Every stop on the European Poker Tour is now a full festival of more than 30 tournaments. In the latest edition of The Daily Strategy, the Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck, a mixed game specialist, offers his insight on how to plan your schedule and avoid burnout when visiting the EPT.
Read on here.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
1,850,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
1,550,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
|
1,506,000
786,000
|
786,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,335,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
1,320,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
1,220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
1,120,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
||
|
1,100,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,080,000
858,000
|
858,000 |
|
|
1,020,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,000,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
989,000
-427,000
|
-427,000 |
|
932,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
||
|
|
907,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
875,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
840,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
798,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
|
750,000
-720,000
|
-720,000 |
|
740,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
696,000
367,000
|
367,000 |
|
|
690,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
608,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
580,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
505,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
Antonin Duda closed the day as chip leader last night, bagging up 147,000 and then 1,470,000 after realising he’d missed a zero on the end – even Economics students can miss a number here and there. Duda was delighted with his performance, as were several other key players close behind who made up a top order that would grace any EPT final…
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Guy Thomas was all in preflop holding 
and behind the 
of Zimnan Ziyard. Thomas needed some help, and he got more than a little on the 
flop. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing and Thomas doubled through Ziyard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Today, we play down to just 24 in the EPT Barcelona Main Event. Luckily for you, the action doesn't stop there.
Justin Bonomo, Dan Smith and Terje Augdal have booked themselves into the semi-finals of the €10k Heads Up Championships but have put the last couple of bouts on hold to play the €10,000 High Roller, which is pretty much a freeroll for them now.
Read more, and find out about other side events payouts, by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog.
Sweden's Bjorn Lindberg went all-in on the button with the board reading 
and Algirdas Saveikis from Lithuania snap-called. However, Saveikis' stack was much smaller as he had around 350,000 while Lindberg had over 600,000.
| Showdown |
|---|
| Saveikis: |
Lindberg:   |
Swede showed a pair of nines, but Saveikis' aces were in the lead. The 
also gave Lindberg a gut-shot straight draw, but 
on the river wasn't what the Swede needed and Saveikis' aces held giving him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
|
270,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
There are a lot of familiar faces returning to play the €10,000 High Roller event at EPT9 Barcelona. The €10,000 Heads Up has had to pause for five of them to jump into this one.
Click here to read all about it.
We didn't catch the action, but we just saw Ilari Sahamies shipped a 600,000 pot after he and Zimnan Ziyard both checked the river on a 
board. Sahamies had tabled 
for kings and tens, which easily downed Ziyard's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,760,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
300,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
|
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