2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Main Event

Day 4 Started

Gomila is Day 4's Godzilla While Katchalov and De Meulder Chase

Tomeu Gomila
Tomeu Gomila

Day 4 of the 2011 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event is just a short time away from starting and that means another great day of poker is ahead of us.

A few days ago, 811 hopefuls began the quest for EPT glory and the first-place prize of €850,000. Hand by hand, level by level, day by day, players were eliminated and now the tournament finds itself down to the last three tables of 24 players.

Leading the way into Day 4 is Tomeu Gomila with 2.547 million in chips. He collected the majority of those chips on one of the final hands of last night to earn the chip lead. Gomila busted both Jose Angel Latorre Marina and Simon Charette on the same hand when his {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} held up against the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} of Marina and the {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for Charette.

The two most notable players returning today are Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov and Matthias De Meulder. They'll enter the penultimate day with 1.452 million and 1.376 million in chips, respectively. Both of them had plenty of luck on their side yesterday as they had to come from behind in key all-in situations with underpairs to overpairs. Both were able to win those battles and wouldn't be alive today if things would have panned out differently.

Day 4 Table and Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerChips
21Andras Kovacs251,000
22Marcos Fernandez1,699,000
23Raul Mestre2,363,000
24Tome Moreira338,000
25Jose Miguel Esteban1,169,000
26Evgeny Zaytsev1,095,000
27Martin Schleich536,000
28Juan Manuel Perez780,000
    
11Javier Contreras1,156,000
12Benjamin Juhasz663,000
13Marton Czuczor860,000
14Tomeu Gomila2,547,000
15Rumen Nanev397,000
16Eugene Katchalov1,452,000
17Dragan Kostic714,000
18Matthias De Meulder1376000
    
31Sigurd Andreas Eskeland802,000
32Saar Wilf1,999,000
33Mikel Allende826,000
34Massimilano Martinez1,795,000
35Xavier Carruggi542,000
36Anthony Picault450,000
37Isabel Clemente255,000
38Miikka Anttonen282,000

Play kicks off at noon local time here in Barcelona, Spain. PokerNews will be on hand to provide all of the live coverage from the event, so be sure to stay tuned right here for all of the action. It's going to be a great one and you won't want to miss out.

Tags: Tomeu Gomila

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

A Wilf in Sheep's Clothing

Just one hand into the day, we've already got some pretty significant chip movement.

The pot began with Saar Wilf opening with a raise, and Massimilano Martinez three-bet to 132,000 in position. Wilf called, and off they went. They'd check their way through the {6-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {5-Clubs} flop, and the {7-Spades} landed on the turn. Wilf checked again, and Martinez made the delayed continuation bet of 163,000. His opponent called, and the scary {4-Spades} river put a straight on board. Now it was Wilf who started stacking up chips, and he eventually settled on a near-pot-sized bet of 600,000. With hands a'trembling, Martinez cut out the calling chips and kissed them goodbye.

Wilf tabled his {J-Spades} {8-Spades}, and the flush is good for the pot. With it comes the chip lead once again as he improves his count to 2.948 million.

Player Chips Progress
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
2,948,000 949,000
Massimilano Martinez
Massimilano Martinez
846,000 -949,000

Tags: Massimilano MartinezSaar Wilf

Value or Bluff?

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Martin Schleich's stack is under more pressure now after lost a pot, whilst in position, against the table big stack Raul Mestre.

He raised to 36,000 from mid position and Mestre peeled to see a {q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{q-Hearts} flop. The action was checked to the {7-Hearts} turn where the Spaniard led for 45,000. A quick call came. The river came {3-Diamonds} and both players checked.

Mestre opened {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and pointed at the ace. This was enough as his German opponent folded.

Tags: Martin SchleichRaul Mestre

Anttonen Shoves

From the hijack seat, Massimilano Martinez raised to 45,000. Xavier Carruggi flatted in the cutoff and then action folded to Miikka Anttonen in the big blind. He reraised all in for 300,000. Martinez tanked and then folded before Carruggi did the same thing, tank-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Massimilano Martinez
Massimilano Martinez
780,000 -66,000
Xavier Carruggi
Xavier Carruggi
425,000 -45,000
Miikka Anttonen fi
Miikka Anttonen
400,000 118,000

Tags: Massimilano MartinezXavier CarruggiMiikka Anttonen

Benjamin Juhasz Eliminated in 24th Place (€20,000)

Benjamin Juhasz raised to 45,000 and overnight chip leader Tomeu Gomila reraised to 110,000. Action folded back around to Juhasz and he four-bet to 400,000. Gomila moved all in and Juhasz called to put himself at risk.

Juhasz: {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Gomila: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

Juhasz was all in and dominated for his tournament life. He needed some help on the flop, turn or river to stay alive or he'd be out in 24th place.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and that was followed by the {A-Diamonds}, which meant Juhasz could only hit a ten on the river to stay alive.

The river landed with the {6-Clubs} and that was the end of the line for Juhasz. Gomila scooped the pot and resumed his position as chip leader with 3.1 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Tomeu Gomila es
Tomeu Gomila
3,100,000 553,000
Benjamin Juhasz hu
Benjamin Juhasz
Busted

Tags: Benjamin JuhaszTomeu Gomila