He led for much of yesterday in the Main Event, has hardly put a foot wrong all week, and look like the kind of man who could read your mind and translate it into Latin. But is his star about to fade? The PokerStars Blog reports.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
As previously mentioned, this European Poker Tour Barcelona €10,000 High Roller smashed the record for the largest €10,000 High Roller in EPT history. With that comes a very large prize pool, and the 180 entries in the field generated €1,764,000 up for grabs.
The top prize awarded will be €390,700, and the top 27 spots will be paid out. The top five spots will all earn five figures, a min-cash is worth €17,650, and all payouts can be found on the PokerNews payouts tab for this event.
It could be worse! That’s the message among Spanish railers as two home grown players remain in the running to become the first Spanish EPT winner, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
508,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
445,000
287,000
|
287,000 |
|
445,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
425,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
413,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
398,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
|
||
|
344,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
||
|
280,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
275,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
265,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
257,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
257,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
|
210,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
||
|
205,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
170,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
138,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
34,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Jonathan Duhamel opened to 8,000 from UTG+1. Action tricked over to Sam Greenwood who three-bet to 21,000 from the button. Duhamel flat called. The flop brought 
and both players checked to see the board pair with the 
on the turn.
Duhamel checked again and Greenwood fired 27,000. Duhamel clicked it back to 54,000 and Greenwood called. The river was the 
and Duhamel shipped all in for about 47,000. Greenwood snapped him off but instantly heaved a sigh and mucked his hand after Duhamel showed 
for trip nines. Greenwood was forced to ship a majority of his stack to the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion and now sits on just about 10,000. Duhamel, on the other hand, is thriving around 260,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
10,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
|
|
||
We witnessed a recent preflop race situation for Vitalijs Tarhanovs' tournament life. He was holding 
and was racing with Anton Morgenstern's 
. After a board of 
, however, Tarhanovs was able to heave a sigh of relief and clinch a double up. He doubled to around 215,000 while Morgenstern dropped to just 65,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000 | |
|
65,000 |
From under the gun, Gerard Piqué raised to 10,000. Adrian Mateos Diaz called from the cutoff seat, then Sam Greenwood called from the big blind. The flop came down 
, and Greenwood checked. Piqué bet 13,000, and Diaz called. Greenwood folded.
The turn was the 
, and Piqué checked. Diaz bet 23,500, and Piqué folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
307,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
|
178,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
128,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel raised to 8,000. Former European Poker Tour London Main Event winner Benny Spindler reraised all in from the big blind for 70,100. Duhamel tank-folded, and Spindler won the pot.
On the next hand, Duhamel raised all in for 64,000 from the cutoff seat. Spindler tank-folded from the small blind, but then Dan Smith made the call from the big blind after squeezing out the 
. Duhamel had a dominated 
.
The board ran out 
, and Duhamel doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
135,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
80,000
20,000
|
20,000 |