Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€10,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,087,800
Entries
111
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Adams Doubles Through Paur
Timothy Adams was all in with the 
against the 
for Taylor Paur. The board ran out 
and Adams doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
160,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
De-Seived
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Joao Vieira opened preflop to 8,000 from the button and Scott Seiver defended in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Seiver check-raised Vieira's 13,000 continuation bet to 43,000. The Portuguese player made the call to see the 
on the turn. Seiver now bet 36,000 and again Vieira made the call as the pot began to swell.
The river was the , putting four to a straight on the board but Seiver continued his aggression, betting 80,000. Vieira tanked for several minutes before he eventually made the call.
Seiver flipped 
but he could only bow and shake his head as Vieira turned over 
for a rivered straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
145,500
|
145,500 |
|
||
|
85,000
-242,500
|
-242,500 |
Mart-yred
David Martirosyan, who was earlier chip leader, is now out after his last few chips went in with 
against Timo Pfutzenreuter's 
when the board came 
.
Former EPT Tallinn champion, Ronny Kaiser, has also been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Duhamel Takes the Chip Lead
Igor Kurganov raised to 8,000 from the cutoff seat and Jonathan Duhamel reraised to 20,500 from the small blind. Kurganov called and the flop came down 
. Duhamel bet 23,500 and Kurganov folded his hand. With this pot, Duhamel has climbed over the 400,000-chip mark and into the chip lead.
With all of the hoopla surrounding the year Dan Smith is having, one can't forget about all that Duhamel has done on the felt in 2012. Coming into this event, Duhamel has earned over $1.4 million in this year and moved himself over the $11 million mark for lifetime tournament earnings. So what exactly has he done in 2012? Below are some of the highlights.
- PCA $100,000 Super High Roller: 4th place — $313,600
- PCA $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo: 5th place — $17,990
- PCA $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max: 1st place — $239,830
- PCA $25,000 High Roller: 2nd place — $634,550
- L.A. Poker Classic $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em: 2nd place — $121,115
- WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars $9,500 Championship Event: 13th place — $25,620
- WSOP Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry: 21st place — $22,885
- WSOP Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed: 38th place — $21,832
Duhamel now has the chip lead and will be looking to a second EPT High Roller title to his tournament record. Im 2011, Duhamel won the EPT Deuville High Roller for €200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
415,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
150,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Queens for Duhamel
After Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel opened with a raise, Steven Silverman reraised to 23,000. Duhamel then four-bet to 47,500 and Silverman made the call to see a flop.
The dealer ran out the 
and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Duhamel checked and Silverman bet 32,000. Duhamel called.
The river card was the and both players checked.
Silverman showed the 
for a pair of tens, but that wasn't good against the for Duhamel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,000
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
|
||
|
210,000
121,100
|
121,100 |
Fallen Angel
Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen pushed his short stack into the middle for his last 35,000 or so from the small blind and he was snap-called by Taylor Paur in the big blind.
Guillen: 
Paur: 
The board came 
to send the Mexican player home.
Tom-Aksel Bedell has also been eliminated
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Chip Counts at the Dinner Break
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
354,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
|
||
|
328,000
298,500
|
298,500 |
|
327,500
227,500
|
227,500 |
|
|
327,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
|
311,500
46,500
|
46,500 |
|
|
||
|
307,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
305,500
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
305,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
260,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
247,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
227,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
|
197,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
195,500
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
|
184,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
167,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
158,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
154,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
151,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |
|
138,500
51,500
|
51,500 |
|
128,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
|
120,500
60,500
|
60,500 |
|
106,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
94,500
-125,500
|
-125,500 |
|
|
86,000
-119,000
|
-119,000 |
|
81,500
-23,500
|
-23,500 |
|
|
||
Dinner Break
Level 11
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. See you back here in an hour. In the meantime, check out PokerNews' coverage of the EPT Barcelona Main Event.