2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Chip Counts at the Start of Level 21 (full)

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Andermatt
Alexandre Andermatt
1,500,000
180,000
180,000
Jannick Wrang dk
Jannick Wrang
1,350,000
EPT 1X Winner
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
1,050,000
420,000
420,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
1,000,000
40,000
40,000
Jose Manuel Nadal
Jose Manuel Nadal
950,000
360,000
360,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
930,000
30,000
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Adrian Veghinas ro
Adrian Veghinas
900,000
400,000
400,000
Balazs Botond hu
Balazs Botond
890,000
210,000
210,000
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
800,000
-300,000
-300,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Giuseppe Biancoviso it
Giuseppe Biancoviso
800,000
20,000
20,000
Mario Nagel
Mario Nagel
690,000
515,000
515,000
Stefano Demontis
Stefano Demontis
680,000
230,000
230,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
670,000
30,000
30,000
Alessandro Minasi it
Alessandro Minasi
600,000
360,000
360,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
590,000
20,000
20,000
Jean-Philippe Rohr fr
Jean-Philippe Rohr
490,000
250,000
250,000
Stefano Puccilli it
Stefano Puccilli
450,000
275,000
275,000
Carlos Mora
Carlos Mora
450,000
160,000
160,000
Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
400,000
-400,000
-400,000
Andrea Benelli it
Andrea Benelli
360,000
120,000
120,000
Juri Pietroboni
Juri Pietroboni
340,000
10,000
10,000
Per Linde se
Per Linde
290,000
-90,000
-90,000
Pasquale Vinci it
Pasquale Vinci
275,000
75,000
75,000
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
250,000
-100,000
-100,000
Panagiotis Gavriulidis
Panagiotis Gavriulidis
230,000
70,000
70,000

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Botond Four-Bet Gets Through

Stefano Puccilli opened to 29,000 preflop before Olivier Busquet made it 65,000 just a couple of seats down but then Balazs Botond four-bet to 125,000 from the button, Puccilli folded but Busquet took a while longer before he too gave up his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Balazs Botond hu
Balazs Botond
950,000
270,000
270,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
950,000
-10,000
-10,000
Stefano Puccilli it
Stefano Puccilli
380,000
205,000
205,000

Tags: Balazs BotondOlivier BusquetStefano Puccilli

Alvarez's Hand Declared Dead

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Carlos Lauro Mora Alvarez has just had his hand declared dead after taking far too long to act. He was facing a bet of 143,000 from Alexandre Andermatt, a bet that essentially put Alvarez all in as he only had 220,000 behind and calling, losing and being left with just 80,000 would be disastrous.

We'd been stood waiting for something to happen but Alverez just sat there staring at the board, eventually Andrea Benellli, who was not involved in the hand, called the clock on him.

"He had 10 seconds left on my own clock," said Jannick Wrang

Luca Vivaldi came over and started the countdown and he got all the way to zero, which meant Alverez's hand was dead. Andermatt adds even more chips to his stack.

Tags: Carlos Lauro Mora AlvarezAlexandre Andermatt

De Visscher Back in the Game

Koen De Visscher
Koen De Visscher

Koen De Visscher was The Man earlier in the day until he lost pot after pot for a near million chip down swing. His day is finishing off nicely though with a double up.

All the chips went in pre flop between himself and Jose Manuel Nadal.

De Visscher: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Nadal: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The board ran {9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. The Belgian has a smile back upon his face now.

Player Chips Progress
Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
776,000
376,000
376,000
Jose Manuel Nadal
Jose Manuel Nadal
730,000
-220,000
-220,000

Tags: Jose Manuel NadalKoen De Visscher

Fabrice Soulier Doubles Through Andermatt

Fabrice Soulier had just doubled through Alexandre Andermatt after spiking a three-outer on the flop. A preflop raising war broke out between the two that resulted in Soulier being all-in and at risk holding {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} against the {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} of Andermatt.

The {4-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{6-Hearts} propelled Soulier into the lead and when the {J-Spades} and {2-Diamonds} appeared on the turn and river respectively the Frenchman doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
1,200,000
530,000
530,000
Alexandre Andermatt
Alexandre Andermatt
1,050,000
-550,000
-550,000

Tags: Fabrice SoulierAlexandre Andermatt

Linde's Stack Gets Decimated

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Per Linde was one of the favourites to take down the EPT Campione main event based on his experience alone but that is looking extremely unlikely now that he has been left with just 18,000 chips.

He called the all-in of Panagiotis Gavriulidis with {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and must have been delighted to see his opponent turn over {K-Spades}{J-Spades}, that was until the board ran out {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}{9-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} to boost Gavriulidis to 500,000 and crippled Linde.

Three outers seem the order of the day right now.

Tags: Panagiotis GavriulidisPer Linde

Busquet Suffers Body Blow

#whenwillitend
#whenwillitend

It's another major outdraw for a big pot to keep another player in. The chips went flying in on a {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{7-} flop between Stefano Puccilli and Olivier Busquet - the latter holding {7-Hearts}{7-Spades} against Puccilli's {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}. The {K-Clubs} hit the turn and the shock flashed into Busquet's eyes as his jaw nearly dropped, taking a couple of breaths to recover. Puccilli celebrated his double up when the {6-Hearts} hit the river.

That's the third time in a row the short stack has got it in behind and got there, not that we're counting.

Player Chips Progress
Stefano Puccilli it
Stefano Puccilli
800,000
420,000
420,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
600,000
-350,000
-350,000

Tags: Stefano PuccilliOlivier Busquet

Another Crazy Hand, Another Double

The long day? The late night? Something in the air? What ever it is,some strange and crazy hands are being played out.

Robin Ylitalo opened from the cut-off and called a Jose Manuel Nadal three-bet from the big blind. Nadal bet flop, turn and shoved the river. The final board read {a-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{k-Spades} and by the river Ylitalo had 376,000 left. He took his time and made a great call with {a-Spades}{10-Spades}. Nadal only had {8-Spades}{4-Spades} and looked to the heavens as if to say, "What did I just do?"

He was left with 81,000 and shipped them in from the small blind the next hand. Kaiser called with {k-Clubs}{4-Hearts} but was dominated by Nadal's {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. The board ran {4-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{a-Spades}{j-Hearts} to see Kaiser flop two-pair but immediately fall back behind on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
1,260,000
460,000
460,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Jose Manuel Nadal
Jose Manuel Nadal
170,000
-560,000
-560,000
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
100,000
-150,000
-150,000

Tags: Robin YlitaloJose Manuel NadalRonny Kaiser