2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
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Event Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€771,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€48,500
Entries
51
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 51
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Lunkin Steals One on the River

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Vitaly Lunkin in the big blind had called a pre flop raise from Juha Helppi in the small blind. They saw a flop of {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. Helppi slid out a bet for 25,000 and Lunkin called. The turn of {5-Hearts} led both players to check. The final card was the {8-Diamonds} and when Helppi checked for the last time Lunkin saw his opportunity. A bet of 36,000 won him the pot.

Updated Chip Counts from the Secondary Feature Table

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
679,000
86,000
86,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
647,000
28,000
28,000
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of David Benefield us
David Benefield
499,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
402,000
127,000
127,000
Profile photo of Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
365,000
73,000
73,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
311,000
134,000
134,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
251,000
91,000
91,000
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
158,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
157,000
55,000
55,000

Mercier Finishes Off Lucky Chewy

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Andrew Lichtenberger
Andrew Lichtenberger

Over at the feature table, action folded to Andrew "Lucky Chewy" Lichtenberger in the small blind and he announced that he was all in for 123,000. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier asked for a count from the big blind, looked down at his cards and then made the call.

Mercier: {k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Lichtenberger: {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Mercier was in a dominating position, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, he had a 70.25% chance of winning the pot. On the other hand, Lichtenberger would come from behind 26.95% of the time.

The {5-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop bumped Mercier up to 79.70% while Lichtenberger dropped to 17.27%. The {9-Hearts} turn pushed Lichtenberger's chance down even further to 15.91%, meaning he needed either a jack or eight on the river to stay alive. Mercier and Lichtenberger were joking and enjoying the moment, but it came to an end when the dealer burned one last time and put out the {6-Spades}.

Lichtenberger wished Mercier luck, removed his mic and then took his leave from the Season 10 EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
544,000
144,000
144,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
Busted

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerJason Mercier

Benefield Loses Two On Paired Flops

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
David Benefield
David Benefield

From the hijack seat, 2013 World Series of Poker November Niner David Benefield raised to 16,000. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu made the call from the small blind, and the flop came down {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. Both players checked.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds}, and both players checked again. Then, the {10-Hearts} finished off the board on the river. Negreanu bet 22,000, and Benefield folded.

On the next hand, Benefield raised to 16,000 from middle position, and this time he was three-bet by Vitaly Lunkin to 38,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Benefield, and he made the call.

For the second hand in a row, a paired flop came out — {J-Spades}{10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. Benefield checked, Lunkin bet 44,000, and Benefield folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
630,000
17,000
17,000
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
460,000
58,000
58,000
Profile photo of David Benefield us
David Benefield
460,000
39,000
39,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuDavid BenefieldVitaly Lunkin

Seidel’s River Bet is Good

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Folded to Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the small blind, with just Erik Seidel in the big blind to get through, he made it 21,000. Seidel called. The flop was {9-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. Troyanovskiy continued for 21,000, again he was called. The turn was {j-Clubs} and this time Troyanovskiy increased the bet to 45,000. Unmoved Seidel made the call. The river card was the {5-Diamonds}. Troyanovskiy thought for a while and now decided to check. Seidel looked back at his hole cards and nonchalantly bet 75,000. Troyanovskiy looked forlorn and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
490,000
179,000
179,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
198,000
68,000
68,000

Reinkemeier Sent to the Rail Courtesy of Sternheimer

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Tobias Reinkemeier
Tobias Reinkemeier

We picked up the action over at the feature table on a board reading {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{7-Spades}. Philip Sternheimer had checked from the small blind and Tobias Reinkemeier bet 42,000 from the big. Sternheimer woke up with a check-raise to 86,000, and after considering it for over a minute, Reinkemeier made the call and left himself just 92,000 behind.

When the {5-Hearts} completed the board on the river, Sternheimer moved in and Reinkemeier was not pleased. He indicated that he had spades that he missed, but he still thought for a little over two minutes before calling off. Reinkemeier showed the {k-Spades}{8-Spades} for kings and nines with a missed flush, but it wouldn't have mattered had he hit it as Sternheimer had flopped a full house with the {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

Reinkemeier fired two bullets in this year's event to no avail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philip Sternheimer gb
Philip Sternheimer
900,000
360,000
360,000
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
803,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
788,000
143,000
143,000
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
536,000
8,000
8,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
339,000
28,000
28,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
74,000
48,000
48,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
Busted

Tags: Philip SternheimerTobias Reinkemeier

Troyanovskiy Doubles through Siedel

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened to 18,000 and Erik Seidel raised him to 43,000. The blinds folded and when it got back to Troyanovskiy he moved all in. Seidel made the call and the cards were on their backs, Troyanovskiy at risk with his {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} against the {j-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} of Seidel. Troyanovskiy was out of his seat looking resigned but not for long as the cards fell {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{a-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
420,000
222,000
222,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
270,000
220,000
220,000
Poker Hall of Famer

Benefield Out-Flushes Rossiter

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

We made it to the table just in time to see all of Jeff Rossiter's money go in on a board of {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} against David Benefield. Rossiter tabled {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a turned flush but was up against Benefield's ace-high flush with {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. The meaningless {K-Clubs} completed the board and Benefield was awarded Rossiter's stack.

Rossiter hit the rail while Benefield now sits around 770,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Benefield us
David Benefield
770,000
310,000
310,000
Profile photo of Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
Busted

Tags: David BenefieldJeff Rossiter