Welcome to Day 4 of the 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona Main Event!
Bienvenido a Barcelona! It's time for Day 4 of the 2016 PokerStars.es European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. Get ready for another day of exciting action, as 98 players battle it out for their shot at EPT glory and the life-changing first price of €1,122,800. Former EPT champions Jason Mercier (1,006,000), Michael Eiler (679,000), Nicolas Chouity (632,000), Kent Lundmark (387,000), and Ronny Kaiser (233,000) still have a chance at their second title.
Other notables, such as Adam Owen (857,000), Bryn Kenney (728,000), Vojtech Ruzicka (680,000), Sam Grafton (653,000), Byron Kaverman (442,000), Georgios Zisimopoulos (438,000), Jason Koon (424,000), Mark Roovers (392,000), and Eugene Katchalov (215,000) will also take a seat on Day 4. They're all trailing chipleader Anthony Chimkovitch from Belgium, who bagged an astonishing 1,825,000 after just three days of play.
There is a maximum of five levels of 90 minutes scheduled for today, with a break after each level. Here are all the levels that will be played today:
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 |
| 21 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
| 22 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
| 23 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
| 24 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
Play begins at 12 p.m. local time here in Barcelona and the PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the excitement from the floor live. With less than 100 players left, the atmosphere will be tense and every pot counts!
The seating is as follows. Table 7, which features chipleader Anthony Chimkovitch, Ronny Kaiser, Adam Owen, and Sam Grafton, will start as the feature table.
Day 4 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marc Trijaud | France | 1,039,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Erik Friberg | Sweden | 365,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Stephen Malone | Ireland | 900,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Yannick Autaa | France | 408,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Jason Koon | USA | 424,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Jerome Sgorrano | Belgium | 489,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | 409,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Sergei Chantcev | Russia | 370,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Alin Grasu | Romania | 263,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Roovers | Netherlands | 392,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Christian Jeppsson | Sweden | 213,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Kent Lundmark | Sweden | 387,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Luiz Orrico | Italy | 67,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Stefan Vogt | Germany | 469,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Chebli Chebli | Lebanon | 167,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Harcharan Dogra Dogra | Spain | 1,100,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Neculai Macovei | Romania | 105,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Olli Autiö | Finland | 584,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | 901,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 728,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Eiler | Germany | 679,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Tomas Macnamara | UK | 71,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Miroslav Forman | Czech Republic | 419,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Tobias Revenas | Sweden | 208,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 442,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 345,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Alexander Greenblatt | USA | 336,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Thomas De Rooij | Netherlands | 1,010,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Robert Lipkin | USA | 484,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Adrian Attenborough | Australia | 704,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Sam Mao | UK | 635,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Brian Yoon | USA | 328,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | Greece | 438,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 180,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Ryan Mcgarry | Canada | 743,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Filipe Oliveira | Portugal | 683,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Alexandru Baron | Canada | 378,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Alisan Holozlu | Germany | 739,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Aku Joentausta | Finland | 1,063,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Spyridon Koukouris | Greece | 300,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Ivan Deyra | France | 398,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Van Hiep Tran | Germany | 209,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 632,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Damien Luis | France | 405,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Mikhail Molchanov | Russia | 381,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Anthony Chimkovitch | Belgium | 1,825,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Ronny Kaiser | Switzerland | 233,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Sam Grafton | UK | 653,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Kevin Andriamahefa | Canada | 250,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Norbert Berent | Poland | 862,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Didier Mazairac | Belgium | 442,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Adam Owen | UK | 857,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Lucian Draghici | Canada | 700,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Dorian Rios Pavon | Venezuela | 200,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Ramon Miguel Munoz | Spain | 1,082,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Adem Marjanovic | Austria | 252,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Marco Caza | Canada | 1,521,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Jeffrey Mulder | Canada | 685,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Uri Reichenstein | Germany | 1,187,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Andreas Chalkiadakis | Greece | 354,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Mikhail Shalamov | Russia | 304,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Jose Quintas | Portugal | 1,091,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Peyman Luth | Germany | 497,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Andreas Freund | Austria | 255,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Diogo Veiga | Portugal | 355,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Vasileios Chalkidis | Greece | 432,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Konstantin Puchkov | Russia | 314,000 |
| 10 | 1 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 264,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Jasper Meijer van Putten | Netherlands | 534,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Michael Kane | UK | 233,000 |
| 10 | 4 | Rumen Nanev | Bulgaria | 332,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Alejandro Belluccia | Argentina | 1,148,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | 215,000 |
| 10 | 7 | Taichi Yoneya | Japan | 380,000 |
| 10 | 8 | Thomas Miller | USA | 425,000 |
| 11 | 1 | Ping Liu | USA | 228,000 |
| 11 | 2 | Pavel Veksler | Israel | 437,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Keith Johnson | UK | 443,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Morten Mortensen | Denmark | 608,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Jani Sointula | Finland | 249,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Jason Mercier | USA | 1,006,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Padraig O'Neill | Ireland | 273,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | 680,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Chi Daniel Tang | UK | 383,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Albert Puigsech | Spain | 790,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Yordan Mihaylov Petrov | Bulgaria | 595,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Rui Sousa | Portugal | 420,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Andrea Cortellazzi | Italy | 877,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Kestutis Gecevicius | Lithuania | 246,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Jean-Jacques Zeitoun | France | 750,000 |
| 13 | 1 | Xixiang Luo | China | 532,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Simon Lofberg | Sweden | 1,200,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Wael Sarkis | Lebanon | 293,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Aram Sargsyan | Armenia | 531,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Michael Howard | UK | 555,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Nuno Capucho | Portugal | 1,375,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Zorlu Er | Turkey | 552,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Alexey Romanov | Russia | 731,000 |
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and stayed there as the board ran out 
to double up the Ukrainian New Yorker to 465,000. Miller still has around 370,000.
, Mortensen had rivered the straight, holding 
and was called by German player Peyman Luth in the big blind with 
kept Luth ahead, as did the 
river counterfeited his hand and Shalamov's ace kicker played. Shalamov, who until that moment had been utterly silent, stood up and gave his hands such a clap that many players in the tournament room might have assumed thunder was overhead. Shalamov has a smile back on his face, while Luth grimaces as he slips well below the average.
versus a shove from Chebli Chebli. The Lebanese held 
and took a big bite out of Roovers.
, solidifying Capucho's lead in the hand. The turn was the 
, and Roovers called for a jack on the river. Unfortunately for him, it was the 
saw Luth on his way out of the room. Lofberg has over 1.4 million chips and looks in the mood for more.
and Eiler checked. Autiö continued with 40,000, Sargsyan called on the button, then Eiler put in a check-raise to 156,000. Autiö took around a minute before making the call, and Sargsyan folded.
turn, Eiler continued his aggression with a bet of 224,000. Autiö took around two minutes before sliding in another call. The river was the 
