2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 3
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

Renga Wrung Out

Renga Kaspars moved his short stack in from the cutoff and Asa Smith reraised from the button, scaring off any potential callers in the blinds. On their backs.

Kaspars: {6-Clubs} {6-Spades}
Smith: {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}

Board: {J-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {K-Spades}

Thus Kaspars is busto, while Smith is up to around 300,000.

Thavisin Busts

Online qualifier Ben Thavisin, resplendent in his regulation issue blue stripy qualifier hoodie, raised from the button. Kevin Fesselier reraised from the small blind, Thavisin pushed, and following a call from Fesselier, Thavisin coinflipped his way out of the running in 53rd place.

Thavisin: {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades}
Fesselier: {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts}

Board: a no-nonsense {3-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {8-Spades} {K-Clubs}

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Controversial Hand At The Break.

Roland de Wolfe - Very unhappy.
Roland de Wolfe - Very unhappy.
A huge crowd gathered just before the break to watch a large pot between Tobias Reinkemeier and Roland de Wolfe.

The board read {7-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {A-Hearts} with Reinkemeier calling a 95,000 bet on the river.

Neither player wanted to show their hands, but de Wolfe eventually said, "King-high."

"Well, show it then," said Reinkemeier. De Wolfe was highly reluctant, eventually flashing the {K-Clubs} before pushing his cards towards the muck beneath the burn cards.

Reinkemeier then turned over his missed {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs} and de Wolfe immediately went to retrieve his cards from the muck and turn over his acutally ahead {K-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}.

A ruling from Thomas Kremser was quickly called for as the crowd grew more and more around the table, with both players claiming the pot should belong to them.

De Wolfe claimed that his cards were retrievable from the muck with Reinkemeier disagreeing.

Thomas Kremser spoke to the dealer for a couple of minutes before ruling in Reinkemeier's favour as de Wolfe shook his head.

The pot was then awarded to Reinkemeier while de Wolfe slips to below 200,000.