The Belgian-born player Simon Vleminckx
Day 1C of the Spanish Poker Championship (CEP) exceeded all expectations, adding another very good 277 entries to the overall count, which now, along with the 156 from Day 1A and 187 from Day 1B, raises the global count to 620 entries. With this, the partial prize pool accumulated up to this point already amounts to €261.020 (US$300.275).
With a buy-in of 500 and entering the final stretch of its qualifying phase, this central tournament on the schedule has the last two flights available, with Day 1D starting, like previous days, at exactly 15.30h (local time), while Day 1E Turbo will be played on Saturday morning, starting to deal cards at exactly 11.00, aiming to gather this last group of qualifiers directly for the action of Day 2, which will begin at 16.30.
Simon Vleminckx at the top
The central tournament of this Barcelona festival continues its development and has already passed the first half of its qualifying phase. Now, in this third flight, a new group of 65 players who bagged chips culminated with Vleminckx’s overall lead. The chips were distributed more evenly today, with Nicolas Desfrennes bagging 297.000 for second place on the leaderboard and Ahmad Abdelhadi
Entering the final part of the day, Simon had a very active participation, knocking more than a couple of opponents out of the competition. In an ideal spot that added good chips to propel him to the lead, he faced his opponent’s all-in from the SB for around 20.000 points with A K, calling immediately with his pair of A A, dominating completely in his favor. The board 5 4 10 5 2 confirmed his opponent’s elimination and left him in a better position to apply pressure later on.
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In the final hands of the session, Vleminckx ended another player’s dream when the action reached the river showing 4 A 4 Q 7 with about 27.000 points in the middle. From the BB, someone bet about 17.000, and on the BTN, the Belgian asked for his remaining 45.000, which the opponent eventually accepted only to receive bad news: with 4 5, he was completely beaten on the final community card, after turning over his A Q which paled in comparison to Simon’s set of fours.
CEP Barcelona – Main Event Day 1C
Buy-in: €500
Entries: 277
Prize pool (partial): €116.617
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