PokerNews has just been informed that the total field size for the 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event is 1,082 players. The prize pool and payout information is currently being generated and we'll post that for you shortly.
2012 World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah is known for calling his opponents "faces" and loves to "smash faces" when he plays, hence the title of this post. He's also known to many by his nickname, "RoNasty." Bardah began the day on the secondary feature table, seated with "faces" Theo Jorgensen, Vladimir Troyanovskiy and defending EPT Barcelona champion Martin Schleich.
On this hand, Bardah opened with a raise to 1,700 from middle position and Troyanovskiy called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Troyanovskiy checked. Bardah fired 1,900 and Troyanovskiy check-raised to 4,200. Bardah took a minute, then called.
The 
landed on the turn and Troyanovskiy led with a bet of 7,200. Bardah studied, then raised all in for 34,800. Troyanovskiy tanked, then called holding the 
for top pair and a gutshot straight draw to Broadway. Bardah held the best of it with the 
for two pair, aces and jacks. To win the hand and bust Bardah, Troyanovskiy needed a king on the river. He could chop the pot if a queen paired the board.
The dealer burned a final time and dealt the 
on fifth street, giving Troyanovskiy two pair, but a losing two pair. Bardah's was better and he doubled to over 80,000 in chips.
This summer at the WSOP, Bardah took down Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed to win his first gold bracelet. He followed that up with a cash in the WSOP Main Event for the third year running.
Below you can find two Seat Open videos with Bardah, parts one and two. In the first, Bardah opens up about his family and his life before discovering poker. In the second, Bardah talks about his poker-specific journey and the major turning points in his career that have brought him to where he is today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,200
34,300
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34,300 |
|
15,000
-57,000
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-57,000 |
Andriy Lyubovetskiy managed to get his stack of around 10,000 all in preflop and was squaring off against the opponent to his direct right, Pisarev Denis Vladimirovich.
Showdown
| Lyubovetskiy |   |
| Vladimirovich |  |
Vladimirovich was ahead with ace high, but Lyubovetskiy was drawing live. Unfortunately for the latter, her would be left wanting as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
12,800
|
12,800 |
|
Busted |
A short-stacked Jason Mercier moved all in for his last 7,000 with 
and watched another player three-bet to 24,000 behind with 
. The big blind also called with 
. Mercier was in a bad way and wouldn't find any help as the board ran out 
.
Mercier told PokerNews that he will be vacationing in Europe for awhile and will be playing the EPT Sanremo, a stop he won way back in Season 4.
Likewise, Taylor Paur was eliminated after being felled in the very first hand of the day:
taypaur Taylor Paur Busted first hand of the day AQ<AK.
August 21 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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jthaddeus13 Jude Ainsworth Doubled up with 10s v aq then get it in with ak v aj for a 27k pot. Kj on the flop j on the river back to 12k
August 21 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,000
-100
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-100 |
|
|
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Alexander Luber opened for 4,400 from middle position only to have Osvaldo Cebada three-bet to 11,600. Luber responded by moving all in for 21,500, and Cebada made a quick call.
Showdown
| Luber |  |
| Cebada |  |
It was a great spot for Luber as he had Cebada crushed. The board would run out an uneventful 
, and Luber became the recipient of an early double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,600
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
|
45,000
23,100
|
23,100 |
Action folded to PokerStars Team Pro Sebastian Ruthenberg, who won this very event back in Season 5, in middle position and he raised to 1,800. The rest of the field folded around to Marcel Van Der Walle in the big blind, and he opted to push back with a three-bet to 4,300.
Ruthenberg splashed in a call and it was off to the 
flop. Van Der Walle, who had a knight chess piece as a card protector, wasted little time in firing out 6,600, Ruthenberg called, and the turn. Van Der Walle bet again, this time 16,600, and it proved enough as Ruthenberg released his hand.
Van Der Walle then showed , and Ruthenberg simply rapped the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | |
|
86,000
-9,700
|
-9,700 |
|
|
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Day 2 is underway here in Barcelona. The remaining 600 players are in their seats and looking to play approximately 6-7 levels here on Day 2. Among them are former champs Kent Lundmark and Sebastian Ruthenberg; in addition, last year's champ, Martin Schleich, is still in contention and eying a title defense.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool | Number of Payouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| €5,000 + €300 | 811 | €4,055,000 | 120 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martin Schleich | Germany | €850,000 |
| 2nd | Dragan Kostic | Spain | €532,000 |
| 3rd | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | €315,000 |
| 4th | Raul Mestre | Spain | €244,000 |
| 5th | Tomeu Gomila | Spain | €185,000 |
| 6th | Saar Wilf | Israel | €145,000 |
| 7th | Juan Manuel Perez | Spain | €105,000 |
| 8th | Isabel Baltazar | France | €73,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Today marks the second day of the 2012 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. It's the day both sets of survivors from the two starting flights join as one field in the common quest of moving towards the title.
The final numbers for the event have yet to be tallied, but once received, the total field size, prize pool and payouts will all be posted. What we can tell you is that a whopping 600 players have advanced to Day 2 and topping the pack is Finnish PokerStars qualifier Aku Joentausta with 236,200.
Of those to build solid stacks coming out of their respective Day 1s were Team PokerStars Pros Lex Veldhuis (148,800), Theo Jorgensen (129,000), Sebastian Ruthenberg (95,700), Fatima Moreira de Melo (89,100), Joao Nunes (79,500) and Pius Heinz (78,400).
Joining those rocking the red spade are World Series of Poker gold bracelet winners John Juanda, Andy Frankenberger, Dominik Nitsche, Ronnie Bardah, Tristan Wade and Davidi Kitai. To view the entire table and seat draw for Day 2, click here or simply scroll down a bit.
The plan for Day 2 is for another five or six levels to be played, but that is still yet to be determined. The cards are scheduled to be in the air at noon local time here at Casino Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain and you won't want to miss the action. PokerNews will be on hand for all of the updates, so stay tuned!
It's going to be another packed house for Day 2 here in Barcelona
