2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,007,550
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,247,700
Entries
1,082
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Negreanu Busts Two

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

The EPT Barcelona Main Event seems to be going much better for Daniel Negreanu than the €50,000 Super High Roller did. With already a decent stack in his possession Negreanu just won a huge pot busting two players at the same time.

Frederic Bussot-Fuentes from France shoved from the early position for 47,600 and Marco Sposito on his immediate left called for around 16,000. Negreanu gave it some thought, entertaining the crowd around the table at the same time, and finally made the call.

Showdown

Negreanu: {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}
Bussot-Fuentes: {7-Spades} {7-Hearts}
Sposito: {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}

The dealer burned and put out the {J-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {A-Clubs} flop, giving Negreanu the lead with a pair of aces, king kicker. The {5-Spades} on the turn didn't change a thing, and neither did the {8-Hearts} on the river. Negreanu collected the pot while sending both his opponents to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
184,600 64,600

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Demidov Feels the Hirt

Julian Hirt raised to 5,500 and PokerStars Team Pro Ivan Demidov moved all in for 39,100. No-one else was really interested but Hirt made the call and tabled his cards.

Demidov: {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Hirt: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

The flop brought no joy for the Russian, coming {4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} but the {2-Clubs} turn gave the Russian a straight flush draw. The {2-Hearts} on the river though was the blankiest blank you could ever see and the tournament for the former WSOP Main Event runner-up is now over.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
Busted

Tags: Julian HurtIvan Demidov

Who's Got More Than 250k?

Player Chips Progress
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
476,000 -24,000
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
420,000 50,000
Anders Hansen
Anders Hansen
338,000 148,000
Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
332,000 62,000
Samuel Rodriguez
Samuel Rodriguez
324,000 39,000
Marcos Fernandez es
Marcos Fernandez
322,000 -27,000
Mauro Canavese
Mauro Canavese
321,600 166,200
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
292,000 142,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
291,700 56,700
Regis Burlot
Regis Burlot
290,000 80,200
Lucille Cailly fr
Lucille Cailly
290,000 70,000
Harcharan Dogra Dugra
Harcharan Dogra Dugra
286,000 83,600
Alejandro Perez Torres es
Alejandro Perez Torres
280,000 5,000
Kevin Schulz us
Kevin Schulz
EPT 1X Winner
260,000 35,000
Joshua Charles Hart
Joshua Charles Hart
250,000 50,000
Jakob Moesslacher
Jakob Moesslacher
250,000 154,500
Carlos Mora Alvarez
Carlos Mora Alvarez
250,000 -3,000
Guy Thomas
Guy Thomas
250,000 -15,000

A Look Back at the EPT Barcelona Season 5 Final Table

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

EPT Barcelona Season 5 Final Table

Buy-inEntrantsPrize PoolNumber of Payouts
€8,000619€4,952,00064
PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1stSebastian RuthenbergGermany€1,361,000
2ndFintan GavinIreland€792,000
3rdDavidi KitaiBelgium€455,000
4thDaniele MazziaItaly€351,000
5thDren UkellaGermany€292,000
6thJason MercierUnited States€227,800
7thSamuel ChartierCanada€178,000
8thMartin NielsenDenmark€119,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

One More Break

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Level 13, as unlucky as it was for some, is done. That means players are on the last 15-minute break of the day. When they return, they'll play Level 14 before bagging and tagging.

Chati Running Wild

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Farid Chati from Belgium has just had an incredible run by busting two players at his table in two consecutive hands! At first he sent home the player in the hijack seat who went all-in with {J-Clubs} {9-Clubs} and ran into Chati's {Q-Spades} {K-Spades} which proved to be the winning hand on a {2-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {J-Hearts} board.

Then on the very next hand Germany's Julian Bober shoved from an early position and Chati called again. The Belgian showed a pair of kings and hit a set on the flop eliminating a second player in just two hands.

Tags: Farid Chati

Holden Doing Well at Hold'em

Sam Holden is trying to make a splash on this this side of the pond after making the 2011 World Series of Poker final table. He's making a good fist of it today, and has broken through the 200k barrier.

He opened to 4,000 and then tank-called when Igor Kurganov shoved for 34,7000.

Holden: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Kurganov: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}

"I assume you're good at flipping so I'm going to stand."

He wasn't wrong as the board ran {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{a-Hearts} to make the Brit two-pair.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
217,000 42,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
Busted

Tags: Igor KurganovSam Holden