2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€942,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,984,900
Entries
1,230
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

Cody Doubles Through Brito

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Jake Cody (Day 1b) Doubles Up
Jake Cody (Day 1b) Doubles Up

Joao Brito opened with a middle position raise to 1,600 and received one call from Jake Cody out of the big blind. The two saw a flop of {9-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Cody checked. Brito continued out for 1,800 only to have Cody come over the top with a check-raise to 5,400.

Brito reached into his stack and grabbed enough chips to call the raise. Fourth street brought the {8-Spades} and Cody riffled through his chips and stacked them into even stacks before announcing that he was all in. Suddenly Brito was faced with the all-in bet of 20,600 and he took his time before coming to a decision. Eventually, a call was made and the hands were turned up.

Cody: {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}
Brito: {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Both players flopped a pair but Cody's was larger and he was looking likely to double up heading to the river. He did exactly that after the {6-Hearts} hit the table and Cody's stack is now sitting around 58,000. Brito, who began the day over 100,000, is now down to around 86,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Brito
Joao Brito
86,000
-23,300
-23,300
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
58,000
30,300
30,300

Tags: Jake CodyJoao Brito

Early Eliminations Round 2

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
Busted
Alin Sameeian
Alin Sameeian
Busted
Andras Koroknai hu
Andras Koroknai
Busted
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
Busted
Antonio Mallol es
Antonio Mallol
Busted
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
Busted
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
Busted
Robert Kokoska cz
Robert Kokoska
Busted
Pascal Vos nl
Pascal Vos
Busted
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
Busted
Giuliano Bendinelli it
Giuliano Bendinelli
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Manuel Miranda
Manuel Miranda
Busted
Michael Malm ca
Michael Malm
Busted
Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
Busted
Pieter Ram
Pieter Ram
Busted
Mark Newhouse us
Mark Newhouse
Busted
Wilhelm Sascha
Wilhelm Sascha
Busted
Mudasser Hussain gb
Mudasser Hussain
Busted
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
Busted
Andguladze Amiran
Andguladze Amiran
Busted
Kenneth Edberg se
Kenneth Edberg
Busted
Hanke Marcus
Hanke Marcus
Busted

Two for Kim

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

From the cutoff seat, Samuel Rodriguez raised to 1,700. Brian Kim reraised from the button to 5,200, and action folded through the blinds back to Rodriguez. He folded and showed the {A-Clubs}.

On the next hand, action folded to Kim in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 1,800. Portugal's Abilio Ribeiro called from the big blind, and the flop came down {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. After Ribeiro checked, Kim fired 2,200. Ribeiro folded, and Kim won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Kim us
Brian Kim
106,000
106,000
106,000

Tags: Brian KimSamuel RodriguezAbilio Ribeiro

Early Eliminations Round 1

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dennis Martin de
Dennis Martin
Busted
Nasrulla Babayev
Nasrulla Babayev
Busted
Mani Rezaei
Mani Rezaei
Busted
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
Busted
Fadhil Farag ma
Fadhil Farag
Busted
Kresz Peter
Kresz Peter
Busted
Sergii Baranov ua
Sergii Baranov
Busted
Julius Colman au
Julius Colman
Busted
Kataeb Katayev
Kataeb Katayev
Busted
Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
Busted
Adam Forsyth
Adam Forsyth
Busted
Johny Jabra
Johny Jabra
Busted
Ignat Liviu ro
Ignat Liviu
Busted
David Lenz
David Lenz
Busted
Moritz Rosenthal
Moritz Rosenthal
Busted
Guy Bachar
Guy Bachar
Busted
Soren Reffstrup
Soren Reffstrup
Busted
Grzegorz Wyraz pl
Grzegorz Wyraz
Busted
Boyan Asenov bg
Boyan Asenov
Busted
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
Busted
Rino Mathis ch
Rino Mathis
Busted
Klaus Krutsch
Klaus Krutsch
Busted

You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Cristofero Palermo from Italy was all in for his last 19,100 on a board of {j-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. He got the call from his opponent Berthold Winz from Germany. Palermo’s {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} had made a full house on the river, but the table gasped when Winz turned over his {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} for the better boat. Palermo took it in good grace as he made an early unlucky exit.

Duhamel's Day is Done

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel got the last of his chips in holding the {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} only to be called by Timofey Kuznetsov, who had him dominated with the {a-Spades}{k-Spades}.

The {j-Hearts}{9-Spades}{j-Clubs} flop didn't give Duhamel much hope, other than to provide runner-runner and chop options, but neither the {5-Hearts} turn nor {3-Clubs} river saw them come to fruition. With that, Duhamel became one of the early Day 2 eliminations.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
Busted

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelTimofey Kuznetsov

Action at Table 55: Moreno Thrives, Moreira De Melo Eliminated

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Fatima de Melo - Eliminated
Fatima de Melo - Eliminated

We arrived at Table 55 to catch two hands that were filled with action. In the first, we found Jack Salter raise from the hijack and Andrew Moreno call from the cutoff. Saar Wilf called as well from the big blind and the trio took in a flop.

The dealer fanned {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{3-Clubs} on the felt and Wilf checked. Salter tossed out a continuation of 4,100 and Moreno waited a moment before bumping the action up to 10,100. Wilf let it go and Salter flat called. The two saw the {10-Diamonds} fall on fourth street where they both checked their options. The {J-Diamonds} finished off the board and Salter checked again. Moreno fired one last bet of 13,000 and Salter let it go, allowing Moreno to drag in the pot and bring his stack to around 95,000.

The very next hand, Salter was able to win some of his money back when he called the preflop all in of PokerStars Team SportStar member Fatima Moreira De Melo. De Melo held {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and was racing with Salter's {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. A runout of {10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{J-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} ensured that de Melo would be sent to the rail. Salter picked up the pot and brought his stack to around 90,000.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
95,000
3,200
3,200
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
90,000
20,000
20,000
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
Busted

Tags: Andrew MorenoFatima Moreira De MeloSaar Wilf

Rettenmaier Doubles with Jacks

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Janne Nevalainen called the all-in of the German PokerStars player Marvin Rettenmaier who was at risk for his last 18,000. Rettenmaier had {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} and was in good shape against Nevalainen’s {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}. We saw the board run out {9-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and “Mad” Marivin held to double his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
40,000
20,000
20,000
Janne Nevalainen fi
Janne Nevalainen
18,000
-18,400
-18,400

Katchalov Out

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov has just been eliminated in a three-way all-in clash of premium hands. Katchalov had pocket kings up against the pocket aces for Max Greenwood and the ace-king of Dainius Ulke. The action was raised by Greenwood to open the pot from early position, a shove from the short-stacked Katchalov in the small blind, and isolation raise from Ulke in the big blind, then a reshove from Greenwood and a call from Ulke.

Greenwood's aces held up, and he won the massive pot to move to 160,000 in chips. Ulke was knocked back to about 30,000, and Katchalov was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
160,000
82,300
82,300
Dainius Ulke
Dainius Ulke
30,000
-72,100
-72,100
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
Busted

Tags: Dainius UlkeEugene KatchalovMax Greenwood