Joining the action on a flop of , Juan Bautista Mecho Segarra checked out of the big blind and Carl Ohlund bet 1,500. Israel Oliver Carriazo raised to 5,000 on the button and Mecho Segarra, as did Ohlund.
The appeared on the turn and Mecho Segarra immediately bet 10,000. Both opponents folded and the Spaniard claimed the pot.
If there was any doubt that the guarantee of €50,000, which equals 25 entries, was in doubt, that thought had vanished near the end of level one. With four tables running and most of them full ring, the attendance has grown to 34 entries and another prize pool here in the Casino Barcelona will be far bigger than initially guaranteed.
Harcharan Dogra Dogra finished 7th in the record breaking and last-ever EPT Barcelona Main Event in August last year, and he sat down over on table 18. 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons joined him there soon after along with Josep Maria Galindo Lopez, and he is also the last of his kind as the November Nine format has been banished after nine years.
On the heads-up turn of , Arturo Espuny Juarez and Catalin Pop both invested 3,000 chips and then saw the appear on the river. That killed off all further action, as both players checked. Pop flashed and Espuny Juarez claimed the pot with for two pair.
888poker ambassador Nicolau Villa-Lobos, Guillem Cusco Bach and Aleksei Istomin sat down over on table 19 and were waiting for players from the other tables to arrive in order to balance the field. The field is growing further and the two biggest names in Patrik Antonius and Michael Mizrachi are yet to register.
Three players invested 3,400 each to see a flop of and among them was also Juan Bautista Mecho Segarra. The Spaniard immediately bet 6,200 when it was checked to him, and that claimed the pot uncontested.
Mecho Segarra is the early chip leader, followed by fellow countryman Samuel Hernandez Ruiz, who forced a fold from Kimmo Kurko in a bigger pot without showdown
There are more than 40 entries now and the fifth table is almost filled. Among those new faces are Bence Szaszko, Rembert Net and Alberto Flores Trujillo. The latter already cashed in the €220 Opening Event and is looking for another cash here in Casino Barcelona.
Catalin Pop raised to 1,000 from early position and William Kassouf in the big blind as well as Carlos Vallve Arias in the big blind called. The flop came and the action checked to Pop, who won the pot with a bet of 2,500.
Kassouf has taken some early hits and dropped chips, and the same also applies for Ema Zajmovic. However, nothing much has happened in the first two levels.
Joining the action on the flop of , Hubert Stachowski in the small blind checked and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez in the cutoff bet 1,400. Stachowski check-raised to 3,400 and then faced a reraise to 12,000 before making it 42,000 to go.
Galindo Lopez moved all in and Stachowski called with an almost even stack.
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez:
Hubert Stachowski:
The turn and river completed the board and the stacks were counted. Galindo Lopez had 98,200 and his opponent slightly less to result in the first seat open for today.