2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
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

Team PokerStars Pro Wakes Up with Aces

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Sean Wilson in the cutoff and he moved all in for 201,000. Team PokerStars Pro Christophe De Meudler proceeded to move all in from the button, the blinds folded and Wilson discovered that he was up against it. De Meulder had woken up with the {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}, which was well out in front of Wilson's {7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. The {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs} flop was gin for De Meudler, which meant Wilson needed running straight cards to stay alive. The {8-Diamonds} turn left him drawing dead, and after the {6-Clubs} completed the board on the river, the Canadian took his leave from the tournament.

Meanwhile, Siddharth Jain was eliminated in the last hand from the break after his {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs} failed to hold against {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts} in an all-in preflop pot. The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and that was all she wrote for Jain.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe De Meulder be
Christophe De Meulder
625,000
225,000
225,000
PokerStars
Siddharth Jain
Siddharth Jain
Busted
Sean Wilson
Sean Wilson
Busted

Tags: Christophe De MeulderSean WilsonSiddharth Jain

Updated Chip Counts from Table 6

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Denis Pisarev ru
Denis Pisarev
850,000
520,000
520,000
Sergei Chantcev
Sergei Chantcev
765,000
450,000
450,000
Glib Kovtunov
Glib Kovtunov
640,000
180,000
180,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
600,000
-370,000
-370,000
Jacob Rasmussen dk
Jacob Rasmussen
515,000
160,000
160,000
Nicolau Villa-Lobos br
Nicolau Villa-Lobos
500,000
20,000
20,000
Miklos Zsuffa hu
Miklos Zsuffa
428,000
-412,000
-412,000
Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
350,000
198,100
198,100

Farrell Accumulates

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Pasi Sormunen raised under the gun for 24,000, Niall Farrell called from the hi jack and they saw a flop heads up of {9-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. Sormunen checked as did Farrell. The turn was the [3] and Sormunen bet 28,000 and got a call. The river fell the {2-Clubs} and both players checked. Sormunen announced “Queen high.” and showed {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. Farrell won another pot with {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} and is now up to 1,610,000.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
1,610,000
371,000
371,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Niall FarrellPasi Sormunen

All In to Beat the Clock

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

On a board reading {2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} Valentino Konakchiev had bet 50,000 and Francesco Delfoco was sat back in his seat wondering what to do. Eventually the clock was called and Delfoco was given his countdown. Delfoco stared hard at his opponent, getting up close. Just as the ten second countdown was about to begin he announced “All in.” and got a call. Delfoco held {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} but Konakchiev had {a-Spades}{q-Spades}. The river [q] changed nothing and Delfoco was out.

Player Chips Progress
Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
Busted

De Meulder Sick

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We joined the action on a blind on blind confrontation where Christophe De Meulder in the small blind had bet 73,000 on a final board of {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and had been raised by Florian-Dimitrie Duta in the big blind to 175,000. De Meulder gave him the hard stare down for several minutes while Duta remained stock still. De Meulder seemed to change his mind several times but something persuaded him to make the call in the end. Duta turned over {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. “So sick.” was De Meulder’s only comment.

Tags: Christophe De MeulderFlorian-Dimitrie Duta

That First Card Off The Deck Rule...

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Nuno Da Camara's empty seat on Day 3 of EPT Barcelona, player never turned up and was the bubble
Nuno Da Camara's empty seat on Day 3 of EPT Barcelona, player never turned up and was the bubble

There's always two sides to a story. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu may not be a fan of it but PokerStars Live Poker Specialist Neil Johnson lays out his reason for why the rule should be in play. Read his opinion piece at the PokerStars Blog by clicking here.

Farrell Puts the Pressure On

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Niall Farrell opened under the gun and found a caller in Guillermo Olvera. They saw a flop of {5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Farrell continued for 36,000 and Olvera raised to 82,000. Farell called leaving Olvera with a pot sized bet behind. The turn was the {7-Spades} and both players checkjed. The river was {6-Spades} putting a straight on the board and Farrell be enough to put Olvera all in. Tough spot but he made the call and tabled {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} against the {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} of Farrell. Olvera had made a straight on the turn but the ended up splitting the pot.

Tags: Niall Farrell