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

€5,300 Main Event

Day 2 Started

Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerChips
11Nils Jarefjall129900
12Cantos Jorge Alberto69400
13Pim Gieles24900
15Andras Koroknai18600
16Seyed Moussavi33100
17Steven Van Zadelhoff65000
18Georgios Karakousis33900
19Goswin Siemsen16900
    
21Jan Nakladal66000
22Morten Klein19700
23Mariela Blanco Jimenez43400
24Pawel Brzeski66500
25Antonio Mallol14600
27Ayaz Manji40600
28Dmitry Grishin85600
29Marcos Paneque Mateos92500
    
31Liv Boeree59100
32David Vamplew28900
33Grigoriy Shevchenko54300
34Maksim Semisoshenko33500
35Antonio Luft50300
36Pascal Vos16800
37Mikael Hansen46900
38Marc Emond24400
39Jannis Bräuer56900
    
41Stelyan Georgiev17100
42Santiago Soriano Ramos117400
43Asher Kramer68100
44Manuel Miranda8700
46Mathieu Georges Gallienne57900
47Julien Brecard13300
48Paul Frost23100
49Pasi Sormunen36100
    
51Guillermo Olvera20200
52Andreas Vlachos75800
53Joao Brito109300
54Denis Pisarev21800
55Justas Semaska84600
56Sascha Palla33400
57Denys Larin56600
58Toby Lewis8800
59Jake Cody27700
    
61Jonas Lauck114300
62Mark Newhouse35100
64Cristofero Palermo19100
65Claas Segebrecht50900
66Zoran Stojanovic17900
67Steve Gallo30200
68Berthold Winz105400
69Grayson Ramage80700
    
71Jorma Nuutinen80500
72Ion Pavel53600
73Robert Clifford Bull71400
74Francisco Borja Lacasa Sancho54300
75Florian-Dimitrie Duta187000
76Jude Ainsworth34600
77Geoffrey Van Butsel33200
78Martin Mulsow11200
79Lars Erik Isaksen35800
    
81Dmitri Holdeew11400
82Mike Watson19100
83Igor Izmaylov22100
84Miguel Pellicer76700
85Sergii Baranov26000
86Jason Mercier18000
87Mickey Petersen30600
88Lluis Bartomeli Guerrero Fallana48100
89Renato Antonio Da Silva Almeida39700
    
91Grudi Hristov Grudev73000
92Steven Moreau37500
93Johannes Korsar65100
94Paul Knebel46500
95Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea24200
96Bryn Kenney115000
97Lauri Varonen61600
98Michael Skender70400
99Alberto Fiorilla68200
    
101Teodor Caraba56600
103Stefan Jedlicka68400
104Alexey Makarov55500
105Alexander Livingston27300
106Luis Da Silva63000
107Jan Petersen25400
108Nader Alfred44200
109Tobias Garp89100
    
111Sergey Baburin60200
112Cesar Garrido76900
113Roberto Fernandez27700
114Vanessa Selbst75800
115Aleksandar Denishev107600
116Kolja Lucking24400
117Chantcev Sergei42400
118Jari Haanniemi72800
119Eli James Heath28800
    
121Fokke Jacob Beukers110500
122Kjetil Hansen112400
123Viktor Makeev26700
124Yuliyan Kolev50200
125Ivan Tikhov30000
126Jacques Der Megreditchian54000
127Koray Aldemir62600
128Marc-Andre Ladouceur64200
129Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst67700
    
131Yves Victor Hallague60500
132Malte Monnig74800
133Balasz Botond32400
134Theo Jorgensen50200
135Kresten Nielsen63000
136David Andersson79800
137Christophe Mertens28400
138Petr Targa17900
139Kristijonas Andrulis21800
    
141Vlado Banicevic23600
142Jonathan Roy15900
143Josef Antos20700
144Tom Gallagher21700
145Fabrice Somers66300
146Benoit Albiges74900
147Michel Sterk12200
148Raul Mestre52400
149Viacheslav Goryachev58500
    
151Christopher Wood38000
152Ionut-Flavius Voinea63600
153Kai Herold23400
154Fabio Breituss25300
155Alexander Nelkin39600
156Vladimir Leshko49800
157Anton Smirnov97600
158Karl Andre Oddsen28400
159Henri Frederi Benoni53300
    
