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

Doing Shots

After our night last night, these are the only kind of shots we're interested in. These come from the steady eye of Neil Stoddart with our thanks.

Johnny LoddenJavier DominguezAlex KravchenkoRubert ElderMcLean KarrAngel GuillenEbony KenneyEbony KenneyMike McDonaldOlivier BusquetTristan ClemenconMikhail ShalamovJason DuvalJason Duval

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Lopes
Bruno Lopes
445,000
15,000
15,000
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
445,000
20,000
20,000
EPT 1X Winner
Martino Chiodo
Martino Chiodo
360,000
168,500
168,500
Javier Etayo es
Javier Etayo
347,000
17,600
17,600
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
346,000
46,000
46,000
Dobromir Nikov bg
Dobromir Nikov
322,000
135,200
135,200
Javier Piazuelo es
Javier Piazuelo
322,000
193,000
193,000
Andrei Stoenescu ro
Andrei Stoenescu
295,000
97,600
97,600
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
290,000
-70,000
-70,000
EPT 1X Winner
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
273,000
-2,500
-2,500
Gianluca Marcucci it
Gianluca Marcucci
272,000
154,000
154,000
Ricardo Ibañez
Ricardo Ibañez
268,000
95,800
95,800
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
260,000
-70,700
-70,700
Jose Manuel Nadal
Jose Manuel Nadal
250,000
37,900
37,900
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
247,000
8,800
8,800
Juan Navarrete
Juan Navarrete
247,000
52,800
52,800
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
245,000
10,000
10,000
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
237,000
17,200
17,200
Rebecca Gerin
Rebecca Gerin
230,000
110,100
110,100
Ricardo Tavares br
Ricardo Tavares
220,000
-44,300
-44,300
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
220,000
67,700
67,700
Jordi Martinez
Jordi Martinez
220,000
30,900
30,900
Alexander Petersen dk
Alexander Petersen
214,000
-26,000
-26,000
Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
213,000
2,200
2,200
Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
210,000
12,700
12,700
EPT 1X Winner

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The TT Races

Just before the break a hand played out that didn't really go anywhere as Ivan Tikhov folded to the aggressive action of Taylor Paur. The Russian wasn't about to let that happen again.

Kenny Hallaert opened to 6,700 and was called by Tikhov before Paur squeezed to 26,200 from the big blind. The Belgian folded but Tikhov moved all-in for 96,000 after thinking for two minutes. Call.

Paur: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Tikhov: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The board ran {3-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{q-Clubs} to make Tikhov two-pair.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Tikhov ru
Ivan Tikhov
188,000
98,000
98,000
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
160,000
-87,000
-87,000

Tags: Taylor PaurKenny HallaertIvan Tikhov

Swip-Swap

David Benyamine and Henrique Pinho have swapped places after an pre flop all-in showdown.

Benyamine raised to 6,500 from under the gun and called when the Team PokerStars Pro moved all-in for 55,100.

Benyamine: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Pinho: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

The board ran {10-Spades}{6-Spades}{a-Spades}{k-Spades}{4-Clubs} to make the Portuguese player two-pair. Beymaine was calling for a spade on the river but it was to no avail. Then he looked over at a friend and slid his finger across his throat.

Player Chips Progress
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
117,000
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
56,500
-58,500
-58,500

Tags: David BenyamineHenrique Pinho

Elder Gets Cold

Rubert Elder
Rubert Elder

EPT7 San Remo champion and all around likable gent, Rupert Elder, has just been eliminated.

With a raise in front of him and a three-bet from Dobromir Nikov, Elder cold four-bet shoved for somewhere around 70,000 total. He was working with {6-Spades} {6-Hearts}, and that would prove to be a troublesome thing when Nikov called him down with the superior {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}.

The {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {8-Clubs} flop was a miss for Elder, and the {9-Clubs} gave Nikov a set. That was actually a decent card for Elder's chances, though, giving him four outs for the double instead of two. Still not enough. The {4-Hearts} river was a miss, and Elder was sent pacing glumly toward the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Rupert ElderDobromir Nikov

Slowing Down

Play is getting very slow now on the tournament floor, we've just had to observe Ben Spraggons bet/three-bet all in on the turn of a {2-Spades}{Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{10-Hearts} board against Mateo Sempere. Spraggons had bet 11,400 then moved all in for about 100,000 over the top of Sempere's raise to 25,000.

Sempere eventually folded but the whole process took almost 10 minutes to complete, Kevin MacPhee and several other players all taking the time to stretch their legs.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Spraggons gb
Ben Spraggons
180,000
126,000
126,000
Mateo Sempere
Mateo Sempere
80,000
-27,000
-27,000

Tags: Ben SpraggonsMateo Sempere

Kerzhapkin No More

Yury Kerzhapkin had been battling with a shortening stack for a good while, but he's finally been run out. Kerzhapkin was content to flip for a double with pocket tens against {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}. It didn't end well for him, though, as the board ran out {K-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {5-Clubs}.

The day is done for the Russian about ten spots shy of the money.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Kerzhapkin
Yury Kerzhapkin
Busted

Tags: Yury Kerzhapkin

Lewis Luckboxes

Toby Lewis
Toby Lewis

Toby Lewis is back up to 230,000 after he called the all in of a short stack on the turn of a {Q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} board with {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} but was up against {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}. Lewis was lucky enough to catch the {5-Spades} on the river to make his full house and move back to around what he started the day with.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
230,000
28,000
28,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Toby Lewis