2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Semisoshenko Doubles Through Zisimopoulos

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

We found Maksim Semisoshenko all in and at risk before the flop for his last 98,000 against Georgios Zisimopoulos. The hands were turned over to find Semisoshenko in a dominating position.

Semisoshenko: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Zisimopoulos: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

The board fell down {8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, allowing Semisoshenko to finish the hand with a winning full house of aces full of eights. He scored the double and now has about 220,000 to his name.

Player Chips Progress
Maksim Semisoshenko ru
Maksim Semisoshenko
220,000
43,400
43,400
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
130,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Giorgos ZisimopoulosMaksim Semisoshenko

Abdellatif Thriving

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

Jonathan Abdellatif started with around 200,000 in chips and squared off with big stack Amir Touma early on. In the first level the two of them clashed in a big hand and Abdellatif filled us in on the details.

Touma opened under the gun for 7,000 and Abdellatif three bet to 18,000 from middle position with {K-}{J-} off suit. Touma called.

The flop came {J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Spades} and Touma checked. Abdellatif made a bet of 11,000 and Touma raised to 25,000. Abdellatif called in position.

Touma bet another 40,000 on the {8-} turn and Abdellatif called again.

The river {K-} made Touma check. Abdellatif shoved all in for around 105,000 and Touma called with {Q-}{Q-}.

Several smaller pots got Abdellatif up to 540,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
540,000
331,300
331,300

Tags: Jonathan Abdellatif

Updated Chip Counts

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
650,000
106,700
106,700
PokerStars
Markus Cerny at
Markus Cerny
550,000
248,100
248,100
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
512,000
-28,000
-28,000
Rui Miguel Nogueira Da Silva E Sousa pt
Rui Miguel Nogueira Da Silva E Sousa
510,000
114,500
114,500
Rayan Chamas ca
Rayan Chamas
450,000
220,200
220,200
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
412,000
2,000
2,000
Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
405,000
274,400
274,400
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
400,000
-13,400
-13,400
Aleks Dimitrov bg
Aleks Dimitrov
390,000
42,400
42,400
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
351,000
112,300
112,300
Matthias de Meulder be
Matthias de Meulder
350,000
65,000
65,000
PokerStars
Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
345,000
185,200
185,200
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
340,000
208,500
208,500
Jason Les us
Jason Les
330,000
177,800
177,800
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
320,000
222,600
222,600
PokerStars
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
300,000
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
270,000
99,000
99,000
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
265,000
144,900
144,900
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
218,000
143,200
143,200
Natasha Barbour ca
Natasha Barbour
110,000
-1,800
-1,800

Van Alphen Falls to Tacoronte

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

Niels van Alphen was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 75,500 against Concepcion Tacoronte. The hands were tabled to find Tacoronte in a dominating position.

Tacoronte: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Van Alphen: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{7-Hearts}{q-Clubs}, allowing Tacoronte to score the knockout. With this elimination, Tacoronte's stack has increased to about 310,000.

Player Chips Progress
Concepcion Tacoronte es
Concepcion Tacoronte
310,000
-29,200
-29,200
Niels van Alphen nl
Niels van Alphen
Busted

Tags: Concepcion TacoronteNiels van Alphen

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Vebjorn Monstad no
Vebjorn Monstad
558,000
146,000
146,000
Matthew Volosevich gb
Matthew Volosevich
505,000
-10,000
-10,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
430,000
2,000
2,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Glib Kovtunov ua
Glib Kovtunov
400,000
30,000
30,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
305,000
126,800
126,800
EPT 1X Winner
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
270,000
-18,000
-18,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
255,000
165,000
165,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
205,000
69,900
69,900
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
112,000
90,400
90,400
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
110,000
-55,000
-55,000
EPT 2X Winner
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
97,000
-46,000
-46,000
Natural8
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
39,000
-26,000
-26,000

Just Short of the Money

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

With just 6 players to go before the in the money stage of the tournament is there, WSOP Main Event runner up Felix Stephensen has been eliminated.

He was down to about 50,000 and shoved over a raise with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}. His opponent called with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and Stephensen failed to improve with the board not getting higher than a nine.

Player Chips Progress
Felix Stephensen no
Felix Stephensen
Busted

Tags: Felix Stephensen

Pecheux Brings us Closer to the Money

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

The action folded to Erwann Pecheux in the small blind and he shoved, putting Evgeny Taranyuk under pressure. Taranyuk had about 80,000 chips left, and he decided to risk them all.

Pecheux: {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Taranyuk: {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{K-Clubs} and Pecheux knocked out the short stack by hitting a king on the river. We're now just a few eliminations away from the bubble, and play will slow down at this point.

Player Chips Progress
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
250,000
172,900
172,900
Evgeny Taranyuk ru
Evgeny Taranyuk
Busted

Tags: Erwann PecheuxEvgeny Taranyuk

Lucian Over Virtanen

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

Boghean Andrei Lucian raised to 9,500 from middle position and it folded around to Aki Virtanen in the cutoff who three-bet to 22,000. The button and blinds folded, putting action back on Lucian. He called to see a flop.

The dealer fanned {2-Spades}{j-Hearts}{a-Hearts} on the felt and both players checked to see the {8-Hearts} fall on fourth street. Lucian moved 36,500 into the middle and Virtanen opted to stay the course.

The river was the {7-Spades} and Lucian thought for a moment before betting 70,500. Virtanen let his hand go and Lucian was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Boghean Andrei Lucian ro
Boghean Andrei Lucian
435,000
135,000
135,000
Aki Virtanen fi
Aki Virtanen
345,000
185,700
185,700

Tags: Boghean Andrei LucianAki Virtanen

Hiatullah Short on the Bubble

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

Pierre Chevalier moved all in from early position and two positions down it was Sabina Hiatullah moving in as well. All other players folded and with the cameras buzzing, it was time for the showdown.

Pierre Chevalier: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}
Sabina Hiatullah: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

The flop came {K-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Spades}, giving Hiatullah a glimmer of hope. The {6-Hearts} on the turn was a blank and so was the {10-Hearts} on the river. Hiatullah now short with 251 players remaining, 247 get paid.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Chevalier be
Pierre Chevalier
110,000
54,500
54,500
Sabina Hiatullah it
Sabina Hiatullah
40,000
-69,000
-69,000

Tags: Pierre ChevalierSabina Hiatullah

Juanda Folds Turn to Ivarsson

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

On the button, Alexander Ivarsson raised to 8,000. Five-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner John Juanda called from the big blind, and the flop came down {Q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Juanda checked, Ivarsson bet 8,000, and Juanda called.

The turn was the {K-Diamonds}, and Juanda checked again. Ivarsson upped his bet to 20,000 and slid it across the line. Juanda folded, and Ivarsson won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
447,000
-73,000
-73,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
445,000
15,000
15,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alexander IvarssonJohn Juanda