161Barham Kakahama36100
162Victor Sbrissa10000
163Jens Lakemeier70500
164Anatoly Chen57800
165Johan Ocklind38800
166John Christian74200
167Mudasser Hussain20900
168Benoit Gury101400
169Georgi Yordanov Harasimov38500
    
171Antti Karkkainen26100
172Nikolaus Teichert58500
173Shannon Shorr121500
174Piragibe Lindolfo Ataide62400
175Alexander Dovzhenko9700
176Isabel Baltazar32200
177Fadhil Farag21200
178Massimo Mosele64900
179Leo Fernandez13300
    
181Ville Wahlbeck128600
182Jakub Michalak83900
183Christian Weichhart71500
184Joao Barbosa28500
185Anton Komarov78500
186Maximiano Goncalves58900
187Martin Hanowski56600
188Szabolcs Mayer35700
189Luciana Manolea45000
    
191Toni Dieguez52500
192Daniel Gomez11800
193Didier Pitcho38000
194Andrey Shaporin41000
195Ivan Demidov45500
196Paul De Kort24200
197Mandus Ihnen83300
198Anton Wigg18000
199Thomas Scholze39400
    
201Antonin Duda85600
202Ihar Soika12800
203Marcin Horecki22000
204Jacek Markowski50200
205Gergely Kulcsar64700
206Jaco Verloop22500
207Didier Cicurel11900
208Alex Stevic103900
209Alessandro Monticciolo36800
    
211Jonathan Little53500
212John Eames27200
213Dariusz Paszkiewicz70000
214Andras Nemeth40100
215Alejandro Perez Torres144800
216Petar Zografov43400
217Emile Petit18100
218Andres Artiñano Muñoz117800
219Stanislav Labutkin55700
    
221Achille Voltolina32500
222Korbinian Sonnenholzner41200
223Andrew Sweeney23000
224Chady El Ojeil21900
225Andrei Simon40900
226Gianluca Trebbi79200
227Pal Koppegodt30200
228Aleksey Konoplev12200
229Kevin Schulz111500
    
231Erik Seidel24600
232Gontzal Monteagudo Aguinaga47000
233Maksim Bura160600
234Sam Cohen48800
235Krista Piippo49800
236Imed Mahmoud110000
237Sebastien Naud22900
238Douglas Ferreira Souza42400
239Winfred Yu43700
    
241Grini Kjersti47200
242Pieter Aerts42400
243Paul Juergen Hoefer75300
244Byron Kaverman36400
245Lukasz Roczniak26300
246Jan Heitmann77400
247Dominik Pańka32400
248Julius Colman22300
249Maximiliano Gallardo47400
    
251Thomas Brauner114000
252Gerald Karlic100000
253Jan Przysucha62100
254Hans Mustafa Kersebom9300
255Wilhelm Sascha3400
256Markus Kivipuro161100
257Daniel Carlsson37100
258Kevin Weiland47600
259Aku Joentausta85100
    
261David Breitfuss39700
262Simeon Naydenov130000
263Florian Lohnert16600
264Thomas Hartmann61500
265Josef Bachar105000
266Erik Freiberg68400
267Sergey Rybachenko51800
268Kacper Pyzara49500
269Henri Olavi Antero Jaakkola30000
    
271Slaven Popov90300
272Mikalai Pobal70300
273Francis Vogtscmidt70400
274Jean Feliciaggi41400
275Daniel Reijmer142100
276Scott Seiver84800
277Cristinel Sandu39400
278Maximilian Senft64000
279Ivan Carmona Oteiza20100
    
281Marcel Buissink15100
282Miklos Zsuffa146100
283Theodoros Aidonopoulos95700
284Miguel de Almeida23400
285Rens Feenstra117600
286Christopher Day33000
287Andguladze Amiran31600
288Azmi Korkmaz24200
289Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos75000
    
291Lothar Meier42200
292James Vincent T Dempsey22400
293Zsolt Vasvenszki108200
294Glib Kovtunov50100
295Alexandr Valerievich Shevliakov37300
296Vladimir Novitckii57100
297Nebezhev Khazret52500
298Dikovic Dejan90900
299Elfad Mammadov79900
    
