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

Six EPT Champions Remain Including Three Former EPT Barcelona Winners

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Season 9 EPT Barcelona champ Mikalai Pobal
Season 9 EPT Barcelona champ Mikalai Pobal

Amazingly, a third of the past EPT Barcelona champions are still alive in the EPT10 Main Event. The defending champ, Mikalai Pobal, who topped a field of 1,082 players to win €1,007,550, is still alive at the feature table; meanwhile, Kent Lundark (Season 7 champ) and Alexander Stevic* (Season 1) are seated at the outer feature tables.

*Check out PokerNews' recent Where Are they Now interview with Stevic.

Other former EPT champs remaining in the field are Kevin MacPhee (2010 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin), Dimitar Danchev (2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event) and Joao Barbosa (2008 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Polish Open Main Event).

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Stevic
Alexander Stevic
165,000 165,000

Tags: Alexander StevicDimitar DanchevJoao BarbosaKent LundmarkMikalai PobalKevin MacPhee

Value Call

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ioakim Papadopoulos went all in for his last 50,000 with {a-Spades}{4-Spades}, and Niclas Adolfsson, a Swedish PokerStars player made the call from the big blind with {9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. The dealer gave them the five cards {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. It was looking good until the turn card spiked for Adolfsson and the river was unable to deliver any salvation for Papadopoulos.

Player Chips Progress
ioakim papadopoulos
ioakim papadopoulos
Busted

Khoury Doubles Through Rasmussen

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jacob Rasmussen opened with a raise to 8,500 from early position and all around the table hands were kicked into the muck until the action hit Ramsey Khoury in the big blind. Khoury announced a three-bet all in for 79,000 and Rasmussen called. Rasmussen tabled {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and was racing with Khoury's {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} for his tournament life.

Rasmussen retained his lead after the flop brought {A-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts} but Khoury picked up more outs when the {2-Spades} hit the turn. Khoury was then looking to pair up or make a spade flush on the river. He made the latter, as the {3-Spades} finished the board and he was able to double to about 170,000. Rasmussen, on the other hand, dropped to about 215,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jacob Rasmussen dk
Jacob Rasmussen
215,000 -35,000
Ramsey Khoury
Ramsey Khoury
170,000 113,800

Tags: Jacob RasmussenRamsey Khoury

Chances of a Title Defense Kept Alive

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Defending champ Mikalai Pobal is up on the feature table and looking to become the first two-time EPT winner. His chances are slim considering he's grinding a short stack, but the odds got a little better after he just doubled through Kjetil Hansen.

It happened when Hansen opened and then called Pobal's three-bet shove for 49,000 from the big blind. Hansen tabled the {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}, but he was way behind Pobal's {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. The board ran out {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Pobal doubled through Hansen.

Player Chips Progress
Kjetil Hansen
Kjetil Hansen
124,000 -81,400
Mikalai Pobal by
Mikalai Pobal
EPT 2X Winner
104,000 31,800

Tags: Kjetil HansenMikalai Pobal

Skrill Last Longer Update

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Skrill Stall at EPT Barcelona
Skrill Stall at EPT Barcelona

Yesterday we told you about the Skrill Last Longer Promotion; as such, we thought we'd give you a quick update here on Day 3. Originally 203 players signed up for the promotion — which will see the last player standing receive their €5,300 buy-in refunded into their Skrill account — but at the start of the day just 44 returned to play, including the chip leader Pablo Tativian and Therese Gronstad from Norway (the last woman remaining in the last longer competition).

Here's a look at the players in the Last Longer at the start of the day: Kenny Hallaert, Ioakim Papadopoulos, Kevin Vandermissen, Alejandro Bellucia, Igor Izmaylov, Manuel Cuberos, Tigran Yazychyan, Maximiliano Gallardo, Andrey Danilyuk, Valentino Konakchiev, Atanas Malinov, Iaroslav Boiko, Thomas Brauner, Maximilian Senft, Abilio Ribeiro, Denis Gindash, Fabien Daniel Ortiz, Jose Gonzalez, Thomas Middleton, Rory Timlin, Philippe Clerc, Martin Bolecek, Kevin MacPhee, Radif Sharifullin, Justas Vaiciulionis, Alain Debackere, Sergey Rybachenko, Kostyantyn Shulga, Pablo Tavitian, Massimo Dicicco, Imed Ben Mahmoud, Slaven Popov, Aleksandar Denishev, Gaetano Dell'Acre, Milan Polke, Alexander Nelkin, Cedric Moerlen, Benoit Albiges, Therese Gronstad, Isidoro Barrena Diaz, Francesco Delfoco, Grudi Grudev, Yann Dion and Fokke Beukers.

Tags: Skrill

Vasvenszki Flops the World

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Rens Feenstra, a PokerStars player from the Netherlands, and Zsolt Vasvenszki, a qualifier from Hungary Saw a flop of {5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}. Feenstra bet, Vasvenszki raised and Feenstra moved all in. Vasvenszki called and showed {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for the flopped straight flush. Feenstra was drawing dead with his {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. The dealer went through the motions, the last two cards {7-Spades}{2-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
478,000 -132,000
Zsolt Vasvenszki hu
Zsolt Vasvenszki
274,000 159,000

Tags: Rens Feenstra

Feenstra Chipping Up

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Rens Feenstra raised from early position, the button called, and the small blind called. The flop came down {K-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades}, and the small blind checked. Feenstra fired 18,000, and the button folded. The small blind also folded, and Feenstra picked up the pot to move to 640,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
640,000 162,000

Tags: Rens Feenstra