WPT Barcelona Day 1 B

Update: 1H00 End of Day 1B

It's the end of Day 1B and Maria Maceiras just experienced three hours of nightmarish hands. Despite the fact that she was at a relatively easy table, she hasn't seen any good cards for nearly three hours and did not have enough chips to take any risks.

She has managed to win some small pots that have allowed her to stay alive but she has ended the day with a short stack of 10,100 chips.

The day ends after 8 hours of play, there are 88 players remaining of the 192 entrants with an average of 32,727 chips.

Join us again tomorrow at 3 pm for the coverage of the Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Barcelona. You'll be able to follow our three Everest Poker players:

Antoine Saout: 62,900 chips
Steven Van Zadelhoff: 29,900 chips
Maria Maceiras: 10,100 chips

See you tomorrow for Day 2 which looks to be very rich with action. 138 players will compete for a prize pool of € 1,043,200 with 36 ITM and a WPT Bracelet for the Winner!

Update: 21H40

Here is the prizepool for the WPT Barcelona :

1. 315.000€ + WPT seat in Las Vegas final + Tiffany bracelet
2. 160.000€
3. 81.000€
4. 71.000€
5. 61.000€
6. 51.000€
7. 41.000€
8. 31.000€
9. 21.400€
10-12. 12.000€
13-15. 10.000€
16-18. 8.000€
19-27. 6.300€
28-36. 4.900€

Update: 21H15 Elimination of Javier Martinez

The tournament recommenced at Level 5 with blinds at 150/300. Sortly after he came back from the dinner break, Javier found himself with a stack of 13,000 chips.

The action started after this flop: Ad 8h 7c.

Javier is big blind and he's in a heads up against Roger Hairabedian who opened to 725 and Javier paid.

The turn is: Qc

Roger bet 2,050 and our SPT Ibiza Winner raised to 6,300.

His opponent then shove all-in and Javier called for his last chips.

Javier showed Q 8 for two pair. Roger will show 7 7 -three of a kind ...

Unfortunately the river will not save Javier who is now out.

In the meantime, Maria Maceiras has almost doubled her stack and now has 15,500 chips.

Update: 19H30 Dinner Break

It's time for the dinner break. Our Everest Poker players are still in the race and will come back in an hour for 3 more hours of play.

Here is an updated chip count:

Maria Maceiras: 8,400 chips
Javier Martinez: 20,000 chips

Update: 19H00 Level 4

There are 30 minutes remaining to play in Level 4 with blinds at 100/200.
153 players are still competing for a average of 18,823 chips.

Here is an updated chip count of our Everest Poker players:

Maria Maceiras: 9,000 chips

After falling to 4,000 chips, Maria was patient and able to come back to 9,000 chips. She still needs to double up to be aggressive in the tournament.

Javier Martinez: 18,800 chips

Update: 18H00 Level 3

174 players remaining of the 192 entrants of Day 1B.

We are at Level 3 with blinds at 75/150 and 174 players remain out of 192 entrants today.

The average is 16,551 chips.

Update: 17H10 End of Level 2

It's the end of level 2 and players enjoy a 10 minute break.

Maria Maceiras just lost a huge pot of 20,000 chips and finds herself short stacked with her 4,000 remaining chips.

Maria had a straight max with 7 8 with a board of 5 6 A 6 4.

But unfortunately for our great Spanish player, her opponent shows a Full House with an A 6.

Javier Martinez is back to 15,300 chips by playing a game more aggressive and more suited to the players around him.

Update: 16H30 Level 2

Maria Maceiras is up to 24,000 chips!

Maria wins 2,100 chips on a first hit with a double pair Q T against the K K of her opponent.

Maria then wins 8,000 chips with a Full House 9 9 J J J against the straight 9 T J Q K A of her opponent with the board A 9 9 T J.

Javier Martinez was in a difficult period. Despite the fact that he had good hands, he's now down to 1, 000 chips. After two unfavorable flops (straight draw and then flush draw)and an aggressive raise from Roger Hairabedian.

Update: 15H40 Level 1

The players started the tournament 40 minutes ago with blinds at 25/50.

Javier Martinez is seated at the same table as Roger Hairabedian and Rui Cao.

Maria Maceiras begins the tournament with a smile.

Start of Day 1B

Hello and welcome to the coverage of the WPT Barcelona 2010 Day 1B at the Casino Barcelona.

140 players are expected for today's touranment with a buy in of € 3,500. Players start with 15,000 in chips with levels of 60 minutes.

Two Everest Poker players have started today:

Maria Maceiras - Team Everest - Spain
Javier Martinez Gil - Live The Dream Team - Spain

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