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

Daher Closing in on a Million

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We're not sure when the money went in (we think it was the turn), but we can confirm that chip leader Albert Daher just eliminated Steven Watts from the secondary feature table. The former held the {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts} on a {6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{a-Spades}{2-Spades} for a flopped straight, which bested the latter's {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
949,000 139,600
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
Busted

Tags: Albert DaherSteven Watts

Hansen Exits the Feature Table

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We missed the action, but we do know that Kjetil Hansen was just eliminated from the feature table when his {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} failed to overcome the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} of Kevin Vandersmissen. The board ended up running out {3-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Spades} and Hansen made a hasty exit off the stage.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
355,000 101,000
Kjetil Hansen
Kjetil Hansen
Busted

Tags: Kevin VandersmissenKjetil Hansen

Updated Chip Counts

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Miklos Zsuffa hu
Miklos Zsuffa
790,000 568,700
Michel Erwann
Michel Erwann
735,000 5,000
Dragan Kostic
Dragan Kostic
458,000 188,000
Christopher Andler se
Christopher Andler
440,000 60,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
EPT 2X Winner
370,000
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
320,000 25,000
David Benefield us
David Benefield
270,000 155,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
245,000 65,000
Pablo Tavitian
Pablo Tavitian
118,000 -102,000
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
110,000 30,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
84,000 -8,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
EPT 1X Winner
82,000 40,000
Christophe De Meulder be
Christophe De Meulder
57,000 -21,500

Action Abundant at Table 10

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We recently witnessed back-to-back hands at Table 10 that saw the elimination of two players.

In the first, Daniel Bass was all in before the flop for his last roughly 40,000 against big stack Michel Pecheux. Bass held {Q-Clubs}{10-Spades} but was crushed by Pecheux's {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

Bass found some hope by flopping an open-ended straight draw after {J-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{K-Clubs}, but nothing materialized as running deuces (the {2-Diamonds} and {2-Clubs}) came on the following streets. Bass was sent packing and Pecheux scooped up a pot that brought him up to about 730,000.

The very next hand, action folded around to Mario Vojvoda who moved all in from the small blind. Igor Izmaylov peeked at his cards and snapped him off, calling for his own tournament life. Vojvoda showed {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} but threw his hands up in the air in disbelief when Izmaylov rolled over the best possible hand - {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}.

Vojvoda's disappointment would only be brief, however, as the flop of {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} instantly awarded him with two pair. Izmaylov could only shake his head as the {4-Spades} fell on the turn and the {J-Hearts} on the river, cracking his aces and eliminating him from play. Vojvoda dragged in the pot and now has about 105,000.

Player Chips Progress
Michel Erwann
Michel Erwann
730,000 309,000
Mario Vojvoda hr
Mario Vojvoda
105,000 17,000
Igor Izmaylov
Igor Izmaylov
Busted
Daniel Bass
Daniel Bass
Busted

Tags: Daniel BassMichel PecheuxIgor IzmaylovMario Vojvoda

Mortensen Notches Back-to-Back Cashes

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Last year, Morten Mortensen finished tenth in this very event. Mortensen managed to notch back-to-back cashes by surviving the money bubble, but any hope he had of improving upon last year's finish just came to an end courtesy of Kevin Vandersmissen.

In the hand, Mortensen moved in from early position for 72,500 and Vandersmissen isolated by moving all in over the top from the cutoff. The rest of the players folded and the cards were turned up.

Mortensen: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Vandersmissen: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

It was a bad spot for Mortensen as Vandersmissen held a slightly bigger pair. The board ran out {6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Vandersmissen denied Mortensen another deep run.

Meanwhile, Marcos Paneque was eliminated over at the secondary feature table.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
254,000 150,400
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
Busted
Marcos Paneque
Marcos Paneque
Busted

Tags: Marcos PanequeMorten MortensenKevin Vandersmissen

Conte Check-Raises Schemion

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

From under the gun, Ole Schemion raised to 11,000. Francesco Paolo Conte called out of the big blind, and the flop came down {6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Conte checked, Schemion bet 15,000, and Conte called.

The {Q-Diamonds} landed on the turn, and Conte checked. Schemion bet 38,000, and Conte check-raised to 88,000. Schemion folded, and Conte won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Francesco Conte
Francesco Conte
315,000 169,300
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
290,000 98,000

Tags: Francesco Paolo ConteOle Schemion

Rybachenko Out

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We joined the action as PokerStars player Dikovic Dejan made a big river over bet to put Sergey Rybachenko, another PokerStars player, at risk. The board was {k-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. Rybachenko made the call and Dejan turned over {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}. Rybachenko seemed a bit upset as he showed {j-Hearts}{j-Spades} and walked away from the table.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Rybachenko ru
Sergey Rybachenko
Busted

Team PokerStars Pro Downed

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez got his stack of 93,500 all in preflop holding the {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and was racing against the {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} of Pasi Sormunen. While the Argentinean got it in good, the {5-Spades}{a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop paired Sormunen's ace.

Fernandez looked on helplessly as neither the {6-Hearts} turn nor {8-Diamonds} river delivered him a third jack, and he became the first player of the day to be eliminated from the feature table.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
Busted

Tags: Pasi SormunenLeo Fernandez