301Mikhail Petrov32900
302Valentino Yasenov Konakchiev76200
303Mads Amot35500
304Petri Heinanen51900
305Radif Sharifullin39900
306Stefan Tobias Kolossow98200
307Jeffrey Hakim67700
308Simon Mattsson111000
309Gereon Sowa77500
    
311Kevin Iacofano58800
312Rinat Shakirov16700
313Coloma Daniel26400
314Mateusz Warowiec50800
315Steven Watts66100
316Alain Roy89500
317Andrey Malyshev80600
318Ayman Zbib28000
319Giuliano Bendinelli51200
    
321Mark Darner33900
322Anders Ottosen65400
323Kenneth Edberg35500
324Niall Farrell114000
325Vitaly Lunkin41900
326Martin Bolecek80300
327Andrew Chen36100
328Walid Bou Habib62800
329Martin Hruby50200
    
331Vesa Leikos14200
332Jacob Lee Balsiger79800
333Tobias Daniel Wagner40400
334Miroslav Rizov66800
335Ulrich Fetz37800
336Dermot Blain66500
337Dimitrios Farmakoulis11200
338Robert Leszczynski41700
339Ryan Scott Spittles78800
    
341Michel Pecheux32500
342Ole [Removed:332]16500
343Juan Manuel Pastor22400
344Guillaume Darcourt74900
345Yann Del Rey30300
346Lucas Oliver83500
347Joao Vieira10100
348Massimo Di Cicco101500
349Toni Torsten Pettersson45100
    
351Jussi Niemela27500
352Stephen Chidwick42100
353Thomas Middleton92700
354Aaron Gustavson55600
355Dmitry Yurasov60800
356Mario Adinolfi89800
357Rodrigo Sirichuk130100
358Robert Kokoska14000
359Elias Piloti13200
    
361Mario Vojvoda70500
362Andreas Christoforou76000
363Anthony Picault35300
364David Stimper108100
365Samuel Rodriguez43000
366Kresz Peter7900
367Jose Javier Patiño Gonzalez44700
368David Grive Martin25500
369Abilio Ribeiro20900
    
371Alexandro Alonso Sanchez80300
372David Kaufmann38700
373Pierre Christensen36300
374Sampo Mikael Loeppoenen54500
375Fedor Holz103600
376Sandra Naujoks11900
377Julian Thomas81000
378Russell Thomas111000
379Paul Newey32900
    
381Ole Schemion140600
382Deleanu Alexandru Valentin27900
383Eduard Bhaggoe68600
384Gerard Pique23100
385Eugene Katchalov11600
386Dainius Ulke102100
387Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen128300
388Max Greenwood77700
389Carlos Mora Alvarez125200
    
391Juan Maceiras99100
392Martin Staszko41600
393William Hani24800
394Joao Manuel Da Mota Ribeiro32500
395Milan Polke114600
396Christophe De Meulder111500
397Gaetano Dell`Aera128000
398Ruben Gonzalez30700
399Gogniat Thierry64100
    
401Tomasz Cybulski38400
402Camus Ruano49100
403Konstantin Puchkov66000
404Nasrulla Babayev69600
405Hauke Heseding68500
406Mantas Bagocius45900
407Marc Colome51700
408Marius Pospiech42000
409Antonio Alfaia85000
    
411Jason Lavallee27000
412Bernard Guigon56000
413Hanke Marcus14100
414Sven Wendt35800
415Luca Fiorini106600
416Maxim Lykov11800
417Anaras Alekberovas65100
418Aliaksei Boika60000
419Martin Brinkmann41500
    
421Plamen Todorov23400
422Tiziano Fasan49100
423Antonios Triantafyllakis23800
424Harley Stoffmaker50100
425Felix Stephensen61200
426Jun Bautista Mecho Segarra54000
427ioakim papadopoulos55700
428Gheorghe Sndulescu37000
429Andrey Shatilov48900
    
431Ignat Liviu52800
432Jacques Torbey81500
433Andre Andrade134600
434Ferdinando Lo Cascio49300
435Mario Reyes Navarro21200
436Alessandro Longobardi42700
437Sebastian von Toperczer87400
438Juha Helppi60300
439Alain Jean Debackere125000
    
