2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Timex Sends Etayo Packing on the Break

The very last hand to finish before the break saw Javier Etayo fire out 20,000 on a {7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop before Mike McDonald raised to 62,000. Etayo then pushed all in for just over 200,000. McDonald took about 30 seconds and then made the call.

Etayo: {7-Spades}{6-Hearts}
McDonald: {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Etayo quietly whispered continually for a seven in Spanish but the poker gods were't listening when the {2-Diamonds} came on the turn. The river was the {K-Clubs} and the former chip leader was now out.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
810,000 342,000
Javier Etayo es
Javier Etayo
Busted

Tags: Javier EtayoMike McDonald

Lucky Levi Had Enough of Grinding

Nicolas Levi
Nicolas Levi

Nicolas Levi has been doing a lot of grinding today with a below average stack. He still has below average but has twice as much as before after making a move, and getting lucky, versus Ricardo Ibanez Rodriguez.

The Spaniard opened from the button before Levi three-bet all-in from the big blind. Rodriguez was thinking what to do when Levi piped up with, "What does the diamond say to do?" in reference to a little diamond ball Rodriguez was holding.

Rodriguez put the ball up to his ear and very quickly announced, "Call".

Levi said after the hand that he had hoped his speech would prompt a fold as he only had {q-Spades}{4-Spades}. Rodriguez tabled king-jack but the Frenchman hit a queen to stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
290,000 160,000
Ricardo Ibañez
Ricardo Ibañez
160,000 -137,000

Tags: Nicolas LeviRicardo Ibanez Rodriguez

Dattani Becomes Diamond Dust

We're down to 32 players now, and we've just broken another table. In the first hand in the new seats, we picked up a pot between Michel Dattani and João Paulo Simão. The latter was the one who opened with the first raise, and he ended up four-bet shoving when Dattani played back at him. Dattani put his last 255,000 into the middle, and he was in a dominating spot for a double.

Showdown
Simão: {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}
Dattani: {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}

Simão was nervously grinning at the spot he'd gotten himself into, and he piped up, "Going to need some help here."

Just as he spoke, the flop came barreling out {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} to end the hand right there. Simão got greedy as the {8-Diamonds} hit fourth street, and he asked the dealer for the jack of that suit just for good measure. The river was the {9-Spades}, and the regular old queen-high flush is still plenty good enough for Simão.

He's sent Dattani off in 32nd place, chipping up toward the million mark in the process.

Player Chips Progress
João Paulo Simão br
João Paulo Simão
945,000 342,000
Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: João Paulo SimãoMichel Dattani

Bustquet

Shocked Olivier Busquet is shocked.
Shocked Olivier Busquet is shocked.

Olivier Busquet has been grinding a short stack for the better part of two days, an admirable effort given that he had just 7,700 at the 500/1,000 level. Busquet was finally eliminated when he pushed all in with {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and found Yordan Dimitrov behind him holding {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} - the latter holding on a board of {2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Spades}{6-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Yordan Dimitrov bg
Yordan Dimitrov
216,000 78,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
Busted

Tags: Olivier BusquetYordan Dimitrov

More for Paur

Taylor Paur
Taylor Paur

Taylor Paur has nearly 900k in chips after he got Canadian Jason Duval off a hand in a big pot.

Around 300,000 had made it into the middle by the time the river had been dealt to leave a {q-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} board. Paur was in the big blind and announced that he was all-in. The bet was effectively 236,000 as that's what Duval had left. The Canadian PokerStars qualifier took his time before slowly sliding his hands into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
885,000 127,000
Jason Duval ca
Jason Duval
236,000 -170,000

Tags: Jason DuvalTaylor Paur

MacPhee Leaves it to McDonald

Kevin MacPhee & Mike McDonald
Kevin MacPhee & Mike McDonald

Kevin MacPhee and Mike McDonald have been sat along side each other for the last few hours, both hunting the elusive second EPT title. They've had the table in hysterics with their behaviour as well. McDonald raised from under-the-gun and MacPhee defended his big blind. Neither player would look away from each other as both (jokingly) stared with serious looks across their faces. The flop fell {7-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Clubs} and MacPhee checked dark rather than stare at the flop. McDonald now had to look at the flop before he bet 18,000 and went back to staring at his opponent. It was at this point that both players cracked and starting laughing, unable to keep up the pretense. MacPhee folded.

There was no laughing from MacPhee a few minutes later. He four-bet all-in for 213,000 with ace-queen suited after Ivan Tikhov had opened to 17,000 and another player had three-bet to 41,000. Tikhov had aces, made the call, and ended the double dream for the American.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Tikhov ru
Ivan Tikhov
800,000 223,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Ivan TikhovKevin MacPheeMike McDonald

Lopes Carrying the Tune

Bruno Lopes
Bruno Lopes

Bruno Lopes opened to 17,000 from middle position, and Andries Swart three-bet to 42,000 from the small blind. Lopes put in the call, and off they went to the flop.

Swart bet 38,000 on the {5-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {J-Spades} and another 82,000 on the {2-Spades} turn. Lopes called both bets without much incident. The river {2-Clubs} put trips on board, and the action went check-check. Swart opened up his airball {A-Spades} {4-Spades} first, and Lopes' {4-Clubs} {4-Hearts} earned him the pot.

With it comes a chip boost to about 885,000, and the man known as "Kool Shen" looks to be up into second place overall behind Ilan Boujenah.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
885,000 225,000
Andries Swart nl
Andries Swart
550,000 -172,000

Tags: Andries SwartBruno Lopes