€5,300 Main Event Dia 1b | 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

2014-08-22 11:55 UTC+1

Who is in Tournament Room B?

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The second tournament room has around 15 tables which are all being used. Among those playing are PokerStars sponsored player and former PCA winner Dominik Panka, WSOPE Main Event Winner Annette Obresad and EPT London champion Benny Spindler.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dominik Panka	30,000

Benny Spindler	30,000
Fernando Brito	30,000
Jan Sjavik	30,000
Annette Obrestad	30,000
Jamila von Perger	30,000

2014-08-22 12:12 UTC+1

Cody Checks (Wisely) Behind

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With a raise to 300 in front of him, Jake Cody three bet to 900 from the hijack. The cutoff, button, and both blinds folded, but the initial raiser four bet to 2,300. Cody made the call after some thinking.

The initial raiser made a 2,800 continuation bet on , and Cody again called.

The fell on the turn and Cody's opponent now checked. The Britisch Triple Crown winner made a bet of 4,200, and received a quick call.

The hit the river and again a check from the player who had four bet before the flop. Cody contemplated what to do, but eventually checked behind.

Cody got shown , and the Team Pro silently mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jake Cody	23,000 -7,000	-7,000

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2014-08-22 12:13 UTC+1

Turns Out Well For Farrell

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Niall Farrell faced off against one player who fired a bet of 475 on the turn of a board reading . Farrell decided to raise it up to 1,550 and his opponent put in the extra chips.

The river was the and the big blind checked it over to Farrell who threw out a bet of 2,000. His opponent chuckled and put out the calling chips. Farrell and made his straight on the turn with and the reason for the chuckle was explained when his opponent showed . Pot to Farrell.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Niall Farrell	33,600 3,600	3,600

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2014-08-22 12:14 UTC+1

Three More Team Pros

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Salvatore Bonavena	30,000 30,000	30,000

Nicolas Chouity	30,000 30,000	30,000

Jonathan Duhamel	30,000 30,000	30,000

Andre Akkari	30,000 30,000	30,000

Sam Greenwood	30,000 30,000	30,000

Kevin Macphee	30,000 30,000	30,000

Michel Abecassis	30,000 30,000	30,000
Davidi Kitai	30,000 30,000	30,000

Joao Nunes	30,000 30,000	30,000

2014-08-22 12:17 UTC+1

Four WSOP November Niners in the Field Today

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Every year, one of the biggest stories to come out of the summer and lead into the next poker season is who makes the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Since the inception of the "November Nine" concept in 2008, the months between the reaching of the final table and the finale a few months later allow for heavy focus on the players that make it.

This year is no different, and the poker spotlight is strongly focused on Jorryt van Hoof, Felix Stephensen, Mark Newhouse, Andoni Larrabe, Dan Sindelar, William Pappaconstantinou, William Tonking, Martin Jacobson, and Bruno Politano.

Here at the European Poker Tour Barcelona, five of the nines players have already gotten down to action in the Main Event — Jacobson played Day 1a and bagged up 34,800, while van Hoof (currently an alternate waiting to get his seat), Stephensen, Larrabe, and Politano are all playing Day 1b.

Newhouse, Tonking, Sindelar, and Pappaconstantinou have yet to be seen, and it's interesting that those four are all the players from the United States, so the long-distance travel might be something they simply opted to pass on.

At any rate, having five of the November Niners in the field for this Main Event is great to see, and it shows the majority of the bunch aren't simply going to take it easy during the hiatus. Furthermore, van Hoof and Jacobson also played in the €50,000 Super High Roller a few days ago, albeit without a cash result.

As a little bit of fun, van Hoof — who is the chip leader of the WSOP Main Event final table — took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge yesterday with a little help from our very own Remko Rinkema, and he challenged the other eight final table players to do the same. Check out the video below:

https://www.pokernews.com/video/november-nine-chip-leader-jorryt-van-hoof-does-the-ice-bucke-9127.htm

Tags: Andoni Larrabe Bruno Politano Dan Sindelar Felix Stephensen Jorryt van Hoof Mark Newhouse Martin Jacobson William Pappaconstantinou William Tonking

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2014-08-22 12:28 UTC+1

Taking Alternates

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It's so busy here in Casino Barcelona, that not all players are seated right now. There's an alternate list where at least a hundred players are on, and they'll have to wait till seats free up before they can play.

