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

€5,300 Main Event

Day 3 Started

Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerChips
11Victor Ramdin156,600
12Cristinel Sandu142,800
13Dmitry Yurasov377,800
14Imed Ben Mahmoud280,000
15Steve Gallo93,200
16Ramsey Khoury56,200
17Eli Heath178,500
18Paul Frost90,900
19Therese Gronstad138,200
    
21Luca Fiorini61,700
22Tom Alner44,600
23David Benefield120,700
24Gaetano Dell`Aera323,500
25Tomasz Cybulski42,100
26Dario Amorello48,100
27Anaras Alekberovas255,400
28Apostolos Chatzopoulos77,100
29Manuel Cuberos96,000
    
31Alexander Jung69,800
32--empty----
33Anton Smirnov49,900
34Francesco Paolo Conte145,700
35Ole Schemion98,000
36Kenny Hallaert200,000
37Andre Andrade102,200
38Timofey Kuznetsov44,900
39David Kaufmann195,900
    
41Joao Barbosa80,900
42Tom Gallagher71,000
43Kevin Schulz79,000
44Eduard Bhaggoe87,000
45--empty----
46Giovani Gouveia99,900
47Martin Bolecek217,300
48Alejandro Belluccia328,400
49Fabian Ortiz50,500
    
51Teodor Caraba136,100
52Simeon Naydenov165,300
53Danny Covyn155,000
54Christopher Andler376,000
55Stefan Jedlicka66,300
56Kevin MacPhee187,100
57Sean Wilson181,200
58Nicolas Oger32,600
59Thomas Brauner115,100
    
61Ryan Scott Spittles266,300
62Massimo Mosele143,200
63Jonas Lauck129,700
64Ioakim Papadopoulos56,600
65Luis Da Silva56,700
66Kimmo Kurko189,700
67Cesar Garrido213,000
68Roberto Fernandez87,100
69Niclas Adolfsson417,100
    
71Milan Polke159,000
72Coloma Daniel75,000
73Iaroslav Boiko53,800
74Erik Freiberg114,500
75Slaven Popov110,900
76Martin Staszko217,500
77Alejandro Perez Torres417,500
78Henri Laaksonen125,900
79--empty----
    
81Benoit Gury183,600
82Nuno Da Camara83,500
83--empty----
84Justin Gibson71,300
85Benoit Albiges57,000
86Barham Kakahama181,200
87Clement Remi Thumy211,600
88Jamila Von Perger352,000
89Massimo Di Cicco160,000
    
91Pasi Sormunen207,200
92Kevin Vandersmissen103,600
93Leo Fernandez101,700
94Mikalai Pobal72,200
95Josef Bachar123,200
96Lukas Berglund302,400
97Morten Mortensen194,300
98Kjetil Hansen205,400
99Raphael Halfon285,500
    
101Kenneth Kui84,100
102Denis Gindash75,000
103Daniel Bass98,500
104Mario Vojvoda121,400
105Andrew Moreno202,300
106Lothar Meier61,500
107--empty----
108Michel Pecheux266,200
109Viacheslav Goryachev90,000
    
111Lukasz Roczniak199,000
112Jacob Lee Balsiger38,700
113Kresten Nielsen192,900
114Rien Wijermars136,500
115Francesco Delfoco68,000
116--empty----
117Daniel Reijmer187,700
118Alex Stevic162,800
119Mihails Morozovs67,000
    
121Byron Kaverman127,600
122Aleksandar Denishev284,000
123Antonio Alfaia120,300
124Dimitar Danchev85,600
125Fokke Jacob Beukers129,900
126Cédric Moerlen46,400
127Nils Jarefjall351,300
128Tigran Yazychyan123,000
129Maximilian Senft92,400
    
131Marcos Paneque203,900
132Antonio Brando131,100
133Kent Lundmark362,100
134Deleanu Valentin46,700
135Albert Daher420,500
136Steven Watts181,700
137Petra Hruskova260,600
138Ferdinando Lo Cascio127,700
139Radif Sharifullin187,700
    
141Simon Mattsson336,100
142Zsolt Vasvenszki218,900
143Rens Feenstra264,000
144Berthold Winz287,100
145Andrey Chesnokov175,000
146Antonio Buonanno230,200
147Pablo Tavitian465,000
148Dominguez Pardo55,000
149Valentino Konakchiev238,900
    
