Jake Cody (pictured) has just been eliminated from the EPT Main Event here in Barcelona and he suffered the beat at the hands of November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka. As Jake moved to the rail, he told us about the hand.
"He opened in the cut-off and I shoved for twenty big blinds with Ace-Nine on the button. He had and held."
Cody may be out but Ruzicka has a serious chance to add to winnings he knows are coming in November by running deep here in Spain. He now has 510,000 to work with, marginally over the average with 120 players left.
Anthony Chimkovitch opened to 18,000 and Keith Johnson jammed out of the small blind for around 200,000. Chimkovitch called and the Brit had a flip for his tournament life.
Johnson:
Chimkovitch:
The board ran out and the pair of kings secured the double for Johnson.
Igor Yaroshevskyy raised to 18,000 from early position and Ping Liu shoved for 118,000 from the button. Yaroshevskyy looked up from his massage and called only to find himself down to two outs.
Liu:
Yaroshevskyy:
The board ran out and Yaroshevskyy lost one third of his stack.
Simon Lofberg, who had previously doubled through Sam Chartier, has become the next chip millionaire. On the same table, Nuno Capucho, who had been stalling on the bubble one day ago, is on the best way to get there too, while Kimmo Kurko and Sam Chartier were sent to the rail in consecutive hands.
Hand 1
First, Lofberg raised from early position and Kurko shoved from the button with his below-average stack, Lofberg called.
Kurko:
Lofberg:
The board ran out and Kurko, who had finished second in this very event in Season 10, was drawing dead on the turn already.
Hand 2
One hand later, Lofberg raised again, to 18,000, and Chartier shoved from the button for 155,000 to receive a quick call.
Chartier:
Lofberg:
There was no help on the board of and Chartier also headed to the rail.
Daniel Tang (pictured) and Anthony Chimkovitch clashed in what may turn out to be an important pot in the context of the table they currently share and the tournament overall.
We joined the action with a complete board of and a pot of around 125,000. Tang faced a bet from Chimkovitch of 49,000 and was in what looked be an uncomfortable tank.
"I knew I shouldn't have checked back." aid Tang, obviously referring to a previous street. But, agonised, Tang made the call. He was shown by Chimkovitch, and slammed 49,000 down onto the table in disgust with himself.
"I never should have checked back!" he muttered to himself as he departed the table, down to 511,000 at the final break of the day. Chimkovitch has 1.4million chips and has been in and around the chip lead all day.
Jose Quintas raised to 18,000, Mikhail Molchanov three-bet to 45,000 and Quintas then four-bet to 110,000. Molchanov moved all in and Quintas called for just shy of half a million.
Quintas:
Molchanov:
The board ran out and Quintas doubled for 472,000 to become the next chip millionaire.
Players are on their final break of the day, which will be 30 minutes long. After this break, one more level of 90 minutes will be played until the end of the day.