441Nils Mallon65900
442Apostolos Chatzopoulos33800
443Segui De La Paz81200
444Therese Gronstad19300
445Alejandro Vaqueiro Vaqueiro33800
446Yann Dion45000
447Luca Pagano51800
448Joseph Mouawad50200
449Petra Hruskova66800
    
451Daniel Cascado Silveira33100
452Michael Malm36000
453Nicolas Fierro16900
454Luigi Pignataro33000
455Aleksei Samkov20100
456Kimmo Kurko73200
457Fabrice Soulier59500
458Daniel Stern65500
459Pascal Hartmann70400
    
461Janne Nevalainen36400
462Jukka Paloniemi43400
463Marvin Rettenmaier20000
464Leo Margets19200
465Bruno Pereira Lima26000
466Abdulaziz Abdulaziz52100
467Dimitar Danchev20800
468Joseph Nelson46500
469Ivan Kotov156400
    
471Paraschos Stavridis40900
472Wesley Pantling50000
473Albert Daher127700
474Ka Kwan Lau34000
475Klaus Krutsch1200
476Sean Wilson52400
477Rodrigo Basso67900
478Kajetan Masiewicz12800
479Guy Bachar7300
    
481Danny Covyn21900
482Angelo Recchia30300
483Nacho Barbero44900
484Francesco Paolo Conte41900
485Ezequiel Macho Morcillo22000
486Samuel Jiménez Díaz26800
487Iaroslav Boiko95000
488Konstantin Streletskiy24300
489Caspar Gabriel Engelien28000
    
491Hassan Fares56100
492Waldemar Essig17800
493Fabian Ortiz32800
494Alexander Jung58500
495Joni Mattila18700
496Sam Greenwood49900
497Michel Eid18900
498Denis Gindash110300
499Antonio Brando100700
    
501Kostyantyn Shulga87000
502Timofey Kuznetsov22500
503Kevin MacPhee29300
504Fehmi Cherif47400
505Mateusz Potempa24200
506Philipp Gruissem119700
507Hagstrom Jonas23800
508Igor Kurganov79700
509Jonathan Duhamel24200
    
511Tim Reilly47100
512Oleg Poluzhnikov119000
513Tigran Yazychyan34600
514Frederik Jensen90500
515Ervins Randers13100
516Wai Kin Yong50800
517Antonio Buonanno62900
518Daniel Erlandsson28100
519Ruben Noriega Tamargo16900
    
521Miguel Gurrea Monton120000
522Kenneth Kui107700
523Igin Viacheslav51500
524Tom Alner73700
525Antal Roth73200
526Tiberu-Florian Georgescu108000
527Kent Lundmark27800
528Luis Do Vale61000
529Ricardo Fonseca71200
    
531Leonardo Carvarge Martins72500
532Ben Warrington49600
533Elias Gutierrez Hernandez50600
534Siddharth Jain19000
535Antonio Lacirignola56200
536Tobias Reinkemeier50600
537[Removed:43]21500
538Albert Mykhaylyuta21100
539Mani Rezaei14100
    
541Ben Jones49300
542Ola Amundsgard37500
543Yakov Onuchin62000
544Jose Gonzales58600
545Sofia Lovgren46700
546Max Ruess103100
547Ognjen Sekularac55600
548Robert Gordon Reints105600
549Patrick Bornicke40600
    
551Jack Salter103100
552Andrew Moreno91800
553Pablo Alexander Tavitian85500
554Fatima Moreira De Melo16700
555Saar Wilf10600
556Ville Mattila28400
557Alfonso Simone21700
558Alexander Scherdin69000
559Paul Rimmer57200
    
561David Crúas León121400
562Jaume Niell Alomar74900
563Fehmi Cherif52000
564John Carew15000
565Vishal Pundjabi72800
566Dmitry Vitkind64200
567Isisdoro Barrena104700
568Sakis Nicolau14800
569Morten Mortensen79700
    
571Sergii Lytovchenko121200
572Florian Lohnert30900
573Marcin Wydrowski33200
574Hui-Chen Kuo33900
575Eoghan Lyons18300
576Nicolas Levi31000
577Kataeb Katayev47100
578Gaelle Baumann29800
579Chanracy Khun34000
    
