2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€1,022,593
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€8,215,900
Entries
1,694
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1a

Rybachenko Getting the Best of Kazemipur

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

On the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop, Sergey Rybachenko checked to Shakeeb Kazemipur. Kazemipur bet 2,500, and Rybachenko made the call to see the {9-Hearts} land on the turn. Both players checked, and the river was the {7-Clubs}. Rybachenko led with a bet of 3,600, and Kazemipur raised to 9,000. Rybachenko called.

Kazemipur showed a bluff with the {A-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, and Rybachenko had a straight with the {K-Spades}{J-Spades} to win the pot.

Shortly after that, Kazemipur and Christian Campan checked the {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs} flop to Rybachenko, and the Russian bet 3,600. Kazemipur called, but Campan folded.

The turn was the {5-Hearts}, and Kazemipur check-called a bet of 6,800 this time. The dealer then landed the {8-Clubs} to the board on the river. Kazemipur checked, Rybachenko bet 14,400, and Kazemipur called.

Rybachenko tabled the {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for quads, and Kazemipur quickly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Campan ro
Christian Campan
80,000
Sergey Rybachenko ru
Sergey Rybachenko
75,000
Shakeeb Kazemipur ca
Shakeeb Kazemipur
17,000

Tags: Sergey RybachenkoShakeeb KazemipurChristian Campan

Barbour Wins Battle of the Blinds

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Natasha Barbour and an opponent were heads up from the blinds to see a flop of {7-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{10-Spades}. Barbour checked from the small blind and her opponent did the same from the big blind.

The turn paired the board with the {10-Diamonds} and Barbour check-called a bet of 800. The {a-Spades} put two pair on the board on the river and Barbour came out swinging. She bet 3,000, prompting a quick fold from her opponent. After dragging this pot, Barbour's stack increased to about 10,200.

Player Chips Progress
Natasha Barbour ca
Natasha Barbour
10,200 1,200

Tags: Natasha Barbour

Kihara Sliding Back

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

After jumping out to a nice start in this event, Naoya Kihara has slid back a bit and is down to 59,000. That's still up nearly double the starting stack, but Kihara was up around 80,000 at one point.

On a recent hand, Kihara was faced with a bet of 1,300 on the {10-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts} board against Pascal Hartmann. Kihara made the call, and the river was the {7-Diamonds}. Both players checked.

Hartmann showed the {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, and Kihara mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
59,000 14,500
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
46,000

Tags: Naoya KiharaPascal Hartmann

No Hearts For Buddiga

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Pratyush Buddiga
Pratyush Buddiga

We arrived at the table in time to see Bernd Vogelhuber check-call a bet of 3,500 from Pratyush Buddiga on a {9-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{a-Hearts} flop. The {7-Hearts} hit the turn, putting four hearts on the board. Vogelhuber checked once more and Buddiga followed suit.

The {8-Spades} completed the board on the river and both players checked once more. Vogelhuber showed {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for a pair of aces, prompting Buddiga to muck his hand. With this hit, Buddiga's stack has dropped to about 25,300. Vogelhuber, on the other hand, brought his stack up to 52,000.

Player Chips Progress
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
25,300 -1,700

Tags: Pratyush Buddiga

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Shafikov Over Butteroni

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Federico Butteroni raised to 1,100 before the flop and found a single call from Denys Shafikov in the big blind. The flop came out {6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Shafikov check-called a continuation bet of 1,200.

The {4-Hearts} dropped down on the turn and Shafikov checked again. Butteroni knocked the table back, allowing the board to pair with the {4-Clubs} on the river. Shafikov bet 2,025, Butteroni let it go, and Shafikov took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Denys Shafikov ua
Denys Shafikov
84,500 38,200
Federico Butteroni it
Federico Butteroni
22,000 -4,900

Tags: Denys ShafikovFederico Butteroni

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
54,500 22,200
Denys Shafikov ua
Denys Shafikov
46,300 -26,900
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
44,500 -34,500
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
44,000 -6,500
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
EPT 1X Winner
33,400 5,600
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
32,500
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
28,900 -3,600
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
EPT 1X Winner
27,500 -2,500
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
27,000
Federico Butteroni it
Federico Butteroni
26,900 -600
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
EPT 1X Winner
23,100 -2,900
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
22,000 -8,000
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
21,000 -11,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
12,100 5,500
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
Busted
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted