Jake Schindler opened to 40,000 to start the action. From the small blind, Vanessa Selbst called, and then Myro Garcia reraised to 140,000 out of the big blind. Schindler folded, then Selbst moved all in on Garcia for a big shove. Garcia called with the and was at risk against Selbst's .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Garcia was eliminated. He took home $110,740 for his 10-th place finish.
With nine players remaining, a complete redraw will be posted shortly along with the chip counts from each player.
Paul Newey's elimination from the $25,000 High Roller in 11th place reminds us of his near-miss in the $100,000 Super High Roller a few days ago. There Newey's tourney run ended one spot shy of the cash in an intriguing three-way all-in hand involving himself, eventual winner Fabian Quoss, and Mike McDonald (who happens to be second in chips to start today's final table in the PCA Main Event).
That was one of the more interesting hands from this year's PCA thus far, one of a few that have been discussed over on Learn.PokerNews this week. Read about it in a post titled "Lessons from the 2014 PCA: Poker's Endless Surprises," then click around to read discussions of other PCA hands plus other strategy advice and features for beginning players as well as those with more experience.
Action folded to Greg Merson in the small blind, and he made the call. Joao Vieira checked his option in the big blind, and the flop fell . Merson led with a bet of 30,000, and Vieira raised to 93,000. Merson called.
The turn paired the board with the . Merson checked, and Vieira fired 152,000. Merson called.
On the river, the completed the board. Merson checked, and Vieira checked behind.
Merson turned over the , and Vieira went to muck his hand. Merson requested that he see Vieira's hand, and the floor was called over for a ruling. It was ruled that Merson had the right to see Vieira's hand, which turned out to be the .
Merson won the pot and moved to nearly 1.8 million in chips. Vieira dropped back under 1.6 million.
Mustapha Kanit limped from the small blind and Dani Stern raised from the big blind to 53,000. Kanit responded by moving all in and Stern called it off for a total of about 500,000 chips.
Kanit:
Stern:
The board ran out and the ace of the river knocked Stern out. Kanit raked in this big pot as just 11 players remain.
Jacob Carl Schindler raised to 40,000 from the under-the-gun plus one position and Dan Smith was next to act. Smith moved all in for right around 300,000 chips and the action folded back around to Schindler who quickly called.
This August, the European Poker Tour (EPT) will celebrate it’s 100th event by throwing Europe’s largest-ever poker festival in Barcelona. From August 16 – 27, 2014, the Casino Barcelona will kick off Season 11 of the EPT, once again partnering up with the successful Spanish regional Estrellas Poker Tour from August 16 - 21 to create a spectacular 12-day Barcelona poker extravaganza.
“The EPT was born in Barcelona so it’s very fitting to celebrate EPT’s 100th event in true style and with unforgettable poker,” said EPT President Edgar Stuchly. “EPT Barcelona is one of the most popular tour stops and attracts players from all over the world for the fantastic mix of beaches, iconic architecture, party atmosphere and world class poker,” he continued.
Last year’s EPT Barcelona event broke all previous records when the Estrellas and EPT Main Events clocked 1,798 and 1,234 entries, sending Soenke Jahn and Tom “hitthehole” Middleton back home with career-besting prizes of €169,136 and €942,000 respectively. This year, the EPT is adding 20 extra tables to accommodate player fields that are likely to beat last year’s records.
On one of the first hands of the day Greg Merson raised to 50,000 and Dani Stern called from the button. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negrenau was seated in the big blind and he three-bet to 145,000.
Merson did not take long before moving all in and Stern folded immediately. Negreanu snap-called and a huge cooler was upon us.
"I don't think I could've played that any differently," Negreanu said with a smile as he found out in how much trouble he was.
Negreanu:
Merson:
The board ran out and Negreanu was knocked out in 14th place.
"I took some notes from you yesterday," Merson said with a smile to Ole Schemion who is sitting on his right.
"What?" Schemion responded, not understanding what Merson meant.
"Just cooler people," Merson said and Schemion started laughing.
Merson is now the tournament chip leader with just 13 players remaining.
and was at risk against Selbst's 
.
, and Garcia was eliminated. He took home $110,740 for his 10-th place finish.
flop, Kanit and Mizrachi checked before Vieira bet 58,000. Kanit called, and Mizrachi folded.
turn card was checked by both players to see the 
pair the board on the river. Kanit led for 120,000, and Vieira folded.
. Merson led with a bet of 30,000, and Vieira raised to 93,000. Merson called.
. Merson checked, and Vieira fired 152,000. Merson called.
completed the board. Merson checked, and Vieira checked behind.
.
and Newey was knocked out in 11th place.
and the ace of the river knocked Stern out. Kanit raked in this big pot as just 11 players remain.
and Smith was knocked out.
and he was up against Merson's 
. The river brought a nine for Schemion who stayed alive.
