A player in middle position raised to 5,500, the hijack called and Jack Hardcastle three-bet to 18,000 from the cutoff. Renan Revinthis, in the small blind, put in a cold four-bet to 96,000, with just 13,000 behind the line. Both the hijack and cutoff folded, while Hardcastle put him all in for the rest. Revinthis called.
Renan Revinthis: A♠Q♠
Jack Hardcastle: A♦K♦
Hardcastle was ahead but the Q♦ window card flipped their fates. The 10♥5♦ that followed behind gave Hardcastle a flush draw, however, the 7♣ turn and 9♣ river didn't oblige and Hardcastle was left short.
Ren Lin was in early position as he yelled to the table, "Ladies and gentleman, I am looking for a double up!" And shoved his 17,000 across the line. Andrew Chen made the call from the small blind and both hands were tabled.
Ren Lin: A♠Q♠
Andrew Chen: A♦8♦
The 7♥6♣5♦ flop was a sweat as Chen picked up an open-ended straight draw but the Q♦ turn, and Q♥ river gave Lin trip queens to survive.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona at the Casino Barcelona continues today with Day 2 of the €3,000 Mystery Bounty. Over yesterday's only starting flight, 997 players found their way to the felt to compete. Of those, only 254 remain, however, with registration still open until the start of Day 2, this number is only anticipated to grow.
As the dust settled, it was Josep Valls who took the all-important title of chip leader as he managed to accumulate an impressive sum of 518,000. Valls was the only player in the field to eclipse the five hundred thousand chip mark with his nearest competitor, Alexander Ivarsson, just falling short having amassed 499,500 by the end of proceedings.
Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Josep Valls
Spain
518,000
259
2
Alexander Ivarsson
Sweden
499,500
250
3
Jerry Odeen
Sweden
386,000
193
4
Leo Margets
Spain
377,000
189
5
Xiaohu Liu
China
360,000
180
6
Vlad Lache
Romania
350,000
175
7
Chad Lipton
United States
324,500
162
8
Alessio Di Cesare
Italy
321,500
161
9
Cherish Andrews
United States
297,000
149
10
Boris Kolev
Bulgaria
293,000
147
PokerStars Team Pro had a strong showing with Fintan Hand (204,500), Kenny Hallaert (135,000), Barny Boatman (105,000), Lex Veldhuis (104,000), and Benjamin Spragg (89,000) all returning to the felt today to compete.
Other notable names to have found a bag include Leo Margets whose stack of 377,000 was enough to put her fourth in the rankings as the Day 1 flight came to an end. In addition, Boris Kolev’s 293,000 saw him to round out the top ten count for this afternoon’s restart.
Leo Margets
The play will commence today, Thursday, September 5th at 12:30 p.m. local time. Those who progressed today or those to late register will start proceedings on Level 13 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante as they endure an additional fourteen more 40-minute levels.
At the start of Day 2, all players will be given a Mystery Bounty Token upon seating; if you eliminate a player you will collect their Mystery Bounty Token. Any time after 5:15 p.m. (the second break), players can take any collected tokens to the Mystery Bounty desk to draw an envelope. The Mystery Bounty prize amounts will be determined by tournament entries and remaining players and will be announced on the tournament floor tomorrow.
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for the entirety of this Mystery Bounty as the event plays down to a winner tomorrow, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.
