Main Event Day 1a | 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

03-12-2012 17:21 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Martins Adeniya	125,000 4,000	4,000
Michael Eiler	90,000 10,000	10,000

Redmond Lee	60,000 28,000	28,000
Barny Boatman	60,000 31,000	31,000

David Gent	53,000 5,000	5,000
Erich Kollman	50,000 10,000	10,000
Chris Moorman	41,000 1,000	1,000
Dermot Blain	38,000 5,000	5,000
Toni Judet	34,000 7,000	7,000

James Akenhead	33,000 5,000	5,000
Arnaud Mattern	32,000 8,000	8,000

JP Kelly	31,300 6,300	6,300
Pierre Neuville	30,000 11,000	11,000

Alex Kravchenko	25,000 3,000	3,000

Craig Hopkins	24,000
Eoghan O'Dea	20,000 5,400	5,400
Jan Collado	7,000 15,000	15,000

Ninety-Nine (Woo-ooh)

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

We've just watched the tournament staff break Table 12, and we've ticked under the century mark with 99 players now remaining in this Day 1a.

03-12-2012 17:20 UTC

Live Poker's Rigged

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PokerStars Team Online's Javier "El_Cañonero" Dominguez is down to 16,000 chips after he was very unlucky to double up David Gent.

We're not sure how the action unfolded but Gent looked up and said, "They all went in pre flop."

Gent: {j-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}
Dominguez: {q-Hearts} {q-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {j-Spades} {8-Hearts} {k-Spades} to make Gent a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Gent	48,000 36,000	36,000
Javier Dominguez	16,000

Tags: Javier Dominguez David Gent

03-12-2012 17:10 UTC

With a raise to 800 and a flat-call in front of him, Luis Rufas squeezed his last ~16,000 into the middle. A couple seats over, another gentleman re-shoved with the covering stack, and Rufas' {A-Spades} {2-Spades} was in trouble against his opponent's {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}

The board ran out blanks, coming {5-Spades} {8-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} , and Rufas has been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Rufas	Busted

Tags: Luis Rufas

03-12-2012 16:50 UTC

Adeniya Sends Ziyard Off

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Before the flop, Zimnan Ziyard opened to 1,000, and Martins Adeniya flatted a couple seats over. Off they went to the {6-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {A-Spades} flop, and Ziyard continued out with another 1,200. Adeniya bumped it up to 3,700, and Ziyard put in the call.

The turn came the {A-Hearts} , and Adeniya slid out another bet of 7,250. Ziyard made the call once again. The last card off was the {J-Diamonds} , and now Ziyard led out into the pot with 8,000 of his own chips. Adeniya was having none of it, though, raising all in with his covering stack.

Ziyard had about 33,000 left in front of him at this point, and he needed some time in the tank. It would be a couple minutes of staring before his finally piped up, "You don't have ace-ten, do you?" After another moment, he added, "Ace-ten or nothing... Which is it?" And after another moment, something like: 'I'm thinking about calling with a six.'

Adeniya had been sitting like a statue, but he relaxed for a moment to take a sip of his water and shoot a quick glance across the table. "Come on, give me something," Ziyard prodded, trying desperately to find a read. After maybe four or five minutes, he said, "All right, I call." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} appeared in front of Adeniya's stack, and Ziyard could only shake his head. He went with the wrong read, and the call has cost him the rest of his stack and this chance at another EPT title. To add to the rub, all-in hands have to be shown, and Ziyard was forced to roll over his {4-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} before heading for the door.

Adeniya has made one EPT final table (this season in London), and he's already looking good here in Madrid. That knockout moves him all the way up to 129,000 and into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martins Adeniya	129,000 49,000	49,000
Zimnan Ziyard	Busted

Tags: Martins Adeniya Zimnan Ziyard

03-12-2012 16:49 UTC

Damage Limitation from Ziyard

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Zimnan Ziyard helped maintain the UK's EPT record of having a champion in each of the eight seasons when he took down EPT Loutraki less than six months ago. He's doing well here despite a medium sized loss in a pot where he seemed to find the fold button difficult to press. .

He was under the gun and up against Efren Garcia Louzao in late position. They'd made it to the turn with 5,800 in the pot with a {3-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {j-Clubs} {8-Spades} board on show. Louzao bet 3,625 when the action was checked to him. Call.

The final card came {j-Clubs} and Ziyard check-tank-folded to a 4,500 bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zimnan Ziyard	55,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Zimnan Ziyard Efren Garcia Louzao

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

03-12-2012 16:31 UTC

Small Dent in Leading Stack

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Sergiy Baranov, who we believe took care of Konstantin Puchkov and his 60k stack to claim the chip lead, was involved in a six-way that he lost. He didn't lose the chip lead in the process though.

Alex Bilokur opened to 700 and picked up five callers en route to a {8-Clubs} {4-Spades} {2-Spades} flop. The Russian continued for 1,050 and got folds until the action reached Mihails Morozovs in the small blind and he raised to 2,700. Sergiy Baranov was in the big blind and called, as did Bilokur.

The turn came {3-Diamonds} and Morozovs led for 5,200, only called by Baranov. The river fell {k-Clubs} and both players checked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergiy Baranov	124,000 11,000	11,000
Mihails Morozovs	50,000
Alex Bilokur	30,100 3,100	3,100

Tags: Sergiy Baranov Konstantin Puchkov Alex Bilokur Mihails Morozovs

03-12-2012 16:27 UTC

More Man

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Chris Moorman fired out a bet of 1,025 on a {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {J-Spades} before Ramil Yusopov check-raised to 2,100 with about 5,000 back. Moorman set him in and Yusopov sighed and called off the rest of his stack.

Moorman: {10-Clubs} {8-Clubs}
Yusopov: {7-Clubs} {5-Clubs}

Moorman's ten-high was actually ahead at this point and Yusopov was drawing dead on the {9-Diamonds} turn when the Englishman made a straight. Yusopov heading to the rail on the {6-Diamonds} river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	40,000 12,500	12,500
Ramil Yusopov	Busted

Tags: Ramil Yusopov Chris Moorman

03-12-2012 16:18 UTC

Big Stackin' It

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These gents appear to have the biggest stacks in the room right now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergiy Baranov	135,000
Juan Jose Chavez	95,000
Jyri Merivirta	85,000
Efren Garcia Louzao	82,000
Martins Adeniya	80,000 11,000	11,000
Massimo Di Cicco	70,000 6,000	6,000
Zimnan Ziyard	65,000 37,000	37,000