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On an 
flop, three-way action was checked to Chris Brammer who bet 1,500 and Lauri Meidla was the only caller. Meidla then called another 3,000 on the 
turn before both checked the 
river. Meidla showed 
meaning Brammer's 
was still good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event's current chip leader Jorryt van Hoof has been eliminated just now. Van Hoof walked into the press room and told us the details of his bust out.
After a raise and call, Van Hoof shoved all in with 
for his remaining 5,000. The initial raiser folded, but the flat caller did call.
Van Hoof got called by 
, and that gentleman hit an on the flop. Van Hoof didn't recover on the turn or river, and was sent home.
EPT Copenhagen winner Michael Tureniec has also been eliminated, but we don't have details of his bust out unfortunately.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Annette Obrestad was eliminated just before the dinner break and we got a player from her table to tell us exactly how the hand went down.
There was an open to 900 and a call before the player on the button raised to 2,000. Obrestad was in the big blind and shoved for 11,000 holding 
. It folded back round to the button who made the call with 
.
The board ran out 
and Obrestad was felted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier has been eliminated, he pushed all in preflop with 
and PokerStars qualifier Timur Margolin made the call on the buton with 
.
The board came 
and Mercier's two pair were not as good as Margolin's. The American wished everyone good luck and then departed for the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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At the start of the day Daniel Negreanu stated his intention was to finish the day with 100 big blinds or more. He has two more levels to make that a reality and he is currently sitting on around 75 BBs.
In a hand just after his dinner break Negreanu opened to 1,175 and picked up on caller. They checked it down to the river of a board reading 
whereupon Negreanu bet 1,400 and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,300
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
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Luca Pagano bet 1,400 on the 
flop, and Vladimir Troyanovskiy put in a raise to 3,100. Pagano called, and the turn was the . After Pagano checked, Troyanovskiy bet 3,800. Pagano took some time, but eventually folded, and Troyanovskiy won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
10,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
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It's a little early to be walking around the tournament rooms and see the yellow T25,000 chips in play, but that's what's going on here in Barcelona. The reason is that the field is simply too big on Day 1b and it is needed to conserve other chips to put into play with new players. There are 70 yellow T25,000 chips in play right now.
The field has grown to 1,009 entrants on Day 1b, and it's still growing with more and more alternates taking to the felt by the minute. This is now by far the largest European Poker Tour main event on European soil, and it could still become the largest EPT event ever.
When you add today's field with the 475 players from Day 1a, the current total is 1,484 players. Only two events have been larger — the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event in Season 7 and Season 6 with 1,560 entrants and 1,529 entrants, respectively.
Here's a look at the current top 10 EPT main events ever:
| Season | Main Event | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Top Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Season 7 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | 1,560 | $15,132,000 | Galen Hall | $2,300,000 |
| 2 | Season 6 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | 1,529 | $14,831,300 | Harrison Gimbel | $2,200,000 |
| 3 | Season 5 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | 1,347 | $12,674,000 | Poorya Nazari | $3,000,000 |
| 4 | Season 6 | Sanremo | 1,240 | €6,014,000 | Liv Boeree | €1,250,000 |
| 5 | Season 10 | Barcelona | 1,234 | €5,984,900 | Tom Middleton | €924,000 |
| 6 | Season 5 | Sanremo | 1,178 | €5,713,300 | Constant Rijkenberg | €1,508,000 |
| 7 | Season 4 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | 1,136 | $8,594,976 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | $2,000,000 |
| 8 | Season 9 | Barcelona | 1,082 | €5,247,700 | Mikalai Pobal | €1,007,550 |
| 9 | Season 8 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | 1,072 | $10,398,400 | John Dibella | $1,775,000 |
| 10 | Season 10 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | 1,031 | $10,000,700 | Dominik Panka | $1,423,096 |
EPT Monte Carlo champion Pieter de Korver and Sam Grafton have been eliminated from the tournament. Both their seats were empty.
A former table mate of De Korver told us that the Dutchman had shoved blind for his remaining ten big blinds from the small blind. The big blind made the call with 
and was ahead of De Korver's 
off suit. De Korver didn't improve and left the tournament.
Sam Grafton's former table mates were a bit more vague about the bust out that had happened. Though a story of an open, call from Jamilla von Perger and an over call from Grafton was started, and we heard something about a check jam on 
, soon the table agreed that we just had to write that it was a spewy move that ended Grafton's tournament. "As long as you add a smiley" they laughed.
So here we go:
"He fired three streets and I called him down with jack-high" we heard, but we all take that with a grain of salt. Just one thing is sure: Grafton is no longer active in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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EPT serial casher Jasper Wetemans is short, and has been for quite some time now.
Wetemans told us, with a smile, that he had to fold a big hand on the river four times so far today. The Dutchman, who cashed in this event in 2010 and 2011, is looking for a double up now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200
-17,100
|
-17,100 |
