2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
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

Big Bets from McDonald

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Talal Shakerchi checked the {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board and Mike McDonald bet 177,000. After a minute of thought, Shakerchi made the call to see the river.

The {2-Spades} completed the board on the river and Shakerchi checked. McDonald stacked up some chips and slid out a bet of 404,000. Shakerchi paused for a few moments before giving it up.

Tags: Mike McDonaldTalal Shakerchi

Full House for McDonald

On the {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} board, Mike McDonald fired 133,000 and got raised by Anatoly Gurtovoy to 300,000. McDonald though, then called.

The river completed the board with the {8-Spades} and McDonald checked. Gurtovoy checked behind and McDonald looked as though that wasn't what he wanted.

Gurtovoy showed the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, but McDonald's full house with the {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} proved best and he won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
2,575,000 1,325,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
1,265,000 -126,000

Tags: Anatoly GurtovoyMike McDonald

"0Human0" Eliminated By the Alvarado's Aces

Ignat Liviu
Ignat Liviu

Ignat "0Human0" Liviu, who was recently featured in PokerNews' Online Chat Series, raised to 40,000 from the hijack and received a call from Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff. JC Alvarado then three-bet to 120,000 from the button, and after thinking for a few moments, Liviu moved all in for 570,000 total. O'Dwyer quickly got out of the way, but Alvarado snap-called.

Showdown
Liviu: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Alvarado: {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}

It was a bad spot for the online sensation, and the {3-Spades}{4-Spades}{7-Spades} flop was no help; in fact, it gave Alvarado the nut-flush draw, so a spade on the turn would end it. Sure enough, the {K-Spades} peeled off and Liviu was up out of his seat, graciously shaking hands with his opponents, before taking his leave in 16th place.

Player Chips Progress
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
1,100,000 500,000
Ignat Liviu ro
Ignat Liviu
Busted

Tags: Ignat LiviuJC Alvarado

McDonald Almost Gets it Out Of Chartier

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald

Action folded to Sam Chartier who opened the hand with a 40,000 min raise on the button and Mike McDonald called in the big blind.

The flop ran {Q-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} and was checked by both players. The dealer then opened {5-Clubs} on the turn and McDonald lead for 62,000. Chartier tried to get a read on his opponent before making up his mind and finally decided to call.

The river card was {9-Hearts} and McDonald pushed a stack of 500,000 in front of him which was more than enough to put Chartier all-in. However, he wasn't ready for it just yet and mucked his hand.

Tags: Sam ChartierMike McDonald

Juanda Can't Get By Shakerchi

On a flop of {7-Spades}{8-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, Talal Shakerchi checked from the small blind and then called a bet of 62,000 from John Juanda, who was in the cutoff. The former then check-called a bet of 120,000 on the {6-Spades} turn, before checking for a third time on the {8-Spades} river.

This time Juanda decided to slow down, checked, and sheepishly turned over {K-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. Shakerchi then rolled over {6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for sevens and eights. "One more time," Peter Jetten told Juanda, referencing the fact that one more bet likely would have one given Shakerchi was counterfeited on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
1,300,000 658,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
1,050,000 -329,000

Tags: Talal ShakerchiJohn Juanda

Level: 14

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Two-Table Redrew

The elimination of Vadzim Kursevich at the feature table has brought the field down 16 players, meaning the remaining field has redrawn seats. Here's a look at the current lineup:

TableSeatPlayer
Feature1Mike Watson
 2Jim McClink
 3Ignat Liviu
 4Tobias Reinkemeier
 5Steve O'Dwyer
 6JC Alvarado
 7Artem Litvinov
 8Dan Smith
   
Outer1John Juanda
 2Anatoly Gurtovoy
 3Sam Chartier
 4Talal Shakerchi
 5Mike "Timex" McDonald
 6Erik Seidel
 7Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies
 8Peter Jetten
Player Chips Progress
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
Busted

Tags: Vadzim Kursevich