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

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

A Flurry of All In and Calls

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Last level of the night and the short stacks don’t have time to wait around.

Sebastian Von Toperczer was back from the break and not looking particularly happy with his 70,000 stack. He’d had to fold his small blind and had a little less. When Mike Watson opened for 17,000 though he found a hand he liked and shoved. He got a call from Watson and turned over his {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} but was up against the {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}. Von Toperczer would have to come from a long way behind and he did as the cards fell {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Spades}{a-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. Watson’s set of aces beaten by the flush of Von Toperczer.

Seconds later at another table Walid Bou-Habib was all in with {k-Spades}{q-Spades} and got a call from Madis Müür holding {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. No help for Habib though who bust out when the cards ran out {6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

To another table where at risk and all in Pawel Brzeski liked the look of his {a-Spades}{k-Spades} but he didn’t like it much when he say the {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} of Andrey Danilyuk. Brzeski even used his “One time.” but it was to no avail. {q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and that was it for the Polish PokerStars qualifier.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian von Toperczer de
Sebastian von Toperczer
160,000
40,500
40,500
Walid Bou-Habib
Walid Bou-Habib
Busted
Pawel Brzeski pl
Pawel Brzeski
Busted

Iacofano Wins with Jacks

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Dikovic Dejan checked the {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop over to Kevin Iacofano. Iacofano fired 22,000, and Dejan came back with a check-raise to 51,000. Iacofano called.

The turn was the {K-Diamonds}, and Dejan led for 62,000. Iacofano made the call, and the {3-Hearts} landed on the river. Both players checked.

Dejan showed the {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}, but Iacofano's {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} was the winner, and the pot was pushed his way,

Player Chips Progress
Dejan Divkovic ba
Dejan Divkovic
480,000
220,000
220,000
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
455,000
215,000
215,000

Tags: Kevin IacofanoDikovic Dejan

Ace-King for Sormunen

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

From under the gun, Jamila Von Perger raised to 16,000. In the big blind, Pasi Sormunen made the call, and the flop came down {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}. Sormunen checked, Von Perger bet 17,000, and Sormunen called.

The turn was the {9-Hearts}, and both players checked to see the {5-Diamonds} land on the river. Sormunen and Von Perger both checked again.

Sormunen showed the {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} for top pair, and Von Perger mucked her hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jamila Von Perger de
Jamila Von Perger
597,000
-3,000
-3,000
Pasi Sormunen fi
Pasi Sormunen
505,000
-125,000
-125,000

Tags: Jamila Von PergerPasi Sormunen

Stephensen’s Rockets Kaput

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Felix Stephensen was all in with {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} and at risk as he got a call from {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}. Stephensen groaned “Oh no.” as a queen appeared in the window. {q-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and the young PokerStars player from Norway’s tournament was derailed.

Player Chips Progress
Felix Stephensen no
Felix Stephensen
Busted

Komarov Eliminated

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Three players took a flop of {10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{q-Spades}, and a bunch of raising resulted in Anton Komarov being all in for 147,000, Michel Pecheux calling and Valentino Konakchiev folding (we arrived just before the turn was put out).

Pecheux: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Komarov: {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Komarov had flopped top pair, but it was still behind the pocket rockets of Pecheux. The {K-Spades} turn gave Komarov an open-ended straight draw, but the {3-Diamonds} river would be of no consequence. With that, Komarov hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Erwann Pecheux (Michel Erwann)
Erwann Pecheux (Michel Erwann)
800,000
75,000
75,000
Valentino Konakchiev bg
Valentino Konakchiev
610,000
-90,000
-90,000
Anton Komarov ru
Anton Komarov
Busted

Tags: Anton KomarovValentino Konakchiev

Chip Counts

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Miklos Zsuffa hu
Miklos Zsuffa
840,000
-5,000
-5,000
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
805,000
270,000
270,000
Zsolt Vasvenszki hu
Zsolt Vasvenszki
670,000
180,000
180,000
Nicolau Villa-Lobos br
Nicolau Villa-Lobos
480,000
20,000
20,000
Michael Skender
Michael Skender
435,000
81,700
81,700
Manuel Cuberos
Manuel Cuberos
390,000
140,000
140,000
Jacob Rasmussen dk
Jacob Rasmussen
355,000
140,000
140,000
Ramsey Khoury
Ramsey Khoury
290,000
120,000
120,000
Eli Heath
Eli Heath
280,000
101,500
101,500
Anaras Alekberovas lt
Anaras Alekberovas
250,000
90,000
90,000
Yakov Onuchin
Yakov Onuchin
245,000
160,200
160,200
Petra Hruskova
Petra Hruskova
235,000
64,500
64,500
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
220,000
94,000
94,000
Renato Antonio Da Silva Almeida
Renato Antonio Da Silva Almeida
190,000
-190,000
-190,000
Luca Fiorini
Luca Fiorini
110,000
48,300
48,300

Conte Culls Colome

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Over at the secondary feature table, Marc Colome got his stack of 193,000 all in preflop holding the {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and was up against the {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} of Francesco Conte. It was a classic flip, and Colome looked good through both the {10-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop and {5-Clubs} turn.

Just when it looked like a double was in store, the {Q-Spades} spiked on the river to give Conte a pair of queens. Conte clapped his hands together in celebration while a dejected Colome made his way to the payout desk.

Here's a look at the counts from the secondary feature table:

Player Chips Progress
Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
1,081,000
66,000
66,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Francesco Conte
Francesco Conte
637,000
322,000
322,000
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
515,000
214,000
214,000
PokerStars
Dragan Kostic
Dragan Kostic
495,000
-106,000
-106,000
Sergei Chantcev
Sergei Chantcev
315,000
280,100
280,100
Max Ruess
Max Ruess
260,000
-5,500
-5,500
David Kaufmann de
David Kaufmann
99,000
-96,900
-96,900
Marc Colome
Marc Colome
Busted

Tags: Marc ColomeFrancesco Conte