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

Toni Ville Ojala Eliminated in 6th Place (€160,000)

Oj vey.
Oj vey.
Mihai Manole, down to only 750,000 or so, chose to make a small raise to 150,000. Carter Phillips called on the button, and the action moved over to Toni Ojala in the small blind. Ojala re-popped to 400,000. Manole passed, leaving himself short indeed on just 600,000. Back to Phillips -- who now four-bet to 980,000.

Ojala disappeared into his own private tank of indecision, before announcing all in for 2,375,000.

Insta-call.

Ojala: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}
Phillips: {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds}

Board: {3-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}

The Finnish player is finished, and Phillips regains the chip lead with 6,065,000.

Tags: Carter PhillipsToni Ojala

Difference Between a Nitroll and a Slowroll

Action folded to Mihai Manole in the small blind and he moved all in for 650,000 total. Santiago Terrazas was in the big blind and tanked. He asked for an exact count and then tanked some more. On the live commentary, Jason Mercier explained that Terrazas may be nit-rolling, meaning he's tanking with a hand that he should've snap-called with simply because he is a tight player.

"It's not a slowroll, it's a nitroll. He's not really slowrolling him, he's just a tight player." said Mercier.

Eventually, Terrazas folded.

Tags: Jason MercierMihai ManoleSantiago Terrazas

Isabelle Mercier Leaves Team PokerStars

Incidentally, owing to the folks on the live feed and their tendency towards verbal incontinence, it has just now become public knowledge that Isabelle Mercier is leaving Team Pokerstars. The very best of luck to Ms. Mercier in all her future poker endeavors.

Family Love

Blue steel
Blue steel
Asa Smith's brother just emailed the live commentary team. He mentioned that if Asa doesn't win, he'll eat his hat. He went on to say that Asa's already won the most attractive player at the table.

Jason Mercier repsonded to that, "That sounds like an email from his mother, not his brother. I'd be a little weirded out if my brother called me attractive."

Tags: Asa SmithJason Mercier

Manole Pushes Again, Gets Called

Asa Smith raised for the third hand in a row, this time from the under the gun position, and Marc Goodwin called on the button. Over to Mihai Manole in the small blind who paused...

...and then moved all in for 595,000. Back to Smith...

...who reraised all in.

Goodwin folded, and they were on their backs.

Smith: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}
Manole: {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}

Board: {2-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {8-Spades}

A slightly disappointing chop, although, with Goodwin's chips in there too, that still represents a much-needed boost to Manole's stack.

Tags: Asa SmithMarc GoodwinMihai Manole