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

Fatima Pounces on Ole's River Bet

With the board reading {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, Ole Schemion fired out a bet 137,000 into a pot of about 250,000. Fatima Moreira de Melo slid out a raise to 300,000 and Schemion instantly folded, knocking himself back down under a million while the Team PokerStars SportStar is now above that mark.

Player Chips Progress
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
1,100,000 240,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
900,000 -120,000

Tags: Fatima Moreira de MeloOle Schemion

Chati Doubles Up

In one of the many all-in clashes currently happening in the tournament room during the last level of the day, Farid Chati shoved preflop for around 100,000 and Denmark's Morten Christensen made the call. Chati opened {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} and Christensen showed {A-Hearts} {7-Spades}.

The {Q-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {3-Spades} board went blank and Chati doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Farid Chati nl
Farid Chati
212,000 111,000

Tags: Farid ChatiMorten Christensen

So Good They Named Him Twice

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jorge Luque Pinana fired a bet of 20,000 on the turn of an {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{2-Hearts} board only for Morten Mortensen to raise to 48,000. Pinana then came back over the top with a three-bet to 80,000 and the Dane deliberated before flat-calling.

The river was the {9-Spades} and Pinana slowed down, checking across to Mortensen. The latter slid out a stack of 100,000 chips to leave his Spaniard opponent sitting, staring, and generally blinking in the direction of his foe. Finally he let his hand go and Mortensen took down the pot.

Tags: Jorge Luque PinanaMorten Mortensen

They Keep Falling

Nikolas Segredakis from Greece just left the tournament room highly upset by the outcome of his last hand of the tournament. He shoved his stack from the small blind with {8-} {8-} and was called by UK's Daniel Rudd holding {3-Clubs} {3-Spades}.

Segredakis was still in the lead after the flop went {4-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {A-Spades}, but the {3-Diamonds} on the turn was crucial for the Greek. The {9-Clubs} didn't help and Segredakis was eliminated from the tournament chasing €11,550.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolas Segredakis
Nikolas Segredakis
Busted

Tags: Nikolas SegredakisDaniel Rudd

Zawadzki Doubles

Jonathan Karamalikis
Jonathan Karamalikis

Poland's Mikolaj Zawadzki shoved from the cutoff on the board reading {10-Spades} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}. Jonathan Karamalikis in the big blind was the only player left at the table to make the call and he asked the dealer for his opponent's exact chip count. The dealer did the counting and announced 184,000. Karamalikis called.

Zawadzki opened {Q-Spades} {10-Hearts} for a two pair and Karamalikis mucked his hand. However, as there was one more card left to open on the board, the dealer flipped the Australian's hand revealing {10-Clubs} {J-Clubs}. The {4-Diamonds} on the river didn't change a thing and Zawadzki doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
456,000 -184,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki pl
Mikolaj Zawadzki
380,000

Tags: Mikolaj ZawadzkiJonathan Karamalikis

Duda Finished Off Bachar

We happened upon the table with around 200,000 in the pot and a board reading {9-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Guy Bachar had moved all in for around 300,000 and was called by Antonin Duda.

Showdown
Duda: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Bachar: {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}

Bachar let it ride with the nut-flush draw, which he needed to hit to over come Duda's trip nines. The dealer burned and put out the river... {3-Spades}. Bachar, the Day 1b chip leader, was left shaking his head as he made his way to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Antonin Duda cz
Antonin Duda
1,700,000 500,000
Guy Bachar
Guy Bachar
Busted

Tags: Antonin DudaGuy Bachar

Did You Know?

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Interesting EPT Barcelona Facts

  • It’s been on the EPT schedule since Season 1.
  • No Spaniard has ever won the title. The closest to do so was Dragan Kostic and Jesus Cortes Lizano, who both finished as runner-up in Season 8 and Season 7 respectively.
  • No player has ever made the final table twice.
  • Many Americans have made the final table over the years including Phil Ivey (2nd in Season 3), Jason Mercier (6th in Season 5) and Adam Junglen (6th in Season 4), but Carter Phillips was the only American to win the event, doing so in Season 6 after conquering a field of 479 players for €850,000.
  • There have been two winners from Sweden (Season 1 & 7) and two from Germany (Seasons 5 & 8); while the other winners have hailed from France (Season 2), Norway (Season 3), Denmark (Season 4) and United States (Season 6).