The preflop specific escaped us, but we don know that Yakov Onuchin got his 307,000 stack all in holding the only to run into the of Kimmo Kurko.
It was a tough spot for Onuchin, though the flop did give him a gutshot draw to a jack. The turn actually made it so a jack would result in a chop, but Onuchin could still catch a queen to win. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . The case ace improved Kurko to a full house, which sent Onuchin to the rail.
Max Ruess was all in preflop for his last 270,000 holding the and in big trouble against the of Emilio Jimenez Bueno.
The flop paired Ruess' deuce, but it also gave Bueno a pair of tens. The turn opened up flush possibilities for Ruess, but the river wouldn't fulfill them. Instead, Bueno was eliminated in 49th place for €18,200.
A preflop raising war resulted in Douglas Souza getting his stack of 620,000 all in preflop holding the only to run into the of Tom Middleton.
Souza was on his feet and calling for a ten, but the dealer did not oblige putting out a board of . Souza was left shaking his head and a €18,200 consolation prize for his 50th-place finish.
Denis Pisarev opened for 35,000 from the cut off and got called in the small blind by Kevin Vandersmissen and Miklos Zsuffa in the big blind. Three players saw a flop of . Checked to the raiser Pisarev continued for 52,000 and got called by the other two players. The turn was the . Action checked to Pisarev again who get 150,000. Vandersmissen was the only caller as Zsuffa folded. on the river and both players checked. Vandersmissen had to show first and when he turned over for top pair Pisarev mucked.
Glib Kovtunov and Max Greenwood got it all in pre flop and Greenwood was at risk with versus Kovtunov’s . The flop was kind to Greenwood with and he sealed the deal with the last two cards coming to give him quads and a double up. Kovtunov was crippled and left with just 175,000.
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.
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only to run into the 
of Kimmo Kurko.
flop did give him a gutshot draw to a jack. The 
turn actually made it so a jack would result in a chop, but Onuchin could still catch a queen to win. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. The case ace improved Kurko to a full house, which sent Onuchin to the rail.
and in big trouble against the 
turn opened up flush possibilities for Ruess, but the 
only to run into the 
of Tom Middleton.
. Checked to the raiser Pisarev continued for 52,000 and got called by the other two players. The turn was the 
. Action checked to Pisarev again who get 150,000. Vandersmissen was the only caller as Zsuffa folded. 
on the river and both players checked. Vandersmissen had to show first and when he turned over 
for top pair Pisarev mucked.
versus Kovtunov’s 
to give him quads and a double up. Kovtunov was crippled and left with just 175,000.
