A Look at the EPT Barcelona Ladies Event Final Table
The winners of big buy-in events tend to garner the headlines at any circuit stop, but someone else managed to get 15-minutes of fame at the EPT Barcelona—Liya Gerasimova. The girlfriend of Team PokerStars Pro Ivan Demidov, with whom she shares a 2-year-old son, Gerasimova took down the €550 Ladies Event in dramatic fashion.
After navigating a tough field of 63, which included Claudia “dasultanz” Csongei and Jan “jamjars69” Combes, Gerasimova made it to three-handed play; albeit, with less than one big blind remaining. According to the PokerStars Blog, “Liya was forced to go all-in blind, so [Darya] Hulyk and Lucia Martinez called to check the hand down. As the last card was dealt Liya finally turned over her cards. She found aces.” She would go on to double two more times in a row and put herself right back in contention. From there, she went on to clinch victory.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liya Gerasimova | Russia | €10,700 |
| 2nd | Lucia Martinez | Spain | €6,720 |
| 3rd | Darya Hulik | Ukraine | €3,985 |
| 4th | Barbara Martinez | France | €2,900 |
| 5th | Tatiana Teplyakova | Russia | €2,140 |
| 6th | Hannah Dombroski | Spain | €1,520 |
| 7th | Leo Margets | Spain | €1,370 |
| 8th | Charlotte Van Brabander | Belgium | €1,220 |