2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€850,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,055,000
Entries
811
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 811
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Isildur0

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Viktor Blom
Viktor Blom

Under the gun, Dominic Nitsche min-raised to 400, and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom three-bet to 3,150 a couple seats over. Not to be outdone, Denis Pisarev put in the cold four-bet to 3,150 total, and now only Blom called to go heads up to the flop.

It came {2-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {8-Clubs}, and Blom check-called a bet of 3,600. When the {Q-Spades} paired the board on fourth street, Blom took the lead with a bet of 5,450, and now it was Pisarev doing the calling. The {7-Diamonds} filled out the river, and Blom only had one play left, all in for 13,125. Pisarev spent a few minutes considering the decision for most of his own chips, but he eventually mustered the gumption to drop the calling chips into the pot.

Blom patted the table in acknowledgement that he'd been caught, and he flipped his {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} over onto the felt. Pisarev's {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades} were plenty good enough to earn him the knockout, and Blom's exit has made his table just a bit more manageable for the others now.

Tags: Denis PisarevDominic NitscheViktor Blom

Sarwer Likes the River

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Jeff Sarwer is up to 38,000 after a fortunate river card came to his rescue.

The action was three-way to the turn where the board read {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{j-Spades}. Sarwer led for 2,200 from the small blind and was called by the big blind. The third player folded.

The river came {7-Spades} and Sarwer's 5,000 bet was called. He tabled {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} for a straight and the big blind seemed frustrated and threw his cards into the muck. "Turned my hand into a bluff on the turn but got there on the river," commented the Canadian.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

ElkY's Flush is Bigger

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 425 from middle position and found a caller in the cutoff seat before the button three-bet to 1,325. Grospellier called and the flatter folded.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Grospellier check-called a bet of 1,500 from his opponent before the dealer placed the {2-Clubs} out on the turn. Both players checked and then the river completed the board with the {4-Clubs}. Both players checked once more.

The button first showed the {5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, but his flush was no good to Grospellier's {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} and the Team PokerStars Pro won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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ElkY
33,000
4,000
4,000
pokerstars

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Bari Adding

After a player from early position raised to 500, action folded to Allen Bari in the small blind and he three-bet to 1,600. Ivan Demidov folded from the big blind before the original raiser made the call.

The flop came down {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and Bari bet 1,350. His opponent quickly folded and Bari picked up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Bari
40,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Allen Bari

No Bluffing from Ionel

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Romanian Anton Ionel always plays with a big smile upon his face, but I guess that's easy to do when you've won a little less than two million dollars in 2011.

He's up to 34,000 today after flopping a set of queens in a three-way pot. He was up against Leo Fernandez and David Collins and raised pot brought about a {6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} flop.

Collins was the aggressor and continued with a 1,025 bet, Ionel was next to act and raised to 3,275. Fernadez folded from the big blind but Collins called. The turn came {7-Spades} and Collins check-folded to Ionel's 4,140 bet and was shown to black queens.

Tags: Anton Ionel

UK and Ireland Update

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Some mixed news for Blighty and the Emerald isle players.

  • Praz Bansi is down to 20,000 after raising with {6-}{4-} and seeing a {k-}{6-}{6-} flop. The problem was that the the big blind defended with {k-}{6-}.
  • Team PokerStars Pro John Duthie is out. We don't know the details I'm afraid.
  • Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth is up to 36,000 after forcing a neighbour to fold on a {4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{a-Hearts} board.

Tags: John DuthieJude AinsworthPraz Bansi

Checking on the Team

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
70,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Johannes Strassmann
Johannes Strassmann
49,000
19,000
19,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
41,000
11,000
11,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
40,000
10,000
10,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
39,000
9,000
9,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Juan Manuel Pastor es
Juan Manuel Pastor
37,000
1,000
1,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Rino Mathis ch
Rino Mathis
36,000
6,000
6,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
33,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
32,000
1,000
1,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Dag Palovic sk
Dag Palovic
32,000
2,000
2,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
31,000
175
175
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
30,000
2,000
2,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of ElkY
ElkY
29,000
1,000
1,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
29,000
1,000
1,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
29,000
1,000
1,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
29,000
1,000
1,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Vadim Markushevski by
Vadim Markushevski
29,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Boris Becker de
Boris Becker
27,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
26,000
4,000
4,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Nuno Coelho pt
Nuno Coelho
21,000
9,000
9,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
20,000
10,000
10,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
18,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
18,000
1,125
1,125
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Max Lykov
Max Lykov
16,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of John Duthie gb
John Duthie
Busted
pokerstars

Mercier Folds River to Pastor

In this battle of Team PokerStars Pros, Jason Mercier from the USA was pitted against Juan Manuel Pastor from Spain.

With the board reading {8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Spades}, Mercier fired 2,325 and Pastor made the call to see the {A-Hearts} land on the river. Mercier fired again and wagered 4,400 with 16,875 behind. Pastor raised to 20,125 and Mercier went into the tank. Eventually, he folded and didn't look too thrilled about it.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Juan Manuel Pastor es
Juan Manuel Pastor
38,000
8,000
8,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
16,875
125
125
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: Juan Manuel PastorJason Mercier

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0