2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid

Main Event
Day: 3
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
Players Left 1 / 686
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Chip Counts with 4 Tables Remaining (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
1,800,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Torsten Brinkmann de
Torsten Brinkmann
1,500,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Eugene Yanayt us
Eugene Yanayt
1,300,000
430,000
430,000
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Profile photo of Juan Maceiras
Juan Maceiras
1,200,000
530,000
530,000
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Profile photo of Ivan Freitez ve
Ivan Freitez
1,080,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Georges Yazbeck lb
Georges Yazbeck
980,000
239,000
239,000
Profile photo of Ole Kristian Nergard
Ole Kristian Nergard
890,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Litterio Pirrotta
Litterio Pirrotta
883,000
117,000
117,000
Profile photo of Domantas Klimciauskas lt
Domantas Klimciauskas
880,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Raemon Sluiter
Raemon Sluiter
810,000
340,000
340,000
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Profile photo of Tamas Lendavai
Tamas Lendavai
730,000
329,000
329,000
Profile photo of Pedro Pellicer
Pedro Pellicer
720,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Gerardo Godinez
Gerardo Godinez
680,000
26,000
26,000
Profile photo of Andrew Li
Andrew Li
679,000
379,000
379,000
Profile photo of Alex Gomes
Alex Gomes
606,000
168,000
168,000
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Profile photo of Kjartan Berger Jonsson
Kjartan Berger Jonsson
600,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Andrey Danilyuk ru
Andrey Danilyuk
565,000
63,000
63,000
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Profile photo of Dag Palovic sk
Dag Palovic
500,000
105,000
105,000
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Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
500,000
200,000
200,000
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Profile photo of Shiraz Soltaninassab
Shiraz Soltaninassab
478,000
108,000
108,000
Profile photo of Jose Nadal mx
Jose Nadal
465,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Joao Studart br
Joao Studart
385,000
175,000
175,000
Profile photo of Vasily Fursov
Vasily Fursov
370,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Surinder Sunar gb
Surinder Sunar
370,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Thomas Pettersson se
Thomas Pettersson
335,000
85,000
85,000

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It's Kjartans for Jonsson

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Kjartan Berger Jonsson opened to 25,000 and Simon Higgins called behind to see a {7-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop. Jonsson bet out 37,000 and Higgins raised; we don't know how much the raise was, as before we could work it out Jonsson had gone all in and Higgins had called.

Higgins: turned over {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} to cries of "OMG!" and the like around the table.
Jonsson: said, "I don't believe it," and turned over {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for the flush draw.

Turn: {10-Spades} giving Jonsson some extra outs.

River: not one of those outs, but the {5-Spades}.

Jonsson busted out and Higgins, already the chip leader before the hand, is now way out in front on 2.6 million. He turned to the dealer. "So would you like a chocolate cake, or...?"

Across the table Ankush Mandavia was unimpressed. "That's it?"

Tags: Simon HigginsKjartan Berger Jonsson

Ankushioned

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Ankush Mandavia
Ankush Mandavia

Victor Ramdin raised to 26,000 and Ankush Mandavia shoved from the button. In the small blind, Joao Studart reshoved. Ramdin ducked out of their way and they were conflipping.

Mandavia: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Studart: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

Board: {3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{q-Hearts}{6-Spades}

Mandavia more than doubled to 525,000 - not far off the average stack. Studart looked terribly unhappy about it and no wonder - he's been crippled to just 150,000.

Tags: Ankush MandaviaJoao StudartVictor Ramdin

Ferrero Nearly Doubles; Busts Instead

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero is out, in painful circumstances - another river and another two outer after a hope-giving turn: his {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} in good shape preflop against {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}.

Flop: {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}...Turn: {5-Spades}...River: (we've sort of given the game away here): {8-Diamonds}

He took his polite but slightly crestfallen leave and collects €35,000 for his efforts.

