2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Goryachev Adds

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

From the hijack seat, Andrew Moreno raised to 6,000. In the small blind, Viacheslav Goryachev reraised to 14,000, and Moreno called. The flop came down {K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, and Goryachev led for 11,000. Moreno called to see the {8-Spades} land on the turn. Goryachev bet 20,000, and Moreno folded.

Player Chips Progress
Viacheslav Goryachev ru
Viacheslav Goryachev
160,000 70,000
Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
95,000 -70,000

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Jacks Cracked

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Maksim Semisoshenko from Russia went all in for his last 61,100 chips and found a caller in Atanas Malinov from Bulgaria. Semisoshenko showed {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and needed help from the deck if he was to beat the {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} of Malinov. He got it early as the cards fell {q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and Semisoshenko doubled up.

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Thomas All In for One Big Blind

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Russel Thomas had one big blind left and was under the gun. He didn’t really have any options. “All in.” he announced and watched as the players around the table checked their hole cards. “Don’t do it to me.” He pleaded. Dikovic Dejan made it 7,000 from late position and the big blind, Thomas Hartmann called. “One time.” Said Thomas. The dealer dealt a flop of {6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Thomas got out of his seat, seemingly ready to depart. The other two players checked the flop and went on to check it down with the final two card falling {10-Clubs} {9-Hearts}. “Trips.” Said Thomas turning over {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}. He trippled up but remains on fumes with just 10,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Russel Thomas (Russell Thomas)
Russel Thomas (Russell Thomas)
10,000 10,000

Ruthless Rybachenko

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Sergey Rybachenko bet enough on the river of a board reading {7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} to put Russell Thomas all in. Thomas reasoned it through, “I don’t think you have a seven. You didn’t have a flush draw on the turn.” The problem was Thomas had most of his chips in the middle and if he folded he would be crippled. Eventually though his tournament life was more important than the chips in the pot and he made the fold. An expressionless Rybachenko gathered in his winnings.

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Toni Judet ro
Toni Judet
311,000 -9,000
Sergey Rybachenko ru
Sergey Rybachenko
310,000 125,500
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
230,000 -14,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
225,000 7,500
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
EPT 1X Winner
214,000 26,900
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
210,000 -83,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
192,000 94,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
171,000 -29,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
160,000 36,900
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
125,000 -31,600
David Benefield us
David Benefield
115,000 -5,700
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
80,000 -5,600
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
75,000 -52,600
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
56,000 -11,500
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
9,000 -80,500

Moreno Pumps Up The Bass

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The board read {8-Hearts}{5-Spades}{J-Spades}{6-Spades} when we came across Daniel bass and Andrew Moreno engaged in a hand. Bass had a bet of 27,300 laid out in front of him and Moreno had moved all in over the top for what looked to be around 90,000 total. Bass sat pondering for about one minute after we arrived at the table.

After that minute passed, Moreno asked the dealer for the clock to be called on Bass. A tournament director arrived at the table and informed Bass that he would have one minute to act on his hand before it was declared dead. About twenty seconds passed before Bass kicked his hand in, flashing the {J-Clubs} to Moreno and the table. Moreno quietly dragged the pot in and now sits around 165,000.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
165,000 45,000
Daniel Bass
Daniel Bass
72,000 -26,500

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Tavitan Wins His Way in Via Slot Machine!

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Pablo Alexander Tavitian
Pablo Alexander Tavitian

Pablo Tavitian begins Day 3 with the chip lead, but he'd already gotten our attention earlier this week and not just because he came to Barcelona after winning LAPT6 Chile back in the spring. Following a humorous encounter with Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier a few days ago, Tavitian entered the Main after winning his entry in a slot machine! Read all about it on the PokerStars blog.

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Some Level 15 Eliminations

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Iaroslav Boiko ua
Iaroslav Boiko
Busted
Alessandro Monticciolo
Alessandro Monticciolo
Busted
Piragibe Lindolfo Ataide
Piragibe Lindolfo Ataide
Busted
Rory Tinlin
Rory Tinlin
Busted
Thomas Hartmann
Thomas Hartmann
Busted
Miguel de Almeida
Miguel de Almeida
Busted
Jake Balsiger us
Jake Balsiger
Busted
Lorenzo Sabato
Lorenzo Sabato
Busted
Nicolas Oger fr
Nicolas Oger
Busted
Henri Laaksonen
Henri Laaksonen
Busted
Noel Eric Gaens
Noel Eric Gaens
Busted
Tom Alner gb
Tom Alner
Busted
Paraschos Stavridis
Paraschos Stavridis
Busted
Tomasz Cybulski pl
Tomasz Cybulski
Busted
Gergely Kulcsar hu
Gergely Kulcsar
Busted
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
Busted
Marc Emond
Marc Emond
Busted
Benoit Albiges fr
Benoit Albiges
Busted

Torres Dominating Table 7

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Alejandro Perez Torres came into the day with a bug stack and he's done nothing but add to it here in the early goings.

In a recent hand, Torres eliminated Slaven Popov when the two played a big all-in preflop pot. Popov held {q-}{q-}, but it was no good as Torres had woken up with the {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}. The board ran out {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and that was all she wrote for Popov.

Player Chips Progress
Alejandro Perez es
Alejandro Perez
620,000 202,500
Slaven Popov bg
Slaven Popov
Busted

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