2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€1,224,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€48,500
Prize Pool
€4,753,485
Entries
99
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

Rossiter Moves in on Haxton

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We just caught the tail end of a hand between Isaac Haxton and Jeff Rossiter that resulted in the latter chipping up nicely.

The board showed {7-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, and Haxton bet 57,000. Rossiter tanked for a while before he made the call.

On the river, the {8-Hearts} completed the board, and Haxton checked to Rossiter. The Aussie slid forward a tall stack of chips to set Haxton all in, and Haxton quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
398,000
148,000
148,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
124,000
-126,000
-126,000
PokerStars

Tags: Isaac HaxtonJeff Rossiter

Level: 2

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

The First Five-Bet

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Christoph Vogelsang opened from early position to 2,800, and Thomas Muehloecker made the call in the cutoff seat. Jason Mo was on the button and squeezed to 11,700. Both blinds quickly released, and action folded back to Vogelsang. He four-bet to 33,000. Muehloecker folded, but Mo had a bigger plans. After he contemplated what to do for a bit, Mo slid forward 74,700. Vogelsang thought long and hard, but mucked with a wry smile on his face, and Mo won the pot.

For a second it looked like Mo was going to show his hand, but in the end he slid them into the muck face down while receiving the chips in the pot. Vogelsang mumbled something about the tournament allowing for reentry and that he should have moved in.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mo us
Jason Mo
299,000
49,000
49,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
230,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Christoph VogelsangJason MoThomas Muehloecker

Another Record Broken in Barcelona

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Last year's €50,000 Super High Roller got 58 unique players and 19 reentries. Already this year, the record for unique players has already been broken, as Ole Schemion has become the 59th registered entry.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
250,000
Jason Les us
Jason Les
250,000
250,000
250,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
250,000
250,000
250,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
250,000
250,000
250,000
Vyacheslav Goryachev ru
Vyacheslav Goryachev
250,000
250,000
250,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
250,000
250,000
250,000
Winamax
Jason Mo us
Jason Mo
250,000
250,000
250,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
250,000
250,000
250,000
Max Altergott de
Max Altergott
250,000
250,000
250,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
250,000
250,000
250,000
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
250,000
250,000
250,000
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
250,000
250,000
250,000
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
250,000
250,000
250,000
Pablo Saade mx
Pablo Saade
250,000
250,000
250,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
250,000
250,000
250,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
250,000
250,000
250,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
250,000
250,000
250,000

Tags: Ole Schemion

PokerNews Podcast Episode #327: Attacking Adelson feat. Tim James

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Tim James, creator and host of The Tim James Show, joins the podcast to talk about Sheldon Adelson, underage activities at Venetian, the reaction from his show's clip, and more.

The crew also unveils a voicemail number for fans to call in: 774-77-PNPOD.

You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.

Tags: PokerNews PodcastSheldon AdelsonTim James

Delayed Continuation Bet from Kabrhel

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

From the cutoff position, Martin Kabrhel raised to 3,000. Erik Seidel called from the small blind, and Sam Greenwood called from the big blind. The three players saw the flop come down {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{7-Spades}, and action checked through to see the {J-Hearts} pair the board on the turn. Seidel and Greenwood checked, then Kabrhel pounced with a delay continuation bet of 3,600. Seidel and Greenwood folded, and Kabrhel won the pot.

Tags: Erik SeidelSam GreenwoodMartin Kabrhel

Trevallion Takes One Early

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Isaac Haxton raised to 2,700 from under the gun, and Alexander Trevallion reraised to 9,500 from the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Haxton, and he called to see the flop come down {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. After Haxton checked, Trevallion bet 8,500, and Haxton folded.

For those unfamiliar with Trevallion, he's new to the European circuit, but did have a breakout performance back in January when he took the Aussie Millions by storm and recorded three big finishes. First, Trevallion chopped the AU$25,000 Challenge with Tobias Reinkemeier for AU$645,150 ($521,835). After that, he took to the felt in the AU$100,000 Challenge and finished in eighth place for AU$310,000 ($244,943).

As if those results weren't enough, Trevallion wasn't done. His third big result came when he placed 33rd in the Aussie Millions AU$10,000 Main Event for AU$25,000 ($19,753). Although the monetary score from this run paled in comparison to his other two results, his run came in a big field of 648 runners in a premier event.

Tags: Alexander TrevallionIsaac HaxtonTobias Reinkemeier

Spain's Top Poker Talent Spotted

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

He's arguably Spain's best tournament player, since it's hard to overlook the incredible list of results he's compiled in such a short timespan, and Adrian Mateos is here to put his skills to the test.

The young Spaniard burst onto the scene in 2013 when he won the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event for €1 million at the ripe old age of 19. He then won the Season 11 European Poker Tour Grand Final at age 20 this past May for €1.082 million. In total, Mateos has $3.5 million in live tournament earnings, including a cash in the WSOP Main Event this summer — his first time being age eligible to play the event.

A lot of money is at stake again today, and Mateos faces accomplished pros Max Silver, Nick Petrangelo, and the most well-known and very successful NBA sports bettors, Haralabos Voulgaris.

Tags: Adrian MateosHaralabos VoulgarisMax SilverNick Petrangelo