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

Lyubovetskiy's Day is Done

Andriy Lyubovetskiy managed to get his stack of around 10,000 all in preflop and was squaring off against the opponent to his direct right, Pisarev Denis Vladimirovich.

Showdown

Lyubovetskiy{K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Vladimirovich{A-Spades}{3-Spades}

Vladimirovich was ahead with ace high, but Lyubovetskiy was drawing live. Unfortunately for the latter, her would be left wanting as the board ran out {5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Pisarev Denis Vladimirovich
Pisarev Denis Vladimirovich
45,000 12,800
Andriy Lyubovetskiy ua
Andriy Lyubovetskiy
Busted

Tags: Pisarev Denis VladimirovichAndriy Lyubovetskiy

Bardah Smashes Troyanovskiy's Face for a Double

2012 World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah is known for calling his opponents "faces" and loves to "smash faces" when he plays, hence the title of this post. He's also known to many by his nickname, "RoNasty." Bardah began the day on the secondary feature table, seated with "faces" Theo Jorgensen, Vladimir Troyanovskiy and defending EPT Barcelona champion Martin Schleich.

On this hand, Bardah opened with a raise to 1,700 from middle position and Troyanovskiy called from the big blind. The flop came down {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}{J-Hearts} and Troyanovskiy checked. Bardah fired 1,900 and Troyanovskiy check-raised to 4,200. Bardah took a minute, then called.

The {4-Diamonds} landed on the turn and Troyanovskiy led with a bet of 7,200. Bardah studied, then raised all in for 34,800. Troyanovskiy tanked, then called holding the {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for top pair and a gutshot straight draw to Broadway. Bardah held the best of it with the {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} for two pair, aces and jacks. To win the hand and bust Bardah, Troyanovskiy needed a king on the river. He could chop the pot if a queen paired the board.

The dealer burned a final time and dealt the {10-Diamonds} on fifth street, giving Troyanovskiy two pair, but a losing two pair. Bardah's was better and he doubled to over 80,000 in chips.

This summer at the WSOP, Bardah took down Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed to win his first gold bracelet. He followed that up with a cash in the WSOP Main Event for the third year running.

Below you can find two Seat Open videos with Bardah, parts one and two. In the first, Bardah opens up about his family and his life before discovering poker. In the second, Bardah talks about his poker-specific journey and the major turning points in his career that have brought him to where he is today.

Player Chips Progress
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
83,200 34,300
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
15,000 -57,000

Tags: Ronnie BardahVladimir Troyanovskiy

This Field Is Huge

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

PokerNews has just been informed that the total field size for the 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event is 1,082 players. The prize pool and payout information is currently being generated and we'll post that for you shortly.

Augdal Spikes a Queen to Stay Alive

Terje "Terken89" Augdal, who is a fixture at the high-stakes cash games on PokerStars and regularly featured in PokerNews' Online Railbird Report, was all in preflop for around 12,500 and at risk against Ibrahim Ghassan.

Showdown

Ghassan{3-Clubs}{3-Spades}
Augdal{K-Spades}{Q-Spades}

It was a flip, but Augdal needed to improve to stay alive. The {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{J-Clubs} flop wasn't what he had in mind, but the {Q-Diamonds} turn was just what the doctor ordered. The {10-Clubs} river was of no consequence and Augdal received a much-needed double.

Player Chips Progress
Ibrahim Ghassan lb
Ibrahim Ghassan
37,000 -17,200
Terje Augdal no
Terje Augdal
25,000 12,500

Tags: Ibrahim GhassanTerje Augdal

Jorgensen Bests Stojanovic

Clement Bonin opened from middle position for 1,600 and received a call from Darko Stojanovic in the cutoff. PokerStars Team Pro Theo Jorgensen was on the button and opted for a three-bet to 4,600, which only Bonin called.

The {5-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop saw Stojanovic check-call a bet of 5,500, and then both players checked the {6-Clubs} turn. The {K-Diamonds} river saw Stojanovic check for a third time, but instead of checking behind, Jorgensen fired out 16,000. Stojanovic thought for a long time before making the call only to muck when Jorgensen rolled over {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} for a rivered pair of kings.

Player Chips Progress
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
160,000 31,000
Darko Stojanovic fr
Darko Stojanovic
21,500 -43,100

Tags: Theo JorgensenDarko Stojanovic

Four-Bet from Vamplew Against Ladouceur

Former EPT London champion David Vamplew raised to 1,600 from middle position before action folded to Marc-Andre Ladouceur in the cutoff seat. He reraised to 3,800 and play folded back to Vamplew. He took his time, then four-bet to 8,100. Ladouceur folded and Vamplew won the pot.

Back in 2010, Vamplew won EPT London for a massive £900,000 after defeating a field of 848 players. After this pot, he's moved up to 36,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
95,000 -8,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
EPT 1X Winner
36,000 14,200

Tags: David VamplewMarc-Andre Ladouceur

Bojang Doubles Up

Action folded to the reigning PokerStars.com and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final champion Mohsin Charania on the button and he opened to 1,700. Andrey Naumov called from the small blind before Ismael Bojang reraised to 6,000 out of the big blind. After Charania folded, Naumov put Bojang all in and Bojang quickly snapped him off.

Bojang held the {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and had Naumov's {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} pipped. The flop, turn and river ran out {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Bojang doubled through.

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
EPT 1X Winner
125,000 -7,400
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
77,600 58,600
Andrey Naumov
Andrey Naumov
35,000 1,500

Tags: Ismael BojangMohsin CharaniaAndrey Naumov

Prize Pool & Payout Information

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

The 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event has officially drawn 1,082, making it the largest event in the event's history. That created a €5,247,700 that will be distributed to the top 160 players as follows:

PlacePayout
1st€1,007,550
2nd€629,700
3rd€404,050
4th€301,750
5th€230,900
6th€178,400
7th€125,950
8th€76,100
9th-10th€55,100
11th-12th€46,700
13th-14th€40,400
15th-16th€34,650
17th-24th€29,400
25th-32nd€24,650
33rd-40th€20,000
41st-56th€16,800
57th-72nd€14,150
73rd-96th€11,550
97th-120th€9,950
121st-160th€8,400