Tags: Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero

Tomasin the Zone

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Domantas Klimciauskas tried to get rid of Alessandro Tomasin on the river of a {8-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} board with a bet of 85,000 (having also led the turn and been called) but Tomasin was reluctant to fold his {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}, called and took the pot from Klimciauskas with his busted flush draw {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

Tags: Domantas Klimciauskas

Later, Sunar

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Surinder Sunar - not only busto, but photobombed by Fatima Moreira de Melo
Surinder Sunar - not only busto, but photobombed by Fatima Moreira de Melo

The flop read {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Pedro Pellicer bet. Surinder Sunar shoved, Pellicer snap-called, and they were on their backs.

Sunar: {5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}
Pellicer: {a-Hearts}{6-Spades}

Turn: {q-Hearts}

River: {7-Clubs}

After his second place finish at the Irish Open a few weeks ago, it'll be a disappointment to the UK poker legend not to make another final table. Still, a remarkable performance. GG, S.S.

Tags: Pedro PellicerSurinder Sunar

Boucher Busto

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Juan Maceiras
Juan Maceiras

Eugene Katchalov raised to 35,000 under the gun and Philippe Boucher shoved for around 140,000. Over to Juan Maceiras, who reshoved for an awful lot. Katchalov folded {k-Spades}{j-Spades} face up and the other two turned their cards over.

Maceiras: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Boucher: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

Said Maceiras, "I take ace-three-five, just for you."
Replied Boucher, "OK. I'll take the four."

Flop: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{q-Spades} which would have made Katchalov a Broadway straight. Cheerfully piped up Dag Palovic, "I do not understand the people who do not play the maths. The poker news, Eugene Katchalov is such a good player." Giggling all round the table.

Turn: {8-Spades} which would have made Katchalov a flush. Boucher pushed forward his {4-Spades}, singing the bit everyone knows from Jaws.

River: {2-Diamonds}

The fun was over, and Boucher was busted. Maceiras meanwhile is up to 1.3 million.

Tags: Dag PalovicEugene KatchalovJuan MaceirasPhilippe Boucher

[Removed:332] Explodes

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Ole Kristian [Removed:332]
Ole Kristian [Removed:332]

Wow, former chip leader Ole Kristian [Removed:332] has blown up in spectacular style - the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Eugene Yanayt opened to 32,000 in early position and [Removed:332] made it 102,000 from the button. Yanayt called, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {10-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Check, check.

Turn: {3-Clubs}

Yanayt bet out 115,000, but [Removed:332] made it 234,000 to go. Yanyat called, and they saw the river.

River: {7-Clubs}

Yanayt checked, and [Removed:332] announced all in. After a little while, Yanayt called all in.

Yanayt: {3-Hearts}{3-Spades} for a set
[Removed:332]: {q-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a particularly bluffy second pair

The all in on the river was for 800-and-something-k, the pot around 700,000 before the river. Yanayt was still stacking his ocean of chips when we left, but we're putting him at 2.3 million for the moment. [Removed:332] has been crippled to just 80,000.

Tags: Eugene YanaytOle Kristian Nergard

Godin-ez Game

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Erik van den Berg
Erik van den Berg

Having demonstrated some admirable grinding today, Erik van den Berg has demonstrated how not to win an all-in flip, getting it in preflop with {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} vs. the {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} of Gerardo Godinez.

"You'll probably hit a king on the flop, then I'll river a queen...it'll be the pot of the night!" said van den Berg.

He was half right - the flop came down {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{9-Clubs} but after the turn {2-Diamonds} came the river {A-Spades}. €35,000 for the graciously losing Dutchman.

Tags: Gerardo GodinezErik van den Berg

Final Day 3 Elimination: Vasily Fursov

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Vasily Fursov was the last player to be eliminated in the €35,000 payout bracket bringing Day 3 to an abrupt close. His pre-exit hand involved two players giving the full Dwell over his preflop mid-position raise to 43,000. Dag Palovic passed but button Alessandro Limblici (having had the clock called on him) moved all in for 212,000.

Fursov called and found his {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades} in big trouble against Limblici's {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. The board ({6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}) offered flush possibilities but removed them with the river and he was down to <60,000.

The very next hand, in those chips went under the gun with {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} - it was Alessandro Limblici who found the {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} behind him and took the last of his bowl of rice after a {4-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades} board.

Tags: Alessandro LimbliciVasily Fursov