At almost the same time on different tables, Sam Grafton and Yordan Mihaylov Petrov have been eliminated.
Petrov open-shoved his last 450,000 with and Jean-Jacques Zeitoun called from one seat over with the . The flop came and Petrov was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality.
Grafton shoved for what looked like 575,000 from early position and Anthony Chimkovitch reshoved in the small blind for around 725,000, Stephen Malone folded in the big blind.
Grafton:
Chimkovitch:
The board ran out and Grafton headed to the rail in 30th place, while Petrov took 31st.
Aram Sargsyan limped in from the small blind and Alisan Holozlu raised to 120,000 from the big blind, Sagsyan called.
On the flop, Sargsyan checked, Holozlu bet 90,000 and then faced a check-raise to 200,000. Holozlu called and Sargsyan checked the turn. Holozlu bet 125,000 and Sargsyan called. The appeared on the river and Sargsyan checked, Holozlu moved all in for around 375,000 and that forced a fold.
Stephen Malone raised to 100,000 in early position. Damien Luis called to his direct left, and Spyridon Koukoukis defended his big blind. On the flop, Koukoukis checked, Malone bet 150,000, Luis called, and Koukoukis folded. The turn was the , and Malone check-called a 250,000 bet from Luis.
The river brought the . Malone checked, prompting a bet of 360,000 from Luis. Malone sat back in his chair as the camera's swarmed in to capture the situation at hand. Malone, slightly annoyed by the many noises coming from the rail, folded after a minute of thought, leaving Luis to rake in the big pot. The tournament director quickly cleared the area of any spectators afterwards.
Byron Kaverman's EPT Main Event has come to an end. He opened under the gun, and saw Andrea Cortellazzi make it 285,000. Kaverman moved all in for 885,000 and Cortelazzi had no problem calling it off. Kaverman held and was way behind Cortellazzi's .
The board of saw Kaverman busted and sees Cortellazzi rocket up to 2.7 million chips. What a position for the young Italian player, with just thirty players left in the 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona Main Event and the chance to bring his biggest cash from just over $40,000 to a possible €1.122million!
Miroslav Forman was all in with and needed a lot of help to survive, up against Olli Autio's . Dominated he may have been, but the flop of gave him a flush draw.
Could Forman find a spade to dig himself out of the hole he was in? Well... no. The turn of was as much use as an inflatable dartboard to his chances, and the river saw him up and shaking hands politely. He's out of here, and Autio (pictured) now has well over 2 million.
Yet another player has fallen foul to Konstantin Puchkov, and this time it is Mazairac. Mazairac was all in and at risk for his tournament life for 375,000 with 4d4c and was called by Konstantin Puchkov, pictured, who held .
The board of sent Mazairac home and gives yet more chips to Puchkov, who over the last hour or so doesn't seem to be able to lose a hand. He's up to a little over 2 million chips.
After a very long four-bet hand on the last table, Uri Reichenstein secured another pot and the players then headed into a 20-minute break, of which only 13 remained for Reichenstein and his table mates.
Alexandru Baron 3-bet from the hijack to 250,000 after Anthony Chimkovitch had made it 80,000 to play. Chimkovitch wasn't scared by the bet and made it 480,000 to see a flop. Baron shoved all-in for 825,000 and Chimkovitch made the quickest call in history.
Chimkovitch:
Baron:
The flop of led to gasps around the watching rail and a smile from Baron. The turn of opened up outs for the re-suckout for Chimkovitch, but the river saw Baron double-through Chimkovitch in the final had before the break. Chimkovitch dwindles right down to 603,000 while Baron, who was so nearly out of the door has three times his opponent's stack.
After winning a hand against Simon Lofberg, Markus Durnegger was back up to just under one million in chips and in the small blind. He raised to 90,000 and Uri Reichenstein called in the big blind.
On the flop, Durnegger continued for 165,000 and Reichenstein called.
After the turn, Durnegger checked and Reichenstein bet 185,000, Durnegger called. The river completed the board and Durnegger checked again. Reichenstein pushed all in and Durnegger eventually called off for his last 500,000 with the . Reichenstein was behind until the last community card, but got there with the and sent the Austrian to the rail.
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and Jean-Jacques Zeitoun called from one seat over with the 
. The flop came 
and Petrov was drawing dead on the 
turn, making the 
river a formality.
and Grafton headed to the rail in 30th place, while Petrov took 31st.
turn. Holozlu bet 125,000 and Sargsyan called. The 
appeared on the river and Sargsyan checked, Holozlu moved all in for around 375,000 and that forced a fold.
flop, Koukoukis checked, Malone bet 150,000, Luis called, and Koukoukis folded. The turn was the 
, and Malone check-called a 250,000 bet from Luis.
and was way behind Cortellazzi's 
. 
saw Kaverman busted and sees Cortellazzi rocket up to 2.7 million chips. What a position for the young Italian player, with just thirty players left in the 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona Main Event and the chance to bring his biggest cash from just over $40,000 to a possible €1.122million!
and needed a lot of help to survive, up against Olli Autio's 
was as much use as an inflatable dartboard to his chances, and the 
sent Mazairac home and gives yet more chips to Puchkov, who over the last hour or so doesn't seem to be able to lose a hand. He's up to a little over 2 million chips.
river saw Baron double-through Chimkovitch in the final had before the break. Chimkovitch dwindles right down to 603,000 while Baron, who was so nearly out of the door has three times his opponent's stack.
turn, Durnegger checked and Reichenstein bet 185,000, Durnegger called. The 
. Reichenstein was behind until the last community card, but got there with the 
