scene.
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