Japan's Tamon Nakamura was eliminated from the tournament in 362nd place, according to his Twitter page. Nakamura will take home €3,600 for his efforts.
The schedule for the remaining day has been finalized and players will be taking a 75-minute dinner break after Level 23. They will play three more levels when they return around 10:05 p.m. local time and Day 2 will wrap up at the end of Level 26 at approximately 1:15 a.m.
Mateuz Moolhuizen raised to 50,000 from middle position before Nikita Luther three-bet to 140,000. Moolhuizen paused for a while before he four-bet to 285,000. Luther thought before five-betting all in for 950,000. Moolhuizen snap called.
Nikita Luther:
Mateuz Moolhuizen:
Luther was way behind however the flop was favourable as it came which put her way ahead. There was no more drama as the turn came the and the which gave Luther the double up.
Marco Regonaschi raised to 40,000 from under the gun before Albert Cabanellas three-bet all in for 500,000 from the hijack. Action folded to PokerStars TeamPro ambassador and PSPC winner Ramon Colillas who moved all in covering both opponent. Regonaschi called.
Albert Cabanellas:
Marco Regonaschi:
Ramon Colillas:
Colillas was in good shape to win a huge pot and eliminate both men. The flop came which kept Colillas in front. The turn was the and the river the which sent Cabanellas and Regonaschi to the rail and made Colillas one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Rafael Navas was considering the all in from Nilo Rodriguez preflop before eventually electing to call with his big stack.
Nilo Rodriguez:
Rafael Navas:
Navas took the lead on the flop as it came , the turn was the and the river the to spell the end of the tournament for Rodriguez and give Navas another boost to his large stack which is now one of the largest in the field.
Ramon Colillas was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against fellow Spaniard Sergi Panella Navarro in middle position on a flop of . Colillas checked on the flop and Navarro bet 50,000. Colillas called.
Colillas checked again on the turn and Navarro took a minute before betting 190,000. Colillas sat still before announcing "all in" and Navarro snap-called with the smaller stack of about 700,000.
Sergi Panella Navarro:
Ramon Colillas:
Colillas, who looked surprised when the opponent snapped, had two pair but Navarro had the better two pair. Nothing changed on the river for Navarro to double up and put a sizable dent in the PokerStars ambassador's stack.
Abitbol, who with $67,875 in Hendon Mob earnings is after his biggest live score, will be joined on Day 3 by fellow big stacks Gabriel Martini Nobrega (5,030,000) and Samir Benabdelaziz (5,170,000) as well as big names like four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (1,160,000), PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas and India's Nikita Luther (2,650,000) in the largest live tournament in PokerStars history, which drew 6,313 entrants spanning 79 countries.
The day began with 938 players and started off slowly after a series of delays due to technical difficulties with the electronic seat card system. But with the money bubble already burst, it still didn't take long for hundreds of players to bust and the tournament area to shrink.
Some of the players who bowed out early include Jon Kyte (912th - €1,820), Alexandre Reard (908th - €1,820) Marton Czuczor (851st - €1,820) and Marle Spragg (831st - €2,040).
Luther had a fantastic day that included a hand in the middle of the day where she five-bet jammed with pocket jacks and ran into the pocket kings of Day 1f chip leader Mateusz Moolhuizen. A jack on the flop saved Luther from busting and she received a massive double to become one of the chip leaders.
There were some setbacks Colillas and late in the day he doubled up fellow Spaniard Sergi Panella Navarro in a two pair versus two pair confrontation that put a hefty dent in Colillas' stack.
Players who were eliminated as the day played on include Dara O'Kearney (554th - €2,700) Yuliyan Kolev (422nd - €3,120) PokerStars Ambassador Steve Enriquez (394th - €3,600), Kenny Hallaert (393rd - €3,600), Chino Rheem (312th - €4,130), Alessandro Pichierri (308th - €4,130) and Dominik Panka (226th - €4,740).
Day 3 will commence on Saturday, Aug. 13 at noon local time on Level 27 with blinds of 30,000/60,000/60,000. The top prize of €600,000 and the trophy still await the eventual champion.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site tomorrow at Casino Barcelona to bring readers coverage of the Day 3 action in the ESPT Main Event.