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

More for [Removed:288]

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

With around 80,000 in the pot and a board reading {6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, Bryn Kenney checked from the big blind and watched [Removed:283] fired out 30,000. Kenney wasted little time in making the call and then checked the {6-Clubs} river, inspiring [Removed:288] to do the same. The latter rolled over {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} for nines and eights, which was good as Kenney sent his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:283]
[Removed:283]
410,000 244,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
160,000 -25,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney

Ivey Eliminated

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

Phil Ivey has been eliminated. The man who got all of his chips was [Removed:283] and here's how it happened.

Ivey had raised preflop to 5,000 and was called by three players, including [Removed:288] in the small blind. The flop was {10-Diamonds}{5-}{3-Diamonds} and [Removed:288] led out for 8,500. Ivey raised to 30,000 and play folded back to [Removed:288]. He made the call.

The turn was a {7-} and [Removed:288] led again, this time for 65,000 into Ivey. Ivey moved all in for approximately 140,000 and [Removed:288] called. Ivey held {A-}{A-}, but was behind the {10-}{7-} for [Removed:288] who had turned two pair.

The river card provided no help for Ivey and his aces went down in flames to [Removed:288]'s two pair. [Removed:288] collected the chips and moved to nearly 400,000. Ivey hit the rail, but we'll keep an eye out for a possible rebuy from him.

Phil Ivey has been eliminated

Tags: Phil Ivey

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Break Time

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Players are now on a break. During this time Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier's table, which includes Sami Kelopuro, Luke Schwartz and Cheung Yin Sun, will be moved to the TV feature table.

Cards should be back in the air in about 20 minutes.

Ladouceur Makes Two Pair Against Ivey

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

After Bryn Kenney and [Removed:283] checked the {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop, Marc-Andre Ladouceur fired 13,500. Phil Ivey called before Ignat Liviu and Philipp Gruissem folded. Kenney and [Removed:288] also folded, leaving heads-up action to the turn.

On fourth street, the {2-Diamonds} fell and both players checked. Then, the {4-Clubs} completed the board on the river. Ladouceur fired 35,300 and Ivey tank-called.

Ladouceur showed the {A-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for two pair and Ivey mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
300,000 50,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Poker Hall of Famer
180,000 -70,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyIgnat LiviuMarc-Andre LadouceurPhil IveyPhilipp Gruissem

Six-Bet Gets the Job Done for Kurganov

Action folded to Mike "Timex" McDonald in the hijack and he raised to 5,000, which Igor Kurganov three-bet to 10,000 from the button. Andrew Lichtenberger was in the small blind and choose to four-bet to 31,000, which inspired McDonald to five-bet 52,500.

Kurganov thought long and hard before putting in a six-bet to 95,000, and it proved a wise decision as both Lichtenberger and McDonald released their hands.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
430,000 -80,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
387,000 162,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
205,000 -25,000

Tags: Igor KurganovAndrew LichtenbergerMike McDonald

Bonomo vs. Shak

Dan Shak opened for 5,000 from early position and cleared the field all the way around to Justin Bonomo in the small blind. The latter, who had just relocated after having his starting table broken, opted for a three-bet to 17,000, which Shak called.

When the flop came down {6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{9-Hearts}, Bonomo led out for 17,000 and Shak hit the tank. The clock ticked for a solid two minutes before Shak quietly released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
220,000 -55,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
175,000 25,000

Tags: Justin BonomoDan Shak

Juanda Busts Duhamel

John Juanda and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel raised back and forth preflop before Duhamel finally shoved his entire stack in. Juanda quickly made the call holding the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}. Duhamel held the {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} for the second best preflop pair.

After the board ran out {J-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, Duhamel's remained second best and he lost the pot. Juanda had him covered and collected all of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion's chips.

Player Chips Progress
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
540,000 170,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
Busted

Tags: John JuandaJonathan Duhamel

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