151Miguel de Almeida43,600
152Toni Judet336,000
153Maksim Semisoshenko61,100
154--empty----
155Stefan Vagner155,000
156Piotr Pietrzak33,600
157Alain Jean Debackere165,000
158Madis Müür161,200
159Hui-Chen Kuo177,000
    
161Marc Emond68,400
162Miklos Zsuffa221,300
163Pascal Hartmann191,300
164--empty----
165Stanislav Labutkin109,800
166Shannon Shorr123,100
167Thomas Hartmann79,400
168Mike Watson200,600
169Konstantin Streletskiy96,000
    
171Kevin Iacofano268,500
172Marvin Rettenmaier90,800
173Atanas Malinov87,700
174Antal Roth112,800
175Glib Kovtunov234,400
176Theodoros Aidonopoulos103,100
177Michael Skender353,300
178Pawel Brzeski158,700
179Sergei Chantcev34,900
    
181Denis Pisarev403,700
182Siddharth Jain140,500
183Paraschos Stavridis46,800
184Jose Gonzales138,000
185Thomas Muhlocker129,200
186Dragan Kostic270,000
187Igor Kurganov66,400
188Jaco Verloop112,000
189Stefan Tobias Kolossow206,500
    
191Alessandro Monticciolo47,800
192Max Ruess265,500
193Leonardo Carvarge Martins186,400
194Vishal Pundjabi167,600
195Alexey Makarov240,300
196Bo Kjaer Erichsen44,200
197Jose Javier Patiño40,200
198Max Greenwood151,900
199Ivan Kotov188,800
    
201Claas Segebrecht228,400
202Govert Metaal30,000
203Pieter Aerts65,200
204Michel Eid137,600
205Jari Haanniemi196,400
206Eduards Rakuss58,000
207Maksim Bura231,300
208Guillermo Olvera125,600
209Andreas Christoforou248,200
    
211Yann Dion293,000
212Angel Guillen67,500
213Dermot Blain244,000
214Sergey Rybachenko184,500
215Dikovic Dejan190,800
216Piragibe Lindolfo Ataide31,600
217Felix Stephensen281,300
218Russell Thomas89,500
219Maximiliano Gallardo136,700
    
221Jukka Paloniemi35,200
222Rory Tinlin53,300
223Yannick Frenette201,100
224Oscar Kroon258,900
225Grudi Hristov Grudev437,800
226Geoffrey Van Butsel159,300
227Markus Kivipuro353,000
228Alexander Nelkin118,800
229Mario Adinolfi137,700
    
231Javier Etayo305,000
232Renato Antonio Da Silva Almeida53,500
233Justas Semaska81,500
234Philippe Clerc131,000
235Grayson Ramage158,700
236Ole [Removed:332]89,400
237Sampo Mikael Loeppoenen212,100
238Antonio Lacirignola81,500
239Lorenzo Sabato57,900
    
241Florian-Dimitrie Duta341,200
242Marc Colome86,000
243Per Linde103,200
244Abilio Ribeiro102,200
245Kostyantyn Shulga39,700
246Santiago Soriano Ramos102,200
247Isisdoro Barrena234,900
248Sebastian Von Toperczer119,500
249Julian Thomas183,600
    
251Gergely Kulcsar154,500
252Daniel Stern105,200
253Niall Farrell444,000
254Aliaksei Boika78,000
255Igor Izmaylov135,800
256Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos352,300
257Walid Bou-Habib233,000
258Anton Komarov231,800
259Douglas Ferreira Souza191,300
    
261Jacek Markowski99,700
262Chanracy Khun59,300
263Jacob Rasmussen202,400
264Thomas Butzhammer244,100
265Christophe De Meulder78,500
266Andrey Danilyuk164,800
267Yakov Onuchin84,800
268Parker Talbot301,000
269Alessandro Longobardi73,500
    
271Gontzal Aguinaga81,800
272Henri Benoni116,900
273Emilio Bueno44,500
274Paul Knebel67,600
275Noel Eric Gaens35,100
276Jean-Philippe Rohr90,200
277Thomas Middleton305,700
278Zeus Post60,000
279Jacques Torbey231,900

Day 3 About to Begin. 235 Remain with Tavitian Leading the Way

Pablo Alexander Tavitian
Pablo Alexander Tavitian

EPT Barcelona season 10 Main Event Day 3 gets underway shortly with 235 players returning from the 697 who began Day 2.

