EPT Barcelona €50,000 Single-Day High Roller champion Mike Watson opened to 1,800 from early position and was called by Tamer Kamel in the cutoff.
On the flop, both players checked to see the on the turn. Watson now bet 16,00 and was called by Kamel.
The river brought the and Watson bet again, this time for 4,500. Kamel responded with a raise to 18,700 which represented over a third of Watson's remaining stack.
Watson deliberated for a bit before opting to fold his hand and send the pot across the table to Kamel.
Jon Ander Vallinas opened for 2,000 from under the gun and was called by Francesco Procida in early position. Xuan Liu defended her big blind and they went three ways to the flop.
The flop came and Vallinas continued for 1,500. Procida called while Liu tossed her cards away.
On the turn, Vallinas went for a bigger sizing and decided on a bet of 9,000. Procida went into the tank for about a minute before eventually folding.
With 17,500 in a three-bet pot on a board, Gaelle Baumann opened to 6,000 from the big blind and Josef Blazek was rather quick to call.
On the turn, Baumann continued for 17,000 and Blazek took his time before making the call.
The river brought the and Baumann took nearly 90 seconds before checking over to Blazek. Blazek needed about 90 seconds himself before putting in a bet of 30,000, which was equal to 60% of Baumann's stack.
Baumann deliberated for over two-and-a-half minutes before finding a call.
Blazek could only show and Baumann turned over for ace-high and took down a pot of over 100,000 chips.
With about 30,000 in the pot on the river on a completed board of , Fred Coranson faced an all-in bet for his last 20,000 chips by Stephen Kehoe.
Coralson opted to call it off and saw Kehoe show for a set of kings with a jack kicker.
Coralson frustratedly tossed his cards, revealing the , for the final king in the deck, but only a for his kicker, ending his day short of its completion, while Kehoe is now solidly among the chip leaders.
After 227 of 749 runners qualified from the first flight, the surviving 493 players from the 1,485 entries in the second flight have now created a Day 2 field of 720 players that have made their way through the first day. These 720 runners, in addition to last-minute registrants, will play for the title of EPT Barcelona Main Event champion and the prize pool of €10,834,900 so far.
Players who did not get through the first two flights may register once more before the start of Day 2 and begin with 20 big blinds in hopes of spinning their way up to glory.
After Anthony Cierco took down the Day 1a chip lead with 322,000, it was Ireland’s Stephen Kehoe who dominated the second flight as he had 150,000 chips by the third level and finished the day with a whopping total of 331,500.
Rounding out the top-five are Andre Moreira Marques (315,000), Paulo Rodrigues (283,000), Felipe Ketzer (282,500), as well as Emanuel Lopez (272,500).
Top 10 Day 1b Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
1
Stephen Kehoe
Ireland
331,500
2
Andre Moreira Marques
Portugal
315,000
3
Paulo Rodrigues
Netherlands
283,000
4
Felipe Fontoura
Brazil
282,500
5
Emmanuel Lopez
Argentina
272,500
6
Vincent Mozgawa
France
259,500
7
Stanislav Urodlivchenko
Ukraine
255,000
8
Jonathon Darling
Italy
242,500
9
Maher Nouira
France
231,000
10
Peter Jaksland
Denmark
229,500
PokerStars AmbassadorsRafael Moraes (155,000), Andre Akkari (68,000), Sam Grafton (58,000), and Benjamin Spragg (42,000) will return on Wednesday with the opportunity to make a run at EPT glory.
Some of the other names coming back for Day 2 include Chino Rheem (215,000), Ghattas Kortas (210,000), Patrik Antonius (189,000), Jason Wheeler (159,000), Daniel Pastor (147,000), Gaelle Baumann (138,000), and Stephen Chidwick (134,000) on top of many others.
Those who gave it their all but fell short despite some firing multiple bullets include Dario Sammartino, Timothy Adams, Robert Mizrachi, Henrik Hecklen, and Vanessa Kade.
Players coming back to Day 2 will begin at Level 11 on 1,000/1,500/1,500 blinds. Six 90-minute levels will be played each day until the conclusion of the tournament, with 20-minute breaks taking place after every level. A dinner break will take place at the discretion of the tournament directors.
Keep it tuned right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand providing all the spectacular action all the way until the tournament concludes on Day 6 on Sunday, August 21st.