2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Slice of Pie

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

We here at PokerNews love us a good pie chart — almost as much as an actual pie. Fortunately for us, EPT Media Coordinator Mad Harper does too, and she's put together a lovely visual breakdown of the nationalities for this EPT Madrid.

                   

Nacho Crunches Jorgensen

Theo Jorgensen
Theo Jorgensen

Nacho Barbero has just eliminated fellow PokerStarsTeam Pro Theo Jorgensen calling from UTG+2 to see a {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Spades} flop. Barbero check-called a bet of 6,000 before both checked the {A-Clubs} turn. Barbero then set Jorgensen all in on the {5-Spades} river for his last 21,500 and the Dane tanked for a couple of minutes before eventually calling.

Barbero showed {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for the flopped straight but we never got to see Jorgensen's hand - he simply mucked and hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
110,000 55,000
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
Busted

Tags: Nacho BarberoTheo Jorgensen

Oh No, O'Dwyer!

Steve O'Dwyer - back when he was all smiley and happy and flush with chips
Steve O'Dwyer - back when he was all smiley and happy and flush with chips

Steve O'Dwyer had been plugging along rather steadily this evening. Until...

Juan Navarrete opened to 1,600 under the gun, and a player in position flatted. Action came to Steve O'Dwyer's button, and he squeezed it up to 4,900 total. Navarrete came right back with another raise to 12,600 to fold the player in the middle, but O'Dwyer made it 21,000 flat. Navarrete shoved for close to 70,000 total, and O'Dwyer called, having him covered by less than 2,000.

O'Dwyer was working with two queens, but he was smashed by the Spaniard's pocket kings. The board ran out blanks, and O'Dwyer lost his small remainder just a moment later to end his run with a frown here in Madrid.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Navarrete
Juan Navarrete
150,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Steve O'DwyerJuan Navarrete

Fernandez and Mason Exit Stage Left

Leo Fernandez had bet 3,300 with about 14,200 behind on the river of a {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{10-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{J-Spades} against Ondrej Vinklarek but the latter check-raised all in causing some serious dwellage from the Argentine.

Finally he had the clock called on him and after another 30 seconds and pushed in the rest of his chips. Vinklarek quickly turned over {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and Fernandez saw his stack slide away as he was eliminated from the tournament.

Ash Mason's exit meanwhile, was much more formulaic, a simple loss of a race with {9-}{9-} to {A-}{Q-}

Player Chips Progress
Ash Mason
Ash Mason
Busted
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
Busted

Tags: Leo FernandezAsh Mason

Hunted Down

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

Ismail Erkenov came in raising to 1,600 from the button, and Pantazidis Anestis flatted in the small blind. From the big, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier squeezed all in for 9,325 total. Erkenov made the call, Anestis folded reluctantly, and the cards were on their backs with ElkY poised to double.

Showdown
Erkenov: {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}
ElkY: {A-Spades} {J-Hearts}

The flop was a disaster for the Team PokerStars Pro from France, rolling out {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} to put him in a big hole with two to come. The turn {A-Hearts} left him drawing dead to a one-out chop, and the river was the wrong pointed card, the {4-Hearts}.

That's the end of the road for ElkY here in Madrid.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
Busted

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Close to Making Day 2, But Not Close Enough

Player Chips Progress
Jochum Weenink nl
Jochum Weenink
Busted
Guillem Usero
Guillem Usero
Busted
Oscar Blanco es
Oscar Blanco
Busted
Tom Aksel Bedell no
Tom Aksel Bedell
Busted
Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
Busted
Jose Felix Bazo Gonzalez
Jose Felix Bazo Gonzalez
Busted
Jose Severino pa
Jose Severino
Busted
Pisarev Denis Vladimirovich
Pisarev Denis Vladimirovich
Busted
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
Busted
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Ernesto Capasso
Ernesto Capasso
Busted
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
Busted
Pablo Ubierna Martinez
Pablo Ubierna Martinez
Busted
Rui Milhomens pt
Rui Milhomens
Busted
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
Busted
Jeffrey Rossiter au
Jeffrey Rossiter
Busted
Emanuel Rodrigues De Jesus
Emanuel Rodrigues De Jesus
Busted
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
Busted
Petar Kochev
Petar Kochev
Busted
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
Busted
Vladimir Kochelaevskiy
Vladimir Kochelaevskiy
Busted
Kaspars Renga lv
Kaspars Renga
Busted
Ben Warrington gb
Ben Warrington
Busted
Jean-Philippe Rohr fr
Jean-Philippe Rohr
Busted
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Cry Me a River

Leo Margets
Leo Margets

It's always worse when it comes on the river. Like a dagger to the heart. And when it''s Leo Margets, we get angry too.

She three-bet to 2,600 and then called when Matan Krakow raised and then four-bet shoved all-in with {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}. Margets tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} and was happy to see an {a-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop appear.

Maybe she relaxed too much as when the board ran out {k-Spades}{10-Clubs} she jolted forward. The Israeli came from behind to river a set.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
Winamax
8,000 -18,000

Tags: Leo MargetsMatan Krakow

Can't Katch a Break

ElkY and Eugene
ElkY and Eugene

Eugene Katchalov was all in preflop holding {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} while short against Robert Cazal's {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} but the fact was that both a nine and an ace had both been folded preflop and the Ukrainian was drawing very thin. However, he hit his one-outer on the {J-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Spades} flop only for Cazal to re-one-outer him on the {A-Clubs} turn, the {8-Spades} on the river changing nothing.

Katchalov's fellow Team Pro Richard Toth has also been eliminated, he was on the proverbial table of death with Anton Wigg, Jacob Rasmussen, Kevin Iacofano and Faraz Jaka. "It was one of the toughest tables today, there were very few spots for me."

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
Busted
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
Busted

Tags: Eugene KatchalovRichard Toth