Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,247,700
Entries
1,082
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Day 4 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joao Vieira | 227000 |
| 1 | 2 | John Juanda | 968000 |
| 1 | 3 | Rodrigo Caprioli | 490000 |
| 1 | 4 | Anton Sinel | 500100 |
| 1 | 5 | Leo Margets | 250000 |
| 1 | 6 | Jens Weigel | 120000 |
| 1 | 7 | Jean-Jacques Mars | 340000 |
| 1 | 8 | Farid Chati | 358000 |
| 2 | 1 | Samuel Rodriguez | 1416000 |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Rudd | 635000 |
| 2 | 3 | Ilan Boujenah | 329000 |
| 2 | 4 | Sean Prendiville | 354000 |
| 2 | 5 | Kevin Weiland | 302000 |
| 2 | 6 | Fatima Moreira De Melo | 955000 |
| 2 | 7 | Florian Kossler | 378000 |
| 2 | 8 | Pedro Piazuelo | 741000 |
| 3 | 1 | Andrey Zaichenko | 381000 |
| 3 | 2 | Felix Kretchmann | 867000 |
| 3 | 3 | Matthias De Meulder | 116000 |
| 3 | 4 | Konstantin Streletskiy | 547000 |
| 3 | 5 | Roberto Fernandez | 30000 |
| 3 | 6 | Roberto Romanello | 671000 |
| 3 | 7 | [Removed:273] | 622000 |
| 3 | 8 | Morten Christensen | 605000 |
| 4 | 1 | Ben Jackson | 363000 |
| 4 | 2 | Ibon Merino Borbolla | 222000 |
| 4 | 3 | Lucille Cailly | 902000 |
| 4 | 4 | Joni Jouhkimainen | 435000 |
| 4 | 5 | Bjorn Lindberg | 458000 |
| 4 | 6 | Morten Mortensen | 543000 |
| 4 | 7 | Konstantin Uspenskiy | 400000 |
| 4 | 8 | Shahriar Soltaninassab | 150000 |
| 5 | 1 | Ugnius Simelionis | 295000 |
| 5 | 2 | Anatoly Gurtovoy | 740000 |
| 5 | 3 | Marcos Fernandez | 926000 |
| 5 | 4 | Konstantin Tolokno | 275000 |
| 5 | 5 | Jakob Moesslacher | 184000 |
| 5 | 6 | Yuri Gulyy | 225000 |
| 5 | 7 | Luis Rufas | 356000 |
| 5 | 8 | Francisco Izquierdo | 257000 |
| 6 | 1 | Mikolaj Zawadzki | 794000 |
| 6 | 2 | Antonin Duda | 1470000 |
| 6 | 3 | Ilari Sahamies | 1269000 |
| 6 | 4 | Anaras Alekberovas | 166000 |
| 6 | 5 | Waldemar Nowak | 283000 |
| 6 | 6 | Guy Thomas | 724000 |
| 6 | 7 | Roman Herold | 521000 |
| 6 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 7 | 1 | Mikalai Pobal | 720000 |
| 7 | 2 | Olvedo Heinze | 626000 |
| 7 | 3 | Elias Gutierrez Hernandez | 727000 |
| 7 | 4 | Jonathan Karamalikis | 677000 |
| 7 | 5 | Regis Burlot | 323000 |
| 7 | 6 | Saveikis Algirdas | 472000 |
| 7 | 7 | Evgeny Kharchenko | 174000 |
| 7 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 8 | 1 | Eddie Tasbas | 512000 |
| 8 | 2 | Ole Schemion | 762000 |
| 8 | 3 | Zimnan Ziyard | 940000 |
| 8 | 4 | Konstantin Puchkov | 197000 |
| 8 | 5 | Aku Joentausta | 862000 |
| 8 | 6 | Alain Roy | 562000 |
| 8 | 7 | Mauro Canavese | 646000 |
| 8 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
All the Duda Day... Duda Leads as 61 Make It Through Day 3
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The 2012 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event continued today as the final 207 from a 1,082-player field returned to the Casino Barcelona for Day 3 action. After five levels of play, the money bubble had burst and just 61 players remained. Leading the way into Day 4 was Antonin Duda, who bagged up 1.47 million.
Duda got the vast majority of his chips by battling Guy Bachar, the Day 1b chip leader. The latter carried his starting-flight momentum into Day 2 where continued to add to his stack, and he was trending upward early on Day 3 until he hit a major roadblock when he sent over half his chips to Duda. A short time later, Duda finished the job and sent Bachar to the payout desk in 77th place.
