EPT Barcelona Open Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open

EPT Barcelona Open Main Event

Day 2 Completed

09-13-2008 03:42 UTC+2

Official List of Day 3 Players and Chip Counts

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Below is the official list of the players who survived to Day 3, along with chip counts, courtesy of PokerStars:

Davidi Kitai 544,500
Dren Ukella 374,500
Daniele Mazzia 374,000
Stephen Chidwick 355,000
Jason Mercier 345,000
Steven Weusten 332,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg 326,000
Michael Keiner 293,000
Chad Brown 259,000
Jonas Klausen 237,000
Joe Pelton 226,000
Voitto Rintala 171,500
Fintan Gavin 164,000
Mikael Lundell 155,000
Malte Strothmann 138,500
Ramzi Jelassi 133,000
Cornelis Hendrik Alblas 133,000
Asti Ruscalla 123,500
Helfried [Removed:349] 123,000
Claudio Cecchi 120,500
Mark Randal Flowers 119,000
Jonas Molander 113,300
Noel Nordquist 109,000
Salvatore Pengue 105,500
Alessandro Longobardi 102,000
Samuel Chartier 95,500
Martin Nielsen 95,000
Alexander Grishchuk 93,000
Henri Juho Kristian Koivisto 81,500
Alessandro Lusso 70,500
Jose Vazquez Ortega 68,500
Marko Tapio Vainio 68,000
Mauro Corsetti 64,500
Ronny Johansen 62,500
Benianmino Speroni 59,000
Andrey Chesnokov 17,500

09-13-2008 02:34 UTC+2

Day 2 Has Concluded

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After nine levels of play, the Day 2 field which began with 203 hopefuls, has been reduced to just 36. We said goodbye to many notables including the likes of Rafe Furst, Sorel Mizzi, the brothers Mizrachi, Surinder Sunar, Isaac Haxton, George Danzer, Scott Montgomery, Casey Kastle, and Glen Chorny just to name a few.

Davidi Kitai ends the day as the probable chip leader with roughly 540,000. Probable is the operative word however, as the chip lead changed multiple times in the last level of play, with a clear leader being too close to call. Team Pokerstars pro Chad Brown is toward the top of the leaderboard with 235,000, as are Jason Mercier and Dren Ukella, both with over 340,000.

The action continues tomorrow when the remaining 36 players duke it out for the eight spots on Sunday's final table. Action begins as 3:00pm local time and with such a small field, we do expect an on-time start. We hope you'll join us for all the Day 3 action as the money gets bigger and the action is sure to follow.

As always, official chip counts will be posted when they become available. Goodnight from Barcelona!

09-13-2008 02:34 UTC+2

Mazhar Nawab Eliminated

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Just a hand or two before the end, we lost Sheffield's Mazhar Nawab. Although it was Samuel Chartier who picked up the scraps with {A-Clubs}

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on an clinical {10-Hearts}

board, it was young Stephen Chidwick who munched on the meat of his stack.

On the river of a {4-Hearts}

board, Nawab (big blind) bet 30,000, Chidwick (cutoff) made it 80,000, Nawab pushed for 80,000 more, and Chidwick called. On their backs, and Chidwick had caught his foe on a stone cold bluff with {A-Spades}

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Tags: Maz Nawab Stephen Chidwick

09-13-2008 02:11 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations: 41st-48th Place

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The following players won € 14,900:

41. Albert Sapiano
42. Hafiz Khan
43. Stavros Kalfas
44. Fowzi Baroukh
45. Jean Paul Pasqualini
46. Dennis Bejedal
47. Kevin MacPhee
48. Joao Vide Barboa

09-13-2008 02:09 UTC+2

Maria Maceiras Eliminated

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Benjamin Mirsaidi opened for a 15,000 raise, Davidi Kitai flat-called from middle position, and Maria Maceiras moved all in for 97,500 from the small blind. Mirsaidi thought for an eternity before his fold was met with a snap-call from Kitai.

Maceiras: {J-Clubs}

Kitai:

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}

and our last lady standing was eliminated to applause from her flock of railbirds.

Tags: Maria Maceiras

09-13-2008 02:08 UTC+2

Six More Hands

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With 12:11 left in the level, the tournament clock has stopped. Each table will play six more hands before play concludes for the evening.

09-13-2008 02:07 UTC+2

Mark Flowers Can Fold an Overpair

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Mark "RandALLin" Flowers raised to 12,000 from under the gun. Action folded around to Sebastian Ruthenberg in the big blind and he called.

The saw the {7-Hearts}

flop heads up and Ruthenberg checked. Flowers led out for 16,500 and after a couple minutes of thought, Ruthenberg declared himself all in. Flowers shook his head and quickly flashed {9-Diamonds}

to the table as he mucked it.

09-13-2008 02:06 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations: 49th-56th Place

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The following players won € 12,400:

49. Sheryl Lea Gershon
50. Casey Kastle
51. Michael Greco
52. Jens Klaning
53. Haward Speer
54. Pedro Fonseca
55. Damien Vidal
56. Steve Jelinek

09-13-2008 02:06 UTC+2

Rockets Launch Khan Out in 42nd

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It's one thing when your aces get busted, but when it happens twice in a row, then you'd be well within your rights to find the nearest wall and bang your head repeatedly. Although I didn't spot any head-banging, there was certainly some words of disbelief as Hafiz Khan went crashing out.

With {A-Diamonds}

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