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

Becker Holding on in There

SportStar Boris Becker is one of the shorter stacks with just around his starting level of chips. He did pick up a pot off Team PokerStars Pro Henrique Pinho, both players had checked the {6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} flop but Becker fired out a 3,800 bet on the {A-Clubs} turn and forced the Portuguese pro to fold

Player Chips Progress
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
135,000
50,000
50,000
Boris Becker de
Boris Becker
31,000
-11,700
-11,700

Tags: Henrique PinhoBoris Becker

Small Hit to Kurganov

Igor Kurganov opened for 2,700 from early position and then called when Thomas Muhlocker shoved for about 7,900 from middle position.

Showdown

Kurganov{7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Mohlocker{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

Kurganov needed to get lucky if he hoped to eliminate his opponent, but it was not meant to be as the board ran out {4-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. Despite that loss, Kurganov is still sitting pretty with 130,000.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
130,000
-8,000
-8,000
Thomas Muhlocker at
Thomas Muhlocker
17,000
9,100
9,100

Tags: Thomas MuhlockerIgor Kurganov

Face Hiding Works

Yesterday we interviewed American player Dani Stern who commented on one of the players in the tournament hiding his face. You can check out the full interview in the video.

The player in question is Marcos Fernandez, a PokerStars qualifier from Spain and the face hiding seems to be working pretty well for him. He finished Day 1a with over 100,000 in chips and had just busted one of his opponents, Tomas Northug from Norway.

Northug went all-in with a pair of sevens and Fernandez made the call holding king queen. The board went {K-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {4-Spades} giving Fernandez a double up and busting Northug from the tournament

Player Chips Progress
Tomas Northug
Tomas Northug
Busted

Tags: Marcos FernandezTomas Northug

Here Comes Robbie

Roberto Romanello's tournament has been a grind so far, never amassing the kind of stack we're so used to seeing in front of him these days. That trend might be changing as he's just doubled up through Adriaan Schaap.

The action folded to Romanello in the cut-off and he raised to 3,000, and then four-bet to 14,100 when Schaap three-bet to 8,500 from the small blind. Call.

The flop fell {j-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Romanello continued for 7,200 when his Dutch opponent checked to him. Schaap made a very quick call even though Romanello only had 6,500 behind. These chips went in on the {q-Diamonds} turn.

Schaap: {a-Spades}{q-Spades} for top pair.
Romanello: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for top set.

The river came {4-Hearts} and the chips were shipped to Wales.

Player Chips Progress
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
54,000
22,600
22,600
EPT 1X Winner
Adriaan Schaap
Adriaan Schaap
16,000
5,100
5,100

Tags: Adrian SchaapRoberto Romanello

Up the Hille

Elizabeth Hille
Elizabeth Hille

Just before the break Norwegian Elizabeth Hille doubled her stack after going all-in for 20,800 on the button. She was called by Dzmitry Shorakh from Belarus in the hijack seat who opened {4-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} and Hille showed {A-Spades} {5-Hearts}.

The {9-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} flop put Hille in the lead with a higher pair. The {2-Clubs} on the turn and {3-Hearts} on the river were no help for Shorakh and Hille doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Elisabeth Hille no
Elisabeth Hille
41,600
17,000
17,000

Tags: Dzmitry ShorakhElizabeth Hille

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Here Comes Frankenberger

Just prior to the break, an early-position player raised to 3,000 and then called when Andy Frankenberger three-bet to 6,500 from the button. The {8-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop saw the early-position player check-call a bet of 6,500, and then both players checked the {10-Hearts} turn. The action repeated itself on the {7-Diamonds} river and Frankenberger tabled {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a straight.

It was good and Frankenberger chipped up to 211,000.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Frankenberger
Andy Frankenberger
211,000
141,000
141,000

Tags: Andy Frankenberger