Francois Evard raised to 300 from the cutoff and Mikael Hokkanen called from the big blind.
A flop reading 
was dealt and checked around to the 
turn. Hokkanen bet 500 and Evard called. The river came the 
and Hokkanen threw in another bet of 700 that Evard called. Hokkanen showed 
for a pair of tens and Evard sent his hand to the muck.
Davide Marchi opened to 300 from early position and Thierry Groualle called from the small blind.
The flop fell 
and both players checked it to the 
turn. Groualle bet 400 and Marchi called. The 
filled up the river and Groualle continued with another bet of 700. Marchi took a few seconds of reflection, then let it go.
On a heads-up turn of 
, Vladimir Alekseev led for 1,200 out of the blinds and Gabriel Chiva called to see the 
on the river. Alekseev now made it 2,100 to go and Chiva quickly folded.
Orpen Kisacikoglu has made the trip to Barcelona after a successful previous poker trip at the King's Casino in Rozvadov and entered Day 1c. On his table, he faces Firoz Mangroe among others and it was the Dutchman that took an early pot off Kisacikoglu.
The completed board showed 
and Mangroe bet 4,200 into 7,200. Kisacikoglu on the button gave it some thought and folded.
Peter Fricker opened to 300 from the cutoff and Jean Koja called from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Koja checked. Fricker bet 300 and Koja check-called. The turn was the 
and was checked through to the 
river. Koja checked once more and Fricker bet 600. Koja snap-called. Fricker turned over 
for kings and deuces but Koja revealed 
for aces and deuces to win the pot.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The third starting flight of the €1,100 EPT National at the 2019 EPT Barcelona will get underway at noon local time. Last year, this event attracted a massive field of 4,348 runners, and it is Jean-René Fontaine who took it down for a first-place prize of €547,000.
Yesterday, 185 players from the 1,240 Day 1a entrants advanced to Day 2, and 91 competitors from the Day 1b field of 606 participants also made it through to Day 2.
Currently holding the overall chip lead is Dejan Jakovljevic with an impressive stack of 915,000. He is followed by Alen Alencar with 830,000. Diego Falcone rounds up the top three with 676,000.
Other big names that also found a bag for Day 2 include Day 1b chip leader Louis Salter (553,000) as well as Sonny Franco (546,000), Raffaele Sorrentino (517,000), Julien Martini (371,000) and PokerStars Pro Ramon Colillas (258,000). Gianluca Speranza (245,000), Matias Ruzzi (181,000), and Pedro Cairat (102,000) are still in contention as well.
Players will start with 30,000 in chips and Day 1c will feature 40-minute levels throughout the day. Play will be suspended after 15% of the field is remaining, which means Day 2 has to be reached in order to make the money. The fourth and final starting flight will kick off at 7 p.m. tonight and feature 20-minute levels instead.
The survivors of the four starting flights will combine on Friday August 23rd at noon local time for Day 2.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the Live Reporting Team covers the event wire-to-wire!
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