€5,300 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
With 475 players yesterday on Day 1a, today promises to be a big one. Last year the total amount of entries was 1,234, but the organization expects that to be topped here this year. The Estrellas Main Event had a whopping 2,560 entries which made for the biggest ever PokerStars event. The Main Event won't attract that many players, but it wouldn't surprise us if the entire Room A and Room B will be filled with players today.
The players will be playing eight 75-minute levels, with a dinner break. That means play ends around 11:45 p.m., just like yesterday. Michael Mizrachi was the one doing the most damage yesterday, gathering 186,600 in chips.
A lot of familiar faces will play today, with Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Jason Mercier doing their duty to represent PokerStars. Action starts at noon local time, and you may expect a day filled with updates about big hands, ton of photos from the players and tournament room, and video interviews with all the big names in about five minutes.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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30,000
30,000
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The field is already at 750-plus runners. It's going to be big today...
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
George Danzer opened to 300, and the player in the hijack made the call. As the table was still five-handed, the hijack was effectively the button.
Danzer bet out 300 on 
, and his opponent made the call. Both players checked the 
on the turn and 
on the river.
Danzer tabled 
for a rivered two pair, his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ilkin Amirov bet 325 on the paired 
board. Noah Schwartz was his opponent and raised to 950. Amirov made the call, and the dealer placed the 
out on the turn. After both players checked fourth street, the 
landed on the river. Amirov led with a bet of 1,300, and Schwartz folded.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The tournament clock now makes mention of 750 sign ups so far. All of them are still in, no casualties yet today in Barcelona.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On the 
flop, Andrew Pantling checked. Jorge Carvalho also checked, and then Olov Matias Jansson bet 1,500. Pantling check-raised to 4,100, Carvalho folded, and Jansson called.
The turn was the 
and paired the board with fives. After Pantling checked, Jansson bet 5,500. Pantling again opted to put in a check-raise, and this time he made it 13,000. Jansson tanked for a bit, but eventually folded, and Pantling won the pot.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Just after the introductions here today Alex Goulder tweeted, “#EPT100 is kicking off! The montage was chilling! So pumped, let's go!” To prove just how pumped he was Goulder got involved in an early hand.
Goulder led out for 475 from the big blind on a flop of 
and got called by two opponents. The turn card was the and Goulder continued the betting for 1,400. This whittled the opposition down to one player and the dealer put out a river 
. A bet of 4,100 from Goulder saw his opponent sigh and reluctantly release his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,400
2,400
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2,400 |