2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,007,550
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,247,700
Entries
1,082
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

An Orbit with PokerStars Team Pro Pius Heinz

Pius Heinz on Day 1a.
Pius Heinz on Day 1a.

We saw Pius Heinz at a sandwich shop on the last break, so we thought we'd spend some time with him this level by featuring him in our latest An Orbit With...

Hand #1: Tauras Narmontas raised to 3,500 from middle position only to fold when Heinz three-bet to 9,000 from the big blind.

Hand #2: The hijack raised to 4,700 and Heinz folded from the small blind.

Hand #3: A raise and three-bet in front of him saw Heinz fold his button. Cedric Lardinois ended up being eliminated by Anders Hansen in the hand.

Hand #4: Action folded to The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final champ, Mohsin Charania, in the hijack and he moved all in for 14,200. Heinz folded from the cutoff, but Arjun Pasricha made the call from the big blind with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. Mohsin was way ahead with the {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and received a double when the board ran out {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Spades}.

Hand #5: Action folded to Heinz in the hijack and he raise to 3,400, which Liya Gerasimova, who is PokerStars Team Pro Ivan Demidov's girlfriend and the winner of the ladies event here at the EPT Barcelona, called from the big blind.

Gerasimova lead out for 4,200 on the {9-Spades}{10-Hearts}{J-Hearts} flop, Heinz raise dto 10,800, Gerasimova moved all in, and Heinz quickly called off for around 50,000.

Showdown
Gerasimova: {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Heinz: {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event winner had an over pair with an open-ended straight draw, but it was way behind the flopped nuts of Gerasimova. Neither the {9-Diamonds} turn nor {4-Clubs} river help Heinz and he was eliminated from the EPT Barcelona Main Event in Level 12.

With that, the orbit with Pius Heinz came to an abrupt end.

Player Chips Progress
Liya Gerasimova ru
Liya Gerasimova
150,000 80,900
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
EPT 1X Winner
30,000 -95,000
Cedric Lardinois
Cedric Lardinois
Busted
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
Busted

Tags: Cedric LardinoisLiya GerasimovaMohsin CharaniaPius HeinzTauras Narmontas

Nines Good for De Melo

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Fatima Moreira de Melo
Fatima Moreira de Melo

Germany's Julian Bober opened the hand with a raise to 3,600 from an early position and Team PokerStars Pro and a former field hockey Olympic champion Fatima Moreira de Melo called in the cutoff as well as did last year's Main Event runner-up Dragan Kostic from Spain.

The flop brought {10-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {3-Spades} and Bober bet another 6,000. De Melo made the call and Kostic folded. The two remaining players checked the {2-Hearts} on the turn and the {7-Spades} on the river and Bober opened {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} for ace high while de Melo showed {9-Spades} {9-Clubs} and collected the pot.

Immediately after the hand was done, the table was broken and all the players were reseated.

Tags: Dragan KosticFatima Moreira de MeloJulian Bober

Bardah Doubles Back

After a few pots failed to go Ronnie Bardah's way, he was forced to grind a stack of between 20,000-30,000 for the past couple of levels. He was just able to find a double, though, and get back over 50,000 on the following hand.

From under the gun, Andrey Bondar opened with a min-raise to 3,200. Bardah was next to act and reraised all in for 23,100. One by one, everyone folded around the table until action paused on Olvedo Vincent in the small blind. He thought for a tiny bit, then called. The big blind and Bondar got out of the way and it was time for the showdown.

Bardah turned up the {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and was in a solid position to double up against Vincent's {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}. Even despite having the lead going in, Bardah knew all too well what could happen and cited, "This is exactly how I lost in the Estrellas Main Event — kings cracked by ace-queen."

This time, the board ran out in Bardah's favor as it came {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Olvedo Vincent
Olvedo Vincent
142,600 94,600
Andrey Bondar ru
Andrey Bondar
58,000 21,600
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
52,700 27,700

Tags: Andrey BondarOlvedo VincentRonnie Bardah

Big Stack Watch

Player Chips Progress
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
342,000 22,000
Guy Bachar
Guy Bachar
327,000 2,000
Saab Rachad
Saab Rachad
315,000 190,600
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
303,000 8,000
Samuel Rodriguez
Samuel Rodriguez
285,000 161,800
Guy Thomas
Guy Thomas
284,700 73,700
Carlos Mora Alvarez
Carlos Mora Alvarez
260,000 165,000
Marcos Fernandez es
Marcos Fernandez
250,000 144,500
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
EPT 1X Winner
244,500 -500
Daniel Rudd gb
Daniel Rudd
230,000 20,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
230,000 168,200
Kevin Schulz us
Kevin Schulz
EPT 1X Winner
225,000 84,100
Joshua Charles Hart
Joshua Charles Hart
225,000 225,000
George  Ana
George Ana
220,000 151,700
Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
220,000 -10,000
Hila Dan
Hila Dan
216,000 47,600
Alejandro Perez Torres es
Alejandro Perez Torres
212,000 129,300
Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
205,000 88,600
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
205,000 123,200
Ziv Bachar il
Ziv Bachar
200,000 -5,000
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
200,000 61,900
Farid Chati nl
Farid Chati
200,000 129,300
Bernd Vogelhuber
Bernd Vogelhuber
200,000 106,600
Isak Ilmari Eriksson
Isak Ilmari Eriksson
197,000 139,800
Dmitriy Ploskov
Dmitriy Ploskov
195,000 156,600

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Margets Takes Another Off Liviu

Action folded to Ignat Liviu in the cutoff seat and he raised to 3,200. On the button, Leo Margets flat-called before everyone else folded.

From there, the dealer spread the {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop and Liviu fired 4,500. Margets called and the {8-Clubs} came on the turn. Liviu checked and Margets bet 6,800. Liviu folded and Margets won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
Winamax
75,500 7,000
Ignat Liviu ro
Ignat Liviu
40,500 -4,000

Tags: Leo MargetsIgnat Liviu

Pagano Treading Water

PokerStars Team Pro and cashing machine Luca Pagano is currently looking over his shoulder at the moment, he's got just over 50,000.

The Italian called bets of 6,700 and 11,700 on the turn and river of an {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Spades}{10-Hearts} against Oleh Okhotskyi but both players turned over {A-}{J-} and were forced to chop the pot up.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
53,000 -36,000

Tags: Luca PaganoOleh Okhotskyi

Lewis Gets It in Bad Against Ylitalo

Toby Lewis on Day 1b.
Toby Lewis on Day 1b.

Robin Ylitalo raised to 3,200 from early position and cleared the field all the way around to Toby Lewis in the small blind. The Englishman stacked his chips and slid them in for an all-in three-bet of 33,100. The big blind got out of the way and Ylitalo made the call.

Showdown
Lewis: {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Ylitalo: {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

It was a bad spot for Lewis as Ylitalo's queen had his five dominated. The {9-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop wasn't particularly interesting, though the {8-Spades} turn meant Lewis could chop with either an eight or nine on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {J-Clubs}. With that, Lewis exited the Season 9 EPT Barcelona Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
140,000 57,900
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Toby LewisRobin Ylitalo

Flowers Blooming

Randal Flowers has been quietly accumulating chips today, he just fired a 14,500 bet on the turn of a {J-Spades}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{5-Spades} board and then another 26,500 on the {2-Hearts} river against Richard Dubini.

The Argentine was clearly nonplussed, but after a couple of minutes went to count out a call, only to put the chips back on his main stack. He sat shaking his head before eventually mucking his hand

Player Chips Progress
Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
145,000 60,000

Tags: Randal Flowers