Continuous Clash of the Titans
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Torsten Brinkmann and Eugene Yanayt have been going at it all day. Sarah Grant picked Brinkmann's brain about his side of this battle.
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,860,000
Entries
686
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Chips for Freitez
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Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Ivan Freitez shoved for 420,000 and Juan Maceiras called. But Pedro Pellicer reshoved, forcing a fold from Maceiras. On their backs.
Freitez: 
Pellicer: 
Board: 
Freitez flopped a flush and Pellicer failed to turn or river a higher one. It was a presumably unexpected full triple up for the Venezuelan and he's now at around 1.3 million.
Chips to Start this Level
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,644,000
508,000
|
508,000 |
|
2,630,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
||
|
|
2,271,000
271,000
|
271,000 |
|
2,240,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
2,140,000
1,140,000
|
1,140,000 |
|
1,830,000
-725,000
|
-725,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,700,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,270,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
780,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
720,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Higgins Instantly Toppled by Pellicer
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Immediately after the Freitez-triple hand, Pedro Pellicer got involved in a HUGE pot with Simon Higgins to steal the chip lead so recently regained by the British player. It was all in preflop, Higgins making the final call of Pellicer's shove for over 1,600,000 with 
. He had a shot at eliminating Pellicer, who held 
, but instead doubled him up, the board running out 
.
Pellicer now has nearly 3.5 million chips and the 'all-change!' theme for today is still running strong.
Ankush Mandavia Eliminated in 13th Place (€60,000)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Ankush Mandavia moved all in from the small blind and Andrey Danilyuk instantly called in the big blind.
Mandavia: 
Danilyuk: 
The flop came 
and Mandavia took the lead but the turn gave Danilyuk a flush draw and a number of better two pair draws. The came on the river and Daniluk counterfeited Mandavia's two pair and eliminated the American in 13th position.
Inexplicably, Alessandro Limblici decided to celebrate this exit loudly with his friends on the rail despite having nothing to do with the hand.
Simon Higgins Eliminated in 12th Place (€70,000)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
What a dramatic reversal of fortune for Simon Higgins - chip leader to out in just a few hands! His final all-in preflop confrontation was against Ivan Freitez, newly back in the running, who picked up 
at the same time as Higgins was ready to commit with 
. The board ran out 
and a shell-shocked Brit headed for the rail.
Pettersson Doubles Through Brinkmann
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Torsten Brinkmann raised to 90,000 preflop and Eugene Yanayt flat-called from the cutoff but then Thomas Pettersson moved all and Brinkmann quickly called. Yanayt scratched his head, thought for a minute or two before folding 
face up.
Brinkmann: 
Pettersson: 
Flop: 
Great fold by Yanayt.
Turn:
Terrible fold by Yanayt.
River: 
Awesome fold by Yanayt, Pettersson doubles over the 1 million mark.
Hangin out with Hash
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Sarah Grant sat down with PokerStars Pro Tony Hachem to get all the dirt on his married life and the end of the world.
Danilyuk Wakes Up
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Andrey Danilyuk has really upped the aggression since busting Ankush Mandavia - he raised three hands in a row, although he didn't win all of them.
Hand 1
Danilyuk made it 90,000 from the cutoff; everyone folded.
Hand 2
Danilyuk made it 90,000 from the hijack and this time both Eugene Yanayt (cutoff) and Alessandro Limblici (big blind) called. The saw a 
flop and it checked around to Yanayt who picked up the pot with a 140,000 bet.
Hand 3
Undeterred, Danilyuk raised to 90,000 again, this time from under the gun. The table went back to folding, and he picked up another set of blinds and antes.
Outer Table Action
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Small blind Eugene Yanayt raised to 100,000 preflop, but passed when Thomas Pettersson upped it to 540,000 from the big blind.
Under the gun Torsten Brinkmann raised to 90,000, only to find his neighbour Andrey Danilyuk reraising him to 235,000 - again, no call.
These hands were mere half-minute wonders compared to the river dwell of Thomas Pettersson on the third hand we have to report from the outer table - Pettersson had called Torsten Brinkmann's preflop raise in the big blind, checked the 
flop, and checked the 
turn. Brinkmann now bet 85,000, and Pettersson called. The river brought the 
and another check from Pettersson. When Brinkmann bet 155,000, Pettersson's timebank ran down until it made imagined beeping sounds, and he passed.