2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Grumpy Gromov

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Dmitry Gromov was just eliminated by Vytautas Milvydas after his river push was called. The final board read {a-}{8-}{j-}{a-Spades}{7-Hearts}.

Milvydas called the push with {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} and it was good as Gromov flipped over just a seven when he mucked. The dealer then flipped over his other card - a queen - before sliding the pot to Milvydas. Gromov took extreme exception to this and picked up his cards and threw then at the dealer whilst saying, "I only showed one. Why do you you that?" Then for good measure he threw his player ID card at the dealer too.

Tags: Dmitry GromovVytautas Milvydas

Akkari Down and Up

If our Portuguese is sharp, Andre Akkari lost a huge pot recently when his pocket eights were toppled by an opponent's pocket threes.

The Team PokerStars Pro has rebounded very quickly, though. In the last hand, Akkari opened to 11,000 from the button, and he and small blind Toni Pettersson went to battle. Akkari ended up putting his last ~120,000 into the pot, and he rolled over {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}. Pettersson and his {J-Clubs} {9-Clubs} needed to improve in a hurry to earn the knockout, but the {6-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} board ensured Mr. Akkari will be sticking around for a bit longer. He's back up to 250,000 now.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
250,000 2,000

Tags: Andre AkkariToni Pettersson

Adinolfi Doubles Nieto

Tome Moreira raised from the hijack seat to 11,500 and Mario Adinolfi called from the cutoff seat. Jose Nieto reraised all in from the big blind for 116,500 and after a few minutes in the tank, Moreira folded. Adinolfi made the call rather quickly and showed the {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. He was dominated by Nieto's {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

The flop, turn and river ran through {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Adinolfi sent over the chips to double Nieto.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
552,000 -131,000
Jose Nieto
Jose Nieto
245,000

Tags: Jose NietoMario AdinolfiTome Moreira

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Raul Mestre es
Raul Mestre
671,000 241,000
Tomeu Gomila es
Tomeu Gomila
655,000
Rumen Nanev bg
Rumen Nanev
653,000
Evgeny Zaytsev ru
Evgeny Zaytsev
630,000 261,700
Marcos Fernandez es
Marcos Fernandez
605,000
Stephane Albertini fr
Stephane Albertini
580,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
580,000 -45,000
Jose Angel Latorre Marina
Jose Angel Latorre Marina
560,000
Andreas Samuelsson se
Andreas Samuelsson
560,000
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
540,000 109,300
Simon Charette ca
Simon Charette
500,000 335,500
Xavier Carruggi
Xavier Carruggi
490,000 -87,700
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
470,000 -82,000
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
446,000 -4,000
Diego Ivan Arbuello
Diego Ivan Arbuello
433,000
Michael Bonzon
Michael Bonzon
380,000
Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
370,000 126,200
Norberto Rodriguez Latorre
Norberto Rodriguez Latorre
370,000
Javier Contreras
Javier Contreras
360,000
Marton Czuczor hu
Marton Czuczor
360,000 65,000
Andras Kovacs hu
Andras Kovacs
360,000
Miikka Anttonen fi
Miikka Anttonen
350,000 53,800
Kenny Hicks
Kenny Hicks
345,000 132,400
Martin Schleich de
Martin Schleich
EPT 1X Winner
340,000 -113,400
Thomas Larsen
Thomas Larsen
335,000 90,000

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Pastor Sticking Around

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Vanessa Selbst just can not shake Juan Manuel Pastor. In their last battle, Pastor got his last ~50,000 into the pot preflop with {A-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}, and Selbst was right there with the dominating {A-Spades} {9-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {3-Clubs} {10-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {K-Spades}, though, and both players make the matching Broadway straight. We'd make an argument that the six-card straight should earn the pot, but they don't listen to us. Pastor gets his money back plus half the blinds and antes, and he's been nursing that short stack along for hours now.

Tags: Juan Manuel PastorVanessa Selbst

News from Twitter-ville

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Lovely Leo
Lovely Leo

Jack "jackEllwood86" Ellwood is bust and he just Tweeted: "Bust. Cutoff opened, I shove AJ on btn, bb finds QQ and I can't get there."

Leo "LeoMargets" Margets is having a great day. I'm not sure what this says but I believe she's over the 400,000 mark: "Squeezeo en bb a 37k con AK y me pagan los 2!! Flop J38 todos check, turn A, yo ch, el OR check y boton 50k, yo push d 210k y se tiran!+400k."

Tags: Jack EllwoodLeo Margets

Pisarev Doubles Through Margets

From middle position, Victor Ramdin raised and then Denis Pisarev moved all in for 69,000 from the hijack seat. Leo Margets called on the button and play folded back to Ramdin. He also folded.

Margets held the {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} to Pisarev's {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}.

The flop, turn and river ran out {Q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Pisarev doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
Winamax
360,000 70,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
230,000 5,000
Denis Pisarev ru
Denis Pisarev
150,000

Tags: Denis PisarevLeo MargetsVictor Ramdin