Volodymir Savchenko raised to 3,000 under the gun and Sindre Hansen three-bet jammed for 29,000 from mid-position. Anthony Stumbo reshoved from the cutoff for about 80,000 and Savchenko called for less.
Volodymir Savchenko:
Sindre Hansen:
Anthony Stumbo:
Stumbo hit a favorable flop of . The turn and river completed the board and he raked on the pot with aces and fours, sending Savchenko and Hansen to the exit.
Uri Gilboa opened on the button and Cristinel Dumitru three-bet jammed a stack of about 26,000 from the small blind. Gilboa called with a bigger stack.
Cristinel Dumitru:
Uri Gilboa:
Dumitru couldn't win the flip as the board ran out to make him one of the first eliminations of the day.
Day 2 of the �5,300 Main Event here at the PokerStars and Barcelona?Casino European Poker Tour in Spain will kick off at noon local time with 720 remaining.
Leading the way Ireland's Stephen Kehoe with a stack of 331,500, who bagged the overall chip lead on Day 1b after Andre Moreira Marques finished Day 1a at the top of the counts.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIPS
1
Stephen Kehoe
Ireland
331,500
2
Anthony Cierco
France
322,000
3
Andre Moreira Marques
Portugal
315,000
4
Youness Ait Hssain
France
297,000
5
Dimitrios Angelakos
Greece
296,000
6
Paulo Rodrigues
Portugal
283,000
7
Felipe Fontoura
Brazil
282,500
8
Jack Salter
United Kingdom
282,500
9
Tien Dung Pham
Vietnam
281000
10
Enrico Mosca
Italy
278,000
There were no shortage of big poker names in the record-breaking field of 2,234 runners and many of them survived the two starting flights to see Day 2, including high stakes crusher Stephen Chidwick, longtime veteran Patrik Antonius and PokerStars ambassadors Benjamin Spragg, Sam Grafton, Alejandro Lococo and Andre Akkari, who is fresh off of a ninth-place finish in the �2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller.
Others who will be in the Day 2 field include Gaelle Baumann, Chino Rheem, Adrian Mateos and defending champion Simon Brandstrom.
Day 2 will kick off on Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/1,500/1,500 and will last for six 90-minute levels with 20-minute breaks at the end of each level. There will also be a dinner break at the discretion of the tournament directors.
The trophy and the lion's share of the �10,834,900 prize pool still await the eventual champion in the �5,300 Main Event. Stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site and ready to bring you Day 2 updates.