2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
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Event Info
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
64
Prize
€849,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Total Entries
591
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 591
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Dutch Up And Down

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Steven van Zadelhoff
Steven van Zadelhoff

Steven van Zadelhoff pulled us over to describe the hand he doubled in, in all of its glorious detail. "I had the second best starting hand in poker, and he had one better. Well, until the flop that was," he laughed. Van Zadelhoff is now sitting at a solid 120,000.

Lady Fortune gives and takes, so to speak, which meant Govert Metaal had to take one for the team to balance the scales. After a raise to 2,800 and a three-bet to 8,000, Metaal picked up the best starting hand in poker himself and shoved for 28,000. The reraiser called with {A-}{K-} and spiked a king on both the flop and the turn to eliminate Metaal. Metaal doesn't bend easy, though, and he quickly fired another bullet.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven van Zadelhoff
120,000
95,000
95,000
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Govert Metaal
50,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Govert MetaalSteven van Zadelhoff

Leo Yan Ho Cheng Wins Huge Pot Against Philipp Gruissem

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

When we got to the table, Philipp Gruissem had bet 60,000 into a pot of just under 70,000. The board was {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs} and his opponent, Leo Yan Ho Cheng was tanking and eventually made the call, albeit seemingly unassuredly. Gruissem turned over {a-Hearts}{9-Spades} for a pair of nines, while Cheng held {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for top pair and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Leo Yan Ho Cheng
225,000
175,000
175,000
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Philipp Gruissem
25,000
85,000
85,000

Tags: Philipp GruissemLeo Yan Ho Cheng

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Even More Eliminations

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament clock says that there are around 380 players remaining, but what's perhaps more important is that it also says that the total number of entrants has crossed the 500 player mark, beating the record set this time last year. With registration open until the start of Day 2, that record looks set to be smashed as the tournament has currently 517 entrants, including 61 re-entries.

Some of the eliminations from the field since dinner include November Niner Zvi Stern and Super High Roller Bowl champion Rainer Kempe. Players have the option of re-entering, if they haven't already.

Player Chips Progress
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Joao Vieira
Busted
Winamax
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Timothy Adams
Busted
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Nicolas Chouity
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Ali Reza Fatehi
Busted
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Christopher Kruk
Busted
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Zvi Stern
Busted
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Simon Deadman
Busted
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Guillaume Diaz
Busted
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Rainer Kempe
Busted

Counts

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
248,000
248,000
248,000
Profile photo of Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
240,000
140,000
140,000
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Simon Mattsson
145,000
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Kees van Brugge
130,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Raoul Refos nl
Raoul Refos
100,000
100,000
100,000
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Anthony Zinno
100,000
100,000
100,000
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Eugene Katchalov
100,000
100,000
100,000
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Daniel Dvoress
75,000
75,000
75,000
Run It Once
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Max Silver
55,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
55,000
15,000
15,000
pokerstars
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Joseph Cheong
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
40,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
40,000
10,000
10,000
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Gaelle Baumann
30,000
33,000
33,000
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Charlie Carrel
22,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
20,000
20,000
20,000

Christopher Kruk Eliminated By Adrian Mateos

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Christopher Kruk
Christopher Kruk

A massive pot was brewing between Christopher Kruk and Adrian Mateos, and it was the latter who ended up with all the chips. The pot was up to 40,000 and the board read {Q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. Kruk checked and Mateos shoved all in, which was effectively for Kruk's remaining stack of 30,000.

The American pondered for twenty seconds, then called it off with {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. To his disgust, Mateos flipped open {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for the rivered straight, gobbling up all of Kruk's chips in the process.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Mateos
155,000
12,000
12,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
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Christopher Kruk
Busted

Tags: Adrian MateosChristopher Kruk

Eliminations and Re-entries

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Here is a list of some eliminations from the field, as well as those who have re-entered following their elimination on their first bullet. [Removed:17]'s elimination came on his second bullet. 2015 champion Mustapha Kanit is already on his second bullet in his pursuit of defending his title, as is Jason Wheeler.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Wheeler
50,000
5,000
5,000
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Jonathan Karmalikis
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
50,000
50,000
50,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Tom Hall
Busted
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Andrei Konopelko
Busted
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Julian Stuer
Busted
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Antoine Saout
Busted
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Matthew Stout
Busted
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[Removed:17]
Busted
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Daniel Dvoress
Busted
Run It Once
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Oleksii Khoroshenin
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Ognyan Dimov Eliminated

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ognyan Dimov raised to 2,000 from middle position and Moshin Charania called on the button. Thomas Miller three-bet to 7,500 from the big blind, Dimov moved in for 30,000, Charania folded, and Miller called.

Thomas Miller: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Ognyan Dimov: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

It was the mother of all coinflips, and Miller ended up on the right side of the coin: {K-}{10-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Dimov might use his one single re-entry later tonight to get back into the action.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Miller
140,000
140,000
140,000
Profile photo of Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ognyan DimovThomas Miller

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100