2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€825,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,790,000
Entries
758
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Gonçalves and De Vries Clash

Candido Gonçalves and Shander De Vries have been attacking each other on the outer five-handed table, making for an interesting dynamic there.

In one hand, Gonçalves made it 105,000 to play from the small blind, De Vries three-bet to 265,000 and Gonçalves simply called.

Flop: {7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} - Gonçalves checked, then called De Vries' 250,000 bet

Turn: {4-Diamonds} - This time both players chcked

River: {9-Spades} - Gonçalves instantly moves all-in and De vries folds just as quickly

As he is raking in the substantial pot, Gonçalves turns over {q-Spades}{10-Clubs} for a complete bluff!.

Gonçalves moves up to 3,500,000 whilst De Vries slips to 1,400,000

Tags: Candido GonçalvesShander De Vries

Luis Rufas - Table Captain

Luis Rufas seems to be taking over the feature table for the time being.

He has raised for three consecutive hands. This time his 120,000 raise was called by Konstantin Puchkov in the blinds. The flop of {a-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {4-Hearts} combined with a 130,000 continuation bet was enough to put Puchkov off an win Rufas another pot.

Tags: Luis RufasKonstantin Puchkov

Rufas Aggression

Georgios Skotadis is not getting any respect with his three-bets on the feature table. Just before the break Skotadis three-bet Kent Lundmark and folded to his four-bet shove and it had just happened again.

Luis Rufas opened the action to an undetermined amount and Skotadis made the call. The flop was {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {2-Spades} and Skotadis checked to Rufas who bet 170,000. Skotadis then check-raised to 400,000 and Rufas shoved all-in. Skotadis folded.

Tags: Luis RufasGeorgios SkotadisKent Lundmark

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

The Plan Of Action

The plan for the rest of the day is for the final ten players to be seated at two five-handed tables but when the next player is eliminated, they will all be moved to a nine-handed unofficial final table.

Play will then be paused for the day as soon as the final table of eight is reached. Just so you know!

Full Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Giuseppe Pantaleo de
Giuseppe Pantaleo
3,765,000
-369,000
-369,000
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Kent Lundmark se
Kent Lundmark
2,885,000
685,000
685,000
EPT 1X Winner
Francesco Notaro
Francesco Notaro
2,745,000
1,435,000
1,435,000
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Georgios Skotadis
Georgios Skotadis
2,405,000
1,085,000
1,085,000
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Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
2,230,000
908,000
908,000
Candido Gonçalves
Candido Gonçalves
2,220,000
20,000
20,000
Luis Rufas
Luis Rufas
2,085,000
-155,000
-155,000
Shander De Vries nl
Shander De Vries
1,980,000
-20,000
-20,000
Thor Stang no
Thor Stang
1,085,000
230,000
230,000
Jesus Cortes Lizano
Jesus Cortes Lizano
875,000
95,000
95,000
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Ognjen Sekularac Eliminated in 11th Place (€36,000)

Ognjen Sekularac
Ognjen Sekularac

Francisco Notaro raised to 200,000 - that's five big blinds - in the cutoff, only to face a reraise to 519,000 from Ognjen Sekularac in the small blind. Notaro flat-called.

Flop: {7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Sekularac announced all in, and Notaro announced call. Simple as that. It took a while to assess their relative stacks, but eventually it was found that Notaro was the player at risk, Sekularac covering him by a mere 5,000.

Sekularac: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Notaro: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Turn: {9-Hearts}

River: {5-Clubs}

It was a huge double up for Notaro - to around 2.7 million. Sekularac meanwhile was left with just 5,000. "I'm not done yet," he told the table.

But 4,000 of his 5,000 went in as the ante next hand. He tossed in his remaining 1,000 blind and out of turn from the button. Notaro raised to 200,000 and everyone else got out of the way, and once again they were on their backs.

Sekularac: {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Notaro: {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}

Board: {7-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

Thus on the last hand of the level, we were down to 10.

Tags: Ognjen SekularacFrancisco Notaro