2011 PokerStars.com EPT Loutraki

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.com EPT Loutraki

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
€347,000
Event Info
Entries
336
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Vasileios Chantzaras Eliminated in 12th Place (€14,800)

Vasileios Chantzaras
Vasileios Chantzaras

Ioannis Tamaras raised to 50,000 on the button and Vasileios Chantzaras three-bet to 115,000 from the small blind. The big blind gave the dealer his cards and Tamaras made the call.

Flop: {8-Hearts} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts}

Chantzaras bet 140,000 and Tamaras shouted Call at the top of his voice.

Turn: {5-Hearts}

"I am all-in," said Chantzaras and the bet was for around 700,000.

"Let me just check my cards,' said Tamaras with a great big smile on his face, "Call."

Tamaras flipped over {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} for the nut flush and a disgusted Chantzaras threw {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds} in the middle of the table. The river was {7-Diamonds} and Chantzaras was gone. Tamaras on the other hand was our new chip leader with a smidgen over 2 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ioannis Tamaras
Ioannis Tamaras
2,060,000
Vasileios Chantzaras
Vasileios Chantzaras
Busted

Tags: Ioannis TamarasVasileios Chantzaras

When Pucc Comes to Shove

Charalampos Kapernopoulos raised to 50,000 on the button before Andras Kovacs moved all in to cover him from the small blind, Mario Puccini then also moved all in and a visibly frustrated Kapernopoulos folded.

Kovacs: {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Puccini: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The board came {4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and the German doubled up to almost a million, Kovacs is left desperately short.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Puccini de
Mario Puccini
950,000 468,000
Andras Kovacs hu
Andras Kovacs
255,000 -198,000

Tags: Mario PucciniAndras Kovacs

Rupert Elder Eliminated in 13th Place (€12,100)

Rupert Elder
Rupert Elder

Rupert Elder opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and Zimnan Ziyard made it 102,000 on the button. Elder thought for about a minute and then moved all in for roughly 700,000. Ziyard took his turn at thinking and after about 30 seconds or so, made the call.

Elder: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Ziyard: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

The last remaining former champion was in big trouble and by the turn of the {10-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds} he was drawing dead. Ziyard, a fellow student of the University of Warwick, now has a big chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
EPT 1X Winner
1,760,000 634,000
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Rupert ElderZimnan Ziyard

Dimitris Mpinas Eliminated in 14th Place (€12,100)

Dimitris Mpinas
Dimitris Mpinas

After being crippled by Rupert Elder, Dimitris Mpinas tournament life has just been ended by David Elyashar.

Elyashar opened with {K-Spades} {10-Spades} and Mpinas moved his last 100,00 into the middle with {8-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} and Elashar made the call and eliminated Mpinas after the board delivered him a straight.

Player Chips Progress
David Elyashar il
David Elyashar
1,250,000 165,000
Dimitris Mpinas
Dimitris Mpinas
Busted

Tags: David ElyasharDimitris Mpinas

Kapernopoulos Crashing!

Charalampos Kapernopoulos just keeps plummeting down the chip counts. Here is his latest loss and the happy recipient of his chips was Ioannis Taramas.

Taramas had raised from the hijack seat and Kapernopoulos called in the big blind. The flop was {10-Spades} {5-Spades} {4-Hearts} and Kapernopoulos checked to Taramas who bet 265,000. All eyes back on our former chip leader and he moved all-in and Taramas made the call.

Taramas{K-} {K-}
Kapernopoulos{Q-Spades} {J-Spades}

It was flush draw versus over pair. The turn was the {4-Clubs} and the river the {2-Clubs} causing Taramas to slam his fists into the table in jubilation.

Player Chips Progress
John Taramas gr
John Taramas
1,000,000 381,000
Charalampos Kapernopoulos gr
Charalampos Kapernopoulos
451,000 -564,000

Tags: Charalampos KapernopoulosIoannis Taramas

A Shove by Schleps

Zinman Zayard raised to 45,000 in the hijack seat and Pierre Mothes three-bet very quickly from the cutoff seat. The size of the bet was 135,000 but Florian Schleps increased that ante when he moved all-in from the big blind for 527,000. Zayard folded quickly but Mothes took rather longer before folding. Mothes flashed {A-} {Q-} and Schleps flashed {Q-} {Q-}

Player Chips Progress
Florian Schleps
Florian Schleps
710,000 -2,000
Pierre Mothes de
Pierre Mothes
670,000 -131,000

Tags: Pierre MothesFlorian Schleps

Rupert Elder Moves Just Under a Million

Rupert Elder
Rupert Elder

Our hopes of heralding our first ever double EPT winner have just taken a shot in the arm after Rupert Elder has doubled up. His unfortunate opponent was Dimitris Mpinas and this is how the hand went down.

Dimitris Mpinas raised to 40,000 in early position and Rupert Elder moved all-in for 448,000 in the hijack seat. Mpinas took some time before calling and we had a showdown.

Elder{8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}
Mpinas{A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}

Board: {K-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {J-Hearts}

Elder is up to 950,000 and Mpinas is in serious trouble with 102,000

Player Chips Progress
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
EPT 1X Winner
950,000 480,000
Dimitris Mpinas
Dimitris Mpinas
102,000 -459,000

Tags: Dimitris MpinasRupert Elder

Chip Counts at the End of Level 22 (full)

Player Chips Progress
Hauke Heseding
Hauke Heseding
1,381,000 281,000
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
EPT 1X Winner
1,126,000 -148,000
David Elyashar il
David Elyashar
1,085,000 35,000
Charalampos Kapernopoulos gr
Charalampos Kapernopoulos
1,015,000 -15,000
Vasileios Chantzaras
Vasileios Chantzaras
881,000 421,000
Pierre Mothes de
Pierre Mothes
801,000 232,000
Florian Schleps
Florian Schleps
712,000 12,000
John Taramas gr
John Taramas
619,000 -46,000
Dimitris Mpinas
Dimitris Mpinas
561,000 86,000
Mario Puccini de
Mario Puccini
482,000 32,000
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
EPT 1X Winner
470,000 -20,000
Andras Kovacs hu
Andras Kovacs
453,000 -147,000
Sergey Serafimov ru
Sergey Serafimov
370,000 169,000
Georgios Grigoropoulos
Georgios Grigoropoulos
179,000 -149,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000