2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€850,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€3,832,000
Entries
479
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Any Second Now

The media have discovered that the casino restaurant serves steak-on-a-hot-brick, but unrelated to that, play should resume very shortly.

Phillips Continues to Control

Goodwin - what can you do?
Goodwin - what can you do?
Carter Phillips raised it up and Marc Goodwin called; they necessarily saw a flop.

Flop: {4-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {2-Clubs}

Goodwin check-called 210,000 from Phillips, and they moved on to the {8-Clubs} turn, which both checked. Come the {6-Hearts} river Goodwin check-called 375,000 -- but whatever went along with the {A-Clubs} that Goodwin flashed, it wasn't enough to beat Phillips' {K-?} {10-?}.

Tags: Carter PhillipsMarc Goodwin

Around the Final Table

There's still not many big names around the final table stage to watch the action. In fact, the only person we spotted was Roland de Wolfe. Many of the other fans watching are really not in the corner of either player. Despite that, the place is jam packed and you can barely see the final table itself unless you've secured a place right up against the rail.

Some of the railbirds are snapping photos. For the ones doing it with flash, the tournament staff and broadcast crew have been regularly making "No flash photography, please!" announcements.

Some other notables within viewing distance are Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar and Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen who are playing in a €550 side event. Alessio Isaia is hanging out in the cash-game section playing some.

10-4 Not Good Enough

Our heads-up warriors saw a {5-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {2-Clubs} flop and Goodwin checked. Phillips put in a 210,000 bet and Goodwin called even before the bet had been counted.

They saw a {10-Diamonds} turn and this time Goodwin check-called 350,000 from Phillips. Finally they saw a {Q-Diamonds} river and both checked. Phillips turned over, er, {10-?} {4-?} for a pair of tens -- but Goodwin was holding pocket jacks and took the pot.

Tags: Carter PhillipsMarc Goodwin