2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 5
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

Elias Gutierrez Hernandez Eliminated in 15th Place (€34,650)

Spain's Elias Gutierrez Hernandez just got eliminated from the tournament after he shoved his 796,000 stack from the hijack seat and was called by Jonathan Karamalikis.

Showdown

Hernandez: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}
Karamalikis: {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs}

The {5-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {2-Spades} {2-Diamonds} board was not what Hernandez needed and he hit the rail in 15th place for a cash prize of €34,650.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
3,228,000 796,000
Elias Gutierrez Hernandez es
Elias Gutierrez Hernandez
Busted

Tags: Elias Gutierrez HernandezJonathan Karamalikis

Fatima Moreira de Melo Elimated in 16th Place (€34,650)

Fatima Moreira de Melo' - 16th Place
Fatima Moreira de Melo' - 16th Place

"Queens again!" said Fatima Moreira de Melo after her all in push was called by Anaras Alekberovas.

She was under-the-gun and paused to consider her move before pushing her remaining 601,000 over the line. The action folded around to Alekberovas in the big blind and he snapped.

Alekberovas: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Moreira De Melo: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran {7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. A jack was not enough to save the Team PokerStars SportStar.

Player Chips Progress
Anaras Alekberovas lt
Anaras Alekberovas
4,350,000 650,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
Busted

Tags: Anaras AlekberovasFatima Moreira de Melo

Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies spends €2,000 on a massage

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies
Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies

Poker high rollers really do live in a different world. €2k on a massage? Sure! Sahamies is through to the last two tables and should he win the €1,007,550 first place prize he'll be able to have plenty more of those.

Read the article and watch the video interview by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies

Two-Table Redrew

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

TV Table

SeatPlayer
1John Juanda
2Morten Mortensen
3Antonin Duda
4[Removed:273]
5Mikalai Pobal
6 Mikolaj Zawadzki
7Aku Joentausta
8Joni Jouhkimainen

Table 2

SeatPlayer
1Jonathan Karamalikis
2Samuel Rodriguez
3Ole Schemion
4Anaras Alekberovas
5Fatima Moreira de Melo
6Ilari Sahamies
7Anton Sinel
8Elias Gutierrez Hernandez

Cracked Queens Send Piazuelo to the Rail

Javier Piazuelo
Javier Piazuelo

Over at the feature table, Javier Piazuelo found himself all in preflop holding {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and at risk against the {9-Spades}{8-Spades} of Antonin Duda. The former was primed for a double, but the {7-Hearts}{6-Spades}{K-Spades} flop made things very interesting as it gave Duda an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw.

Much to Piazuelo's dismay, the {3-Spades} turn completed his opponent's flush and left him drawing dead. The {A-Clubs} was put out on the river and then Piazuelo exited in 17th place for €29,400.

The remaining players are now on a 20-minute break as they draw for new seats.

Player Chips Progress
Antonin Duda cz
Antonin Duda
2,100,000 686,000
Javier Piazuelo es
Javier Piazuelo
Busted

Tags: Javier PiazueloAntonin Duda

Alekberovas Dispatches Canavese

The betting details escaped us, but we do know that Mauro Canavese was all in after the {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{6-Clubs} flop for nearly a million with {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and up against the {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} of Anaras Alekberovas.

Neither the {3-Hearts} turn nor {2-Spades} river gave Canavese the club he needed, and he became the 18th-place finisher for €29,400.

Player Chips Progress
Anaras Alekberovas lt
Anaras Alekberovas
3,700,000 760,000
Mauro Canavese
Mauro Canavese
Busted

Tags: Mauro CanaveseAnaras Alekberovas

Big Win for Alekberovas

Anaras Alekberovas
Anaras Alekberovas

Poland's Mikolaj Zawadzki raised to 61,000 from the small blind preflop and Lithuanian Anaras Alekberovas three-bet to 141,000 from the big blind. Zawadzki contradicted pushing in 220,000 and Alekberovas called.

Zawadzki led for 175,000 after the flop went {4-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and Alekberovas made the call. The {5-Clubs} on the turn was followed by a 260,000 bet from the Pole and the Lithuanian answered with a call.

Zawadzki checked the {Q-Diamonds} on the river and after running his eyes through his own and his opponents' stacks Alekberovas fired another 260,000. Zawadzki didn't like that at all, but eventually made the call. He soon got even more disappointed as Alekberovas flipped {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}, Zawadzki mucked and saw the dealer take a bunch of his chips away.

Player Chips Progress
Anaras Alekberovas lt
Anaras Alekberovas
2,940,000 156,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki pl
Mikolaj Zawadzki
1,300,000 598,000

Tags: Anaras AlekberovasMikolaj Zawadzki

Official Chip Counts at the Break (full)

Player Chips Progress
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
4,140,000 140,000
Mikalai Pobal by
Mikalai Pobal
EPT 2X Winner
3,806,000 1,028,000
Samuel Rodriguez
Samuel Rodriguez
3,663,000 342,000
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
2,955,000 655,000
Anaras Alekberovas lt
Anaras Alekberovas
2,784,000 768,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
2,432,000 -798,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
1,849,000 -40,000
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
1,759,000 799,000
Sinel Anton ro
Sinel Anton
1,743,000 -17,000
Antonin Duda cz
Antonin Duda
1,414,000 335,000
Mauro Canavese
Mauro Canavese
963,000 -237,000
Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
868,000 -126,000
Elias Gutierrez Hernandez es
Elias Gutierrez Hernandez
796,000 171,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
723,000 25,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki pl
Mikolaj Zawadzki
702,000 -1,498,000
Javier Piazuelo es
Javier Piazuelo
654,000 -307,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
617,000 154,000
[Removed:231]
[Removed:231]
507,000 -87,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000