2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
€1,500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,860,000
Entries
686
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

The Happy Winners & the Crestfallen Losers

Allen Bari
Allen Bari

Allen Bari must be the happiest of all - he's one of our current chip leaders on 145,000.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
145,000
55,000
55,000
Lucien Cohen fr
Lucien Cohen
120,000
72,000
72,000
EPT 1X Winner
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
75,000
-3,000
-3,000
[Removed:13]
[Removed:13]
65,000
5,000
5,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
65,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Luis Rufas
Luis Rufas
62,000
28,000
28,000
Luca Cainelli
Luca Cainelli
58,000
28,000
28,000
Jeffrey Hakim lb
Jeffrey Hakim
48,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
48,000
-6,000
-6,000
Ted Forrest us
Ted Forrest
44,000
7,000
7,000
Kent Lundmark se
Kent Lundmark
43,000
23,000
23,000
EPT 1X Winner
Daniel Drescher
Daniel Drescher
42,000
10,000
10,000
Henri Kasper ee
Henri Kasper
40,000
19,000
19,000
Ran Azor il
Ran Azor
39,000
11,000
11,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
37,000
13,000
13,000
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
35,000
21,000
21,000
Konstantinos Nanos gr
Konstantinos Nanos
31,500
1,000
1,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
31,000
500
500
Diego Brunelli
Diego Brunelli
26,000
-2,500
-2,500
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
22,500
2,500
2,500
EPT 1X Winner
Michael Pesek us
Michael Pesek
21,000
-7,000
-7,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
20,000
-12,000
-12,000
Russell Carson ca
Russell Carson
13,500
-9,500
-9,500
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
11,000
-33,000
-33,000
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
Busted

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Things in Life That Are Certain

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

We all know in this life that the Sun is going to shine, just as we know that "haters gonna hate", but one thing that is just as definite is that Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier doesn't lose the big crucial flips.

He made a cold 4-bet with {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} from the big blind over the top of small blind Rupert Elder's 3-bet against the button. The button folded and Elder set Mercier in for what was a 110,000 pot with {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}. Call.

The board came {J-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and although Elder rivered a straight, Mercier already had a boat on the turn. Elder dropped to 18,000.

Tags: Jason MercierRupert Elder

WiggWamed!

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

Anton Wigg very reasonably got the last of his chips in with {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} on a {A-Spades}{K-Spades}{J-Spades} flop but was up against the flopped flush holding of {9-Spades}{8-Spades}. The Swede gained a few extra outs on the {J-Clubs} turn but the {10-Clubs} river only improved him to a straight and he was sent to the rail.

Tags: Anton Wigg

Selbst Herself Short

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante
Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

Vanessa Selbst has been eliminated after she check-raised on a flop of {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and her opponent floated her with {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, backing into a diamond flush on the {10-Diamonds} turn and {6-Diamonds}, Selbst had {A-}{9-} and looked more than slightly annoyed by what had happened.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst.

Chip Counts from Half the Room

That is not a typo for EPT fixture David Sonelin. He is huge chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
David Sonelin se
David Sonelin
260,000
60,000
60,000
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
145,000
Lucien Cohen fr
Lucien Cohen
140,000
20,000
20,000
EPT 1X Winner
Alex Gomes
Alex Gomes
105,000
70,800
70,800
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
85,000
31,000
31,000
Winamax
Imre Leibold ee
Imre Leibold
75,000
17,000
17,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
66,000
2,500
2,500
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
55,000
9,000
9,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
55,000
5,600
5,600
Maria Maceiras es
Maria Maceiras
52,000
12,000
12,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
50,000
-11,500
-11,500
Dag Palovic sk
Dag Palovic
50,000
20,000
20,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
48,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
47,000
-11,000
-11,000
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
41,000
5,000
5,000
Ran Azor il
Ran Azor
40,000
1,000
1,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
34,000
11,500
11,500
EPT 1X Winner
Konstantinos Nanos gr
Konstantinos Nanos
32,500
1,000
1,000
Daniel Drescher
Daniel Drescher
32,000
-10,000
-10,000
Andre Coimbra pt
Andre Coimbra
30,000
5,300
5,300
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
25,000
14,000
14,000
Kent Lundmark se
Kent Lundmark
23,500
-19,500
-19,500
EPT 1X Winner
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
14,000
-19,000
-19,000
Michael Pesek us
Michael Pesek
13,000
-8,000
-8,000
Joao Barbosa pt
Joao Barbosa
9,000
-8,000
-8,000
EPT 1X Winner

All Change

While David Sonelin remains at the top of the chip counts, several big stacks have suffered serious reversals of fortune in Level 8 - may we point your attention in the direction of Rupert Elder and Toby Lewis, waving the UK flag now a little less vigorously. Also Erik Cajelais and Michael Tureniec have experienced the giddy heights of the chip lead at some point today but both are now under the average stack (50k or thereabouts).

Player Chips Progress
132,000
Ben Wilinofsky ca
Ben Wilinofsky
92,000
-8,000
-8,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
88,000
53,000
53,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
76,000
-34,000
-34,000
Luca Cainelli
Luca Cainelli
75,000
17,000
17,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
41,000
3,000
3,000
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
37,000
-64,000
-64,000
EPT 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
32,400
-25,600
-25,600
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
32,000
-30,500
-30,500
[Removed:197]
[Removed:197]
30,000
11,000
11,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
29,000
-6,000
-6,000
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
27,000
1,000
1,000
EPT 1X Winner
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
23,000
3,000
3,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
22,600
-2,000
-2,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
18,500
-4,500
-4,500
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
16,700
-17,300
-17,300

Tags: Daniel WeinmanDavid Sonelin

Chan Down

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante
Terrence Chan
Terrence Chan

We found Terrence Chan pushing his stack across the line on a {7-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop and turning over {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. His opponent flipped {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} and the rest of the board was dealt, bringing Chan absolutely nothing.

Turn: {4-Clubs}

River: {3-Diamonds}

Tags: Terrence Chan

Scraps of Hands Before the Break

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante

Angel Guillen is up to 85,000 after he held {K-Spades}{K-Clubs} all in on the turn of a {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{5-Spades} board against {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}. The {J-Hearts} river changed nothing and the Mexican is looking very comfortable.

Tristan Clemencon has been knocked out after he was all in preflop with {a-}{8-} against {a-}{6-} but the board brought both an ace and a six and the Frenchman is pushing up the proverbial daisies. (Thanks to roving reporter Gloria Balding for this one!)

Tags: Tristan ClemenconAngel Guillen

Clash of the Titans

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante
Ben Wilinofsky
Ben Wilinofsky

We only caught the river action, but it was significant - Ben Wilinofsky moved all in for a roughly pot-sized 60,000 or so, the board reading {10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}{q-Spades}{10-Clubs}. His opponent, who still had 100,000 behind, tanked for a while. He growled, then laughed, and after a little while he folded.

Wilinofsky didn't show his hand and is up to 120,000.

Tags: Ben Wilinofsky