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EPT Barcelona Day 2 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2008-09-14 17:39
Day 2 of the EPT’s Barcelona stop saw 203 players show up for action, a number which would be down to 38 by the end of the day. Several big live poker players would head to the rail this day, including some of the previous days’ top finishers, while other chip leaders would continue to add to their stacks and finish near the top of the day’s chip leader-board.
Eric and Robert Mizrachi (who survived Day 1 on an average chip-stack) were amongst those eliminated early, as were Allen Smurfit and Glen Chorny (one of the first day’s top achievers). Rafe Furst decided to risk his tournament life a few levels into the day by shoving all-in on his As, 10s, but got called by Hafiz Khan with Ad,Kd. Dominated from the get-go, the Tiltboy could only hope for miracle, but as Khan made the nut flush on the river, those hopes quickly vanished into thin air.
Arnaud Mattern decided to move all-in preflop, over the top of a raise by Ramzi Jelassi. Arnaud’s 10s,9s ran right into Jelassi’s Ad,4d, with both players hitting draws on the flop. The 8d, 6d and 5s on the flop gave Arnaud a straight draw and Jelassi a flush draw. None of the draws filled up though, as the hand was eventually decided by a 4 which landed on the river and gave Jelassi a pair.
Felipe Ramos became the bubble boy as he shoved all-in on an A,K against Danele Mazzia’s Q,Q. Not only did the much needed K or A not come, the flop brought about a Q to further extend Mazzia’s lead. The turn and the river couldn’t turn things around either, and thus Ramos became the last bust-out of the tournament to head to the rail without a share of the prize-pool.
The first day’s chip-leader, Sebastian Ruthenberg held on to his large stack, and managed to increase it finishing Day 2 in 7th position on the chip leader-board. Jason Mercier has also had a nice run. Davidi Kitai finished as chip leader with 544,500 chips, followed by Dren Ukkela with 374,500.