Long before Duda went on a tear, the field was set to lose 47 players in order to get down to the money. Barry Greenstein, Sebastian Ruthenberg and Theo Jorgensen were among the Team PokerStars Pros who left empty handed. Saar Wilf, Elisabeth Hille, Ronnie Bardah and Sam Holden joined them as other notables bounced to the rail before the money.
On the money bubble, and only a few minutes into hand-for-hand play, Australian Jonathan Karamalikis called Aliaksei Boika’s all-in bet of 37,500 from the cutoff seat. Players, media and TV crew members surrounded the table to catch the action as the hands were tabled:
| Boika |   |
| Karamalikis |   |
The dealer burned the first card and put out the 
flop — nothing for Boika. The 
on the turn and 
on the river were no good, either, and he became the official 2012 EPT Barcelona Main Event bubble boy, guaranteeing the remaining field at least €8,400.
After Boika bubbled, the eliminations came fast and furious. Team PokerStars Pros João Nunes (157th - €8,400), Angel Guillen (153rd - €8,400) and Henrique Pinho (137th - €8,400) were just a few of the players to notch min-cashes, while Daniel Negreanu (118th - €9,950), Ana Marquez (115th - €9,950) and Juan Manuel Pastor (92nd - €11,550) finished with higher pay grades.
Other in-the-money finishers included Jason Wheeler (141st - €8,400), Petter Northug (136th - €8,400), Mohsin Charania (123rd - €8,400) and Jake Cody (113th - €9,950).
While many notables failed to survive, quite a few were among those moving towards Day 4 including Day 2 chip leader John Juanda (968,000), online sensation Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies (1,269,000), the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final runner-up Lucille Cailly (902,000), Day 1a chip leader Aku Joentausta (862,000), and Team PokerStars Pros Fatima Moreira de Melo (955,000) and Matthias De Meulder (116,000).
Top Ten End-of-Day 3 Chip Counts
| Player | Count |
|---|---|
| Antonin Duda | 1,470,000 |
| Samuel Rodriguez | 1,416,000 |
| Ilari Sahamies | 1,269,000 |
| John Juanda | 968,000 |
| Fatima Moreira de Melo | 955,000 |
| Zimnan Ziyard | 940,000 |
| Marcos Fernandez | 926,000 |
| Lucille Cailly | 902,000 |
| Felix Kretchmann | 867,000 |
| Aku Joentausta | 862,000 |
Day 4 of the 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event is set to kick off at 12:00 CET (06:00 EST). The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand at the Casino Barcelona to bring you all the hands and eliminations as they happen as the field plays down to the final 24 players.
To hold you over until tomorrow's action, check out the latest edition of The Straddle with Kristy Arnett and Lynn Gilmartin.
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,470,000 | |
|
1,416,000 | |
|
1,269,000 | |
|
968,000 | |
|
955,000 | |
|
940,000 | -20,000 |
|
926,000 | |
|
902,000 | |
|
867,000 | |
|
862,000 | |
|
794,000 | 74,000 |
|
762,000 | |
|
|
741,000 | |
|
740,000 | |
|
|
727,000 | |
|
|
724,000 | |
|
720,000 | |
|
677,000 | |
|
671,000 | |
|
|
646,000 | |
|
635,000 | |
|
626,000 | |
|
|
622,000 | |
|
605,000 | |
|
562,000 |
Day 3 Has Come to an End
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The players have bagged and tagged for the evening. Stay tuned for a full recap of the action from Day 3 of the 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event.
Seiver and Watson on verge of the €2k final table
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Scott Seiver and Mike 'SirWatts' Watson are in final ten of the €2k and on the other side of the tournament floor Jonathan Duhamel and Dan Smith have booked their places in the quarter finals of the €10k HU Championships.
Read more about the EPT Barcelona side events at the PokerStars Blog.
Boujenah Doubles a Shortie
Anaras Alekberovas was down to 84,000 and pushed all in from the cut-off when the action folded around to him. Ilan Boujenah made a quick call from the small blind and the cards were on their backs.
Boujenah: 
Alekberovas: 
The board ran 
to safely see the tens hold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000 | 41,000 |
|
175,000 | 45,000 |
Last 5 Hands!
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament clock ran down to the last 15 minutes of level 19 and was stopped. The tournament director announced that all tables will play their last five hands before the day is done.
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Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
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He's Russian Out of Here
Former EPT finalist Dmitry Vitkind has been knocked out of the tournament by Alain Roy, the Frenchman's pipping Vitkind's 
all in preflop with the board running out 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |