2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open

EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
€1,361,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€4,952,000
Entries
619
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Grinders of the Day

Michael Greco
Michael Greco
Two players who have grinded more in one day than Tony Hawk in a lifetime are British hopefuls Stuart Rutter and Michael Greco. Both started the day with less than 15,000, but have now have closer to the 35,000 mark.

Greco in particular has shown the patience of a saint, nurturing his diminutive stack for the opening levels before finally "making a move" as he put it. "I raised it up under-the-gun with K-9 suited and received two callers. Then on the Q-9-3, I check-raised all in. It was only 10,000 more, but I knew he didn't have the queen."

Rutter, meanwhile, was last spotted check-raising a {7-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop before having to fold to an all-in from Diogo Borges. Rutter shook his head in frustration as his bluff was caught, but he still has a playable stack of 32,000.

Tags: Michael GrecoStuart Rutter