2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione

Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
€640,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,764,500
Entries
570
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Stefano Puccilli Eliminated in 7th Place (€71,500)

Stefano Puccilli
Stefano Puccilli

Stefano Puccilli has failed to recover from losing that huge hand to Mario Nagel; Olivier Busquet has finished him off.

Busquet opened to 60,000 from under the gun and when the action folded around to Puccilli on the button he three-bet shoved for an additional 199,000. Busquet made the call but did not look too happy about the fact.

Puccilli: {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Busquet: {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}

Busquet is surprisingly ahead and he extends that lead as the flop comes down {Q-Clubs}{A-Spades}{3-Hearts}. The {3-Clubs} on the turn did not change anything and neither did the {6-Diamonds} river. We are down to six in the EPT Campione Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
4,300,000 240,000
Stefano Puccilli it
Stefano Puccilli
Busted

Tags: Olivier BusquetStefano Puccilli

Baby Ace Good For Soulier

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

On a flop reading {7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{A-Hearts} Fabrice Soulier lead out for 73,000 from the big blind and Belgium's Koen De Visscher made the call. The turn brought the {2-Diamonds} into the equation but both players tapped the table and checked. The river card was the {3-Spades} and Soulier bet 95,000 and De Visscher made the call.

Soulier turns over {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and scooped the pot.

Tags: Fabrice SoulierKoen De Visscher

Puccilli Doubles Up

Olivier Busquet opened to 60,000 preflop and Mario Nagel made it 162,000 from the small blind. A crippled Stefano Puccilli called in for 99,000 from the big blind and Busquet folded.

Nagel: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}
Puccilli: {A-Spades}{4-Spades}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Puccilli's boat has lifted him from micro-stack to short-stack.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Nagel
Mario Nagel
2,130,000 -170,000
Stefano Puccilli it
Stefano Puccilli
170,000 70,000

Tags: Mario NagelStefano Puccilli

Nagel Doubles, Puccilli Crippled

Stefano Puccilli, easily the tightest player at this final table, opens to 67,000 from under the gun and the action folds all the way around to Mario Nagel in the big blind, who makes the call.

The flop comes down {3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Nagel check calls an 80,000 continuation bet from the Italian. The turn is the {Q-Hearts} and Nagel checks again. Puccilli makes it 150,000 to play and Nagel takes a few moments to compose himself, takes two slight sideways glances at this opponent before announcing he is all in.

Puccilli removes his hat for what we believe to be the first time in this tournament, we weren't even aware he had hair, before staring at Nagel for 20-30 seconds and he makes the call.

Puccilli: {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Nagel: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

Puccilli is a 70/30 favourite but that counts as nothing because the river is the {5-Hearts} and the German doubles up.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Nagel
Mario Nagel
2,300,000 1,119,000
Stefano Puccilli it
Stefano Puccilli
100,000 -1,119,000

Tags: Mario NagelStefano Puccilli

Busy B's

Olivier Busquet
Olivier Busquet

Stefano Puccilli opened to 67,000 and Olivier Busquet made the call from the blinds to see a {A-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop. Busquet check-called a bet of 76,000 before both players checked the {J-Clubs} on the turn. Busquet led out for 250,000 on the river and Puccilli thought for a minute before folding.

There's been two big movers so far in this tournament and they are Balazs Botond and Busquet.

Player Chips Progress
Balazs Botond hu
Balazs Botond
4,233,000 277,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
4,060,000 477,000
Jannick Wrang dk
Jannick Wrang
EPT 1X Winner
2,423,000 -199,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
2,195,000 -336,000
Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
1,780,000 -1,000
Stefano Puccilli it
Stefano Puccilli
1,219,000 -144,000
Mario Nagel
Mario Nagel
1,181,000 -74,000

Tags: Olivier BusquetStefano Puccilli

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

Botond Wins Another at the Death

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

This is a very aggressive final table, the very next hand saw Jannick Wrang open to 50,000 and Fabrice Soulier made it 126,000 behind him. Balazs Botond then four-bet to 263,000, Wrang folded and it looked as though Soulier would five-bet but instead he decided to just call.

The flop was {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Soulier checked, Botond bet 320,000 and Soulier took little time in folding.

Tags: Balazs BotondFabrice Soulier