The €5,300 buy in tournament narrowly missed being the biggest EPT ever with the final tally of entrants totaling 1,234 generating a prize pool of €5,984,900.The winner will walk away with €1,067,000 the trophy and a beautiful luxury Slyd Swiss watch.

Pablo Tavitian, who recently conquered a similar sized field to win the LAPT Chile, leads the field with 465,000 chips. Not far behind him are Niall Farrell from Scotland (444,000), Grudi Hristov Grudev from Bulgaria (437,800] and Albert Daher from Lebanon (420,500).

Some of the other players we will be reporting on today include Team PokerStars Pros Tony Judet (336,000), Leo Fernandez (101,700), Victor Ramdin (156,600), and Christophe De Meulder(78,500) as well as Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Dermot Blain (244,000) and EPT7 Barcelona Champion Kent Lundmark (362,100).

There are 4 more days of play ahead before we reach the final table so there is plenty of action to look forward to as fortunes change with every player fighting to be crowned EPT Barcelona champion.

Play begins at the stunning Casino Barcelona very shortly so stay tuned thought the day for up to date information on all the players, big hands and bust outs.

Toby Lewis Leads Into Day 2 of €2,000 Side Event

Former European Poker Tour Vilamoura champion Toby Lewis is leading the remaining 78 players in the EPT10 Barcelona €2,000 side event that started yesterday. There were 363 entries generating a €704,220 prize pool, and the winner will get €136,600, with 55 players set to be paid.

A bunch of big names made it to Day 2, including other EPT champions Mickey Petersen (Copenhagen), Frederik Jensen (Madrid), Nicolas Chouity (Grand Final), and Alex Bilokur (PCA High Roller). Others remaining include Norwegian poker legend Thor Hansen, EPT Prague runner-up David Boyaciyan, Marton Czuczor, Sam Greenwood, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Yury Gulyy, Ismael Bojang, Simon Ravnsbaek, Ana Marquez, Bryn Kenney, Todd Terry, and Kristijonas Andrulis.

- Mad Harper

Below is the Day 2 table and seat draw for those that advanced:

TableSeatPlayerChips
331Jose Carlos Garcia31500
332Martin Jacobson17600
333Najib Kamand23800
334Sebastian Pauli34100
335Ayaz Manji101900
336Emil mattsson68300
337Mikhail Korotkikh69400
338Alexander Lakhov56900
339Vladimir Troyanovskiy48600
    
341Kristijonas Andrulis19100
342Oleh Okhotskyi22700
343Todd Terry12300
344Jan Petersen70800
345Kyle Myers56300
346Ilkin Amirov46000
347Vincent Verdickt92000
348sergii baranov113500
349Heikki Piira55100
    
351Samuli Sipila25800
352Robert Schiffbauer21600
353Ana Marquez19300
355Timo Pfutzenreuter76300
356Kurt Schutzenmeier17800
357Robert Zipf67900
358Marton Czuczor135700
359Adrian Bussman63300
    
361Mickey Petersen26900
362Franco Cultreri61900
363Neils Van Alphen26900
364Marc-Andre Ladouceur63500
365Toby Lewis150400
366Vasili Firsau66500
367Nicolas Chouity67200
368Aki Vihikainen22100
369Yorane Kerignard84000
    
371Beslan Magamadov33100
372Alain Roy54000
373Atanas Gueorguiev55800
374Lasse Frost52800
376ruben velasco merino128200
377Mikael Jean103200
378Ismael Bojang50000
379Oleg Larichev38900
    
382Markus Printz27500
383Senol Karahasan119900
384David Boyaciyan96000
385Yaron Zeev Malki16800
386Bryn Kenney35800
387Stefano Terziani113100
388Andrew Patrick King27200
389Franco Zorzoli20200
    
