POKERSTARS EPT: BARCELONA - AT A GLANCE

[Djinn]

Chip Leader - Les Kerrigan - 40,000
Following closely (and maintaining that if he hadn't just lost a pot before the break, he'd be in front) - Thomas Wahlroos - 36,500

[snoopy1239]

Ian Woodley has just doubled up

Flop =

Woodley bets, MB calls.

Turn =

MB bets, Woodley makes it 6k, MB moves all-in, Woodley calls for his last 3k.

A-A vs 9-9

A blank on the River and Woodley is up to 25k.

[Djinn]

Jonny 'Texas' Hewston disappeared a little ways before we made our breathless arrival - now Jon brings us some rather startling news: it appears that in Texas' final hand, he wasn't actually cleaned out of chips, but got up and walked off before seeing that he still had 1,000...that little stack has now been blinded off. 

[snoopy1239]

John Kabbaj -- 10,850
Les Kerrigan -- 42,500
Roland De Wolfe -- 18,775
Ian Woodley -- 24,775

[snoopy1239]

Stuart Fox is OUT

Mateygirl moved in for 6k with T-T. Foxy called with A-A. Ten on board.

Ivey then finished him off.

Meanwhile, Roland De Wolfe is up to around 35k after first suriving an all-in with the bare Ace on an all hearted flop, and then having his flopped straight (5-6s on a 9-8-7 board) paid off by Mateyboy's Pocket Ladies.

[Djinn]

Some counts, then, as they dwindle to just 152(!)

Peter Smythe   12,000
Ingemar Backman  23,700
JP Kelly              10,000
Karl Mahrenholz    6,650
Les Kerrigan        43,000
Ben Grundy         8,900
Rob Hollink         16,300
Praz Bansi            OUT
Jeff Buffenbarger  OUT

[Djinn]

On a board of , Nick 'Gwibbo' Gibson check-raises Jan Sjavik's 4.5k raise all-in. Sjavik folds after a lenghty dwell.

He just can't sit still can he?  Literally moments earlier, he took on a button raiser from the big blind.  The flop came:  .  Nick checked, the button bet 1,300, and Nick raised to 3,500.  A bit of a think later, and the Button moved in on him.  Sitting with what I call 'statue arms' he waited to see if Gwibbo would call, and he took his time, getting the pot and raise separated and thinking about the extra 12,875 precisely to him.  After counting it out of his stack, he passed - BA Kildalen made a brave effort to get the re-raiser to show his hand, "for the cameras!" before they moved on.

[snoopy1239]

Stephen Pearce -- 22,500
Julian Thew -- 32,300
Nick Gibson -- 29,850
Phil Ivey -- 27,850
Umberto Brenes -- 7,900
Roland De Wolfe -- 22,800
Ben Grundy -- 6,100
Torstein Iversen -- 8,000
Tony Chessa -- 21,500
Rob Hollink -- 14,350
Johnny Lodden -- 13,950
Peter Smyth -- 10,950
JP Kelly -- 7,325
John Kabbaj -- 12,725
Barney Boatman -- 9,525

[snoopy1239]

Level 7: Blinds = 200/400 (50)
Next Level: 300/600 (75)
240 entries
130 left
Average Stack = 18,461
15 minutes left at this level

[Djinn]

JP News Now -

He's up to a moderate 14,000, but not going nuts at this stage, exhibiting a quiet solidity not usually attributed to him... despite the lack of recklessness, when he started raising every hand (albeit with AA then AA then AK) he only took down the raise in front of him each time, without coaxing anyone to gamble.  He says only two hands near the beginning of the comp are all players have seen, so he must be as much a mystery as the players on either side of him, who he admits are pretty tidy.  Photos coming...

[snoopy1239]

JP Kelly -- 13,300
Marc Naalden -- 5,900
Ben Grundy -- 4,650
Ulriksen -- 26,950
Roland De Wolfe -- 27,500
Tony Chessa -- 23,100
Rob Hollink -- 21,750
Johnny Lodden -- 19,750
Nick Gibson -- 34,500
Peter Gould -- 17,475
Jan Sjavik -- 6,725
Ian Woodley -- 34,150
Cai Lin -- 27,750
Barny Boatman -- 8,850
Phil Ivey -- 20,675
Stephen Pearce -- 17,100
Humberto Brenes -- 18,200

[snoopy1239]

Martin Wendt is OUT

A race with Ian Woodley.

5-5- vs A-Js

Ian hit a fush draw on the flop, but it was the Ace on the River that finished Martin off.

Fabrice Soulier is also OUT

[Djinn]

Double up for JP!

I noticed he had a bigger stack (well double the size) as he got moved next to Ian Woodley - it turns out that the Tilter on his other table did in fact end up doubling him up - he found on the big blind, Tilter raised to 1,800, JP made it 5,600 and gave the guy the 'weak stare-down' - eventually he pushed in with his and the chips drifted JP-wards...

[snoopy1239]

Players are now on a ten minute break.

Blinds will be 400 and 800 with a running ante of 100.

There are 108 players remaining.

[snoopy1239]

Barny Boatman is OUT.

J-4o vs 8-8 on a flop of

Turn =

River =