2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€942,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,984,900
Entries
1,230
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

Various Counts from Around the Room

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Miklos Zsuffa hu
Miklos Zsuffa
173,000
36,000
36,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
100,000
-5,000
-5,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
75,000
22,500
22,500
$25K Fantasy
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
68,000
68,000
68,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
60,000
5,000
5,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
55,000
25,000
25,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
50,000
-4,000
-4,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
45,000
1,000
1,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
45,000
20,000
20,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
40,000
15,000
15,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
29,000
7,000
7,000
$25K Fantasy
Poker Hall of Famer
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
28,000
12,000
12,000
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
24,000
6,000
6,000
Philippe Ktorza fr
Philippe Ktorza
20,500
-9,500
-9,500
José Manuel
José Manuel
19,000
-4,800
-4,800
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
12,500
500
500
Aage Ravn no
Aage Ravn
10,000
-15,000
-15,000
Luca Moschitta it
Luca Moschitta
8,500
-19,500
-19,500
Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
7,500
-7,000
-7,000
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
5,200
-800
-800
Makarios Avramidis gr
Makarios Avramidis
Busted

Queen of Hearts

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Jan-Peter Jachtmann opened the action for 1,300, Florian-Dimitrie Duta called as did Casey Kastle and Liv Boeree on the button. The blinds left them to it and we say a flop of {4-Spades}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. No action from the early aggressor so it was checked to Kastle to make a bet of 5,000. Boeree, next to act, went all in for 15,500. Back to Kastle who made the call. Boeree showed {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, Kastle had {6-Spades}{7-Spades}. Kastle had the pair and the open ended straight draw, Boeree needed a heart. The {3-Spades} on the turn was no good but the river saved her, a {j-Hearts} riding to the rescue.

One For Helppi

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

The flop read {2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{K-Diamonds} when we found Juha Helppi, Thomas Muhlocker, and a third player looking down at the felt. Helppi checked and Muhlocker fired 2,100. The third player folded and Helppi called. Fourth street was the {6-Diamonds} and two checks allowed the {3-Hearts} to hit the river. Helppi tossed out a small bet of 1,125 which caused Muhlocker to think for a moment before opting to release his hand. Helppi picked up the pot and now has about 57,000.

Player Chips Progress
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
57,000
17,000
17,000
Thomas Muhlocker at
Thomas Muhlocker
28,000
28,000
28,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

No Guts No Glory

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Marvin Rettenmaier
Marvin Rettenmaier

Three players saw a flop of {8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Jaco Verloop checked from the big blind, Francesco Paolo Conte checked and Marvin Rettenmaier bet 2,125. Verloop checked and Conte folded. The turn was {3-Clubs} and Verloop led out for 4,100. Rettenmaier thought for a moment and moved all in for nearly 15,000. That was enough to persuade Verloop he couldn’t continue.

Busted

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

We apologize for the influx, but based on a pile of tournament tickets we just received, we can tell you that the following players have been eliminated on Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Moschitta it
Luca Moschitta
Busted
Ben Warrington gb
Ben Warrington
Busted
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Martin Stausholm dk
Martin Stausholm
Busted
Brian England us
Brian England
Busted
Alejandro Sanchez es
Alejandro Sanchez
Busted
[Removed:284]
[Removed:284]
Busted
Tcharli Freiha
Tcharli Freiha
Busted
Mark Roovers nl
Mark Roovers
Busted
Fiona Gaelle Acerbis
Fiona Gaelle Acerbis
Busted
Igor Devkin ru
Igor Devkin
Busted
Alexander Isenberg
Alexander Isenberg
Busted
Iian Boujenah
Iian Boujenah
Busted
Kyriakos Mitsopoulos
Kyriakos Mitsopoulos
Busted
Gordon Huntly gb
Gordon Huntly
Busted
Markus Grewe
Markus Grewe
Busted
Britt Petersen
Britt Petersen
Busted
Paulo Figueiredo Ribeiro
Paulo Figueiredo Ribeiro
Busted
Ahmed Abd El Fathah
Ahmed Abd El Fathah
Busted
Benjamin Nicault
Benjamin Nicault
Busted
Christophe Malaurie fr
Christophe Malaurie
Busted
Dawid Paczka
Dawid Paczka
Busted
Einar Lindestad
Einar Lindestad
Busted
Nuno Pereira Ascensao
Nuno Pereira Ascensao
Busted
Senol Karahasan tr
Senol Karahasan
Busted

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Where Are They Now: Season 4 EPT Barcelona Champ Sander Lylloff

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Season 4 EPT Barcelona champ Sander Lylloff
Season 4 EPT Barcelona champ Sander Lylloff

The EPT Barcelona continued to grow in Season 4 as 543 players took to the felt to compete for a €1,170,700 first-place prize. Among those in contention were Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, Katja Thater and Greg Raymer, though none of them managed to make it to the last day of play; in fact just 13 players managed to do that. Among them was Copenhagen’s Sander Lylloff, who began that day third in chips.

Lylloff used his chip advantage to make it all the way to three-handed play, which is where he played against the UK’s Mark Teltscher and USA’s Greg Dyer for nearly four hours! Eventually Dyer fell when he shoved with the {k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} only to run into Lylloff’s {a-}{a-}, which left the Dane with a 2:1 heads-up chip lead against Teltscher, who happened to be one of his close friends. It took just six hands to clinch victory.

In the final hand, Lylloff shoved after Teltscher had three-bet. Teltscher called off with the {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and was in great shape against Lylloff’s {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}. The {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{7-Hearts} gave Lylloff a pair of jacks, but he was still well behind the overpair and better flush draw of Teltscher. Incredibly, the {J-Diamonds} turned to give Lylloff trips! The {4-Clubs} river failed to help Teltscher and he had to settle for second place and €673,000.

Lylloff, born April 7, 1982, is considered one of the best backgammon players in the world, and it wasn’t until 2001 that a friend introduced him to poker. Interestingly, Lylloff and Teltscher were partners in the 2005 Pro AM Backgammon Event in Las Vegas where they finished in second place. Lylloff went on to serve as a Victory Poker Pro until that site folded after Black Friday.

In the six years since his EPT Barcelona win, Lylloff has managed just five cashes totaling $94,557. The most notable of those was a 349th-place finish in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event for $29,911, while the most recent was a 377th-place finish in the ISPT Wembley Main Event for $701.

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