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2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€10,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,087,800
Total Entries
111
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 111
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From under the gun, David Martirosyan raised to 700. Timothy Adams three-bet to 2,000 from the hijack seat before Jim McCrink flatted on the button. Faraz Jaka flat-called out of the small blind and action moved back to Martirosyan, the original raiser.
Martirosyan reraised to 7,100 with a four-bet and that folded out both Adams and McCrink. Jaka studied, though, and he studied long and hard. Eventually, Jaka moved all in for approximately 35,000 and Martirosyan snap-called.
Martirosyan tabled the 
and was ahead of Jaka's 
. From there, the board ran out 
and Jaka was off to the registration desk to reload. Martirosyan climbed to about 90,000 in chips.
Steve Silverman was just eliminated after he was all in on the river of a 
board with 
only to run into Ivan Arnau Roy's 
in a nasty cooler.
Sorel Mizzi fired out a bet of 1,400 on a 
board, Alexander Roumeliotis made the call before Reza Mostafavi made it 7,500. Mizzi called but the Swede folded before the 
came on the turn.
Mizzi checked and Mostafavi set him all in, Mizzi called instantly.
Mostafavi: 
Mizzi: 
The Canadian had turned the nuts but he still had to sweat a trey or deuce on the river but instead the 
came, confirming Mizzi's double up.
Dan Smith, winner of the EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller, check-called a bet of 3,100 on the 
flop against Chris Brammer before seeing the 
land on the turn. Both payers checked and they also both checked the 
on the river.
"One pair," said Brammer, before Smith waited for him to show the 
.
Smith turned up the for a better pair and won the pot.
From under the gun, Mohsin Charania, the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final champion, raised to 600. Jani Sointula reraised to 1,650 from the next seat and everyone folded back to Charania. He called and the flop came down 
.
On the flop, Charania check-called a bet of 2,200 from Sointula before seeing he 
come on fourth street. Charania checked and Sointula checked behind.
The river was the and Charania led for 3,300. Sointula folded and Charania won the pot.
With the board reading 
, Jean Noel Thorel had check-raised Carlos Mora's 4,500 bet to 15,000. Mora made the call to see the on the turn and Thorel checked a second time, Mora fired out 25,000.
This time, Thorel check-raised all in for about 76,000 and after about 2 minutes, Mora made the call.
Thorel:
Mora: 
The 
on the river changed nothing and Thorel has gone from being knocked out very early to now being one of the chip leaders.
Level 2
: 150/300, 25 ante
Kristy Arnett has been in Barcelona this past week with the rest of the PokerNews team covering the European Poker Tour festivities. She's gathered some fun, behind-the-scenes highlights and here is a special edition of The Straddle.
Level 2
: 150/300, 25 ante
Action folded to European Poker Tour regular Sam Chartier in the hijack seat and he raised to 700. Max Greenwood made the call from the small blind and the flop came down 
. Greenwood checked and Chartier bet 900. Greenwood called.
After the came on the turn, both players checked to see the complete the board on the river. Greenwood checked and Chartier bet 2,500. Greenwood gave it up and Chartier won the pot.
