Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,984,900
Entries
1,230
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Break Started
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Adinolfi Annoyed at Slow Roll
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
We joined the action on the turn as Mario Adinolfi, in the small blind, bet 17,000 on a board of 
. His opponent in the big blind Jose Gonzales, a PokerStars player from Argentina, made the call. The river was the 
and they both checked. Adinolfi turned over 
for ace high and threw his hands up when Gonzales turned over 
for top top. Adinolfi’s other card was the 
Wilson Gets There Against MacPhee
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Sean Wilson was all in for 151,100 against Kevin MacPhee, former European Poker Tour Berlin champion. The cards were on their backs in the middle of the table, displaying MacPhee's 
against Wilson's 
. As the cards were turned over, the TV crew was summoned to the table. Two or three full minutes went by with the cards turned up in the middle of the table while the wait for the TV crew went on. MacPhee even joked that maybe they would make it to the money simply by waiting for the TV crew to get there.
Eventually, so much time passed that the tournament staff told the dealer to go ahead because they couldn't wait any longer.
"I'm thinking of the king of diamonds," said MacPhee just as the dealer was ready to deal the flop.
The dealer dealt the 
, and MacPhee did get the king of diamonds he requested. The turn was the 
, and then the river was the 
, giving Wilson a Broadway straight. A big slap of the hands and a "Yes!" came from WIlson in excitement, while MacPhee's exclamation was the exact opposite.
"This f***ing shit again!" said MacPhee as he stood pacing in a small circle a few feet from the table, his hand running firmly through his hair, gripping it as if he was going to pull out every last strand.
Victor Ramdin was seated at an adjacent table and heard MacPhee. He stood up to see what happened, saw the carnage from the hand, and said, "God, that's so sick."
"Victor! F*** man," said MacPhee when he saw Ramdin.
"So f***ing gross, man. That's so sick," said Ramdin to MacPhee.
"This is my year in poker... the ace-jack... this is my year," cried MacPhee.
After about half a minute went by and MacPhee paid off Wilson with the chips he owed to the pot, Ramdin sent over some words of comfort for the former EPT champion. "All right, Kevin," he said. "Time to regroup and start over."
MacPhee sat in his chair and began laughing a little bit to himself and what had happened. He was left with about 42,000 in chips with the field just about 15 places off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000 | 133,800 |
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42,000 | -172,000 |
The Price is Wrong
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Alejandro Perez Torres opened for 6,000, Milan Polke raised from the button to 17,000 and Daniel Coloma moved all in for just over 40,000 from the small blind. The big blind and Torres folded and Polke asked for a count. He considered carefully the price he was getting and decided to make the fold.
Chesnokov Scores a Double
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
"All in and a call!" we heard yelled across the tournament room here at the Casino Barcelona.
Upon arrival at the table, we saw Andrey Chesnokov all in and at risk for his last 176,600 against Zsolt Vasvenszki. Vasvenszki had the in front of him while Chesnokov triumphantly displayed the 
.
A completed board of 
was on display on the felt, ensuring that Chesnokov's pocket rockets would hold up as the best hand. The Russian was able to score a huge double up here as we near the bubble, boosting his stack to around 355,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000 | 180,000 |
|
115,000 | -103,900 |
Team PokerStars Pro Ripped Apart by Mad Dog
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
We saw Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen exiting the tournament area, which usually indicates a recent elimination. Sure enough, a quick check at his former table confirmed that he had just fallen to Mike "Mad Dog" Watson.
It happened after Guillen got his stack all in preflop holding 
and was racing against Watson's 
. The board ran out clean and Guillen's day came to an end shy of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 59,400 |
|
Busted |
Von Perger Defends the Blind
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Walid Bou-Habib opened for 6,500 and was raised to 16,000 by Barham Kakahama from Kyrgyzstan. German PokerStars player Jamila Von Perger called from the big blind. Habib folded and they saw a flop heads up. 
and both players checked. 
on the turn and Von Perger led out for 28,000 and Kakahama made the fold.
More Level 15 Eliminations
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
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Don't Call It a Comeback
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Former World Series of Poker Octo-Niner Russel Thomas was on down to 5,100 and on elimination's doorstep when he shoved all in under the gun. Dermot Blain isolated with a raise to 11,000 and the rest of the field got out of the way.
"It's a race," Blain said before showing the 
. Indeed it was as Thomas held the 
. This was one race Thomas would win as the board ran out 
.
Two hands later, Thomas got it all in again holding the 
and was flipping against an opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and just like that Thomas was back in the game with a stack of 55,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000 | -10,000 |
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55,000 | 45,000 |