European Poker Tour Barcelona: Traditional Offline Players Face Challenges

The European Poker Tour in Barcelona saw significant eliminations and strategic plays. Simon 'C Darwin2' Mattsson was eliminated in a tough hand during the 4th day of the main tournament.

Aleksey Gortikov, the last Russian representative, was eliminated on the first level of the day with Ad Kh against Ah Qh of Sergey Golodyuk and became 44th. Michael Chi Jang with Ax 6x beat Sergey Chudopal with Ax Jx. Mikhail Gutiy eliminated Belgian Anthony Shimkovich with Ax Kx > 8x 8x, his stack grew to 2 million, but in his last hand he lost to Patrick Clarke from Ireland.

Shahabiddin Muradov was eliminated with Ax Qx against 7x 7x of Polish Petr Nurzhinsky. Denis Shafikov held out the longest in the main tournament, stopped by Pedro Marquez on the 18th place. John Juanda and Ognyan Dimov had chances to become two-time winners of EPT, but John finished 9th and Ognyan made it to the final with the 3rd stack.