2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€825,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,790,000
Entries
758
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Jani Kristian Rasinen Eliminated in 14th Place (€28,000)

Jani Kristian Rasinen
Jani Kristian Rasinen

Luis Rufas made it 100,000 under the gun and Jani Kristian Rasinen called in the cutoff to see a {4-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop. Rufas checked, but when Rasinen bet 160,000, Rufas announced all in to cover him.

Rasinen removed his hood (finally we know what his face looks like!) and huffed and puffed for a bit... and eventually called all in.

Rasinen: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
Rufas: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

There was a round of applause from the largely Spanish rail for their local boy, and the customary cries of, "Vamos!"

Turn: {q-Clubs}

River: {q-Spades}

The crowd went wild as Rufas claimed another tournament life and increased his stack to 2.2 million. Rasinen meanwhile becomes our 14th place finisher.

Tags: Jani Kristian Rasinen

Alessandro Longobardi Eliminated in 16th Place (€23,000)

Alessandro Longobardi eliminated
Alessandro Longobardi eliminated

Georgios Skotadis made a raise in early position and Kent Lundmark called on the button. Alessandro Longobardi squeezed all-in from the blinds, Skotadis folded and Lundmark made the call.

Longobardi had {a-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} and Lundmark had {7-} {7-}.

The flop was {6-Spades} {q-Clubs} {a-Hearts} and Longobardi was propelled into the lead. The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and Longobardi turned away from the table in disgust - Lundmark had retaken the lead. It was a fruitless {8-Spades} on the river and Longobardi was eliminated.

Tags: Georgios SkotadisKent LundmarkAlasseandro Longobardi

Thor Brings Down The Hammer

Thor Stang has just pulled the trigger on a very draw heavy board, prompting discussions of whether he had the good or not.

He started of proceedings with a raise to 62,000 from late position, Luis Rufas called on the button and Ognjen Sekularac also called from the small blind, meaning three players saw a {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} flop.

All three players checked this flop but the arrival of the {q-Diamonds} on the turn light the fuse. First, Sekularec bet 106,000, Stang three-bet shoved for a total of 605,000 chips, forcing Rufas to fold but Sekularec sat motionless.

After around one minute he folded but mentioned he thought he would be splitting the pot. Did Stang have the goods? Only he will know

Tags: Thor StangOgnjen SekularacLuis Rufas

No Real Action For Notaro's Kings

Francesco Notaro must have thought all of his Christmas' had come at once when he was dealt pocket kings on the button and had action in front of him but it turned out to be somewhat of an anti-climax for him, although he did make some profit.

Jani Kristian Rasinen opened in middle position to 72,000, Notaro raised to 200,000 and when the action folded back around to Rasinen, he made the call.

Flop: {10-Clubs}{q-Spades}{j-Diamonds} The draw heavy flop saw a check from Rasinen, a 80,000 bet from Notaro and a quick fold from Rasinen.

With the pot shipped his way, Notaro turned over {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}, the second time he has shown his hand when he did not really need to.

Tags: Jani Kristian RasinenFrancesco Notaro

Breaktime Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Giuseppe Pantaleo de
Giuseppe Pantaleo
4,134,000 347,000
Shander De Vries nl
Shander De Vries
1,811,000 211,000
Candido Gonçalves
Candido Gonçalves
1,550,000 -1,450,000
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
1,497,000 307,000
Kent Lundmark se
Kent Lundmark
EPT 1X Winner
1,460,000 60,000
Luis Rufas
Luis Rufas
1,330,000 663,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
1,322,000 383,000
Georgios Skotadis
Georgios Skotadis
1,320,000 20,000
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
1,303,000 253,000
Francesco Notaro
Francesco Notaro
1,280,000 21,000
Jani Kristian Rasinen
Jani Kristian Rasinen
1,230,000 -131,000
Alessandro Longobardi it
Alessandro Longobardi
946,000 146,000
Jesus Cortes Lizano
Jesus Cortes Lizano
880,000 -20,000
Jorge Lores
Jorge Lores
848,000 -429,000
Thor Stang no
Thor Stang
670,000 -187,000
Marco Bognanni it
Marco Bognanni
200,000 -950,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

Feature Table - The First Few Hands After the Re-Draw

Giuseppe Pantaleo
Giuseppe Pantaleo

Zachary Korik opened to 62,000 and Kent Lundmark called in the blinds. The flop was {6-Clubs} {k-Hearts} {9-Spades} and Lundmark checked, Korik bet 81,000 and Lundmark folded.

Then Zachary Korik opened to 62,000 and Giuseppe Pantaleo called on the button. The flop was {j-Spades} {2-Spades} {9-Hearts} Korik checked and Pantaleo bet 92,000 and Korik folded.

Tags: Giuseppe PantaleoKent LundmarkZachary Korik

What That Delay Was About

Nobody is entirely sure exactly what happened, but this is what we know:

- Jesus Cortes Lizano came back from the break and immediately announced that he had too many chips. Not too few - too many. He was meant to have around 900,000, but actually had around 1.3 million. He is our new hero in the press room.

- It was then found that Shander de Vries had too few chips.

- Candido Goncalves was briefly roped into the debate when someone suggested that he might have too many chips as well. But after reconstructing all the pre-break action, it was decided that he was OK after all.

- A long intermission followed, during which time TD Thomas Kremser heard the testimonies of de Vries, Lizano, the rest of the table and various dealers and media. There was at no point any suggestion that there had been any sneakiness going on; rather it seems that while the stacks were being moved around in the redraw, some chips accidentally ended up in the wrong stacks.

- It was eventually decided to give Lizano's extra chips to de Vries and everyone was happy.

That all make sense? Good. Let's play poker.

Tags: Jesus Cortes LizanoShander de Vries

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