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
Players Left 1 / 1,230
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Gutsy Call by Lau

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Ka Kwan Lau, a Spanish PokerStars player, bet 12,000 into Albert Daher on the turn of a board reading {8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. Daher dropped a chunk of T5000 chips over the line, enough to put Lau all in. Lau thought about it and made the call. There were gasps around the table as they saw the two hands turned over. Lau tabled {a-Clubs}{5-Spades} for the bare ace high, Daher the {j-Spades}{7-Clubs} for the gut-shot straight draw. Amazing read by Lau and a gutsy call for his tournament life. The dealer burned the last card, the {10-Spades}. Daher got there and Lau tapped the table in frustration before he wished the table good luck.

Player Chips Progress
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Ka Kwan Lau
Busted

Win a Satellite, Go to Europe, Tell a Cool Story

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

All of the many online qualifiers who won their way into the EPT Barcelona Main Event on PokerStars have cool stories to tell. And the deeper they go, the cooler their stories become. Harley Stoffmaker is among the group of qualifiers who have made it to Day 2, and just before play began today he shared his story thus far with the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

Updated Chip Counts

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
155,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
122,000
77,000
77,000
Profile photo of Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
96,000
96,000
96,000
Natural8
Profile photo of Tom Alner gb
Tom Alner
80,000
6,300
6,300
Profile photo of Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
77,000
77,000
77,000
Profile photo of Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
68,000
68,000
68,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
60,000
900
900
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
55,000
3,200
3,200
pokerstars
Profile photo of Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
53,000
11,200
11,200
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
45,000
38,300
38,300
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jens Kyllonen fi
Jens Kyllonen
41,000
11,000
11,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
38,000
5,500
5,500
pokerstars
Profile photo of Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
34,000
200
200
Profile photo of Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
20,000
20,100
20,100

Two Birds with One Stone

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Two players were all in and at risk as PokerStars player Shannon Shorr, the big stack at the table, called their bets. Alexander Dovzhenko had {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Fadhil Farag {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} versus the {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} of Shorr. Farag was out of his seat on the flop as the board ran out {2-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades} to add two more victim’s chips to Shorr’s growing stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
152,000
30,500
30,500
Profile photo of Fadhil Farag ma
Fadhil Farag
Busted
Profile photo of Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
Busted

Tags: Shannon ShorrAlexander Dovzhenko

Denishev Three Barrels Into Selbst

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Vanessa Selbst opened to 1,700 from the cutoff and Aleksandar Denishev made it 5,200 to go from the button. The blinds ditched their hands and Selbst called to see a flop.

The flop brought {4-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and Selbst checked to the raiser. Denishev continued out for 3,400 and Selbst flat called. The {5-Clubs} fell on the turn and Selbst knuckled the table again. Denishev fired a second bullet, this time for double the first - 6,800. Selbst thought for a moment, counted down her chip stack, and then opted just to call. The {Q-Hearts} brought paint to the board on the river and Selbst checked for a third time. Denishev fired 11,000 and Selbst went into the tank once again. Eventually she decided to release her cards and Denishev triumphantly slapped {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs} on the table for just king high.

He dragged in the pot and now sits around 88,000 while the PokerStars Team Pro has fallen to about 35,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aleksandar Denishev bg
Aleksandar Denishev
88,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
35,000
40,800
40,800
pokerstars

Tags: Vanessa SelbstAleksandar Denishev

Updated Chip Counts

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
145,000
51,800
51,800
Profile photo of Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
125,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
115,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
100,000
9,500
9,500
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Kim us
Brian Kim
95,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
71,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
64,000
14,300
14,300
Profile photo of Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
57,000
9,900
9,900
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
51,000
5,000
5,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
50,000
36,800
36,800
Profile photo of Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
38,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
38,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
36,000
7,600
7,600
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
35,000
11,700
11,700
Profile photo of Joseph El Khoury lb
Joseph El Khoury
29,000
7,100
7,100
Profile photo of Wai Kin Yong my
Wai Kin Yong
27,000
23,800
23,800
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
19,000
1,800
1,800
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
10,000
17,000
17,000

Registration Deadline: Minute-By-Minute

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
The line at the EPT Barcelona. Picture courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
The line at the EPT Barcelona. Picture courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.

With records to be broken it had never been more tense at the registration desk this morning as staff waited on the arrival of enough players to set a new record here in Barcelona. But as the clock ticked down, the magic number got further and further away. Or did it? The PokerStars Blog was on the scene.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Winning Flips

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Dermot Blain
Dermot Blain

Miroslav Rizov was all in with {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} against Ireland’s Full Tilt Ambassador Dermot Blain’s {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. They both had just over 60,000 in chips so it was a crucial hand for both of them. “I’ve got to win one flip.” said Rizov. “You’ve got to win a lot more than that.” Were the wise words from Blain. As the flop brought {7-Spades}{3-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} Blain stated the obvious, “That’s not a good start.” It didn’t get any better as the {2-Diamonds} {a-Clubs} sent Rizov packing.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
120,000
53,500
53,500
Profile photo of Miroslav Rizov
Miroslav Rizov
Busted

Tags: Dermot Blain