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
Total Entries
477
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 477
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Weisner Suddenly Flush With Chips

Melanie Weisner
Melanie Weisner

Melanie Weisner flatted a raise from late position, and Alexander Petersen squeezed all in from the big blind. It was about 180,000 total, and that was enough to fold the initial raiser. But not Weisner. She made the call for a good chunk of her own stack, and she was well ahead and looking for the knockout.

Showdown
Weisner: {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}
Petersen: {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

Weisner had to sweat it the whole way on the {7-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} board. In the end, though, her hand held strong, and that knockout moves her up all the way up to 550,000 and well above the chip average. She's running hot in the last couple levels today after nursing her short-to-middling stack through the bubble.

Tags: Melanie WeisnerAlexander Petersen

Boujenah Boost

It's the end of the road for Dmitry Vitkind, the Russian was all in with {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and lost out when Ilan Boujenah found {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} behind him.

The board coming {8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} to finish the former off.

Tags: Ilan BoujenahDmitry Viktind

Not So Kool For Piazuelo

You looking at me?
You looking at me?

Bruno Lopes took down his first 5k event in January and he's positioning himself well here to have a shot at a second.

The cards were on their backs between himself and Javier Piazuelo when we reached the table.

Lopes: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Piazuelo: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran a French rapper friendly {2-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

Tags: Bruno LopezJavier Piazuelo

Kenny's Tournament Halted

Kenny Hallaert
Kenny Hallaert

Nicolas Levi was telling us that he needed to get his stack going in the right direction, and he's managed just that by eliminating Kenny Hallaert.

Levi opened to 12,500 from under the gun and called when the Belgian moved all-in for 121,000 from the button.

Levi: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Hallaert: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{j-Diamonds}.

Tags: Kenny HallaertNicolas Levi

Etayo Doubles Up

Javier Etayo was almost up and out of his chair muttering to himself when the flop came {9-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} - the Spaniard was all in preflop with {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} against João Paulo Simão's {A-Diamonds}{9-Spades} but the {10-Clubs} and {J-Hearts} turn and river backdoored Etayo into a straight which he celebrated with a customary "Vamos!"

Tags: João Paulo SimãoJavier Etayo

Pinho Pounds the Pavement

Henrique Pinho
Henrique Pinho

In late position, Henrique Pinho looked down at something decent and stuck his last 16,500 chips into the middle. He was called by both Petr Susen (button) and Kevin MacPhee (small blind) to create live action going to the flop.

Susen and MacPhee would check it all the way down as the board ran out {4-Hearts} {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {Q-Hearts}. Pinho had flopped a good one with his {A-Spades} {J-Hearts}, but his hand was second-best by the river. MacPhee's {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} took the pot, Susen flashed his {9-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} as he mucked, and Pinho has been eliminated here with about 50 players remaining.

Tags: Henrique PinhoKevin MacPheePetr Susen

Chip Counts at the End of Level 17 (full)

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Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Dominguez Smashes a Double

Javier Dominguez
Javier Dominguez

João Paulo Simão appears to have been the preflop raiser from the button, and we picked up the action live as he and Javier Dominguez (big blind) saw the first three community cards together. They were {Q-Spades} {6-Hearts} {4-Spades}, and Dominguez checked to the raiser. Simão continued out with 16,500, but Dominguez check-raised to 52,500. Simão considered for a couple long minutes, eyeballed his opponent's stack, then made the call.

The turn came the {3-Clubs}, and Dominguez quickly grabbed almost all his remaining chips and slid them across the line. "Call!" Simão announced instantly, and the dealer counted down the 209,000 from each player. Dominguez had just 7,000 chips left now. On the river {7-Hearts}, he dumped those last chips into the pot, and Simão matched the bet with his {6-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} for the set. No good.

Dominguez rolled over {5-Spades} {8-Spades}, and his flush draw backed into a straight to smash his monster double. It moves the Team PokerStars Online pro up to about 555,000, while Simão has been knocked back down to a still-quite-healthy 685,000.

Tags: Javier DominguezJoão Paulo Simão

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