There's no mistaking the top line from EPT Barcelona this week: this tournament is a monster. PokerStars Blog charts the attendance landmarks through all 11 seasons to this absolute beast. http://psta.rs/1AF5OQZ
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The under-the-gun player checked it to Kitty Kuo on the turn of a board reading 
and she bet 2,500. Her opponent responded with a raise to 7,000 and Kuo flicked out the call with seeming indifference.
The river was the 
and now the first position player bet 11,500. Kuo flicked out a single chip to indicate a call but she was soon separating the correct amount of calling chips as her opponent showed 
. Whatever Kuo called with it was mucked face down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
-25,000
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-25,000 |
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The player under the gun plus one opened to 1,200, and Sergey Rybachenko three bet to 3,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, but the initial raiser made the call.
The 
flop saw the player in early position check, and then call as soon as Rybachenko made a 3,000 continuation bet.
Both players checked once the 
hit the turn, and the 
completed the board. After a check, Rybachenko tossed in a 25,000 chip while announcing to bet 8,600. After a short pause, the call followed.
Sergey Rybachenko showed... 
for rivered trips! His opponent silently mucked, and the Russian player gathered the chips.
It's game over for Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof, she's just been eliminated with 
after running into 
when she three-bet/called off her short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Dominik Panka opened to 1,400 with Pascal Pflock the only caller. Panka made a bet of 1,800 on the 
flop and Pflock called to see the on the turn. Panka bet 4,000 this time but Pflock raised to 11,000.
Panka made the call and checked the 
river. Pflock bet 18,000 and Panka tanked for about three minutes and eventually had the clock called on him. Panka then moved all in and Pflock thought for about ten seconds before deciding to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
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There aren't too many players who played in both the first and the 100th EPT, but Willie Tann is one of them. He’s still enjoying rolling the dice ten years later, as the PokerStars Blog discovered.
The player under the gun raised to 1,500 and got called by the small bind and Dermot Blain in the big blind. They got to the river of a board reading 
without further action and when the blinds checked the original raiser threw out a bet of 3,000.
The small blind look sceptical but pushed his cards away but Blain looked him up. He was shown 
and Blain’s instinct was spot on as his 
was just ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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With the entire board of 
board already out on the green felt, a player in early position checked to Jake Cody two positions down. The British Team PokerStars Pro bet 3,700, and his opponent called after some thinking.
Cody somewhat confident showed his 
, but that hand ended up in the muck mili seconds later as his opponent tabled for flopped trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,050
-1,950
|
-1,950 |
|
|
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And we're not talking about Dan Smith himself in this case, he just won a small pot.
We saw him open the button and got some resistance from the big blind who defended.
The big blind check called a 1,500 bet on , and both players checked the on the turn. The river came the and the big blind checked again. Smith bet out 4,000, and his opponent quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,400
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
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It was an event about skill, about luck, about intrigue, even sabotage (maybe, probably not). Whatever it was, this was competition at its fiercest, and with a few laughs thrown in along the way. Using a unique combination of elements we saw poker skills combined with imagination, and even nautical know-how. This could only be the EPT100 Takedown. Check it out on the PokerStars Blog.
