A three-bet to 8,000 was in front of Simon Mattsson and Ismael Bojang in the big blind four-bet to 21,500. Mattsson squeezed to 73,000 and Bojang eventually called all in for 72,700.
Ismael Bojang:
Simon Mattsson:
The flop improved Mattsson and Bojang sighed, but was immediately relieved on the turn. The river was of no importance and Bojang doubled.
In the next hand, Mattsson open-shoved for 20,000 and Julien Sitbon called all in for 17,900 from one seat over. Mattsson had and Sitbon held up with thanks to a board of . Down to 2,000, Mattsson busted the very next hand.
Felipe Ramos had nursed a stack of around 40,000 for some time but that has since vanished, and the PokerStars Team Pro was sent to the rail along with the other familiar faces below. According to Ramos, his shove was called by an opponent with queen-jack and the Brazilian failed to hold up with ace-king.
On Day 1a, 437 players registered. Yesterday, on Day 1b, 1,232 players entered. Before start of play today, another 13 signed up. That made for a total of 1,682 players, a small decrease compared to last year.
The total prize pool is €8,157,700 with €1,410,000 reserved for the winner, a lot more than Sebastian Malec won last year. Here's the total distribution of the prize pool:
Sebastian Malec is slowly working himself up to one of the bigger stacks in the room, in his quest to become both the latest EPT Barcelona and first PokerStars Championship Barcelona winner.
On an board, Malec bet 16,800 and Tatjana Zizic folded after some thought, allowing Malec to chip up to 165,000.
Per Hildebrand opened to 3,500 and Gabriele Di Giuseppe moved all in for 21,600. Hamidreza Montazeri in the cutoff reshoved for slightly more and Said El Yousfi on the button gave it some thought before folding. Hildebrand also let go and said in table chat he had ace-queen.
Julian Stuer's raise was met by the all in shove of Ivan Luca for 21,000 and Stuer quickly called when the action was back on him.
Ivan Luca:
Julian Stuer:
The board of left Luca empty-handed and he quickly exited the tournament area.
Soon after, David Peters also left from a nearby table. Alessandro Giordano raised to 3,500 and Peters shoved for 28,500 from the big blind, the Italian quickly called.
David Peters:
Alessandro Giordano:
Giordano was ahead and improved to a straight on the board of to eliminate Peters.
flop improved Mattsson and Bojang sighed, but was immediately relieved on the 
turn. The 
river was of no importance and Bojang doubled.
and Sitbon held up with 
. Down to 2,000, Mattsson busted the very next hand.
board, Malec bet 16,800 and Tatjana Zizic folded after some thought, allowing Malec to chip up to 165,000.
and Di Giuseppe doubled.
to eliminate Peters.
