Ahadpur Khangah Leads After PokerStars EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller Day 1
The 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller field raced its way through eight 60-minute levels, and at the end of it, just 28 players out of 44 entries will advance to Day 2.
It looked like more would advance, but the late eliminations of Ali Reza Fatehi, Nick Petrangelo - one of two players to bust twice today - and Spaniard Adrian Mateos meant that just 28 will be coming back tomorrow.
Dario Sammartino, Wai Leong Chan and Luc Greenwood were the only other three players to bust on Day 2 and not re-enter, as the likes of Nick Petrangelo, Timothy Adams, Linus Loeliger, David Peters, Christoph Vogelsang and Seth Davies all jumped straight back in.
The number at the start of Day 2 will undoubtedly grow, as certain players take advantage of late registration being open until the start of Day 2, but several players have already assured themselves good stacks at the end of Day 1.
The chip leader heading into Day 2 is Ahadpur Khangah who, although coughing and spluttering off the tables, was the exact opposite when it came to the poker, bagging well in excess of one million chips with 1,155,000.
He was boosted by the elimination of Dario Sammartino who flopped two pair in a hand against Khangah. Unfortunately for him, Khangah rivered a better two pair and shoved into the Italian, who called and was eliminated.
Other big stacks include Pascal LeFrancois (647,000), David Peters (638,000), Seth Davies (622,000), Timothy Adams (587,000), Jan-Eric Schwippert (545,000) and Patrik Antonius (517,000). These are the only players who bagged at least two starting stacks.
Khangah will start Day 2 at 12:30 local time at Casino Barcelona with the chip lead, but with several other big names expected to join the field he might be hard-pushed to hold onto that!
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flop was checked by Setz Davies in the under-the-gun position, Ali Reza Fatehi on the button and Linus Loeliger in the small blind. The 
fell on the turn and action checked to Davies, who bet 27,000. Fatehi called and Loeliger raised it up to 108,000.
on the river was insignificant, as Davies had the nut straight, and Fatehi was ousted just before bagging and tagging.
flop was checked through and Khangah bet the 
turn for 40,000, Sammartino called.
river, Khangah moved all in and Sammartino, who appeared to have 165,000 behind, called. Khangah showed 
for flopped two pair that were no longer good.
flop checked to Aido who bet 14,000.
flop gave Smith top set and Davies was already on the way out of his chair. However, the magical 
river was a blank and Davies was eliminated early into the final level of Day 1. He immediately re-entered and drew the exact same seat for the second attempt.
river, Chidwick bet 12,000 and Mateos folded. Chidwick turned over his 
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flop saw Soyza tap the table and grab his belongings, but he leaned back after the 
turn to see if the runner runner miracle would happen. It didn't as the 
turn went check, check, and the 
