After Paul Newey raised from under the gun to 600, Chi Daniel Tang reraised all in for 2,525 from the hijack seat. Everyone folded, including Newey, and Tang won the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Luca Falco were heads up with the board reading . With 9,200 already in the middle, Mercier checked his action over to Falco. Falco reached for chips and flung 15,000 past the betting line.
Mercier went deep into the tank before ultimately announcing an all-in check-raise for 25,750 total. Falco called and the hands were exposed.
Mercier:
Falco:
Both players made huge hands on the flop, with Falco's set of deuces edging out Mercier's two pair. The Team PokerStars Pro needed to catch a queen or a ten on the river in order to stay alive, but found no solace when the finished off the board. Mercier made a quick exit from the tournament area while Falco increased his stack to about 69,000.
Erik Seidel and Eric Theissen took a flop of in a raised pot. Seidel had first action on the flop and he bet 2,200. Theissen called and the paired the board on the turn. Both players checked to see the drop down on the river.
Two more checks occurred and Seidel rolled over . Theissen had that beat, however, showing for a rivered pair of aces. Theissen took down the pot and brought his stack up to about 39,000. Seidel, on the other hand, dropped to 25,400.
Denmark's Martin Vallo has shot up over 100,000 thanks to flopping a Broadway straight against [Removed:2]. A big pot had developed when we arrived on the scene with the board reading . Vallo was all in for 30,750, and Maksoud tank-called. Maksoud had the , but his straight was second best to Vallo's . The river completed the board with the , and Vallo won the big pot to move over 100,000 in chips.
[Removed:17] bet 3,100 on the board, and his opponent raised to 8,275. Yan made the call, and the river completed the board with the . Yan checked, and his opponent checked.
Yan showed the for an ace-high flush, and his opponent mucked.
November Niner Federico Butteroni and Martin Kabrhel were heads up on a completed board of . With approximately 6,000 already in the middle, Butteroni cut out a bet of 4,600.
Kabrhel thought for quite some time before flicking out a single chip, signifying a call. Butteroni tabled for the nut flush, prompting Kabrhel to eventually toss his hand into the muck. With this win, Butteroni is now clawing back toward starting stack with about 27,500 in chips.
Imad Derwiche had taken his seat here in the EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event, and he's seated across the table from Theo Jorgensen. After getting situated with his chips, Derwiche asked Jorgensen if he would want to partake in a friendly last-longer bet.
Jorgensen was up for the challenge and offered to do a €2,000 last-longer bet with Derwiche. Derwiche was in for that price, and that was that. Now we get to pay a little more attention to these two with some extra cash on the line.