2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€2,200 EPT National High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Alexander Ivarsson
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
€498,520
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Entries
1,491
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Lecardonnel Makes the Wrong Call

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

€550 CEP champion Fabien Lecardonnel will not be adding to the €110,000 score he made last week as he just busted the first starting day of the EPT National High Roller. It was George Wolff who put Lecardonnel to the test for his last 17,000 on a {k-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} board in a big blind versus button clash.

Lecardonnel ended up calling with {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} after minutes of thought, only to be shown the bad news by Wolff who tabled {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} to eliminate the Frenchman.

Player Chips Progress
George Wolff us
George Wolff
90,000
Fabien Lecardonnel fr
Fabien Lecardonnel
Busted

Tags: George WolffFabien Lecardonnel

Turner Eliminated by Chan

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

The {k-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} board was on the table and there was over 20,000 in the middle when Jon Turner checked from the big blind. Kian Bing Chan bet 9,000 from the cutoff and it was on Turner again. He three-bet all in when he put his last 28,300 in front of him and he was called by Chan.

Jon Turner: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Kian Bing Chan: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

The river was the {10-Diamonds} which awarded the pot to Chan after he hit a flush on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Kian Bing Chan my
Kian Bing Chan
79,000
79,000
79,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
Busted

Tags: Jon TurnerKian Bing Chan

Updated Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Viktor Goncharuk ru
Viktor Goncharuk
60,000
60,000
60,000
Rahul Melwani in
Rahul Melwani
54,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
44,000
44,000
44,000
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
42,000
12,000
12,000
Alisa Sibgatova ru
Alisa Sibgatova
42,000
7,000
7,000
Vincent Gabel be
Vincent Gabel
34,500
4,500
4,500
Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
32,000
32,000
32,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
30,000
30,000
30,000
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
29,900
-100
-100
$25K Fantasy
Jonas ten Cate nl
Jonas ten Cate
29,300
29,300
29,300
Mark Roovers nl
Mark Roovers
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
20,500
1,000
1,000

Martino Raises the Turn

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

The {q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop was already on the table and small blind Fiodor Martino checked his option. Zhong Chen fired a bet of 1,000 and he was called by Martino.

The turn was the {j-Diamonds} and Martino checked again but with a different plan in mind. Chen continued with a bet of 1,200 but Martino raised to 4,700.

That was too much for Chen as he laid his hand down after looking at it for the last time.

Player Chips Progress
Fiodor Martino it
Fiodor Martino
59,000
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
23,700
-6,300
-6,300

Tags: Fiodor MartinoZhong Chen

Waiting for Tonight

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Chino Rheem
Chino Rheem

The following players all ran out of steam on their first bullet during the early hours of the day. They'll have to wait until Day 1b kicks off later tonight at 7 p.m. in order to fire their second and last bullet allowed in this tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Ali Reza Fatehi ir
Ali Reza Fatehi
Busted
Francois Evard ch
Francois Evard
Busted
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
Busted
$25K Fantasy
Pedro Cairat ar
Pedro Cairat
Busted
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
Busted
Will Kassouf gb
Will Kassouf
Busted
Jimmy Kebe fr
Jimmy Kebe
Busted
Jasper Meijer van Putten nl
Jasper Meijer van Putten
Busted
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
Busted
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
Busted
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Armino Wins a Small One

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Anas Belatik raised from the cutoff to 700 and he was called by both players in the blinds. Joao Vieira sat in the small blind and he checked after the {9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop was dealt and so did Leonardo Armino in the big blind. Belatik slowed down after showing preflop aggression and checked behind.

The turn was the {7-Hearts} and Vieira checked again. Armino fired a bet of 1,200 which was enough to make the initial raiser and Vieira fold.

Player Chips Progress
Anas Belatik ma
Anas Belatik
56,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
33,000
3,000
3,000
$25K Fantasy
Leonardo Armino nl
Leonardo Armino
31,000
1,000
1,000

Tags: Anas BelatikJoao VieiraLeonardo Armino

Updated Counts; Over 800 Players

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

More and more players are flocking to Casino Barcelona to take their seat in the EPT National High Roller. The field is already up to over 800 entries on Day 1a with late registration open up until level 8.

Among the latest to take a seat are Orpen Kisacikoglu, Joris Ruijs, Jean-Noel Thorel, and Ludovic Geilich.

Player Chips Progress
Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
72,000
72,000
72,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
42,000
12,000
12,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
39,000
39,000
39,000
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
35,000
35,000
35,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
33,000
33,000
33,000
Ivan Deyra fr
Ivan Deyra
31,000
31,000
31,000
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
30,000
30,000
30,000
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
28,000
-4,000
-4,000
Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
23,500
-6,500
-6,500
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
9,000
9,000
9,000
EPT 1X Winner