€1,100 EPT National Jour 1b | 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€1,100 EPT National

Jour 1b a débuté

2019-08-21 18:56 UTC+2

Day 1b of the €1,100 EPT National Set to Start at 7 PM

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Day 1b of the 2019 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €1,100 EPT National is set to start at 7 p.m. local time here at Casino Barcelona. Last year, Jean-René Fontaine walked away with the €547,000 first-place prize by defeating Julien Martini heads-up in a 4,348-strong field which showed up. 1240 players were showing on the tournament clock as registered for the first of four starting flights and many more expected to join over the next three chances to make it into the money on Day 2.

Eight levels of registration will be open which last 30 minutes each with a 20-minute break after every four levels. Each player will receive 30,000 in chips and be battling it out until there’s 15% of the field left at the end of the day. This is when play will end and all remaining players can bag and tag their chips for Day 2 while celebrating the fact that they are in the money.

Day 2 will take place on the 23rd of August where all remaining survivors will combine and play down to a winner on Sunday, August 25 while levels will be increased to 60 minutes.

Follow along with the PokerNews updates as the live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the happenings right here from sunny Spain.

Niveau: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

2019-08-21 19:09 UTC+2

First Familiar Faces

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Niveau 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Michal Lubas	30,000	30,000
Ludovic Geilich	30,000	30,000
Nacho Barbero	30,000	30,000
Francois Evard	30,000	30,000
Ali Reza Fatehi	30,000	30,000
Artur Rudziankov	30,000	30,000

2019-08-21 19:23 UTC+2

Over 300 Entries

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Niveau 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

With the tournament clock showing over 300 entries, Day 1b of the National is promising to be a busy one. Jean-René Fontaine, the defending champion, has taken his seat too for the first time today.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jon Kyte	30,000	30,000
Kitty Kuo	30,000	30,000
Salvatore Camarda	30,000
Petar Kalev	30,000	30,000
Michael Kane	30,000	30,000
Ramon Colillas	30,000	30,000
Aladin Reskallah	30,000	-30,000
Andre Akkari	30,000	-2,000
Guy Goossens	30,000	30,000
Mustafa Biz	30,000	30,000
Willem de Jong	30,000	30,000
Jean-René Fontaine	30,000	30,000

Niveau: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

2019-08-21 19:36 UTC+2

Shuvalov Falls to Isaak

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Niveau 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Aleksandr Shuvalov was seen getting up from his seat and making his way out of the tournament area. His chips were being counted as being 19,700 by the time the board was dealt. Wilhelm Isaak was deemed to have him covered and Shuvalov's whole stack was pushed towards Isaak who held . According to the floor staff, Shuvalov had for a set of treys on the flop,

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Wilhelm Isaak	60,000
Aleksandr Shuvalov	Eliminé

Tags: Aleksandr Shuvalov Wilhelm Isaak

2019-08-21 19:48 UTC+2

No Luck Again for Geilich

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Niveau 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

The flop read with five players in the hand. Rahul Melwani bet 600 from the lojack and Ludovic Geilich pushed his last 1,100 in from the cutoff. The players on the button, and in the blinds all folded while Melwani made the call.

Ludovic Geilich:
Rahul Melwani:

Geilich held the overpair and Melwani had the pair of treys.

"Might as well give him the ten!" Geilich commented.

The turn was the which kept Geilich safe but the on the river sent Geilich to the rail again after having lost his first hand in Day 1a when he ran his into the of his opponent.