581Per Linde60800
582Clement Remi Thumy74000
583Alexander Goulder31000
584Scott Augustine49800
585Jean Hologne44200
586Juan Roselló Ojeda17000
587Thomas Muhlocker43200
588Lorenzo Sabato82200
589Moritz Rosenthal34200
    
591Angel Guillen54000
592Dominik Nitsche28500
593Cédric Moerlen40900
594Thomas Pettersson30600
595Andriy Lyubovetskiy62100
596Robert Haigh24500
597Rien Wijermars50500
598Stephen Woodhead41600
599Jakob Karlsson38000
    
601Alex Bilokur11500
602Jan-Eike Wilken62500
603Casey Kastle40100
604Francesco Delfoco79700
605Justas Vaiciulionis38000
606David Gutierrez Lebron74600
607Konstantinos Zogas74400
608Stefano Terziani13700
609Raffaele Sorrentino25200
    
611Peter Jaksland18400
612Frank Blumlein52300
613Joel Vanderschelden65100
614Thomas Butzhammer74900
615Gintaras Simaitis19400
616Dario Amorello52100
617Thomas Mjeldheim12500
618Philippe Clerc71800
619Radoslaw Jacek Morawiec83700
    
621Giovani Gouveia25300
622Reino Rasmussen20600
623Zeus Post102500
624Stanislavs Macugins32700
625Kenny Hallaert83300
626Dmitry Gromov93200
627Martin Guth32100
628Robert Zipf29700
629Kevin Vandersmissen86800
    
631Alin Sameeian30800
632Cyril Fabre77100
633Stefan Vagner80100
634Michel Halioua23200
635Etienne Aubugeau37200
636Mihails Morozovs111000
637Nicolas Oger31600
638Jean-Philippe Rohr71100
639Peter Jepsen40800
    
641Sebastian Langrock17500
642Paul-Francois Tedeschi19200
643Sebastian Gohr18300
644Andreas Wiese22400
645Niclas Adolfsson147400
646Martin Diaz120800
647Jens Kyllonen30000
648Madis Müür93400
649Govert Metaal33800
    
651Konstantin Tolokno47100
652Dragan Kostic215000
653Olvedo Heinze61700
654Mikhail Shalamov48200
655Jonas Gjelstad39000
656Kenneth Veber14100
657Henri Laaksonen28800
658Daniel Colin Bass57900
659Tobias Fischer35500
    
661Lijo Lander27100
662Toni Judet22700
663Bruno Lopes69300
664Fraser MacIntyre11300
665Ramsey Khoury10600
666Ryan Mceathron27000
667Dorin Rauta52200
668Michal Polchlopek84400
669Michael Eiler50800
    
671Justin Gibson81100
672Bodo Sbrzesny16700
673Rasmus Lund Vogt50300
674Bastian Dehlen19400
675Bastian Fischer78300
676Mikhail Lakhitov11700
677Artur Koren16400
678[Removed:2]30200
679Seng Yong58400
    
681Nuno Da Camara102300
682Atanas Georgiev Malinov51800
683Elliot Smith58800
684Robin Ylitalo135900
685Milan Tomasz Rabsz35900
686Emilio Jimenez Bueno84900
687Marco Caza93300
688Enrico Tau46400
689Yannick Frenette37800
    
691Aharon Hans Heinrich Schlemmer69400
692Manuel Cuberos60200
693David Lenz12700
694Pieter Ram37000
695Robert Cazali4000
696Aleksandr Val28000
697Marton Czuczor80200
698Jan-Peter Jachtmann19500
699Sergio Garcia51900
    
701Robert Schiffbauer26900
702Velizar Gardasevic49100
703Andrey Danilyuk92100
704Vasili Firsau40300
705Marcel Luske43500
706Christopher Andler115700
707Rory Tinlin105000
708Julian Stuer49400
709Javier Sanchez Miguel37600
    
711Alejandro Belluccia114100
712Ana Marquez23900
713Daniel Gomez36300
714Adam Forsyth15600
715Aleh Plauski42600
716Soren Reffstrup19200
717Apostolos Bechrakis26700
718[Removed:273]40600
719Richard Toth18000
    