391Paul-Francois Tedeschi22000
392Joe Mouawad50000
393Pieter Ram15600
394Oleksii Khoroshenin131100
395Rasmus Agerskov37000
396Ramin Hajiyev43000
397Gintaras Simaitis83300
398Christian Jeppsson137600
399Dominik Nitsche17100
    
401Pascal Vos56900
402simon ravnsbaek37000
403Jonathan Duhamel54700
404Jonathan Currle43300
405Frederik Jensen63600
406Alex Bilokur103300
407Sam Greenwood85000
408Reza Doomun46600
409Thor Hansen54400
    
411Boyan Bonev12800
412Waldemar Essig24600
413Senh Ung24700
414Philippe Ktorza34700
415jonatan hellman110300
416Denis Kipnis36600
417Yury Gulyy53300
418Kristo Klaassen32700
419Kacper Pyzara42700

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Where Are They Now: Season 8 EPT Barcelona Champ Martin Schleich

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Season 8 EPT Barcelona champ Martin Schleich
Season 8 EPT Barcelona champ Martin Schleich

Two years ago, all eyes were on Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov at the EPT Barcelona final table as he looked to achieve poker’s prestigious Triple Crown, which is comprised of wins on the WPT, WSOP and EPT. Instead, it was a then 29-year-old German by the name of Martin Schleich who topped the 811-player field to win the $1,224,572 first-place prize.

It was one of the most memorable three-handed battles in recent EPT memory as Katchalov, Schleich and Dragan Kostic exchanged the chip lead back and forth over more than four hours of play. Eventually, Katchalov was felled in third place when he three-bet shoved his 15 big blinds with the {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} only to win into the {9-Spades}{9-Hearts} of Schleich. The nines held and Katchalov had to settled for €315,000. An hour later, Kostic fell in second place for €532,000 and left Schleich as the last man standing.

Schleich, who worked in customer service at the time of his win, began playing no-limit cash games back in 2006 but eventually decided to play more tournaments. The decision obviously paid off with his EPT Barcelona win, but since then things have been pretty quiet for the German, who has just one cash over the last two years – 22nd in the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $2,000 No Limit Hold’em Leaderboard Event for $6,410.

Tags: Martin Schleich

Adinolfi Exposes His Hand

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

We arrived to catch the aftermath of a rather interesting hand between Grudi Hristov Grudev and Mario Adinolfi that amounting in over a 100,000-chip pot.

Having the action recapped to us, we understand that after a series of raises before the flop, both players saw {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{J-Diamonds} hit the felt. Grudev led into the pot and Adinolfi moved all in over the top. At the moment that the all in bet was announced, Adinolfi instantly rolled over his hand to reveal {J-Hearts}7c} for top two pair. The floor was called over to observe the rest of the hand that would play out with Adinolfi's cards exposed. What made the moment tense, however, was the Grudev went into the tank. Despite knowing that his opponent held top two, Grudev seemed to find himself with a decision. A few moments passed while the table and spectators awaited Grudev's decion.

Eventually, he opted to lay the hand down to Adinolfi's two pair and Adinolfi was pushed the pot. Adinolfi now has about 194,000 while Grudve has dropped to 385,000.

Player Chips Progress
Grudi Hristov Grudev
Grudi Hristov Grudev
385,000 -52,800
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
194,000 56,300

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Pre Flop Action on Table One

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

In a sharp contrast to the end of play yesterday, the start of day 3 in the tournament room is almost silent apart from the riffling of chips, as the players settle into their new tables and try to work out their opponents. PokerNews followed some early hands from table one which includes Victor Ramdin, Dmitry Yurasov, and the short stack at the table Ramsey Khoury.

Ramdin opened for 6,300 from under the gun and was raised by Cristinel Sandu to 16,500. That was enough to win the pot without further resistance. Next hand Imed Ben Mahmoud opened for 6,300 and Khoury moved all in for his last 60,000 chips. Back to Mahmoud who made a fairly quick fold. Ramdin again opened for 6,300, this time getting three bet by Cristinel Sandu to 17,500, again Ramdin folded. Yurasov, the big stack at the table with 377,800 was next to open for 6,000 and it folded to Khoury who again moved all in. Back to Yurasov who asked for a count and seemed to be considering a gamble, but decided against giving the short stack a chance to double and folded.