2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Khvitia Takes Some from Aku

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Aku Joentausta
Aku Joentausta

Enver Khvitia from Georgia just took some chips from Day 1a chip leader Aku Joentausta's enormous stack.

On the {4-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {4-Spades} board Khvitia bet 7,500 and Joentausta made the call. Khvitia continued for 13,500 on the {3-Hearts} turn and Joentausta called again. Both players checked the {10-Clubs} river and Khvitia opened {J-Clubs} {J-Spades} which was good enough to win the pot.

Tags: Enver KhvitiaAku Joentausta

Karamalikis Stuck in Reverse

Jonathan Karamalikis began the day with a healthy stack of 317,600, but he's had a reversal of fortune here on Day 3. In a recent hand, a flop of {9-Spades}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} saw Emanoil Sayin get all in for around 160,000 with {9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and was up against the {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} of Karamalikis.

"Full, yes!" Sayin yelled when the {9-Hearts} turned to give him a full house and leave his Australian opponent drawing dead. The {2-Hearts} was put out on the river as a quiet Karamalikis counted out chips to pay off Sayin.

Player Chips Progress
Emanoil Sayin
Emanoil Sayin
340,000 206,600
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
100,000 -217,600

Tags: Emanoil SayinJonathan Karamalikis

Russian Tank

Jason Wheeler is back to where he started the day after taking a pot off Russian PokerStars qualifier Dmitrii Grinenko.

The action folded to Wheeler on the button and he raised and called when Grinenko three-bet to 16,000 from the big blind. Grinenko went into check-call mode as Wheeler fired 17,500, 30,000, and 46,000 on each street of a {7-Hearts}{j-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Spades}{j-Clubs} board.

Grinenko was in no hurry though and took round three minutes to call each bet. When he called the river bet Wheeler opened {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} and scooped as Grinenko mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
235,000

Tags: Dmitrii Grinenko

Margets Survives

Leo Margets got her short stack of 50,700 all in preflop and was racing against Alejandro Perez Torres.

Showdown

Margets{5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Torres{A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

"That's good for you," one player at the table said when the {5-Diamonds} appeared in the window; however, it was followed by the {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} to keep things interesting. Margets turned her head so as not to see the turn and river, which came the {4-Diamonds} and {6-Clubs} respectively. Margets survived and doubled to over 100,000 in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Alejandro Perez Torres es
Alejandro Perez Torres
295,000 -7,900
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
Winamax
105,000 55,100

Tags: Alejandro Perez TorresLeo Margets

Duda Takes From Augustino

Nicholas Joseph Augustino raised from the small blind only to have Antonin Duda three-bet to 29,000 from the big. Augustino pushed back with a four-bet to 46,500, Duda called, and the flop came down {2-Hearts}{6-Spades}{J-Diamonds}.

Augustino was first to act and fired out 28,500, and after a few moments of deliberation, Duda moved all in for 103,300 total. Augustino considered it briefly, but ultimately tossed his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Antonin Duda cz
Antonin Duda
235,000 90,900
Nicholas Joseph Augustino
Nicholas Joseph Augustino
157,000 -62,900

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