721Jean Maurice Roger Montury47600
722David Pishvafar34000
723Tobias Peters32300
724Jean-Pierre Petroli56700
725Vladimir Troyanovskiy48600
726Romulus Suchovsky26200
727Oscar Kroon56900
728Martin Finger40500
729Ismael Bojang43600
    
731Luuk Gieles40700
732Johny Jabra19300
733Jonatan Hellman99900
734ilias macropoulos lalaounis55800
735Stephan Kjerstad62600
736Piotr Pietrzak23500
737Grzegorz Wyraz27000
738Viktor Lavi76700
739Lukas Berglund64600
    
741Benny Spindler49700
742Davide Suriano41000
743Arie Van Den Bogerd57700
744Andrea Benelli32300
745Guido Tauriello40700
746Esmail Mehebobali7700
747Philippe Narboni83300
748Ilkin Amirov33000
749Dominic Morley65700
    
751Andrey Chesnokov158000
752Noel Eric Gaens95900
753Ariel Celestino40600
754Brian Kim102300
755Carl Henriksson24600
756David Benefield87800
757Javier Etayo70700
758Imad Khoury58300
759Boyan Asenov51900
    
761Martin Mathis54700
762Rino Mathis9200
763Ziv Vachar98800
764Elisar Serbu27900
765Parker Talbot20100
766Dirk Van Luijk52200
767Raphael Raphi Halfon61500
768Victor Ramdin107000
769Fabian Quoss48600
    
771Jamila Von Perger118900
772Florian Kossler37600
773Florence Allera15200
774Oliver Weis69900
775Michel Betting25700
776Bo Kjaer Erichsen47100
777Ramil Yusupov67500
778Mikolaj Zawadzki12000
779Mika Ladislav26900
    
781Marcelo Fonseca25400
782Marius Adi Craciun49100
783Joseph El Khoury36100
784Charlie Combes14000
785Dominguez Pardo32500
786Eduards Rakuss98100
787Norbert Szecsi22100
788Andrea Dato15800
789Stefan Balazsi75200

Day 2 Set to Begin as Two Starting Fields Combine

Florian-Dimitrie Duta - Day 1b Chip Leader
Florian-Dimitrie Duta - Day 1b Chip Leader

We're mere minutes away from kicking off the second day of play here at the EPT 10 Barcelona Main Event at the beautiful Casino Barcelona. Today, the fields from the two starting flights will combine into one. The biggest stack in the room belongs to Day 1a chip leader Dragan Kostic who will be bringing 215,000 to the felt. Right behind Kostic sits Day 1b chip leader Florian-Dimitrie Duta who has a stack of 187,000.

The two starting flights each played the first eight levels of the tournament, effectively trimming the field by a solid margin. That being said, the field still remains star studded as he head into the second day of play. Some of the returning big stacks and notable names include Shannon Shorr (121,500), Philipp Gruissem (119,700), Andrew Moreno (91,800) Scott Seiver (84,800), Jake Balsiger (79,800), Dani Stern (65,500), and Kevin Iacofano (58,800).

Team PokerStars will also have a strong showing heading into Day 2. With names like Ville Wahlbeck (128,600), Christophe De Meulder (111,500), Jan Heitmann (77,400), Vanessa Selbst (75,800), Liv Boeree (59,100), Angel Guillein (54,000), Luca Pagano (51,800) Marcel Luske (43,500), Jonathan Duhamel (24,200), and Jason Mercier (18,000) returning to the felt, we will truly be in for some exciting action.

Play kicks off soon here at the Casino Barcelona so be sure to stay tuned to all of our live updates for the latest action from the tournament floor!

Tags: Christophe de MeulderDragan KosticFlorian-Dimitrie DutaVille Wahlbeck

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Where Are They Now: Season 5 EPT Barcelona Champ Sebastian Ruthenberg

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Season 5 EPT Barcelona champ Sebastian Ruthenberg
Season 5 EPT Barcelona champ Sebastian Ruthenberg

Despite turning professional in 2006, it wasn’t until the 2008 WSOP that a young German by the name of Sebastian Ruthenberg made a name for himself by winning Event #33 $5,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better for $328,756 and his first gold bracelet (making him the fifth German ever to win a gold bracelet).

Three months later, Ruthenberg topped a field of 619 players – including a stacked final table containing Sam Chartier (7th - $253,908), Jason Mercier (6th - $324,946), Davidi Kitai (3rd - $455,000) and Fintan Gavin (2nd - €792,000) – to in the EPT Barcelona for $1,941,401.

Ruthenberg took a 5-1 chip lead into heads-up play and it took just three hands for him to capture the title. In the final hand, Gavin moved all in preflop with the {4-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and Ruthenberg called with the {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. The board ran out {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and Ruthenberg’s two pair emerged victorious.

Ruthenberg, who was born February 6, 1984 and studied IT at university, has $3,457,186 in career tournament earning, with nearly $2.4 million of that coming in 2008. Prior to that he won $100,836 and $441,672 in 2006 and 2007 respectively, and after two slow years from 2009-2010 where he earned a combined $81,650, he stormed back in 2011 and won $442,238, which included a 55th-place finish in the WSOP Main Event for $130,997 and runner-up in the EPT Berlin €10,000 No Limit Hold’em 8 Max for $163,668.

Ruthenberg’s success earned him a coveted spot as a Team PokerStars Pro and he continues to represent the site at stops around the world as well as on the virtual felt. Without a doubt, Ruthenberg is among the most accomplished and relevant of the former EPT Barcelona winner.

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First One To Gruissem

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

On one of the outer tables flanking the main feature table you will find Kevin MacPhee, Philipp Gruissem, Jonas Hagström, Igor Kurganov, and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel. On the first hand at the table, action folded to Gruissem on the button, and he raised to 1,800. Kurganov called from the big blind, and the flop came down {Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Both players checked.

The turn was the {Q-Hearts} to pair the board, and both players checked again. Then, the {8-Hearts} completed the board on the river. Kurganov checked, and Gruissem fired 3,000. Kurganov called.

"Nuts!" exclaimed Gruissem with a smile, showing the {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. While it wasn't exactly the nuts, Kurganov mucked his hand, and Gruissem scooped the first pot of the day at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
125,000 5,300
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
74,000 -5,700

Tags: Igor KurganovJonathan DuhamelKevin MacPheePhilipp GruissemJonas Hagström

Petersen Sends Mercier Overboard

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Jason Mercier (Day 1a)
Jason Mercier (Day 1a)

Earlier this morning, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier arranged a boat ride for fellow Team Pros Live Boeree, Daniel Negreanu, and Jonathan Duhamel, along with a few other friends. Mercier made it back to play today on time, but he only had 18,000 in chips. That amount was relegated to zero thanks to PokerStars Team Online member Mickey Petersen, meaning Mercier will have a bit more time for boat rides the rest of the week.

On his elimination hand, action folded to Sergii Baranov, the man who finished runner-up to Phil Hellmuth in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, and he raised to 2,100. Mercier was in the next seat and moved all in. Right behind Mercier was Petersen, and he reshoved over the top. Every folded back to Baranov, and he also folded, leaving Mercier at risk with the {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} against Petersen's {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

The flop, turn, and river couldn't produce any help for Mercier as the board ran out {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Hearts}, and he was eliminated. Petersen climbed to about 60,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
EPT 1X Winner
60,000 29,400
Sergii Baranov ua
Sergii Baranov
21,000 -5,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJason MercierJonathan DuhamelLiv BoereeMickey PetersenPhil HellmuthSergii Baranov

Hard Day’s Night for Vamplew

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

David Vamplew had a late night last night but he wasn’t partying. He finished third in the 2k Turbo for €35,000. With fewer than six hours sleep he said he’s feeling good and ready for the day ahead. He’s currently sitting on a stack of 28,900

Check Raising with Bura

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Maksim Bura, a PokerStars player from Russia, opened under the gun for 18,000 and got calls from Krista Piippo, a PokerStars online qualifier, and Sebastien Naud. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Bura checked and Piippo led for 2,000. She was called by Naud but Bura then check raised to 6,000. Piippo get out of the way but Naud made the call. The turn card was the {j-Diamonds} and Bura continued the story with a bet of 9,000. Naud was a believer and released his hand.