€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-17-2022 13:07 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	Busted

Yiannis Liperis	Busted
Jonathan Therme	Busted
Boutros Awad	Busted
Stoyan Madanzhiev	Busted
Andreas Berggren	Busted
Teun Mulder	Busted
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Luc Greenwood	Busted
Craig McCorkell	Busted

Sandev Ends van Eeden With Flush Draw vs Flush Draw

Mike Patrick

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After Georgi Sandev raised to 4,000 under the gun, Lukas van Eeden moved all in from the small blind for 44,000. Sandev called to put his Dutch opponent at risk.

Lukas van Eeden:
Georgi Sandev:

It was a suit versus suit battle with the giving Sandev the advantage with 80 percent of his flush to 60 for Van Eeden.

The on the turn now brought both players one card away from a winner, and it was Sandev's flush coming in on the river with the to take the hand and send Van Eeden to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgi Sandev	250,000 93,000	93,000
Lukas van Eeden	Busted

Tags: Georgi Sandev Lukas van Eeden

08-17-2022 13:26 UTC+1

An Orbit With Chidwick

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Before the break, PokerNews spent an orbit with British high stakes titan Stephen Chidwick as he started to grow his Day 2 stack.

Hand #1 (Small Blind): Chidwick completed in the small blind and Jack Salter checked his option in the big blind. Chidwick checked on the flop of and Salter bet 1,500. Chidwick called.

Chidwick checked again on the turn and stared Salter down as the fellow Brit contemplated a move beneath a hat and hoodie. Salter eventually bet 7,500 and Chidwick check-raised to 25,000. Salter laid it down.

Hand #2 (Button): Javier Fernandez opened to 3,000 from the hijack and Chidwick folded.

Hand #3 (Cutoff): Kenny Hallaert opened to 3,500 and Chidwick folded as the next player to act.

Hand #4 (Hijack): Action folded to Chidwick and he followed suit.

Hand #5 (Middle Position): Chidwick again folded when the action folded around.

Hand #6 (UTG+1): Chidwick opened to 3,500 and Rui Sousa flat-called from the cutoff before Javier Fernandez called in the big blind. Fernandez checked on the flop of and Chidwick also checked. Sousa bet 4,500 and only Chidwick called.

Chidwick checked again on the turn and Sousa sized up to 21,000. Chidwick again called. Chidwick checked a third time on the river and Sousa took a moment before betting around 62,000. Chidwick laid it down.

Hand #7 (Under the Gun): Chidwick was first to act and folded.

Hand #8 (Big Blind): Fernandez opened to 3,500 on the button and Chidwick defended his big blind. Chidwick checked on the flop of and Fernandez continued for 3,000. Chidwick folded.

Bonus Hand - Hand #9 (Small Blind): Sousa opened to 3,500 and Chidwick flat-called in the small blind, while Salter also came along from the big blind. Chidwick and Salter both checked on the flop of and Sousa checked back.

Chidwick and Salter both checked again on the turn and Sousa bet 4,500. Chidwick check-raised to 16,000 and both of his opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Sousa	220,000 78,000	78,000
Kenny Hallaert	115,000 25,500	25,500

Stephen Chidwick	100,000 -34,000	-34,000
Javier Fernandez	55,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Jack Salter Javier Fernandez Kenny Hallaert Rui Sousa Stephen Chidwick

08-17-2022 13:30 UTC+1

Landron Climbing Higher

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Sandra Barbour

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alexandre Landron opened to 4,500 from early position and Trygve Leite called from the button along with Vlada Stojanovic in the big blind.

Players saw a flop of that Stojanovic checked. Landron bet 5,500 and Leite called. Stojanovic check-called as well.

The turn was the and was checked around to the river. Stojanovic checked once more but Landron threw in a bet of 7,000 that only Leite called. Landron turned over for jacks and eights and Leite mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Landron	320,000 105,000	105,000
Trygve Leite	83,000 18,500	18,500

Tags: Landron Alexandre Trygve Leite Vlada Stojanovic

08-17-2022 13:30 UTC+1

Poker Record Shattered!

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Philip Hourguettes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

08-17-2022 13:30 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

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Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	415,000 415,000	415,000
Rui Milhomens	349,000 168,500	168,500
Andre Marques	347,000 32,000	32,000
Alessandro Grilli	292,000 74,500	74,500
Georgi Sandev	265,000 15,000	15,000
Bruno Pega	243,000 23,000	23,000
Kalidou Sow	242,000 94,000	94,000
Lorenzo Lavis	226,000 151,500	151,500
Iaran Lightbourne	210,000 210,000	210,000
Julien Sitbon	135,000 -28,000	-28,000
Stephen Chidwick	99,000 -1,000	-1,000
Timothy Adams	95,000 95,000	95,000
Bart Lybaert	90,000 -24,500	-24,500
Kenny Hallaert	90,000 -25,000	-25,000

Maria Ho	80,000 -33,000	-33,000
Jamila von Perger	62,000 7,000	7,000
Sam Grafton	57,000 17,000	17,000

Felipe Ramos	45,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jen Shahade	37,000 -3,000	-3,000

Michael Wang	20,000 -40,500	-40,500

08-17-2022 13:38 UTC+1

Danchev is Dancing

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Mike Patrick

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dimitar Danchev has had a great start to his day, more than doubling the 114,500 chips he started the day with.

in a recent hand, he raised to 4,000 in the hijack and was called by Axel Hallay in the big blind.

On the flop, Hallay checked to Danchev, who bet 2,000.

Hallay called to see the on the turn, then checked again.

This time, Danchev bet 8,000, which got a fold from Hallay.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Danchev	280,000 165,500	165,500

Axel Hallay	74,000 12,500	12,500

Tags: Axel Hallay Dimitar Danchev

08-17-2022 13:43 UTC+1

Solovev Falls to Maloku

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Sandra Barbour

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vladislav Solovev moved all in under the gun for 14,000. [Removed:428] called from one seat over along with Michael Pinto in the big blind.

The flop came and Pinto checked. Maloku moved all in for about 20,000 and Pinto let it go.

Vladislav Solovev:
[Removed:428]:

The turn and river filled up the board and Maloku took down the pot with a set of deuces, sending Solovev to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Pinto	172,000 1,000	1,000

[Removed:428]	67,000
Vladislav Solovev	Busted

Tags: Michael Pinto Vladislav Solovev

08-17-2022 13:46 UTC+1

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

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Mike Patrick

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A record 2,294 entries participated in the largest EPT Main Event ever, creating a final prize pool of €11,125,900.

The winner will receive a massive first prize of €1,714,000, while the top 327 players will receive at least €8,860.

PLACE	PAYOUT
1	€1,714,000
2	€1,027,470
3	€734,470
4	€565,280
5	€434,850
6	€334,480
7	€257,330
8	€198,000
9	€152,310
10-11	€117,140
12-13	€97,650
14-15	€81,450
16-17	€67,790
18-20	€56,460
21-23	€47,450
24-27	€41,290
28-31	€35,870
32-39	€31,220
40-55	€27,100
56-71	€23,580
72-95	€20,480
96-119	€17,820
120-143	€15,500
144-183	€13,500
184-223	€11,730
224-287	€10,060
288-327	€8,860

08-17-2022 13:48 UTC+1

Quad Kings for Chen

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Zhong Chen opened to 4,000 from the cutoff and Orpen Kisacikoglu three-bet to 12,000 on the button. Action folded back around to Chen and he four-bet jammed a stack of 31,000. Kisacikoglu quickly called.

Zhong Chen:
Orpen Kisacikoglu: