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8:05pm: Let bagging and tagging commenceLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)

Play is finished. Rodrigo Strong is the chip leader, he tops the (approx) 55 survivors. They'll be a whole recap of the day's play shortly.

A reminder that the players' party starts at 8.30pm and they will be a large screen showing the Spain v Turkey game. --NW

Can Spain do tonight what England managed yesterday?

7:50pm: Last three handsLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)

The clock was paused and players will play three more hands before they're done for the day. --NW

7:45pm: Strong finish from RodrigoLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)

Rodrigo Strong won an LAPT title in Chile earlier this year and he's heading in the right direction to take down a ESPT/UKIPT title here in Marbella as he just won two big pots to vault into the chip lead.

In the primary he shoved for 323,000 at the river of a 2♣T♠2♦5♣4♦ board and Darren Millar was the person with the verdict. There has been the same amount already within the pot and at last Millar elected to call.

Strong showed J♣J♠ and a frustrated Millar opened A♣T♦. As Strong was still stacking chips he won another big pot against Jose Luis Gonzalez. With those back to back pots it's likely he'll finish the day as chip leader. --NW

7:30pm: More for GilmoreLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)

Alan Gilmore just doubled through Pascal Hocquard in a premium hand v premium hand clash. Gilmore three-bet all-in for 128,000 with K♠K♥ and Hocquard, who was the unique raiser, called with J♦J♣.

A A♦9♦3♥4♣Q♥ board kept the cowboys ahead and left Hocquard with just 1.5 big blinds. --NW

7:15pm: See you later to the pink chipsLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)

Not much to report within the last QUARTER-HOUR. Probably the most significant action have been the massive stack at each table buying the five hundred denomination chips and tournament staff chipping them up because the pink chips aren't any longer needed now the ante has risen to 1,000. --NW

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7:05pm: Chip leadersLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)

As the last level of the night begins the players below are in possession of the largest stacks within the room. 66 players remain in contention and the typical stack is a shade under 320,000.

Nikola Ristivojevic - 930,000Javier Zufia - 830,000Albert Sapiano - 825,000Marko Simic - 800,000David Greene - 630,000Michael Ozimek - 610,000Lucas Blanco -  550,000

Marko Simic

6:53pm: Mejias soundly beatenLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)

It's never nice to name all-in after which see you're already drawing dead. Just ask Julio Mejias. 

He and Marko Simic  made it to the turn with a board reading 8♣7♦K♣8♦ and a large pile of 5k chips within the middle. Mejias checked from the small unaware of see his big-stacked opponent set him in for his last 70,000. The Spaniard tanked after which called off with 9♣6♣ for an open-ended straight and flush draw. Simic already had a ship with 7♥8♥ and took the scalp to leap to over half 1,000,000 in chips. -- MC

6:40pm: Kubaliak double dents SchumanLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)

From early position Tomas Kubaliak shoved all-in for 88,000 and upon getting a count of the shove Jonathan Schuman re-raised all-in for just over 100,000. Everyone else folded:

Kubaliak: K♥Q♦Schuman: 7♦7♠

The 8♠T♠A♠K♦A♥ board was a fun one to sweat (in the event you weren't within the hand) but if all was said and done Kubaliak doubled to about 200,000 whilst Schuman was left with only a few big blinds. --NW

6:30pm: Happy ending for LiperisLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)

From early position Pablo Rojas raised it as much as 19,000 just for Yannis Liperis to re-raise all-in for 127,500 total. Rojas got a count but Liperis thought the dealer had miscounted his stack. "I BELIEVED I had about 140,000," he said to the dealer, who recounted his stack and verified it was 127,500.

"I don't love it," said Rojas who mulled over the verdict for a minute or so before folding 9♦9♠ face-up. Liperis showed pocket eights and Rojas said: "I ASSUMED along with your actions you were creating a movie."

Hollywood or not, Liperis took the pot. --NW

6:24pm: Carole sings her last songLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)

Carole Segoura found a fantastic hand to get her short stack, and there has been even some dead money within the pot too, but not much you are able to do if someone wakes up with aces behind you.

After an accidental limp under the gun, Segoura pushed with A♥K♥ from the cutoff. Olov Jansson found A♦A♠ within the small blind and made the decision before surviving a 7♣T♣7♥5♦K♦ board. -- MC

6:05pm: Liperis wins three-way potLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)

Yannis Liperis allowed a wry smile to cross his face as he collected a pot that saw him go from 58,000 to around 165,000. Within the hand in question Jose Luis Gonzalez opened to 13,000, Liperis shoved for 58,000, Manuel Leal Borges moved all-in for 38,000 total and when it folded back round to Gonzalez he too made the call.

Liperis: A♦J♣Borges: T♥T♣Gonzalez: A♠Q♥

Liperis was drawing thin but connected best with the 8♠J♦3♠8♦5♣ board to eliminate Borges and all but triple his stack. --NW

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6pm: Why does it usually Raine on Xie and Margets?Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)

While Neil Raine was making moves in a hand on one side of the room, Renee Xie and Leo Margets were busting in other parts of the room.

Raine raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and LAPT9 Chile champion Rodrigo Strong defended his big ignorant of see a T♥A♥6♣ flop where both players checked. The turn was the 5♥ and powerful led for 17,000. Raine raised to 50,000 but snap folded when Strong moved all-in.

Home country flag for Margets

No details on Margets' exit but Xie told the Blog that she busted blind on blind. Her opponent shoved into her with K-7 and he or she called all-in with A-7 but could'nt avoid a king. --MC

5:50pm: Assorted chip countsLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)

We're right down to 94 players more often than not event and the common stack is 225,000. Among those 94 players you'll find:

Albert Sapiano - 780,000Alexander Voytko - 620,000David Greene - 490,000Tinlay Tsontu - 420,000Neil Raine - 360,000Kjell Lindqvist - 272,000Leo Margets - 200,000Bob Janssens - 180,000Yannis Liperis - 160,000Diego Gomez - 155,000Will Davies - 145,000James Mitchell - 132,000Rasmus Agerskov - 120,000Kevin Monroe - 105,000June Jenkins - 95,000Renee Xie - 40,000

Sapiano surges on

5:47pm: Agerskov doublesLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)

Rasmus Agerskov and Henrique Silva has been enjoying numerous light-hearted banter today. Maybe a bit of an excessive amount of as both got short and needed to make moves. The latter shoved into the former's big blind who made the decision all-in for 57,000.

Silva: A♥8♣Agerskov: A♦J♣

The board ran K♣T♣Q♦A♣8♠. Lovely flop for the Dane and he avoided the turned flush draw to double.

Sliva was only left with a couple of thousand and he called all-in with Q♥T♦ the very next hand after an under-the-gun raise. His opponent had him crushed with pocket kings however it was Silva's turn to flop a straight because the board ran A♠J♠K♦6♣9♥. --MC

5:32pm: Halvorsen flushed awayLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)

Morten Halvorsen got his chips in ahead but an opponent flopped him dead, meaning the Norwegian just missed out at the top 100.

Theodore Vives raised from under the gun after which called after Halvosen moved all-in for around 60,000 from the small blind.

Halvorsen: A♣7♣Vives: Q♥J♥

The board ran K♥2♥4♥7♦8♠ and Vives moved as much as 242,000. --MC

5:25pm: Top ten stacksLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)

Below are the highest ten chip stacks as of the beginning of the extent. David Greene leads the way, with Albert Sapiano in second place. You'll find more selected chip counts here. 

           Name Country Status Chips

David Greene	United Kingdom	PokerStars Qualifier	890,000
Albert Sapiano	United Kingdom		705,000
Milos Skrbic	Serbia	PokerStars Qualifier	600,000
Alexander Voytko	Israel		580,000
Sergio Soler Medem	Spain		531,000
Angel Martinez	Spain		530,000
Nikola Ristivojevic	Serbia	PokerStars Qualifier	390,000
Manuel Ignacio Martin Ballester	Spain		375,000
Darren Millar	Ireland		370,000
Neil Raine	United Kingdom	PokerStars Qualifier	362,500

David Greene - chip leader

5:10pm: Action galoreLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)

One expected so much action this level after the protracted bubble period before the break. There are cries of all-in and calls from all over the room.

One of the players to double was Pablo Martinez, who was right down to ten big blinds when he shoved from the cutoff. Yannis Liperis was within the big blind and made the call.

Liperis: 5♥5♣Martinez: J♠J♣

The board ran 8♦T♥8♠Q♥J♠. -- MC

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4:47pm: Break timeLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

The players at the moment are on a fifteen minute break. --NW

4:46pm: The double ups continueLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

The bubble can have burst however the double ups continue, today is a superb day to be a shortstack.

First to double up was Tamas Konya, he shoved with pocket tens and was in bad shape against the pocket queeens of Pablo Rojas. However the T♣J♦5♥J♥3♦ board favoured Konya. He's as much as around 160,000 whilst Rojas in all the way down to 72,000.

Then Bonifacio Martine Gonzalez got his final 30,000 in holding J♣T♥ and got there against Milos Skrbic's K♣Q♦ because the board ran 6♠T♣6♣T♦8♣. --NW

4:45pm: Davide Ferrari bubble the PokerStars Marbella FestivalLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

After this kind of long bubble period there's certain level of irony that a player called Davide Ferrari is the last player to go away with nothing.

He and Neil Raine were heads as much as the turn where the board read A♠Q♣J♣T♦. Ferrari led for 17,000 after which called all-in for around 120,000 after Raine shoved from the hijack.

Ferrari: K♦Q♥ for the straight.Raine: A♣K♣ for a similar straight, but with a flush redraw.

Raine was freerolling and the flush duly came in at the 7♣ river. Raine moved as much as 280,000. --MC

Ferrari can't even buy a Fiat

4:35pm: As much as 11 bubble doublesLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

More doubles than a darts match now in Marbella as Rui Manuel Esteves Das Dores just became the 11th player to seek out a double during hand for hand play.

He shoved for 60,500 at the river of a 6♠J♣T♦9♦6♥ board and Stanislav Koleno tank called. Esteves Das Dores showed T♣T♠ for the flopped set and Koleno could only muster J♠7♥. He drops to 120,000. --NW

4:30pm: Closing in on some roughly recordLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

There was longer bubbles at the UKIPT/ESPT evidently but it's hard to bear in mind there ever being such a lot of double ups. Another hand saw two more of them.

James Mitchell thought he'd made lots more friends when he flopped a suite versus Miguel Riera however the latter turned a larger set. Mitchell had opened to 10,500 and called the shove worth 59,000.

Mitchell: 4♦4♠Riera: K♦K♥

The board ran 4♣9♣5♥K♣A♥ to make both players sets. Mitchell could only smile while Spanish players celebrated around him. --MC

4:20pm: Another hand and another double upLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

Vicente Delgado just played sherif, however it was he who was bang to rights.

I picked up the action at the river of a 6♠9♠5♦A♠3♣ board. There has been already 250,000 within the pot and Milos Skrbic had shoved for 193,000 total. Delgado was within the tank, and counted out the chips from his stack. He had 223,000 in total and finally settled on a call.

Skrbic quickly showed K♠8♠ for the nut flush and Delgado was forced to turn 8♦8♣. He's now short on chips. -- NW

Delgado's in danger

4:10pm: When will it end?Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

This is beginning to go on a little. Yet one more hand, two all-ins, and two double ups.

Leo Margets doubled Davide Sergio when her top pair was no match for the latter's turned straight and Jorn Mikkelsen somehow found the way to double through Angel Martinez.

Mikkelsen: A♠Q♣Marinez: J♥J♠

While looking ahead to other hands to finish, Mikkelsen discovered from his tablemate's that almost all of the aces and queens weren't left within the deck however the 4♠6♣2♣3♣J♣ deck four flushed him to maintain him alive. --MC

3:55pm: It's raining double upsLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

The fourth hand of the bubble period had nothing at the fifth and there have been two more double ups.

First Miguel Riera doubled through Will Davies, with pocket tens against pocket nines. The Spaniard's shove was for 29,000.

Then it was Mathijs Janssen's turn. He'd shoved for 27,000 with A♠A♦ and was up against Morten Halvorsen's 9♦8♣. When it came to the reveal Janseen slammed his aces on teh felt and said: "I told you I had the most efficient hand, I HAVE the aces."

Many have angered the Poker Gods by celebrating early however the J♥4♠5♠J♣2♣ board meant Halvorsen survived to fight another day.

On the sixth hand of bubble play Peter Zandee found a double. He'd jammed for 47,000 from the small blind with A♣7♠ and Jesper Rasmussen made the decision with pocket fives. A seven at the river meant Zandee doubled and hand for hand play continues. --NW

3:50pm: Another doubleLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)

The fourth hand of the bubble period brought another double up, this time for Mats Jungsand.

He and Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz took to a A♦T♦K♠ flop where Jungsand led for 8,000. Call. The turn was the 8♠ and Jungsand moved all-in for 57,500. Wyrzykiewicz asked for a count after which called with A♣8♣ for a turned two pair. Jungsand was in trouble with A♥Q♥ however the J♥ came to his rescue and made him a straight. -- MC

Wrzykiewicz couldn't burst the bubble

3:35pm: Marin doubles at the bubbleLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

On the third hand of hand for hand play we had the primary all-in and phone. Pre-flop Nikola Ristivojevic - who had about 420,000 - raised to 12,000 and Carlos Manuel Marin, who had just 53,000 flat called from the massive blind.

On the T♣J♥A♣ flop Marin led for 15,000, Ristivojevic set him in and, after about 20 seconds, Marin called all-in for 41,000 total. There then followed a protracted look forward to all of the other hands to be finished - in which the blinds went as much as 2,500/5,000 (500 ante) - before the cards might be revealed.

When they were turned over Ristivojevic revealed K♥3♥ whilst Marin held A♦K♣. The 2♦ turn and 9♣ river kept Marin in front and he survived. --NW

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3:18pm: At the bubbleLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

We're now at the stone bubble here in Marbella. 

Tamas Eredics is the player who's exited in 129th place. He shoved for about 40,000 with 7♦7♠ and ran smack into Sergio Soler's pocket kings. A 8♣J♦5♠5♥J♣ board meant the cowboys held up. --NW

3:15pm: Kully culledLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

Juan Carlos Bixquert and Jonathan Spaeren took it in turns to take all of Kully Sidhu's stack, eliminating him only a few spots of the money.

Bixquert's A♦6♥ stayed sooner than Sidu's K♣Q♦, the former's hand making two pair on a 2♣6♣7♠A♠8♠ board. He was all-in for 31,000. A COUPLE OF hands later, Sidhu lost his last 50,000 holding J♥J♠. Spaeren's A♠Q♥ flopped a couple on a board that ran 4♦T♠Q♠A♣8♣. The chips went in preflop.

The clock was paused while the employees double check the quantity of players left in, and hand for hand play could begin at 129, two off the money. -- MC

3pm: Five from the moneyLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

Two exits in quick succession mean 132 players remain, so the players are only five off the money now.

First to head was Mihaita Croitoru, he committed his chips at the turn of a Q♦T♦4♠8♦ board with Q♣9♣ but bumped into the nut flush of Sergio Soler and was drawing dead. Soler is as much as 490,000 and one of the vital chip leaders. 

And Lucas Blanco - who we earlier reported as being out - could be very much in as he's as much as 400,000 after eliminating Ezequiel Macho. The latter shoved for 58,000 with A♥Q♣ and Blanco called him with pocket kings. A 5♥9♥7♠4♠5♣ board meant Macho headed to the rail. --NW

3pm: My ace is greater than yoursLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

Olov Jansson didn't actually say this to Carole Segoura however the cards did the entire talking. The Swede's better kicker enabled him to win their duel and rise to 242,000; Segoura dropped to 35,000.

She opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and Jansson called to peer a T♠K♠A♦ flop where both players checked. The board ran out 5♣2♦ with Jansson betting 13,000 and 16,000 on each street. Segoura called both times and was shown A♠J♣. She showed the A♥ and mucked --MC

2:55pm: Top 10 stacksLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

Below are the highest 10 stacks as level 15 got underway. You will see more selected chip counts here.

           Name Country Status Chips

Manuel Ignacio Martin Ballester	Spain		460,000
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz	Poland	PokerStars Qualifier	425,000
Alexander Voytko	Israel		412,000
Alexandre Castells	France	PokerStars Qualifier	340,000
Marko Simic	Germany		340,000
Alberto Martinez Gonzalez	Spain	PokerStars Qualifier	285,000
Francisco Javier Zufia Tamayo	Spain	PokerStars Qualifier	285,000
Tinlay Tsontu	United Kingdom		281,800
Milos Skrbic	Serbia	PokerStars Qualifier	280,000
Sergio Soler Medem	Spain		280,000

Alexander Voytko

2:45pm: The bubble is approachingLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

The players continue to bust out at an even clip. Just 147 remain, 127 of whom gets paid. Unfortunately for Vasil Yordanov, Jose Luis Calvo, Nicholas Crozer, Niko Koop, Francisco Jose Gomez, Oscar Ingelmo, Haritz Doyharzabal, Rafael Munoz, Mateusz Moolhuizen, Dávid Farkas, Asif Warris, Ladislao Dalfo, Samuel Meeuse, Antonio Angel Ponce, Seun Oluwole, Stefano Bellisario, Theodore Vives, David Rodriguez, Jose Luis Cordero, Arie Yaaran, Lucas Blanco, Gonzalo Mancera, Martin Bader, Jon Gonzalez, Tapio Vihakas, Nihat Karyagdi, Jan Mach, Karolis Ananevas, Dimitar Dimitrov, Vojtech Susta, Luis Angel Rey, Moises Parrilla, Jorn Mikkelsen, Ivan Kalac, Daniel Nieto, Ross Mannion, David Martin Gallego and Ian Holmes they're among those who've lost their chips. --NW

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2:40pm: Margets vs SidhuLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)

Leo Margets has taken a piece out of Kully Sidhu's and risen to around 180,000 because of this. Sidhu dropped to 45,000 as a consequence.

Around 130,000 chips had made it into the center of the table by the top of the flop action. Both players went directly to check the turn and a K♠5♦3♠K♣5♠ board rested at the river. Margets was within the big blind and led for 42,000. Sidhu folded. --MC

2pm: Break timeLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)

The opening two levels of Day 2 are over and the players has been released out into the wild, ok not the wild, but outside. --NW

1:50pm: Oluwole left shortLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)

Seun Oluwole is right down to only a few big blinds after losing a large pot against Even Mikkelsen. All of it went in pre-flop with Mikkelsen in peril for 73,600 with A♣A♥. Oluwole had a large hand too but his A♦K♣ was in big trouble. The 9♣K♠Q♠6♣Q♥ board gave him some hope but ultimately kept Mikkelsen in front. 

After that hand Oluwole was left with just 8,700. --NW

1:40pm: Monroe at the slideLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)

Start of day chip leader Kevin Monroe was shaking his head after he lost a large race. Day 2 has not been kind to the Irishman as far as his stack has dropped to 152,000.

He was at the button and tanged with Sergio Veloso within the small blind, who had around 68,000. The chips went in preflop.

Veloso: A♦Q♥Monroe: 9♣9♠

The board ran J♥7♣2♦7♥Q♣.

"Lucky river!" commented Monroe. --MC

Monroe still has a number of chips to play with

1:20pm: Bad news for...Level 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)

Down to 184 players now as Davor Pavic, Heinz Traut, Gary McGinty, Francesco Utzeri, Dario Nittolo, Carlos Furelos, Vincent Gabel, Benjamin Garcia, Jelcides Monteiro, Tamas Gyori, Rossa Molloy, Giuseppe Graziano, Bartosz Jablonski, Laurent Cessy, John Power, Jokin Cendoya, Stephen Lockett and Ole Enebakk are all out. --NW

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1:10pm: The dance continues for DanceyLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)

David Dancey is as much as 75,000 after doubling through Diego Gomez. The Spaniard's cards were already face down by the point I arrived on the table but Dancey's were still showing. He'd got his final 35,000 in with pocket tens and hung on a J♦6♠2♥4♥K♦ board. Gomez is right down to 110,000. --NW

1:07pm: Turbo players having funLevel 13 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)

We wrote that Vicente Delgado had work to do after a foul begin to Day 2. Well, he's all smiles now after rebounding as much as 90,000.

Another Day 1C player happy nowadays is Renee Xie, who's turned 34,000 into 120,000. She told the Blog that she won enough money playing cash yesterday to freeroll an afternoon 1C entry, and got through. "I came back with 15 big blinds and located a double up!" --MC

Xie loving moving day

1pm: Double up for RieraLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)

Always nice to get your chips in with a dominating hand and that was the spot Miguel Riera found himself in only a little while ago. He re-raised all-in for 31,200 with K♣K♠ and Darren Millar - who had opened with K♦Q♠ - called the additional to to position the Spaniard at risk.

The 6♣5♥8♦9♠9♥ board kept Riera in front and he doubled to around 70,000 whilst Millar drops to 124,700. --NW

12:55pm: Just the job, BobLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)

Bob Janssens is as much as 370,000, which looks good for the chip lead presently. One player at this table is blinding away though as Manuel Borges - who started the day with 124,700 - is yet to turn up. --NW

12:50pm: Delgado at the slideLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)

Vicente Delgado was one players who made it through to Day 2 on the second attempt, surviving the turbo Day 1C that ran last night. He turned 25,000 into 56,000 but he's backtrack to around 27,000 already here on Day 2.

He opened to 5,200 from middle position and was called by Samain Dorronsoro at the button and Fernando Javier Garcia within the big blind. The flop fanned 6♦6♥2♣ and Delgado continued for 6,200. Garcia check-called before the 2 of them checked the 7♠8♣ turn and river down. Garcia opened 5♦2♥ and Delgado mucked. --MC

Delgado with work to do

12:35pm: Race for the exitsLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)

Carange. Absolute carnage. 30 players out within the first HALF-HOUR. Sadly for Daniel Lopez, Juan Ramos, Juan Campayo, Erik Sturkenboom, Adrian Saavedra, Oscar Lima, Francisco Manuel Esteban, Ben Warrington, Daniel Albright, Jens Hansen, Narciso Oliveras, Paul Cooper, Xavier Pinto Terra Almeida, Floyd Winterberg, Samy Salah, Roberto Perez, Eugeniu Corotchii, Istvan Pilhofer, Normunds Pukinskis and Alfredo Badolato and Kevin Whelan, who wasn't in a position to mount a comeback (see below), their tournaments are over. --NW

12:25pm: Gieles goes first, Whelan almost joinsLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)

Luuk Gieles was first player to leave today. The Dutchman came back with only 17,000 they usually were sucked up by Janina Burger.

Moments later Kevin Whelan thought he was out too. The Liverpool man opened to 10,600 from second position after which called after Daniel Gomez moved all-in for 46,700 from the following seat.

Whelan: K♣Q♣Gomez: A♠Q♠

The board ran 6♥9♥9♠Q♥6♠. Whelan was fending off but he was called back as he still had 2,000 chips left.

Minus his 300 ante, he moved all-in for 1,700 the very next hand and managed to quadruple up with J♣7♣ on a 4♣3♥J♦7♦K♦. The comeback is on! -- MC

12:10pm: Cards are within the airLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)

Play has started. We're told that today will include seven levels. We've upped the clock to 1 hour levels now in order that should mean play ends around 8pm. Quite a few time for the players to eat and prepare for the player party which begins at 8.30pm and can involve a large screen showing the Spain v Turkey match that starts at 9pm. --NW

12pm: Moving day is hereLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)

Welcome back to Day 2 of what's officially the largest ever UKIPT Marbella main event. 151 players entered last night's turbo Day 1C to take the overall choice of runners to 844, eclipsing last year's record of 841.

The likes of Kuljinder Sidhu, Renee Xie, Vicente Delgado and Mateusz Moolhuizen all got through on the second attempt and take their place among 241 Day 2 runners. Over half those players gets paid with 127 players earning at least €1,700 whilst the winner will take home €151,350.

You can see all of the pertinent Day 2 information below. Cards are within the day at noon and we think the standard ferociously fast day of poker as stacks are built and dreams dashed on what we call 'moving day'. Follow the coverage right here.

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Seat 1: Stefano Terziani, 32, Italy, PokerStars qualifier, 7,565,000

Stefano Terziani hails from Florence's suburb Scandicci and has experienced the live event final table atmosphere several times before. The 32-year-old's best result dates back to August 2012 when Terziani finished second within the IPT4 Campione Main Event, banking $131,646. He also has a WSOP final table appearance under his belt and couple more top ten finishes in EPT side events. The Italian has amassed nearly $300k in live tournament winnings so far. 

Seat 2: Stephane Dossetto, 28, Paris, France, Live satellite winner, 9,525,000

A regular in Parisian poker circles, Stéphane mainly play live poker tournaments. He won the FPS3 High Roller at Cadet for a prize of €65,000 back in November 2013, the young entrepreneur's best performance thus far. Stéphane qualified for FPS Monaco in a live satellite on the Monte Carlo Bay Casino. He's great friends with fellow finalists Romain Matteoli and Julian Fernandez and hopes to share the rostrum along with his pals . "My last name means Two Seven and it was a couple of 7s that got me into this tournament", says Stéphane, who feels very optimistic concerning the final.

Seat 3: Niall "firaldo87" Farrell, 28, Glasgow, UK, PokerStars player, 9,165,000

Arguably the largest star at the final table is 28-year-old Niall Farrell. He became a poker pro after graduating with a law degree from Dumfries University. The Glaswegian belongs to the crowd of EPT champions, winning his title back in October after taking down the EPT12 Malta Main Event for €534,330. He's closing on a $2m mark in live tournament winnings and is second to David Vamplew on Scotland's all-time money list. Farrell could also be well-known online, playing as "firaldo87" on PokerStars. His online accolades include a FTOPS Main Event title worth $236,232.

Seat 4: Julian Fernandez, 25, Toulon, France, 3,200,000

Seasonal fruit and vegetable trader Julian Fernandez discovered poker along with his father and his friends while still an adolescent however the 25-year-old from Toulon doesn't have much time for his hobby, and hasn't ever played online. "I DO NOT play fairly often   but it is a week of fun and a possibility to peer friends, play poker and revel in myself," he said, before explaining that his mates are fellow finalists Romain Matteoli "I've known him for 5 or years" and Stéphane Dossetto, "a childhood friend I've known for 15 years." Julian had played the FPS Monaco Main Event last year but didn't cash. This time he's aiming for a top five finish.

Seat 5: Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, 29, Montpellier, France, 1,105,000

A DJ by profession, Jean-Baptiste Bertrand have been playing poker for 5 years, mainly online where he plays tournaments between €10 and € 100 on PokerStars.fr. His results there include winning an evening on Stars and a regular Fifty, Bertrand bought in direct for the FPS Monaco Main Event, his second France Poker Series appearance after competing at FPS Cannes last year. However he's doing way better this time; he didn't be capable of get past the fourth level in Cannes. 

Down to simply 26k on the end of Day 1, Bertrand had a dream Day 2 - and a little of luck - when he went all in with AJ against 87 on a J87 flop and located two runner-runner kings to win the hand and end the day a few of the chip leaders. AN ENORMOUS fan already of PokerStars Live, Bertrand has identified his main rival at the final table - Niall Farrell -  who he watched in the course of the live stream from EPT Malta. With the motto "DON'T jump," Bertrand hopes to drag off an even performance tomorrow in addition to enjoy life and feature fun. "THAT IS WHAT will make me happy", he said.

Seat 6: Miguel Silva, 27, Portugal, PokerStars player, 1,260,000

Portuguese player Miguel Silva is ready to earn the largest cash of his live poker career today. His best result before reaching the general of teh FPS Monaco Main Event was third within the EPT12 Prague €1k Turbo Bounty for €20,380. That contributed to the $133k he's racked up-to-the-minute in live tournament winnings; he currently sits in 48th place on Portugal's all-time money list. Silva also made two final tables at EPT12 Dublin back in March, earning over €18k combined. However, thiis is the 27-year-old's first major final table.

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Amaya Inc. today announced that it expects to initially launch its PokerStars brand in New Jersey on Monday, March 21, 2016.

The launch quickly follows the September 2015 authorization by the brand new Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to function the PokerStars and entire Tilt brands within the State. Amaya currently expects to conduct an interim testing period with the DGE and a beta period for a limited player base beginning in mid-March.

“PokerStars is the worldwide leader in online poker and trusted by its customers for its robust and innovative technology, world-class security and game-integrity. We're honored and excited to now bring these experiences to New Jersey,” said David Baazov, Chairman and CEO of Amaya. “We’re also thankful to Morris Bailey and the fine team at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City and look ahead to a successful collaboration.”

“Resorts Casino Hotel remains to be the most well liked Atlantic City partner and residential for outstanding global brands,” said Morris Bailey, owner of Resorts. “First with Mohegan Sun and Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville and now, with PokerStars joining that portfolio, Resorts is poised to provide players the most productive online and bricks & mortar casino experiences anywhere. We think that the launch of PokerStars will further spur the positive momentum now we have already made within the New Jersey online gaming market.”

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PokerStars France offers three-max, hyper-turbo, lottery-style Spin & Go's at a number of buy-in levels starting from €1 to €100 where players can win as much as 10,000-times their buy-in. Players from around the globe can play on PokerStars France, as long as they aren't in a restricted country and feature a ecu bank account.

According to the PokerStars Blog, a Russian player with the charismatic screenname "SolidPenis" recently won a life-changing sum of €250,000 in a €25 Spin & Go on July 22 while streaming survive his aKTepnopHo Twitch account.

Since the stream was in Russian, PokerStars Team Online Pro Mikhail “innerpsy’ Shalamov took it upon himself to relate in English in a 12-minute video all of the experience.

The odds are very steep to play within the highest prize pool in Spin & Go's on PokerStars France. On the €25 buy-in level, only one in 250,000 games launch off with a €300,000 prize pool which awards €250,000 to the winner and €25,000 to both second and third place finishers.

The reactions by "SolidPenis" in the course of the stream were just as many would react in the event that they were playing the highest prize. At first, it seems that he was in shock sharing together with his viewers, "It can’t happen. It’s not happening for real?"

The Russian player makes some folds that Shalamov admits are uncommon in Spin & Go's for lower prizes including when he folded a straight when he was raised all-in by his low-stacked opponent who possibly nailed a flush when a 3rd diamond spiked the river.

Just before the general hand is dealt, Shalamov shares, "THAT MAY BE only a solid performance from 'SolidPenis'." Shortly thereafter, his opponent "DFDNFH?" shoves all-in for about 10 big blinds which "SolidPenis" calls with with about 27 big blinds. "DFDNFH?" turns over making him a nearly 70 percent favorite to win the hand.

When the flop came out , the chances for "SolidPenis" to win the hand went right down to about 20 percent although he gained two outs with the or at the turn or river giving him a straight. That may be exactly what happened at the turn when the appeared at the turn giving "SolidPenis" a straight and reworking his hand from an enormous underdog right into a greater than 77 percent favorite to win the hand.

"SolidPenis" was capable of avoid any of the cards that may give his opponent a full-house when the harmless spiked the river and awarding him the highest prize of €250,000.

His reaction at the win is simply priceless as he's in complete shock. "SolidPenis" shares together with his Twitch viewers that, "I'VE no words," before also stating, "What important thing am i able to say at this moment? Be kind to everyone, believe in love, and that i won’t say I deserved it or didn’t deserve it."

History is Made!

The €250,000 or almost $278,000 that "SolidPenis" hauled in for his victory, marks a brand new record for the volume won in online poker while streaming. The former record was set a couple of months ago when American poker refugee Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk shipped the Mountain Series — $700 Kilimanjaro, NL Hold'em, $750K Gtd for an enormous haul of $162,952 while streaming live to tell the tale Twitch.

Get Unlucky? Win Free Spin & Go Tickets on PokerStars France

Players must get really lucky to play for the highest prizes Spin & Go's offer. Among the time, players may be playing for just the minimum 2-times the buy-in in a winner-takes-all format.

With this in mind, PokerStars France is hosting a promotion aptly named Get Unlucky, where players are awarded Spin & Go tickets only for playing for the minimum prize pool these games offer. Players must opt right into a daily challenge, then play in an unlucky 13 Spin & Go's with the minimum prize awarded within a period of 24 hours to receive a free ticket to a Spin & Go together with the similar buy-in.

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This September, the cardboard Player Poker Tour is making its inaugural trip to Montreal, Canada for the arena Cup of Cards, a 29-event series hosted by the Playground Poker Club, which features $2 million in guarantees.

The CAD $1,500+$150 buy-in CPPT main event will sport a $400,000 guarantee and kicks off with two starting flights starting Sept. 10-11. The action concludes with the general table Sept. 13.

You too can win your way into the development for as low as $100+$10 or $165+$15 in satellites leading as much as the principle event that run Aug. 21, 25, 28 and Sept. 4, 8 and 9.

The series begins Aug. 18 with a $200,000 guaranteed quantum reload event. Other events at the schedule include bounties, pot-limit Omaha, pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better, crazy pineapple, big antes, dealer’s choice, five-card pot-limit Omaha, turbos, limit hold’em and more.

Click here to view all of the series schedule.

Playground Poker Club is Canada’s premier poker destination, conveniently located just minutes south of downtown Montreal within the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake. Built For Players By Players, Playground Poker Club offers unmatched cash game action 24/7 plus a perfect weekly tournament schedule.

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Advertisements looking to fill positions running a web based casino were released by land-based slot machine company WMS.

WMS Gaming, a manuacturer of slot machines for land-based casinos, is outwardly preparing to expand its interests to incorporate online casinos. Consistent with a report by Casino City Times, the Illinois company has posted ads seeking employees with experience in online gambling operations.

The ads include positions for affiliate manager, creative designer, payments director and risk analyst. The listings specify that the operation can be a UK Internet gaming company, and job positions might be based in London.

WMS has long been a premier manufacturer of hardware for land casinos all over the world. Movement toward online operations is also an try to redefine its business to incorporate the possible overshadowing of land gambling by Internet casinos.

WMS is also following the trail being set by Harrah's Entertainment, the land-based gaming giant which has begun offshore online casino operations in anticipation of eventual opening of the U.S. market. While neither Harrah's nor WMS has shown any indication of accepting US residents as customers, each may seek an advantageous position when the market conditions change.

Pressure continues to construct within the US Congress to manage online gambling and protect individual rights to select Internet casino gambling. Several bills has been introduced to supervise and tax online casinos, and both practical and philosophical reasons for regulating the industry are gainging support.

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The November Nine for 2016 is ready and lots of persons are speculating that that is probably the greatest Final Tables in years. So here at PokerNews we decided to take a look back at some November Nine's of years past. For this Throwback Thursday here's a an old preview of the 2011 November Nine.

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