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

Table and Seat Draw

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Here is the current table and seat draw for the €50,000 Super High Roller. We'll work to keep this updated throughout the day.

TableSeatPlayer
11Dan Smith
12Artem Litvinov
13Ilari Sahamies
14Masa Kagawa
15Terje Augdal
16Jim McCrink
17--empty--
18Andy Moseley
   
21Salman Behbehani
22Timothy Adams
23Simon Ravnsbaek
24Talal Shakerchi
25Vadzim Kursevich
26Juha Helppi
27--empty--
28Ilya Bulychev
   
31Johan Van Til
32Philipp Gruissem
33Daniel Stern
34Justin Bonomo
35Steve O'Dwyer
36Juan Luis Casanas
37--empty--
38Steven Silverman
   
481Bryn Kenney
482[Removed:283]
483Alec Torelli
484Michael Watson
485Phil Ivey
486Ignat Liviu
487--empty--
488Jason Mercier
   
521Eugene Katchalov
522Anatoly Gurtovoy
523Vladimir Troyanovskiy
524Jani Sointula
525Mike McDonald
526Daniel Negreanu
527Igor Kurganov
528Andrew Lichtenberger
   
591Erik Seidel
592John Juanda
593Michael Tureniec
594Jonathan Duhamel
595Kyle Julius
596Peter Jetten
597--empty--
598Dan Shak
   
601Sami Kelopuro
602Luke Schwartz
603JC Alvarado
604Scott Seiver
605Marc-Andre Ladouceour
606Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
607Cheung Yin Sun
608Sam Chartier

Level: 2

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

One for Sahamies

Action folded to Dan Smith on the button and he put in a raise, how much we're not sure. What we do know is that both Artem Litvinov and Ilari Sahamies called from the small and big blind respectively, bringing about a flop of {K-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

Two checks put action on Smith, and he took the opportunity to bet 7,000. Litvinov made the call, and after thinking for a solid minute, Sahamies opted for a check-raised to 22,000. Smith called, Litvinov folded, and then both players checked the {J-Spades} turn. The action repeated itself on the {5-Hearts} river, Sahamies sheepishly revealed {A-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, and it was good as Smith simply mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
400,000
150,000
150,000

Tags: Ilari SahamiesDan SmithArtem Litvinov

Bulychev Getting Bullied

On a board reading {Q-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{8-Spades}{A-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}, Juha Helppi checked and watched Ilya Bulychev bet 9,000. Helppi responded with a check-raise to 35,000, and after thinking for about 90 seconds, Bulychev made the call. Helppi proudly rolled over {K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for the nuts, and Bulychev sent his cards to the muck.

That hand dropped Bulychev to just 68,000, though we assume most of his stack went to Talal Shakerchi, who is sitting with nearly 450,000.

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
450,000
200,000
200,000
Ilya Bulychev ru
Ilya Bulychev
68,000

Tags: Talal ShakerchiIlya BulychevJuha Helppi

Ivey's Kicker Is Better

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On the final board of {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{K-Hearts}, Phil Ivey checked to [Removed:283]. [Removed:288] fired a bet of 20,000 and Ivey tanked for a bit before making the call. [Removed:288] tabled the {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} for ace-ten high. Ivey showed the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} for ace-queen high and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
295,000
45,000
45,000
Poker Hall of Famer
[Removed:283]
[Removed:283]
166,000
166,000
166,000

Tags: Phil Ivey

Watson Hits His Ace

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

[Removed:283] limped in from the cutoff seat before Alec Torelli raised to 4,200 on the button. In the small blind was Mike Watson and he reraised to 14,200. [Removed:288] and Torelli both made the call to see the flop.

The dealer spread the {3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop and Watson continued with a bet of 16,200. [Removed:288] folded, but Torelli called.

The turn brought the {A-Clubs} and Watson bet 36,600. Torelli didn't take long to make the call.

The {J-Diamonds} completed the board on the river and both players checked.

Watson showed the {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades} for two pair, aces and deuces. Torelli mucked and Watson won the pot.

Tags: Alec TorelliMike Watson

[Removed:288] Raises Ivey

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

From under the gun, Jason Mercier raised to 2,400. [Removed:283] called from the hijack seat and Phil Ivey reraised to 11,000 from the small blind. Mercier folded and [Removed:288] called.

The flop came down with a lot of love as the {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Hearts} rolled out. Ivey fired 15,000 and [Removed:288] raised to 35,000. Ivey folded and [Removed:288] won the pot.

Tags: Jason MercierPhil Ivey

Tens Over Sevens

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

From under the gun, [Removed:283] limped in. Phil Ivey limped behind from the cutoff seat and Ignat Liviu raised to 4,000 from the button. Jason Mercier flatted out of the small blind, Bryn Kenney folded from the big blind and then both [Removed:288] and Ivey called.

The four-way flop came {Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and action checked to Liviu. He bet 7,100 and Mercier called. [Removed:288] and Ivey folded.

The turn brought the {J-Spades} and both players checked to see the {8-Clubs} land on the river. Both checked again.

Liviu tabled the {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}, but Mercier had him beat with the {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and won the pot.

Tags: Jason Mercier