Aussie Millions Champion Ami Barer Leads Final 21 Into Day 3
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Day 2 of the massive European Poker Tour Barcelona €10,300 High Roller has come to a close. Just 21 players remain in the event, which means play could take quite some time on Day 3 to crown a winner. No matter how long it takes, though, tomorrow will see someone walk away a champion and €747,200 richer.
Leading the survivors at the end of the night was Ami Barer, winner of the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event back in January. Barer just outdid Ismail Erkenov at the end of the night thanks to an added boost from busting Benny Spindler in the final hand. He'll take 1.953 million into Day 3, while Erkenov bagged up 1.92 million.
Plenty of other notables are remaining in the field, including one Team PokerStars Pro and one PokerStars Team Online member. Jason Mercier is that of the former, and he finished with 888,000. Marc-Andre Ladouceur is that of the latter, and while he may be predominantly an online player, he was able to bag up 909,000 in this major live event.
Then there's Stephen Chidwick (1.491 million), Dario Sammartino (1.031 million), Alexander Roumeliotis (790,000), Vladimir Troyanovskiy (554,000), Nicolas Chouity (545,000), Juha Helppi (472,000), Dylan Linde (400,000), and Angel Guillen (269,000). Needless to say, the final day won't be lacking any firepower.
Day 3 will commence at 12 p.m. local time, and you can find the starting seat draw below:
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 736,000 |
| 2 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 1,650,000 | |
| 3 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 472,000 | |
| 4 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 545,000 | |
| 5 | Dylan Linde | United States | 400,000 | |
| 6 | Maxim Panyak | Russia | 377,000 | |
| 7 | Carlos Chadha | Canada | 788,000 | |
| 8 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 1,031,000 | |
| 2 | 1 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 1,900,000 |
| 2 | Yves Boschetti | Switzerland | 752,000 | |
| 3 | Alexander Roumeliotis | Sweden | 790,000 | |
| 4 | Ismail Erkenov | Russia | 1,920,000 | |
| 5 | Ami Barer | Canada | 1,953,000 | |
| 6 | Angel Guillen | Mexico | 269,000 | |
| 3 | 1 | Sergi Reixach Lloveras | United Kingdom | 175,000 |
| 2 | Agshin Rasulov | Azerbaijan | 778,000 | |
| 3 | Jason Mercier | United States | 888,000 | |
| 4 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 1,491,000 | |
| 5 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | Canada | 909,000 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 554,000 | |
| 7 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 1,260,000 |
Until tomorrow, this is PokerNews signing off, and we'll see you back here tomorrow.
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fell. The turn was the 
, and that left Spindler down to just one final card to hit either an ace or a nine. When the 
was put out on fifth street, Spindler knew he was done for and made his way to the exit. Barer stacked up the new chips and just might be the end-of-day chip leader because of it.
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, and Chidwick bet 16,000. Chouity called, and the turn was the 
. Chidwick bet again and made it 33,000 to go. Chouity put in a raise to 76,000, and Chidwick called. It was at this point that Behbehani looked over to Jason Mercier and acknowledged that he was about to be eliminated.
for just a pair of sevens, and Chidwick showed the winner with the 
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wasn't going to win anything in this pot.
flop was still pretty save, but the 
that paired the board on the turn.
from his hand, then mucked the other card.
flop, it was Sowa who checked to Vieira, and the Portuguese man made a continuation bet worth 21,000. Sowa check-raised to 60,000, and Vieira made the call.
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