Brazil's Felipe Ramos is one of the handful of Team PokerStars Pros that made it to the Day 2 field. However, his stack is slightly smaller than he began the day with.
With already 6,000 in the pot with the flop showing , Ramos called a bet from Haim Magrilshvili for 3,500. Ramos tanked before giving up on his hand when facing a bet of 8,500 from Magrilshvili after the appeared on the turn.
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We found Adam Owen contemplating an all-in wager from an opponent on his left on a board of . Owen was in early position and deciding whether to call off his last 23,200. A player across the table called clock while he was thinking.
"Two-and-a-half minutes?" he wondered aloud, but the other player didn't respond.
Just after the 30-second mark of the countdown, Owen released his cards.
Just after that, we came to Dario Sammartino's table and he had put in a bet of 3,600 on a board of out of the small blind. An opponent in middle position raised to 9,200 and Sammartino called. on the river, Sammartino checked and his opponent piled for 32,300 effective. Sammartino thought a few minutes and decided to fold.
Yesterday we reported that the EPT is sometimes a family affair as was the case with the Decamps. Florian Decamps was eliminated in the middle of Day 1b, while Derek Decamps' day yesterday started off slightly better before his stack dwindled down to around 9,000.
Derek Decamps was able to bag up 20,100 for the day, however, if he wasn't the first one eliminated on Day 2, he was very close to it. His tournament was over on the very first hand of today after he shoved all-in from the big blind after an opponent raised to 3,000 from mid-position. His opponent called. Decamps turned over and was unable to get help from the board against his opponent who turned over .
Ari Engel had checked in the hijack and was facing a wager of 6,500 from a cutoff opponent on a board. Engel called to see an river. He checked and then called another bet of 9,500, and his opponent tabled for a set.
On a flop of , Jens Lakemeier (big blind), Atanas Kavrakov (hijack) and the player on the button all checked. The three of them left the 8,900-pot untouched on the -turn as well. With the completing the board, Lakemeier bet 7,000. Kavrakov now shoved all in for 16,300 and the button folded right away. It showed Lakemeier wasn't too happy about that as he sighed heavily. After about two minutes in the tank, Lakemeier folded.
Matas Cimbolas raised to 2,500 and said in table chat "I promise you a big pot," then short stack and three-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael Gathy moved all in. Attila Valentai in the big blind asked for a count and the shove of Gathy was for 17,500. Valentai called and so did Cimbolas.
On the flop, Valentai bet 13,500 and Cimbolas gave it some thought. "This doesn't make any sense," the Lithuanian said and folded face up.
Michael Gathy:
Attila Valentai:
Cimbolas patted himself on the shoulder for the good fold, and the turn and river were both blanks to eliminate Gathy. "I promised you a big pot, but we messed up," Cimbolas added to Valentai.
Romain Lewis raised to 2,300 and David Peters just called in the big blind, then checked the flop of . Lewis continued for 2,500 and Peters check-raised to 7,200 before calling another raise to 15,500 by Lewis. Both players then checked the turn and river.
Peters turned over the and Lewis mucked, dropping back to around starting stack.
Marco Caza was one of the big stacks on Day 1 and 2 of the EPT13 Barcelona Main Event before settling for 43rd place and added a 21st place in the Eureka Main Event here in Prague to his poker resume. Caza won't be cashing in the last ever EPT Main Event though, as he just bowed out against fellow Canadian Lucian Draghici.
Draghici opened from the button, Caza shoved for around 18,000 in the small blind and the action folded back to Draghici. He called with and Caza sighed, then turned over for the slightly inferior pocket pair.
After a board of , Caza failed to improve and left the tournament area with a "nice hand."
Dorian Rios Pavon bet 6,000 from the cutoff after Sylvain Loosli checked to him on a flop of , and the Frenchman proceeded to shove all in. Pavon snap-called with kings and was good against the jacks of the former November Niner. The board ran out and Pavon doubled through.
, Ramos called a bet from Haim Magrilshvili for 3,500. Ramos tanked before giving up on his hand when facing a bet of 8,500 from Magrilshvili after the 
appeared on the turn.
. Owen was in early position and deciding whether to call off his last 23,200. A player across the table called clock while he was thinking.
river, Sammartino checked and his opponent piled for 32,300 effective. Sammartino thought a few minutes and decided to fold.
and was unable to get help from the board against his opponent who turned over 
board. Engel called to see an 
river. He checked and then called another bet of 9,500, and his opponent tabled 
for a set.
-turn as well. With the 
completing the board, Lakemeier bet 7,000. Kavrakov now shoved all in for 16,300 and the button folded right away. It showed Lakemeier wasn't too happy about that as he sighed heavily. After about two minutes in the tank, Lakemeier folded.
flop, Valentai bet 13,500 and Cimbolas gave it some thought. "This doesn't make any sense," the Lithuanian said and folded 
face up.
turn and 
. Lewis continued for 2,500 and Peters check-raised to 7,200 before calling another raise to 15,500 by Lewis. Both players then checked the 
, and the Frenchman proceeded to shove all in. Pavon snap-called with kings and was good against the jacks of the former November Niner. The board ran out 
