2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€495,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
477
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Fourteen Tables

James Akenhead has just turned up to play, and his presence requires the opening of a new table. Table 14 is now in play, and players were pulled from the rest of the field to make a full table, and it's another tough one.

Akenhead is in the one seat over there, and he's joined by PCA High Roller champ Alex Bilokur, EPT8 Loutraki champ Zimnan Ziyard, and EPT6 Warsaw finalist Oleksandr Vaserfirer. Yikes.

Player Chips Progress
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
30,000

Ticking Upwards

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

We've ticked up over 120 players so far for Day 1a. Registration for this flight is open until the end of the first break, just about 40 minutes from now.

Invader Zim

EPT Loutraki winner Zimnan Ziyard fired out 1,775 on the river of a {8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} in a three-way pot before the player to his left made it 3,600. The other player folded and Ziyard made the call, only to be shown {6-Spades}{5-Spades} for trips by his opponent. Ziyard drops to about 27,000 as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Zimnan Ziyard

O'Dea Does What He Can

It was a limped pot that saw five players take a {Q-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {8-Spades}. The action checked all the way around to Eoghan O'Dea last to act, and he put out a smallish bet of 450. Two players folded, two players called, and it was three-handed to the turn. It brought the {7-Spades} and another bet from O'Dea — 1,300 this time. One player folded, one player called, and now it was heads-up to the last card, the {6-Diamonds}. When the first player checked, O'Dea checked it right back and showed down his {K-} {Q-}. It was no good, though, as Mr. Opponent rolled over {9-Spades} {10-Diamonds} for the nuts.

O'Dea did what he could, betting when he was in front and checking it back once his opponent caught up. Minimizing his losses, he's slipped back close to 23,000 now.

Player Chips Progress
Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
23,050
-6,950
-6,950

Tags: Eoghan O'Dea

Alvarado Under Ripe, Bluffed

JC Alvarado was just bluffed off a hand but still has more than his starting stack.

He opened to 300 from early position and Markus Lehner defended his big blind to see a {3-Spades}{q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop. The Mexican c-bet for 650 and Lehner check-called before leading for 1,350 on the {10-Hearts} turn.

Alvarado thought about for a while and folded, only to be shown {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for a bluff by the cheeky German.

Player Chips Progress
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
33,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: JC AlvaradoMarkus Lehner

Break Dance

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

We've put our first two levels in the books, and the players are off for their first 15-minute break.

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
41,000
11,000
11,000
Michael Eiler de
Michael Eiler
40,500
-9,500
-9,500
EPT 1X Winner
Erich Kollman
Erich Kollman
40,000
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
36,000
6,000
6,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
33,000
3,000
3,000
Redmond Lee
Redmond Lee
32,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
30,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
29,500
-500
-500
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
29,500
-500
-500
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
29,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
Toni Judet ro
Toni Judet
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
28,000
1,000
1,000
EPT 1X Winner
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
27,600
4,550
4,550
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
26,000
-5,000
-5,000
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
23,000
-5,000
-5,000
Jan Collado de
Jan Collado
22,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
17,600
-12,400
-12,400
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
12,000
-18,000
-18,000
EPT 1X Winner

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Niking Chips

In a multiway pot, it was checked to James Dempsey in the cutoff who fired a bet of 1,800 on the {7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop, Dobromir Nikov was the only caller on the button to see the {7-Spades} on the turn. Dempsey bet 2,100 this time and Nikov made another fairly quick call before the {Q-Spades} came on the river.

Dempsey checked and Nikov checked behind, the Englishman showing {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} but he lost out to his opponent's {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
32,500
-3,500
-3,500

Tags: Dobromir NikovJames Dempsey