€5,300 Main Event Dia 3 | 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

2014-08-24 11:33 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

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Here comes the money! Well, maybe not until the second or third level today. Just 292 players remain, but only 239 players will get paid a minimum of €8,050.

Five levels are planned for the day as the Main Event continues and with the High Roller starting tomorrow (and also being covered on Pokernews) many of the players will be looking to go big or go home (or go into the High Roller). With a record-breaking field of 1,496, there is a mouth-watering €1,261,000 for the winner but that won't be decided until Wednesday.

Before then, we've got the bubble to get through, which as mentioned, should happen in level 16 or 17.

Czech player Vojtech Ruzicka, who won the €10,000 High Roller in Deauville back in Season 9, is the current chip leader with 621,100 with Nima Ahrary (519,600) and former EPT London winner Martin Finger (502,300) the only other players over the half million mark.

Team PokerStars Pros Jan Heitmann (203,000) and Andre Akkari (55,500) are still alive while sponsored pros Dominik Panka (139,500) and Thor Hansen (102,600) also remain.

Play will begin at 12 p.m. local time with live streaming also available on EPT Live, table 12 has been chosen as the first feature table. Stay here as we bring you all the latest news as the biggest ever EPT on European soil continues!

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2014-08-24 12:33 UTC+2

Day 1a Chip Leader Michael Mizrachi Eliminated in Day 3's First Hand

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Nível 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

In the first hand of the day, Day 1a chip leader Michael Mizrachi has been eliminated. He started out on the secondary feature table with a stack of just over 40,000, and he found himself all in against Emil Mattsson from Sweden who had just a little more.

Mizrachi had in the cut off, and found himself all in before the flop against Mattsson with in middle position.

Things were looking good for Mizrachi, and he was on the verge of doubling up, till a popped up on the river.

Mizrachi had an amazing first day, but things weren't going to well yesterday on Day 2. Remko Rinkema talked to him about his playing style in the second break:

https://www.pokernews.com/video/michael-mizrachi-stays-secretive-about-his-strategy-9140.htm

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Emil Mattsson	99,200	49,600
Michael Mizrachi	Eliminado

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2014-08-24 12:51 UTC+2

Ahrary Rocketing to the Top

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Nível 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Nima Ahrary started the day second in chips but he's already won more than one large pot, having just eliminated Dario Sammartino in a button versus small blind battle.

Ahrary had against the Italian's player's and the board came to give the German even more chips. He's now got nearly 300,000 more than Vojtech Ruzicka, the leader at the start of the day.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nima Ahrary	890,000	370,400
Dario Sammartino	Eliminado

2014-08-24 13:13 UTC+2

Pfutzenreuter Busts Ardon

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Nível 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

We missed the precise pre flop action, but we're pretty sure that Pfutzenreuter had opened from the hijack, and Martijn Ardon had three bet from the big blind. Pfutzenreuter then called, and they saw a flop heads up.

We picked up the action here, and saw Ardon bet out 16,500 on . Pfutzenreuter made the call pretty quickly.

The turn came the and Ardon checked. Pfutzenreuter checked behind, and the river came the .

Ardon: "All in"
Pfutzenreuter: "Call"

It all went so quick.

Ardon rolled his eyes a little when he saw how fast his opponent called his shove. Ardon tabled for not much of anything, and Pfutzenreuter showed for the nuts.

The dealer counted Pfutzenreuter's stack first (82,500), but despite having a whole lot of (small denomination) chips, the Dutchman had about 15,000 less than his German opponent and was eliminated.

"Nice hand" said Ardon before he made his way to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Timo Pfutzenreuter	219,000	77,400
Martijn Ardon	Eliminado

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2014-08-24 14:15 UTC+2

Olof Haglund Eliminated

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Nível 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

2013 EPT London's third place finisher (£427,564) Olof Haglund has just been eliminated.

When we arrived at his table, he already had all of his chips in the middle from the small blind. The decision was on Italian player [Removed:40] who needed to add 35,000, with already a total pot of 24,000.

After minutes of thinking, Vitagliano made the call. Haglund had , and saw Vitagliano show .

Though Haglund was in front, he got up from his seat like he already knew what was coming.

And indeed, the was terrible for Haglund. The on the turn gave Haglund some recovering outs, but the on the river was a blank and Haglund made his exit.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
[Removed:40]	204,000	59,700
Olof Haglund	Eliminado

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2014-08-24 14:30 UTC+2

The Bubble Gets A Guitar (and a $5,300 Ticket to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open)

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Nível 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Of the 1,496 players who signed up only 239 will finish in the money, leaving the remainder to reflect somberly on a first near-miss of the season, to the cheers of those left behind.

But it might not be such bitter blow for the bubble boy this time around as there's a consolation treat in store, which may strike a soothing chord (that's a pun which will become obvious in just a second).

The bubble boy today will not in fact leave empty handed, but will instead receive a custom guitar courtesy of the Seminole Hard Rock in Florida which this month stages their Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open with a $10m guarantee, all in association with PokerStars.

This will be something of a special event, beamed live from Ft Lauderdale by the team behind EPTLive, who'll be heading on a road trip across the pond of sorts to bring their award winning coverage to poker fans around the world.

But the organisers generosity extends beyond a few strings to pluck. The bubble player today will also receive a seat in this Seminole event, a ticket worth $5,300 and a short that that enormous prize pool. In fact, it's been scientifically proven* that the best cure for bubbling an EPT is to win a very big prize next time round in a tournament you got into for free.