There's also a qualifier to the Main Event going on at the moment on the main casino floor. But those tables weren't to be used for the Main Event in the first place, according to the organization:

Scott Seiver @scott_seiver

the @PokerStarsEPT decided to run a $500 sat right now that has 100 people in it instead of seating the 100 alts waiting @GarryGatesAugust 22, 2014

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@scott_seiver The sat. is being run in the casino on casino-owned tables, never intended to be used as tournament tables. They are on lease to us for exactly four hours, at which time they revert back to cash game tables. Were we to use them as ME tables they wouldn't finish within 4 hours. The sat was always on the sched., so by running in casino, we create more room 4 MEAugust 22, 2014

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2014-08-22 12:33 UTC+1

Negreanu in the House

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Daniel Negreanu has taken his seat up in tournament room B, he's joined Yury Guly's table. EPT Deauville winner Remi Castaignon is also in this room, sitting on the same table as PokerStars sponsored player Dominik Panka.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Negreanu	30,000

Remi Castaignon	30,000

2014-08-22 12:50 UTC+1

Negreanu Chooses Wrong Seat

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Action folded round to Daniel Negreanu in the small blind in seat 3 and he suddenly realised that he had sat down in the wrong seat. He should have been in seat 4 which was currently empty. There was a slight problem in that some seats had stacks that were blinded off before players arrived and seat 3 was one of those, seat 4 wasn’t. Negreanu had sat down with 29,250 in seat 3 when his seat 4 stack of 30,000 was still in the dealers well.

The situation was explained to the floor who went away to seek clarification and in the meantime Negreanu raised to 375. His opponent in the big blind called and a hand of poker broke out. The flop was and Negreanu continued for 400 and was called. The turn card was the and a bet of 1,000 from Negreanu got another call. The river saw a bet of 1,600 from Negreanu and a call. The of Negreanu was good and the chips were pushed his way.

At that point the player who should have been in seat 3, Ayaz Manji, turned up. Manji had bought in yesterday and was just late, he explained. Negreanu moved to his intended seat 4 said Manji was lucky and may get the 30,000. The floor returned and ruled that Manji should indeed have been blinded down and had to hand over 750 from his stack to Negreanu.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Negreanu	33,375 3,375	3,375

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2014-08-22 12:52 UTC+1

How Big Will It Be?

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With 475 entrants on Day 1a and a field already over 800 with 100 or so alternates on the list for Day 1b, the European Poker Tour Season 11 Barcelona Main Event will become one of the largest EPT events in history — a fitting accomplishment given this is the 100th EPT event ever held and the city where it all started.

Several EPT main events have topped the 1,000-player mark, and the largest ever was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event from Season 7 that attracted a whopping 1,560 entrants.

Here's a look at the current top 10:

	Season	Main Event	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Top Prize
1	Season 7	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	1,560	$15,132,000	Galen Hall	$2,300,000
2	Season 6	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	1,529	$14,831,300	Harrison Gimbel	$2,200,000
3	Season 5	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	1,347	$12,674,000	Poorya Nazari	$3,000,000
4	Season 6	Sanremo	1,240	€6,014,000	Liv Boeree	€1,250,000
5	Season 10	Barcelona	1,234	€5,984,900	Tom Middleton	€924,000
6	Season 5	Sanremo	1,178	€5,713,300	Constant Rijkenberg	€1,508,000
7	Season 4	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	1,136	$8,594,976	Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	$2,000,000
8	Season 9	Barcelona	1,082	€5,247,700	Mikalai Pobal	€1,007,550
9	Season 8	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	1,072	$10,398,400	John Dibella	$1,775,000
10	Season 10	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	1,031	$10,000,700	Dominik Panka	$1,423,096

With a field size already of 1,287 confirmed players, this season's EPT Barcelona Main Event ranks as the fourth largest ever and the largest ever held on European soil. It's only going to get larger from here, and it could easily become the largest EPT main event ever. The sky is the limit.