2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€962,925
Event Info
Buy-in
€48,500
Prize Pool
€3,072,960
Entries
64
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 1

Big Win for Smith

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Andy Moseley opened the hand from under the gun for 7,000. Dan Smith made the call as did Steve Silverman in the big blind.

The dealer opened {5-Hearts} {5-Spades} {9-Spades} on the flop and Moseley checked. Smith, however, did not and bet 15,000. Silverman quickly folded and Moseley called.

The turn brought {K-Clubs} and Smith fired another 38,000, which Moseley called. The river card came the {2-Clubs} and was checked by Moseley once again. Smith wasn't ready for a showdown just yet and went in for 125,000. Moseley thought about it for a bit and then mucked his hand.

Tags: Andy MoseleyDan Smith

Sahamies Drops One to Litvinov

Ilari Sahamies
Ilari Sahamies

Action folded around to Artem Litvinov in the small blind and he limped, which inspired Ilari Sahamies to raise to 9,000 from the big. Litvinov made the call and then check-called bets of 15,000 and 25,000 on the {7-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop and {3-Diamonds} turn respectively.

Both players then checked the {7-Diamonds} river and Sahamies showed {A-Spades}{8-Spades} for a flopped two pair, but it was no good as Litvinov showed {K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for the nut flush.

"Oh," Sahamies said with a hint of surprise. "I needed an eight on the river."

Player Chips Progress
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
300,000 90,000
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
287,000 -43,000

Tags: Artem LitvinovIlari Sahamies

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Small One for Adams

Over on the feature table, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened for 5,000 from early position and cleared the field all the way to Timothy Adams, who made the call from the big blind.

Both players proceeded to check both the {2-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} flop and {7-Diamonds} turn, and then Adams bet 8,300 on the {10-Clubs} river. Grospellier quickly released his hand and gave up on the pot. It wasn't much of a hand, but given our restricted access to the feature table, we thought we'd pass it on.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
270,000 10,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
163,000 -14,000

Tags: Timothy AdamsBertrand Grospellier

The Russian Fight

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

At one of the secondary feature tables, Anatoly Gurtovoy opened the hand with a 10,000 raise and found a customer in Igor Kurganov. The rest of the table folded and the two went heads up into the flop.

The board ran {A-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {10-Clubs} and both players checked. The {J-Clubs} on the turn didn't trigger much action either as both checked again.

However, Kurganov decided to get things going by betting 7,500 after the {Q-Spades} came on the river only to see Gurtovoy raise to 25,000. After thinking for a few seconds, Kurganov finally folded his hand and Gurtovoy showed an {A-} and collected the pot.

Tags: Anatoly GurtovoyIgor Kurgano

Bad Start for Mizzi

We caught the action on the turn with a board reading {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and about 60,000 in the pot. Justin Bonomo was in the big blind and led out for 47,000, which Sorel Mizzi called from the under-the-gun position.

Both players then checked the {6-Clubs} river, and Bonomo turned over {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a flopped flush. Mizzi double checked his own cards and then gently tossed them to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
400,000 225,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
172,000 -78,000

Tags: Sorel MizziJustin Bonomo