Main Event
Day 4 Started
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
477
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Day 4 Table Draw
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| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jean-Pierre Petroli | 307000 |
| 1 | 2 | Fraser Macintyre | 717000 |
| 1 | 3 | Siyu Sha | 848000 |
| 1 | 4 | Andrei Stoenescu | 263000 |
| 1 | 5 | Clayton Mozdzen | 783000 |
| 1 | 6 | Nicolas Levi | 526000 |
| 1 | 7 | Tristan Clemencon | 395000 |
| 1 | 8 | João Paulo Simão | 1973000 |
| 2 | 1 | Frederik Jensen | 410000 |
| 2 | 2 | Javier "El_Cañonero" Dominguez | 161000 |
| 2 | 3 | Yury Gulyy | 235000 |
| 2 | 4 | Ben Spraggons | 245000 |
| 2 | 5 | Juan Navarrete | 516000 |
| 2 | 6 | Ivan Tikhov | 614000 |
| 2 | 7 | Borge Dypvik | 179000 |
| 2 | 8 | Jason Duval | 946000 |
| 3 | 1 | Jordi Martinez | 284000 |
| 3 | 2 | Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes | 1103000 |
| 3 | 3 | Ricardo Ibanez Rodriguez | 635000 |
| 3 | 4 | Ilan Boujenah | 1153000 |
| 3 | 5 | Yordan Dimitrov | 227000 |
| 3 | 6 | Ruben Setien Herrera | 175000 |
| 3 | 7 | Taylor Paur | 734000 |
| 3 | 8 | Mike McDonald | 883000 |
EPT Madrid: 24 Players to 8
Welcome back to the PokerStars.com EPT Madrid. Yesterday was the longest day so far as we played for nearly 12 hours to get down to our remaining 24. The plan for today, the penultimate day of the tournament, is to play down to a final table of eight players.
João Paulo Simão became very popular in the press room yesterday due to his smiley demeanor and aggressive style of play. It's a good job we like him as he has way more chips than anyone else (1.973m) so is likely to hang around for a while yet.
We also have to mention a certain Mike McDonald. He has long been considered one of the best tournament players in the world. As he is "semi-retired" he doesn't play as many EPTs as most but he regularly makes it deep. He comes back 5th in chips and is well positioned to have another crack at winning a second EPT. In a way we hope it does it as then we can stop mentioning it every time a former champion goes deep in an EPT.
Play, as usual, is due to start at midday CET. Join us back here soon.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
First Blood to Spain
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Bruno Lopes raised to 27,000 from the cutoff, Ricardo Ibanez Rodriguez called on the button and Ilan Boujenah also called in the small blind to see a flop of 
- all three players then checked.
The turn was the 
and it was checked to original raiser Lopes who bet 37,000, Rodriguez then raised to 80,000 but more interestingly, Boujenah cold-called this bet whereas Lopes decided to give the hand up. The 
came on the river making four to a straight and three to a flush. Boujenah checked a third time and Rodriguez fire a bet worth 145,000 and Boujenah took about three minutes before mucking his hand.
Rodriguez offered to show one card and flipped the 
.
Who's the Daddy?
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
On table one right now it's Siyu Sha after he won two hands on the trot, in position.
He opened to 24,000 from the button and called when Clayton Mozdzen three-bet to 61,000 from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Mozdzen led for 64,000. Call. The turn came 
and Mozdzen checked to face a 98,000 bet from the German. He admitted defeat and folded.
The very next hand Fraser Macintyre raised to 25,000 from the cut-off before Sha entered with a three-bet to 59,000 from the next seat. Macintyre called but check-folded to 63,000 bet from Sha on the 
flop.
Dominguez Floats and Leads
First in from middle position, Juan Navarrete opened to 25,000, and he found action from both Ivan Tikhov and Javier Dominguez. The latter was in the big blind and beginning to get short on chips as they took a three-way flop.
It came 
, and Navarrete continued out with another 31,000. That folded Tihkov quickly, but Dominguez made the call just as quickly to leave himself with 99,000 chips behind. Heads-up now, the turn brought the . Dominguez glanced down at his stack and reached for betting chips, sliding out 52,000 of that 99,000. Navarrete gave him a good stare, but he eventually surrendered his cards into the muck.
Dominguez has moved back up to about 250,000 with that pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000 | -56,000 |
|
250,000 | 89,000 |
Martinez is the First Man Down
Jordi Martinez is the first player to fall today. He three-bet all-in for 256,000 after Mike McDonald opened to 24,000. The Canadian snapped the shove off as he had "them".
Martinez: 
McDonald: 
The board ran 
to see MacDonald aces hold up. The Spaniard takes home €13,000 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,120,000 | 237,000 |
|
Busted |
Duval Barrels, Jensen Goes to the River
From the cutoff, Jason Duval came in with a raise to 26,000. Frederik Jensen flatted on the button, and the two were heads-up to the flop.
It came 
, and Duval's continuation bet was quickly called. We admittedly missed the bet amount as we were distracted by a hand on the adjacent table. In any event, we did see the amount of Duval's turn bet. It was 64,000 behind the , and Jensen called again. The river brought the 
and a third barrel from Duval — 89,000. By this point, Jensen only had about 260,000 chips left in front of him, and he spent a couple minutes deliberating before folding out of the way.
Everyone had a bit of a go at Duval on Day 1 when he accidentally flatted the river with a Royal Flush, but he's earned back a great deal of respect in the following days. With that pot, he's crested the million-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 154,000 |
|
260,000 | -150,000 |
Macintyre Ate His Porridge This Morning
João Paulo Simão can't have everything his own way, even if he wants to. Fraser Macintyre put him firmly in his place to cut his lead.
The Brazilian opened to 27,000 from the button and Macintyre defended his big blind to see a 
flop. Simão continued for 32,000 and Macintyre check-called to the turn. He checked again before raising Simão''s 49,000 barrel up to 140,000. Simão clicked it back to 250,000 but quickly folded when the Scotman moved all-in for another 427,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000 | -123,000 |
|
790,000 | 73,000 |