Mustapha Kanit opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Alex Keating shoved all in for 278,000 in the hijack. The action was back on Kanit who asked for a count before making the call.
Alex Keating:
Mustapha Kanit:
It was a coin flip and Keating took the lead on the flop. The on the turn nor the on the river could help Kanit and he sent a double up to Keating.
The action folded to Steven van Zadelhoff in the small blind who made it 65,000 to go. Manuel Bardon re-raised to 200,000 in the big blind and van Zadelhoff shoved all in for 916,000. Bardon made a quick call and the cards were on their backs.
Manuel Bardon:
Steven van Zadelhoff:
Bardon was in a dominating position and the flop of didn't change anything. The on the turn left van Zadelhoff drawing to three outs and the on the river was not one of them.
Mustapha Kanit opened to 50,000 from middle position and Lander Lijo called from the button.
The flop was and Kanit threw in a bet of 45,000 that Lijo called. The turn brought the and this time, Kanit checked. Lijo bet 75,000 and Kanit check-raised all in for about 400,000. Lijo snap-called and the cards were revealed.
Mustapha Kanit:
Lander Lijo:
Kanit had a pair of kings but Lijo had kings and jacks. The river completed the board and Lijo took down the pot, ending Kanit's run in the tournament.
Antonios Paschalidis raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Parker Talbot shoved all in for 295,000 next to act. Davidi Kitai flat-called on the button and Paschalidis called as well.
The flop came and Paschalidis led out for 450,000. Kitai quickly folded and the remaining two hands were tabled. Paschalidis showed for a set of jacks while Talbot needed help with .
Talbot turned some outs when the hit the felt but the on the river was not good enough as he was eliminated in one of the last hands of the night.
Eleven hours of play in the €10,300 High Roller here at the European Poker Tour stop in Barcelona saw a field of 240 players reduced to just 26 with a winner to be crowned on Sunday.
Lander Lijo will be in pole position when play resumes at 12:30 p.m. after bagging 2,050,000, one of three players over two million in chips along with Antonios Paschalidis (2,015,000) and Timur Khamidullin (2,000,000), with Jean Ferreira (1,960,000) close behind them.
Behind them is Uruguayan Pablo Melogno who had a stunning day adding 1.6 million chips to his stack to bag 1,620,000 after coming into the day as the shortest stack overall with just 15,500.
Notables still in the field include 2016 EPT Barcelona runner-up Uri Reichenstein (1,280,000), Davidi Kitai (1,270,000) and Tony Miles (1,075,000).
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout (EUR)
Place
Payout (EUR)
1
€1,005,100
9
€88,520
2
€630,660
10-11
€72,810
3
€451,520
12-13
€61,810
4
€351,990
14-15
€53,950
5
€276,040
16-17
€47,670
6
€216,850
18-20
€42,430
7
€161,850
21-23
€37,190
8
€112,090
24-26
€31,950
Day 2 Recap
The 218 remaining players from Day 1 were joined by 22 others including EPT Prague €10k High Roller champion Henrik Hecklen, 2018 ninth-place finisher Johnny Nedved, Benjamin Pollak, Charlie Carrel and Cary Katz.
As the last entries were taking their seats, there were already players heading out the door including €25,000 and €50,000 High Roller champion Juan Pardo, and other €25,000 High Roller champion Laszlo Bujtas.
Juan Pardo was an early bustout on Day 2
The payouts were confirmed with €1,005,100 awaiting the champion and 79 players in the money.
The chip lead jumped around several players, including Mustapha Kanit and Jakub Michalak who both made sets to eliminate opponents and jump up the chip counts.
As the bubble approached Maria Konnikova was eliminated, joining fellow PokerStars Ambassadors Fatima Moreira De Melo and Kalidou Sow in falling short of the money.
The tournament went hand-for-hand three off the money to combat stalling, and the players went on a 75-minute dinner break one off the money.
When they returned it wasn't long until a short-stacked Daisuke Ogita became the bubble boy at the hands of Rafael Moraes.
Daisuke Ogita bubbles the €10,300 High Roller
Early eliminations in the money included PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas (71st - €19,380), Martin Jacobson (65th - €19,380), Patrik Antonius (60th - €19,380) and Dario Sammartino (49th - €21,480).
Seven-figure stacks were becoming more commonplace by now, with start-of-day chip leader Oleh Okhotskyi joined by Pablo Melogno, Antonios Paschalidis and Parker Talbot.
2018 champion Max Silver had a good day, but fell just short of making it through to the final day for a shot at defending his title, finishing in 35th for €24,620. Start-of-day chip leader Oleh Okhotskyi did a little better, but fell in 28th place for €27,760.
The pace of eliminations slowed to a crawl, and although Manuel Bardon topped two million chips at one point it was Lijo who secured the overall chip lead at the end of play.
As the EPT Barcelona festival comes to a close tomorrow, stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action as we crown a winner in both the Main Event and €10,300 High Roller.
flop. The 
on the turn nor the 
on the river could help Kanit and he sent a double up to Keating.
didn't change anything. The 
on the turn left van Zadelhoff drawing to three outs and the 
on the river was not one of them.
and Kanit threw in a bet of 45,000 that Lijo called. The turn brought the 
and this time, Kanit checked. Lijo bet 75,000 and Kanit check-raised all in for about 400,000. Lijo snap-called and the cards were revealed.
river completed the board and Lijo took down the pot, ending Kanit's run in the tournament.
on the river was not good enough as he was eliminated in one of the last hands of the night.
