2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Isaia Chops With Opponent

The board contained two pair on the turn, {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. The first player to act checked to Alessio Isaia. The player was in the cutoff seat with Isaia on the button. Isaia bet 2,050. His opponent then put in a check-raise to 6,000. Isaia made the call.

The river brought the {J-Clubs} and the first player bet 10,000. Isaia then moved all in and his opponent snap-called. It wasn't as eventful as it sounded though, as both players tabled an ace to chop up the pot.

With chopping the pot, Isaia was able to stay right at 51,000 chips.

Tags: Alessio Isaia

You Win Some, You Lose Some for Galic

Oh well
Oh well
A minor setback for Dragan Galic as he called a 4,000 bet from his young opponent on a board boasting three hearts, one of them the ace, only to muck with a laugh when the youngster flipped {K-Hearts} {7-Hearts} for the flush.

You shouldn't feel too sorry for him, though -- he's still on a commanding 55,000.

Tags: Dragan Galic

Aguiar Slips Slightly

Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar raised to 750 from middle position. An opponent in the cutoff seat reraised to 2,200. Aguiar made the call when action got back to him.

The flop came down {K-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {4-Clubs} and Aguiar checked. His opponent bet 3,200 of the 22,000 he had left in his stack. Aguiar folded and the player collected the pot, causing Aguiar to slip to 77,000.

Tags: "FatalError"Jonathan Aguiar

Ro-lands A Big Pot

Roland de Wolfe raises to 925 and get two callers, including Dragan Galic before the cutoff reraised to 2,350. All three called the reraise and they saw a {9-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} flop, de Wolfe led out for 7,000 quickly and the other three folded, though the cut-off looked incredibly reluctant to do so.

Small Pot for Horecki

From under the gun, Marcin Horecki raised to 675. The player in the small blind called and Jason Mercier called in the big blind. The flop came down {K-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {5-Hearts}.

The small blind checked and then Mercier checked. Horecki bet out 1,225. First, the small blind folded and then Mercier folded from the big blind position. Horecki increased his stack a little bit and now has 27,000 chips.

Tags: Jason Mercier

Walthaus All Over the Place

Jorn Walthaus' roller coaster day continues.

He'd dropped down to around his starting stack before getting involved on a {6-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {9-Spades} {6-Hearts} {2-Clubs} board with an opponent who eventually folded when Walthaus bet 4,625 on the river. Walthaus showed him {K-Spades} {Q-Spades}, and bumped his stack back up to 36,000.

Tags: Jorn Walthaus

Dragan Can Roar

Dragan Galic is up to 64,000 after picking several large pots on his table, certainly he has taken much of Arnaud Mattern's stack who is down to just 10,000 or so.

How Are the Hougaards?

Hougaard: Jesper
Hougaard: Jesper
Yikes, Jesper Hougaard's stack seems to be shrinking faster than we can report it. We're not sure what the latest tragedy to befall him was, but he's now down to a mere 3,600 in chips, and looks very glum indeed.

Meanwhile his brother Lars is having rather better a time of it -- he's up to 35,000.

Tags: Jesper HougaardLars Hougaard

Lodden Back Down

Not long after upping his stack to 24,000, Johnny Lodden is back down to 17,000.

He checked a {6-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} flop and then raised to 4,500 when his opponent put in a 1,500 bet. His opponent called though, and after checking down the {2-Spades} turn and {J-Spades} river, Lodden mucked to his opponent's pocket kings.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

Mercier Wins Some Back

From the hijack seat, late-middle position, or whatever you want to call it, Jason Mercier raised to 500. The player in the big blind made the call. This is the same player that Mercier tangled with in two hands early on in the day.

The flop came down {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds}. The big blind checked and Mercier fired 675. The big blind took the chip off his cards and double checked his hand. He then placed the chip back on the card and made the call.

The turn brought the {4-Spades} and both players checked. The river was the {K-Spades} and Mercier fired 1,425 after it was checked to him. The big blind folded his hand, and Mercier raked in the pot. He's now back to 29,000 chips.

Tags: Jason Mercier