You can find out more about the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open here, including how you too can play. For now we await the identity of the EPTs unofficial envoy. It kicks off on August 28 with the first of three starting days. Watch it all on EPTLive.

2014-08-24 15:35 UTC+2

Bubble Carnage as Six All-In Hands Deliver Multiple Exits

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Nível 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

A remarkable turn of events as six all-in situations led to some serious complications for the bubble and the tournament.

On the first table, Francois-Charles Scapula and Daniel Studer were all in and at risk against former World Series of Poker November Niner Sylvain Loosli, who called covering both players.

Scapula had the , Studer the , and Loosli the . The board came , allowing for Loosli to win the pot and eliminate both short stacks, but this is where things got interesting.

There was some confusion as to who was the shortest of the two stacks, but it was eventually confirmed that Scapula had just 1,000 more than Studer.

On the next table to run out an all-in hand, Farid Chati was all in on an board against former EPT winner Martin Finger. Chati turned over the for a king-high flush, but Finger flipped over the for a straight flush to the astonishment from all surrounding the table. That meant after two of the six showdowns, three players had been eliminated.

The third table saw Randal Flowers all in with the . His mood had been brightened by the fact that several players had already been knocked out, guaranteeing the American some sort of prize. Philippe D'Auteuil was the one who had made the call his .

The flop came , and Flowers said, "I'll take two hearts," but the turn was the and the river was the . That meant a fourth elimination was confirmed, with more all-in situations to play out.

The next two all-in hands — both on different tables — saw double ups for the short stacks, leaving just one more to go.

Pawel Brzeski had put Richard Dubini at risk and Dubini called it off, but he had an agonizing wait while all of the other hands played out. Eventually, he was able to turn his cards over and see what he was up against, and when that time came he saw his against the for Brzeski.

The final board was and Dubini joined the other players eliminated on the bubble.

As it stands, five players were eliminated on the bubble, but with two of them coming from the same table, it's a very unique situation as to who would get what. The bubble was to receive a guitar and $5,300 seat in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10,000,000 guaranteed event in Florida this week, so the tournament staff was left to sort out the mess.

It was decided that the five players would take the money from the first four in-the-money spots (€8,050 times four for €32,200) and divide it evenly amongst them, taking €6,440 each. Then the five will be play a sit-n-go for the guitar and the $5,300 seat. This ruling has raised a bit of question because it is ignoring the "bigger chip stack" rule that applies to situations in which two players bust from the table table on the bubble or in the money. Accordingly to the rule, the player with the largest stack would receive the highest finishing position.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Studer	Eliminado
Francois-Charles Scapula	Eliminado
Farid Chati	Eliminado
Randal Flowers	Eliminado
Richard Dubini	Eliminado

Tags: Bubble Farid Chati Martin Finger Randal Flowers Philippe D'Auteuil Francois-Charles Scapula Daniel Studer Sylvain Loosli Pawel Brzeski Richard Dubini

2014-08-24 19:49 UTC+2

The $1.75 Million Bubble

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Heard the one about the $1.75 million bubble? The five players who busted out of the Main Event played a sit and go for a $5,300 seat to the Semionle Hard Rock Poker Open, a tournament that awarded $1.75 million to the winner last year. The PokerStars Blog had a front row seat as it played out.

2014-08-24 19:54 UTC+2

Panka Triples With Queens

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Vincent Rubianes opened under the gun, and Dominik Panka in the cutoff shoved all in for his remaining 125,000 chips. Egidijus Dovidaitis cold called from the small blind, and wasn't sure what to do after Rubianes over shoved. After some thinking, the Lithuanian folded, claiming to lay down ace-king.

Vincent Rubianes:
Dominik Panka:

The was very good for Panka, and the on the turn made his double up official. The did nothing but give Rubianes an irrelevant lower full house.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Vincent Rubianes	559,000	-141,000
Dominik Panka	388,000	118,000

2014-08-24 20:03 UTC+2

Dan Shak Collects Second Cash at EPT100; Eliminated in 129th

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After making his return to super high roller events in the European Poker Tour Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller and finishing eighth for €138,600, Dan Shak has fallen here in the €5,300 Main Event, scoring a payday of €10,300.

His elimination came thanks to two hands. The first one crippled him, and the second one finished him off. On the first, Shak had opened from under the gun to 14,000. [Removed:146] called on the button, and Raymond Baker called from the big blind before the dealer spread out the flop. Baker checked, and Shak bet 20,000. Guerfi called, and then Baker came along as well.

The turn was the , and Baker led with a bet of 40,000. Shak raised all in for 245,000 rather quickly, and Guerfi got out of the way with a fold. Baker shrugged and called, putting himself at risk for 237,000 total.

Shak had the for top pair and a flush draw. Baker had the for a flush.

"Just not the six of spades," said Shak, noting that the would give Baker a straight flush.

The river completed the board with the , and that kept Baker's hand in the lead. He won the pot, doubled through, and left Shak with just 8,000 in chips.

On the very next hand, Shak was forced to post 1,000 for the ante and 6,000 for the big blind, leaving himself with just 1,000 behind to start the hand. Guerfi opened to 15,000 from the cutoff seat, and everyone folded over to Shak. He wasn't about to fold, and tossed in his last 1,000 before turning up the . Guerfi had the .

The flop, turn, and river ran out to leave Shak drawing dead on the turn. He said his goodbyes and was off to the payout desk to collect his winnings. Guerfi was left on about 470,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Raymond Baker	586,000	300,100
[Removed:146]	470,000	304,300
Dan Shak	Eliminado

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