2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
€1,290,166
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,641,800
Entries
1,988
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Braco Leads 48 Survivors on Day 3; Shorr Hot on His Heels

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Pasquale Braco
Pasquale Braco

The record-breaking 2019 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 EPT Main Event is one step closer to crowning a champion at Casino Barcelona as Day 3 concluded with 48 players out of 1,988 entries remaining.

With the lion's share of the €9,641,800 prize pool still up for grabs, all those that bagged and tagged for the night have already locked up €25,650 for their efforts, but all eyes are firmly set on the top prize of €1,659,000.

Leading the field after Day 3 is Pasquale Braco with 2,800,000 and the Italian comes fresh off a deep run in the record-breaking €1,100 National in which he finished in 11th place. Second in chips is Shannon Shorr with 2,515,000 followed by Diego Falcone (2,310,000), while several other players such as Simon Brandstrom (2,300,000), Ut Tam Vo (2,275,000), Jonas Ten Cate (2,240,000) and Jerry Odeen (2,135,000) are all closely bunched together.

Three further hopefuls are seeking a repeat victory at the current festival in Barcelona as €2,200 National High Roller champion Alexander Ivarsson (1,585,000), €1,100 National champion Markku Koplimaa (455,000) and €100,000 High Roller winner Sergi Reixach (430,000) all bagged up chips, too.

Kimmo Kurko, Alexander Ivarsson and Stefan Jedlicka
Kimmo Kurko, Alexander Ivarsson and Stefan Jedlicka

Also included in the mix for Day 4 are former EPT Main Event runner-ups Kimmo Kurko (1,655,000), Marton Czuczor (1,195,000), Anton Siden (745,000) and 2016 Dublin third-place finisher Kully Sidhu (1,715,000), as well as big names such as Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka (1,815,000), Timothy Adams (1,275,000), Isaac Haxton (1,205,000), Ben Farrell (1,020,000), and Gaelle Baumann (500,000) who all have plenty of experience deep in big tournaments at their disposal.

Many other big names were unable to make it through another day and headed to the payout desk on Day 3. Jeremy Palvini and Lukas Zaskodny were ousted in a three-way all-in when Thiago Signorelli Viana turned a set of nines. Pete Chen and Ema Zajmovic also failed to make it to the first break and the second level kicked off with the elimination of Fatima Moreira De Melo. The last remaining PokerStars ambassador ran with ace-king into the pocket aces of Alen Alencar over on the feature table.

Fatima Moreira De Melo
Fatima Moreira De Melo

The last former EPT Main Event champion in the field, 2018 Sochi winner Arsenii Karmatckii, saw his hopes of a second title vanish when his last few big blinds disappeared with ace-king versus queen-six suited. The 2019 EPT Monte-Carlo finalists Viktor Katzenberger and Nicola Grieco, as well as Gianluca Speranza followed soon after.

The biggest pots of the tournament so far came in the fourth level of the day. Jean Ferreira found himself on the wrong end of a cooler with kings against the aces of Rui Sousa and headed to the payout desk despite flopping a king. And the rise of Shannon Shorr to become one of the biggest stacks was a result of a clash with Ioannis Zachmanidis when Shorr flopped trips nines with nine-seven suited.

Alex Foxen departed before the dinner break, too, and the action didn't slow down in the final two levels of the night either as the field was reduced further at a rapid pace. Andres Korn, Aymon Hata and Harry Lodge were ousted in the penultimate level. Among the last to bust were Griffin Benger, Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes, Molly Mossey and Zhen Cai.

Benger missed out on a pay jump and ended up second-best with king-ten suited against pocket jacks, Lopes found no help with king-nine against ace-ten and Mossey lost a flip with ace-king against jacks. Just before bagging and tagging, the same fate also awaited for Cai in the final hands of the night when he couldn't get there with Big Slick against the jacks of Jiayuan Liu.

Griffin Benger and Zhen Cai
Griffin Benger and Zhen Cai bust late on Day 3

The action for Day 4 is set to resume at 12 p.m. noon local time and at least four and up to six 90-minute levels will be played with the goal to reach at least the final two tables, with a dinner break after the fourth level if needed. Blinds will resume at 10,000-25,000 with a big blind ante of 25,000.

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Day 4 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Jonas Ten CateNetherlands2,240,00090
12Markku KoplimaaEstonia455,00018
13Michal SchuhCzech Republic1,240,00050
14Steve BerdahFrance365,00015
15Isaac HaxtonUnited States1,205,00048
16Anton SidenSweden745,00030
17Rui SousaPortugal1,340,00054
18Yunye LuChina1,300,00052
      
21Alen AlencarBrazil750,00030
22Bartlomiej MachonPoland2,030,00081
23Kully SidhuUnited Kingdom1,715,00069
24Jerry OdeenSweden2,135,00085
25Balakrishna Reddy PaturUnited States1,220,00049
26Marian MikUkraine565,00023
27Kelvin KerberBrazil775,00031
28Pasquale BracoItaly2,800,000112
      
31Ut Tam VoFrance2,275,00091
32Rodrigo Marques CarmoPortugal750,00030
33Johan StorakersSweden1,670,00067
34Johnny NedvedBelgium1,975,00079
35Adam JonssonSweden845,00034
36Ben FarrellUnited Kingdom1,020,00041
37Leandro BustilloArgentina840,00034
38Jiayuan LiuChina1,480,00059
      
41Simon MattssonSweden390,00016
42Shannon ShorrUnited States2,515,000101
43Simon BrandstromSweden2,300,00092
44Naor SlobodskoyIsrael650,00026
45Jorge RamellaUruguay530,00021
46Gaelle BaumannFrance500,00020
47Felipe SalgadoBrazil595,00024
48Alexander IvarssonSweden1,585,00063
      
51Sabo CeylanSweden600,00024
52Giovani TorrePortugal650,00026
53Robert HeidornGermany1,005,00040
54Luiz Duarte Ferreira FilhoBrazil780,00031
55Kimmo KurkoFinland1,655,00066
56Sahil ChuttaniIndia1,170,00047
57Joe MouawadLebanon1,955,00078
58Rodrigo De Barros SemeghiniBrazil390,00016
      
61Stefan JedlickaAustria1,800,00072
62Sergi ReixachSpain430,00017
63Denys ChufarinUkraine1,255,00050
64Diego FalconeBrazil2,310,00092
65Ryhor KarapanauBelarus1,520,00061
66Cyril Monbrun-MassotFrance860,00034
67Timothy AdamsCanada1,275,00051
68Marton CzuczorHungary1,195,00048

Tags: Alex FoxenAlexander IvarssonAnton SidenArsenii KarmatckiiBen FarrellEma ZajmovicFatima Moreira De MeloGriffin BengerIsaac HaxtonJean FerreiraKimmo KurkoKully SidhuMarkku KoplimaaMarton CzuczorMolly MosseyNicola GriecoPasquale BracoSergi ReixachShannon ShorrStefan JedlickaTimothy AdamsViktor KatzenbergerZhen Cai