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

Reinkemeier Hits Nines

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Tobias Reinkemeier bet 20,000 in the cutoff spot preflop and got called by John Juanda in the big blind.

Both players checked the {6-Hearts} {9-Spades} {10-Hearts} flop, but the {2-Spades} on the turn tempted Juanda and he bet 28,000 and Reinkemeier called.

The {8-Clubs} came on the river and both players checked again. Juanda flipped {K-} {Q-} for King high and Reinkemeier showed {A-} {9-} for a pair of nines and collected the pot.

Tags: John JuandaTobias Reinkemeier

[Removed:288]'s Chips Gobbled Up

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

We saw the camera crew swarn and [Removed:283] rise from his seat, so we made our way over to discover what all the hubbub was about. When we arrived, we found the Italian was all in for around 300,000 with {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts} on a board reading {K-Spades}{7-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. His opponent, Anatoly Gurtovoy, held the {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and was way out in front headed to the river.

There was a brief pause, and then the dealer burned and put out the {9-Diamonds}. Gurtovoy improved to two pair to win the pot, and [Removed:288], who won the €10,000 High Roller event at the 2012 EPT Vilamoura for €100,880, made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
900,000 619,000
[Removed:283]
[Removed:283]
Busted

Tags: Anatoly Gurtovoy

Two Pair for Kelopuro

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Sami Kelopuro
Sami Kelopuro

Action folded to Juha Helppi who called 6,000 in the small blind and Sami Kelopuro checked in the big blind.

The flop ran {J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Hearts} and both players checked. The dealer opened {8-Diamonds} on the turn and Helppi bet 10,000. Kelopuro then raised to 30,000 and Helppi made the call.

The dealer burned and turned {A-Hearts} on the river. Helppi checked and Kelopuro bet another 53,000. Helppi thought about it for two minutes or so and made the call. Kelopuro opened {8-Clubs} {6-Spades} for a two pair and Helppi mucked.

Tags: Juha HelppiSami Kelopuro

ElkY's Day is Done

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

Vadzim Kursevich raised from the hijack and received a call from Jonathan Duhamel in the cutoff. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier then moved all in for 153,000 from the small blind, Kursevich called, and Duhamel got out of the way.

Showdown
Kursevich: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}
Grospellier: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

Grospellier was dominated and wasn't optimistic, but he did perk up a bit when the {3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop gave him more outs to a straight. The Frenchman even eased back into his chair a bit when the {8-Diamonds} turn gave him flush outs to stay alive. The dealer burned one last time and out out the {9-Clubs} on the river, a blank as far as Grospellier was concerned.

Player Chips Progress
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
470,000 170,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
Busted

Tags: Vadzim KursevichBertrand Grospellier

Various Counts

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 -249,000
Ignat Liviu ro
Ignat Liviu
800,000 -50,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
760,000 195,000
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
751,000 264,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
700,000 61,500
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
570,000 289,000
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
525,000 25,000
[Removed:283]
[Removed:283]
500,000 -120,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
460,000 -43,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
355,000 15,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
330,000 -170,000
Jim McCrink us
Jim McCrink
320,000 180,000
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
300,000 63,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
300,000 138,000
Masa Kagawa
Masa Kagawa
260,000 -43,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
185,000 62,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
175,000 -160,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
155,000 -69,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
154,000 -122,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
142,000 -190,000

Ivey Eliminated for a Second Time by [Removed:288]

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Phil Ivey on Day 1.
Phil Ivey on Day 1.

Yesterday, Phil Ivey had his aces cracked by the two pair of [Removed:283] to put an end to his first buy-in. Ivey waited until the start of Day 2 to give it another try, but unfortunately for him he'd run into [Removed:288] once again.

According to Jason Mercier, who was kind enough to fill us in on the details, action folded to [Removed:288] in the small blind and he opened for 16,000. Ivey was in the big blind and opted to ship for around 260,000, which [Removed:288] called with {K-}{K-}. Ivey held the inferior {5-}{5-} and was in need of some help. The {7-}{4-}{2-} flop put out some runner-runner options, but the {7-} turn took them away. The river was of no consequence, and [Removed:288] eliminated Ivey for a second time.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:283]
[Removed:283]
620,000 90,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

Tags: Phil Ivey

Negreanu Falls at the Feature Table

Daniel Negreanu on Day 1.
Daniel Negreanu on Day 1.

Daniel Negreanu's Day 2 didn't go much better than it did yesterday. Over at the feature table, "Kid Poker" managed to get his stack all in preflop with {J-}{J-} only to find himself up against the {A-}{A-} of Dan Smith. The board would run out clean for Smith, who continued to roll in the early levels by chipping up to 1.7 million.

Meanwhile, Negreanu made a quiet exit from the tournament floor--€100,000 poorer.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
1,750,000 350,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuDan Smith

Clock Runs Down for Sahamies

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Ilari Sahamies
Ilari Sahamies

We joined the hand with the {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {4-Spades} {2-Spades} {7-Hearts} already on the board along with Ilari Sahamies' bet of 125,000 and Tobias Reinkemeier's raise to 276,000.

Sahamies decided to really take his time to make the decision and had the clock called on him. The floor had to start the countdown of Sahamies' last ten seconds to act, which ended in the Finn splashing in the chips for a call, but the floor announced it was already too late and therefore Sahamies was forced to fold.

Sahamies flipped the hand to show {A-} {Q-}, while Reinkemeier didn't show.

Tags: Ilari SahamiesTobias Reinkemeier

Level: 10

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000