2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€495,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Total Entries
477
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 477
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Snippets From the Floor

  • Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen is doing what he needs to do to get his tournament back on track - putting chips in the middle. He made it to the river of a {4-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades}{8-Spades} board and faced a 1,600 bet from Pablo Ubierna Martinez to his right. He bumped it up to 5,500 and forced a fold.
  • Jason Koon and Fraser Macintyre didn't have the goods to call, only to raise. Macintyre opened to 425 before Koon three-bet to 1,500 in position, and Patrick van Dijk shoved for 8,250 from the big blind. They both folded.
  • Nicolas Chouity, Eli Elezra and David Benyamine are all big players. The former took the latter off a hand on the turn of a {8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{10-Spades} board. Beyamine couldn't stand the heat of a 4,100 bet.

Tags: Angel GuillenDavid BenyamineEli ElezraFraser MacintyreJason KoonNicolas ChouityPablo Ubierna MartinezPatrick van Dijk

Sweet Caroline

The Mrs. of Guillaume Darcourt (her name is Caroline) has been darting around the tournament area this afternoon, doing some work while trying to keep an eye on the progress of her man.

He had been doing quite well, up around 50,000 before the bottom fell out. As Caroline tells us, within moments of her arrival at the table, Guillaume had both pocket kings and pocket aces cracked, then lost the rest on another bad beat to run his stack right down to zero.

Thanks to Mrs. Darcourt for the information, and condolences on the bad news about the tournament fate of her husband. His day is done, but she's still working hard over here.

Tags: Guillaume Darcourt

Chippies

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Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Elder-ly Drivers

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Rupert Elder and Melanie Weisner are probably the very last players to sit down in the tournament. The pair had rented a car in an attempt to trump the problems of possible shuttle buses being late/delayed. However, they managed to drive for about an hour and twenty minutes, getting severely lost before eventually finding the casino. The damage to both players' stacks hasn't been too bad however, they've only lost around 500 chips each.

Tags: Rupert ElderMelanie Weisner

'Bout Tree Fiddy

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Tournament room
Tournament room

The number on the board has been stuck at 335 runners since just before the break, so that's a fair estimate of our field size. We'll give it about a dozen extra as we've seen a few more players trickling into the room late. Some of them were almost turned away from the registration window, but more on that from Homer in a moment.

In any event, we'll venture a guess that we've climbed very close to 350 runners today. We'll bring you the official number and the prize pool as soon as it's made available to us.

Drawing a Blanco

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Ole Kristian [Removed:332], the Norwegian youngster who was a big chip leader here last year at the Grand Final is back to try his luck once more at this year's EPT. The Norwegian check-called a bet of 1,300 on a {A-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop against Antonio Blanco Saiz before both players checked the {A-Diamonds} turn.

Negard then led out for 3,100 on the {J-Spades} river but Saiz snapped him off and [Removed:332] was forced to show {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}, no good versus the {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} of Saiz.

Tags: Ole Nergard

Vamos, Tortuga!

We mentioned earlier about the gregarious Venezuelan with the turtle figurines, and we've just caught him involved in an all-in pot. It began with Andre Pereira opening to 400 in early position. Around the table, our hero, Vincenzo Gianelli stuck in a three-bet to 1,225. When it folded back around to Pereira, he quickly reraised with a covering stack of red chips, and Gianelli was put to the test. He had 7,550 chips total, and he spent a minute prodding Pereira for information.

"Will you show if I fold?" he asked.

"No," Pereira said flatly. "I never show my cards."

"Okay," Gianelli answered as he grabbed all of his chips in one hand. "Let's play." He placed his chips into the middle of the table, and he was flipping for his tournament life.

Showdown
Pereira: {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades}
Gianelli: {7-Clubs} {7-Spades}

"Vamos, tortuga!" Gianelli said as he stood up to sweat his fate. The dealer gave him a friendly {6-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} flop, and he talked the dealer through the last two cards. "Easy," he pleaded, pushing his hands down toward the floor as he rooted for low cards.

Turn: {4-Spades}

"Okay, one more time. Easy."

River: {2-Hearts}

With a clap of the hands and a little pump of the fist, Gianelli has found his double, rebounding to about half his starting stack with 15,800.

Tags: Vincenzo GianelliAndre Pereira

The Departed

Molander Needs all Three Bullets

Jonas Molander had to work hard to get Mike McDonald off a hand. The Swede and Jan Bendik both called the Canadian's 475 open en route to a {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} flop.

The action was checked to Molander in the cut-off and he bet 750. McDonald was the only caller after he stared down the "still" baby faced player. The turn came {q-Clubs} and Molander bet 2,200. McDonald stared him down again, and called again.

The river was {2-Diamonds} and McDonald believed this time as he checcked-stared-folded to Molander's third bullet for 4,700.

Tags: Jonas MolanderMike McDonald