2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣j♠
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
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Lapossie Drops, Retains Chip Lead Anyway

[user46392]
[user46392]
Sad face
Sad face
Matt Lapossie has lost a few chips after raising his button and then calling a reraise from Kevin Fesselier in the small blind.

They saw an {8-Clubs} {9-Spades} {8-Hearts} flop and Fesselier took his time deciding what to do before betting out 90,000. Posselier spend some time presumably thinking about it, although there wasn't even the faintest hint of any movement in his facial muscles to evidence it. Eventually he folded.

Lapossie nevertheless remains our current chip leader, on 1.2 million.

Tags: Matt Lapossie

Roland's Reprieve

[user76023]
[user76023]
Roland de Wolfe has doubled through Carter Phillips. De Wolfe moved in preflop and Phillips gave him a spin with {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} against de Wolfe's {9-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}.

The board came {8-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {J-Spades} {10-Hearts} and de Wolfe moves up to 215,000. Phillips has 280,000.

Donating to the Mike McDonald Fund

donpeters
donpeters
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 18,000 from middle position. Mike "Timex" McDonald reraised to 47,500 from the cutoff. The big blind, Yulius Sepman, then moved all in. ElkY ducked out of the way and McDonald quickly called.

McDonald held pocket kings -- {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} -- against Sepman's {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} {2-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}, eliminating Sepman from the tournament. McDonald moved up to 600,000 chips.

Tags: "ElkY""Timex"Bertrand GrospellierMike McDonaldYulius Sepman

Three-Way All In Action

[user46392]
[user46392]
We arrived at the table just in time to see a massive three-way all in showdown. The chips were in before the flop, and the cards looked as follows:

Jose Alberto Quereda: all in for 51,000 with {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades}
Thomas Traboulsi: all in for 85,000 total with {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs}
Manole Mihai: easily covering them both and holding {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}

With Quereda already standing to leave, the board came out thus: {4-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}

The fortunate Quereda found himself tripling up to 160,000, while the fuming Traboulsi won the side pot but still lost money on the hand and remains firmly in the danger zone.

Past Champions Hanging Tough

donpeters
donpeters
Timex grinding away deep in the event
Timex grinding away deep in the event
The remaining players are scattered over five tables in the tournament room. Amongst those in the field are five prior EPT champions. Jan Boubli won EPT Barcelona in season two, Roland de Wolfe won EPT Dublin in season three, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier won EPT Paradise Island in season four, Mike "Timex" McDonald won EPT Dortmund also in season four while Jens Kyllonen won the EPT in Copenhagen last year. All of these players have the chance to make history and be the first person to win two EPT titles.

Tags: "ElkY""Timex"Bertrand GrospellierJan BoubliMike McDonaldRoland de Wolfe

Roland Is Crazy

donpeters
donpeters

Back in 2006, Roland de Wolfe won EPT Dublin. He was the first person to win a WPT event and an EPT event while being the second complete those feats plus win a WSOP bracelet. Melissa Castello took some time on a recent break to catch up with Roland. The two talk Barcelona, shoes and some poker. Check it out.

Tags: Melissa CastelloRoland de Wolfe

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

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