€5,300 Main Event Day 4 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

08-28-2015 22:38 UTC+2

Ainsworth Busts McDonald

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Mike McDonald was the shortest stack in the room, and he handed his chips to his neighbor just now. Action folded to McDonald in the small blind and he moved in for his last 150,000. Jude Ainsworth in the big blind made the call.

Mike McDonald:
Jude Ainsworth:

The board totally blanked out and queen-high won it for Ainsworth.

McDonald, after making the final table in the €25,000 Single Day High Roller (5th for €257,000) earlier this week, now 43rd in the Main Event (€22,840).

Player	Chips	Progress
Jude Ainsworth	2,140,000 205,000	205,000
Mike McDonald	Busted

Tags: Jude Ainsworth Mike McDonald

08-28-2015 22:41 UTC+2

Juanda Knocks Out Zinno

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Rui Sousa opened for 65,000 from the cutoff and Anthony Zinno on the button shoved all in for 290,000. Big blind John Juanda moved over the top all in for 564,000 and Sousa folded, claming to have had nines.

Anthony Zinno:
John Juanda:

The board ran out and Zinno made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	958,000 458,000	458,000

Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno John Juanda Rui Sousa

08-28-2015 22:51 UTC+2

Wetemans Out, Eichardt Grabs a Big Lead

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau raised to 60,000 under the gun and Peter Eichhardt called two seats to his left, after which Dutchman Jasper Wetemans moved all in for 294,000 from the small blind. Both Vaskaboinikau and Eichhardt made the call, creating a big pot heading to the flop.

The flop brought out and both players checked. On the turn the hit and Vaskaboinikau check-called a bet of 225,000. The river brought the and Vaskaboinikau check-folded after a long time on a bet of 325,000.

Eichhardt showed for a straight, and that was enough to take down the pot. Wetemans' was tabled, but he was already on his way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Eichhardt	3,400,000 1,120,000	1,120,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	1,200,000 -800,000	-800,000
Jasper Wetemans	Busted

Tags: Jasper Wetemans Mikalai Vaskaboinikau Peter Eichhardt

08-29-2015 00:04 UTC+2

Jensen Makes the Biggest Hero Call of The Tournament

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

With just two hands to go before the end of the night, Frederik Jensen opened for 60,000 from early position. The action folded to Diego Casco Del Riego in the big blind, and he made it 180,000, Jensen called.

The flop brought , Casco Del Riego bet 175,000 and Jensen made the call.

On the turn Casco Del Riego bet another 365,000 and Jensen called once more.

The river was the and Casco Del Riego shoved all in for 567,000, putting Jensen to the test for his last 449,000.

Jensen sighed, tanked for about five minutes, and then called by tossing in a single 5,000-chip.

Casco Del Riego wanted to muck, but his hand was turned over by the dealer; . Jensen turned over and couldn't suppress a small proud smile and a silent "Yes!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Jensen	2,300,000 1,060,000	1,060,000

Diego Casco Del Riego	118,000 -1,282,000	-1,282,000

Tags: Diego Casco Del Riego Frederik Jensen

08-29-2015 00:36 UTC+2

Eichhardt Leads Final 36 Hopefuls Into Penultimate Day

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

The biggest European Poker Tour main event of all time saw another exciting day of poker come and go, and it was Peter Eichhardt from Sweden who bagged up the chip lead with 4.36 million.

At the end of Day 4, there were two former champions in the hunt for their second title; Ukrainian Oleksii Khoroshenin bagged up 2.325 million, and Frederik Jensen took 2.28 million to Day 5 after making an amazing call for all his chips right before the end of the night.

The fourth day of play started with 110 players, including Team PokerStars Pros Andre Akkari (445,000) and Matthias De Meulder (840,000), both of whom managed to survive another day of poker. Akkari's best EPT main event finish was a 23rd-place result last season in Monte Carlo, while De Meulder has been in this spot before, finishing 10th in the EPT Barcelona Main Event in Season 8 for €50,000.

Top pros Jason Les, Jason Mo, Jeremy Ausmus, and Liviu Ignat were among the players that got knocked out early, while Jonas Palsgaard and Daniel Dvoress shot up the charts. Palsgaard went through some big swings and bagged up 1.9 million, while Dvoress had a rough night and finished with just 700,000.

Former EPT Dortmund champion Mike McDonald (43rd - €22,840) hit the rail on Day 4, as did Michael Eiler, who took down the EPT Vienna Main Event in Season 7. Eiler busted to Eichhardt, who held the lead the last three hours of the day.

Three-time World Poker Tour title holder and recent World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Anthony Zinno was still in the hunt to become the fastest Triple Crown winner in history, but his run fell short in 41st place.

A big group of nationalities remained in the hunt for the title After Day 4, but Sebastian Tejada was the last American standing. The Canadians are in much better shape, with four players still contending, and that's the most of any country. The home nation of Spain, who finally broke the spell and crowned their first winner at last season's EPT Grand Final, saw Sergio Alonso Camunas hit the rail in 39th place, but still have two players in contention; David González and Mario Sánchez.

Play will resume on Saturday at 12 p.m. local time with 36 players remaining. The goal is to play down as close to six players as possible, but with the amazing structure it looks to be another very long day of poker action. All players are guaranteed €27,400 right now, but everyone has their eye set on the first-place prize of over €1.4 million.

Tags: Andre Akkari Andreas Eiler Anthony Zinno Daniel Dvoress Frederik Jensen Ignat Liviu Jason Les Jason Mo Jeremy Ausmus Jonas Palsgaard Liviu Ignat Matthias De Meulder Michael Eiler Mike McDonald Oleksii Khoroshenin Peter Eichhardt Sebastian Tejada Serrgio Alonso Camunas Stuart McDonald