Martin Mathis, a PokerStars qualifier from the USA, shipped his short stack of around 13,000 all in from the small blind. Leonardo Carvarge Martins called out of the big blind and suddenly Mathis' tournament life was at risk.
Mathis:
Martins:
Mathis was flopped fairly dead after hit the table and he was officially sent home after the and finished the board. Martins scooped up the pot and brought his stack up to 95,000.
From middle position, Jack Salter raised to 4,400. Andrew Moreno called from the hijack seat, and all others folded. The flop produced the , and Salter bet 8,600. Moreno called.
The turn was the , and Salter slowed down with a check. Moreno bet 9,000, and Salter called.
The river was the , and Salter checked. Moreno bet 26,000, and Salter called.
"You got it," said Moreno as he rolled over queen high with the . Salter showed the for a turned pair of nines and won the pot.
Dani Stern opened under the gun plus one for 4,600 and was three bet by cash game specialist Ryan Spittles from England to 9,600. The blinds folded and Stern made the call. They saw a flop of and the both checked seeing the fall in the turn. Stern took the opportunity to bet out for 12,000 and Spittles made the call. The river brought the and Stern checked. Spittles counted out a bet from his tower of chips and made a bet of 28,500. Stern mucked his cards. Did either of them have anything? I guess we’ll never know.
In the two years prior to his win, Sweden’s Kent Lundmark, born May 19, 1988, had several five-figure scores including 29th in the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $66,000 and second in the 2010 Nordic Masters of Poker SKr 25,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event for $69,911. Then, in November 2010, Lundmark broke through by winning the EPT Barcelona for $1,127,604.
He did so by outlasting 757 other players including a final table that housed Francesco Notaro (8th - €70,000), Thor Stang (6th - €130,000), Konstantin Puchkov (3rd - €300,000) and Jesus Cortes Lizano (2nd - €525,000). The heads-up match with Lizano began with Lundmark holding a slight chip lead, and he never looked back. Twenty minutes after winning a big pot where Lizano missed a flush, Lundmark finished the job. He opened with a bet of 320,000 and then moved all in when his Spanish opponent three-bet to 880,000. Lizano called off with the and was behind the of Lundmark. The board ran out and Lundmark became an EPT champion.
Lundmark, who began playing poker straight out of high school, has been keeping busy traveling the European circuit and has amassed $219,989, $186,249 and $132,843 in tournament winnings in the three years since his win. Among his most notable accomplishments are a runner-up finish in the 2012 Unibet Open Paris Main Event for $129,287, first in a Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway €1,000 NLHE side event for $72,307 and second in the 2011 EPT Sanremo €2,000 NLHE Bounty for $42,051.
From the button, Jack Salter raised to 4,300. In the big blind, Pablo Alexander Tavitian made the call, and the flop came down . Both players checked.
The turn was the , and Tavitian check-called a bet of 7,500 from Salter before the dealer completed the board with the . Tavitian checked, Salter bet 15,500, and Tavitian called.
Salter showed the for a Broadway straight, and Tavitian mucked his hand.
On a flop of , Hauke Heseding checked, as did a player in middle position, and EPT1 Barcelona winner Alexander Stevic did the same. When the hit the turn, Heseding bet 15,500, the middle-position player folded and Stevic shoved all in for 61,500. Heseding didn't seem too excited but made the call nonetheless.
Stevic:
Heseding:
Heseding had turned Broadway, but he was drawing dead as Stevic had flopped a flush. The meaningless river was put out and then Stevic was pushed the pot.
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hit the table and he was officially sent home after the 
and 
finished the board. Martins scooped up the pot and brought his stack up to 95,000.
, and Salter bet 8,600. Moreno called.
, and Salter slowed down with a check. Moreno bet 9,000, and Salter called.
, and Salter checked. Moreno bet 26,000, and Salter called.
. Salter showed the 
for a turned pair of nines and won the pot.
and Stern checked. Spittles counted out a bet from his tower of chips and made a bet of 28,500. Stern mucked his cards. Did either of them have anything? I guess we’ll never know.
and was behind the 
and Lundmark became an EPT champion.
for a Broadway straight, and Tavitian mucked his hand.
