Frederico Spilimbergo Volpe remains among the top stacks just before dinner, but he just took a hit when Aeragan Arunan doubled through him. Arunan had raised and then four-bet shoved for 207,000 into Volpe's three-bet of 53,000, and Volpe called.
Frederico Spilimbergo Volpe:
Aeragan Arunan:
The board came and the Brit kept his hopes of a deep run alive.
James Romero also lost a minor chunk of his stack, 108,000 to be exact, when Hady El Asmar doubled with against his . The board of provided both kickers of each player and El Asmar doubled.
Last but not least, Pim Kuipers doubled his stack of 162,000 with against the of Tibor Nagygyorgy. The board of gave both players a set.
Action folded to Carlos Lopez in the small blind and he pushed all in. Big blind Kyle Bowker had 210,000 behind and tanked for a bit before he committed his chips.
Carlos Lopez:
Kyle Bowker:
The board ran out and Bowker was guaranteed a double up on the turn.
Bartolome Gomila was all in for 65,000 and Benjamin Rolle called from one seat over.
Bartolome Gomila:
Benjamin Rolle:
The coin flip for the Spaniard left him down to runner runner outs on the flop and the was a start, but the river bricked off to send Gomila to the rail.
According to the screens, there are just 107 players remaining and they have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break. Another two levels of 90 minutes each will be played tonight before the survivors bag and tag their chips. Action will resume at approximately 9.05 p.m. local time.
Alexandru Baron, who finished 11th in the 2016 EPT Barcelona Main Event here at Casino Barcelona, was one of the shorter stacks coming back from dinner. He just moved all in from early position and was called by Hugo Gomes Andrade in the big blind.
Alexandru Baron:
Hugo Gomes Andrade:
The board came and Baron had to settle for 107th place this time around.
David Docherty opened from middle position for 21,000. Two positions down, in the cutoff, Xavier Carriere shoved for what looked like 194,000. The button and blinds got out of the way, Docherty called.
The next two casualties after the dinner break are Pavel Nikolaev and Leoonardo Baena. The latter three-bet all in for nine big blinds and Benjamin Richardson as initial raiser called.
Leoonardo Baena:
Benjamin Richardson:
The board came and Richardson got there to send Baena to the rail.
Action folded to Asi Moshe in the cutoff and he shoved for 215,000. Her neighbor, Nadia Wanzi, pondered for a bit, said "21 big blinds, huh?" and called. Both blinds quickly released.
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