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Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
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2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,247,700
Entries
1,082
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Roberto Romanello Rolling
Patience is paying off for Roberto Romanello. The former EPT Prague champion is approaching an average stack for the first time since he started.
His latest pot saw him over-bet (64,000) on the river of 
board. His opponent called and mucked upon seeing Romanello's 
for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 187,600 |
SuperCaillyfragilisticexpialidocious
Lucille Cailly just knocked out Pascal Hartmann with 
against 
, it looked like the money had gone in on the flop of a 
board, the spade on the turn leaving the German drawing dead.
The Frenchwoman is up to 685,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
685,000 | 195,000 |
|
Busted |
ZZ Middle (Set)
Jens Weigel had fired 9,000 on a 
flop and Zimnan Ziyard flat-called before John Juanda made it 28,500 from the button.
Weigel flat-called this bet but then Ziyard moved all in for 130,500, Juanda eyed up the former EPT winner's stack but opted for a fold to leave the decision on Weigel. The German took about three minutes but then made the call.
Ziyard: 
Weigel: 
The 
on the turn gave Weigel additional outs, but the 
on the river was a blank and Ziyard doubled up to over 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 210,000 |
A Look at the EPT Barcelona Ladies Event Final Table
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The winners of big buy-in events tend to garner the headlines at any circuit stop, but someone else managed to get 15-minutes of fame at the EPT Barcelona—Liya Gerasimova. The girlfriend of Team PokerStars Pro Ivan Demidov, with whom she shares a 2-year-old son, Gerasimova took down the €550 Ladies Event in dramatic fashion.
After navigating a tough field of 63, which included Claudia “dasultanz” Csongei and Jan “jamjars69” Combes, Gerasimova made it to three-handed play; albeit, with less than one big blind remaining. According to the PokerStars Blog, “Liya was forced to go all-in blind, so [Darya] Hulyk and Lucia Martinez called to check the hand down. As the last card was dealt Liya finally turned over her cards. She found aces.” She would go on to double two more times in a row and put herself right back in contention. From there, she went on to clinch victory.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liya Gerasimova | Russia | €10,700 |
| 2nd | Lucia Martinez | Spain | €6,720 |
| 3rd | Darya Hulik | Ukraine | €3,985 |
| 4th | Barbara Martinez | France | €2,900 |
| 5th | Tatiana Teplyakova | Russia | €2,140 |
| 6th | Hannah Dombroski | Spain | €1,520 |
| 7th | Leo Margets | Spain | €1,370 |
| 8th | Charlotte Van Brabander | Belgium | €1,220 |
Anaras Busts Matura
Austrian PokerStars qualifier Walter Matura went all-in from the big blind, action folded to Lithuanian player Anaras Alekberovas who after thinking about it for a while decided to call.
Matura opened putting his tournament life at risk against Alekberovas' 
. The 
flop gave the Lithuanian an early lead which he maintained after the turn and the river bricked and . Matura left the table and Alekberovas collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
213,000 | 145,600 |
|
Busted |
Cody Eliminated by Liu's Quad Aces
Action folded around to Xuan Liu in the small blind, she peeked down at her cards, eyed up Jake Cody's stack in the big blind, and then moved all in. Cody only had around 40,000 and opted to commit.
Showdown
Cody: 
Liu: 
Cody was drawing live, but the 
flop was a dagger through his heart. The 
turn left him drawing dead, while the river gave Liu quads and officially put an end to the Brit's tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000 | 43,000 |
|
Busted |
The Daily Strategy: The Bubble
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The bubble has burst on Day 3 of EPT Barcelona. Here, Johnny Lodden talks about how to profit from it as well as how to survive it.
Diamonds are Mortensen's Best Friend
"All in and a call," we heard a dealer yell. We made our way over to discover Morten Mortensen all in preflop for 207,000 with and behind the 
of Nicholas Joseph Augustino.
The 
flop made things interesting as it gave Mortensen a flush draw, a fact that didn't sit so well with Augustino. The 
turn had no impact, but the river did as it gave Mortensen the said flush and a big double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -145,000 |
The €10,300 EPT Heads Up Championship kicks off
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There are 31 players contesting the inaugural €10,300 EPT Heads Up Championship with round one combatants including Team PokerStars Pros ElkY, Jonathan Duhamel and Dario Minieri, EPT Super High Roller finalists Dan Smith and JC Alvarado, not to mention Justin Bonomo, Sami Kelopuro and Sorel Mizzi.
Read the full draw now at the PokerStars Blog.