2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
64
Prize
€849,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
591
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

Ludovic Geilich Loses a Pot Before Dinner

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

A player raised to 1,400 under the gun before the player in the hijack three-bet to 4,000. Ludovic Geilich was in the small blind and called as the initial raiser folded.

The flop was {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Geilich check-called a bet of 7,000.

The turn was the {6-Hearts} and again Geilich checked, and this time called a bet of 12,000 from his opponent. The river was the {5-Diamonds} and both players checked.

Geilich showed {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} but his opponent held {k-Clubs}{k-Spades} and took down the pot. Geilich still has a healthy stack as players head off on their 75-minute dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
80,000
27,000
27,000

Early Big Stacks

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Andrey Kotelnikov ru
Andrey Kotelnikov
225,000
225,000
225,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
210,000
45,000
45,000
EPT 1X Winner
Rhys Jones gb
Rhys Jones
200,000
200,000
200,000
Iliodoros Kamatakis gr
Iliodoros Kamatakis
180,000
130,000
130,000
Alen Bilic ba
Alen Bilic
175,000
125,000
125,000
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
150,000
150,000
150,000
Ghassan Bitar lb
Ghassan Bitar
135,000
5,000
5,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
130,000
40,000
40,000
Erik Hellman se
Erik Hellman
130,000
130,000
130,000
Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
110,000
32,000
32,000

Bustouts

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

The following players all ran out of one of their bullets.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Jeppson
Christian Jeppson
Busted
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
Busted
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Busted
Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
Busted
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
Busted
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
Busted
Robin Hegele de
Robin Hegele
Busted
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Yan Li cn
Yan Li
Busted
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
Busted
Jiachen Gong ca
Jiachen Gong
Busted
Frank Williams us
Frank Williams
Busted
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
Busted

Last Year's Runner Up Kuljinder Sidhu Eliminated by Thomas Muehloecker

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante
Kully Sidhu
Kully Sidhu

Kuljinder Sidhu opened from early position to 1,400 and Thomas Muehloecker three-bet from the button to 3,600. Sidhu called.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Sidhu check-called a bet of 2,900 from Muehloecker. The turn was the {2-Clubs} and again Sidhu check-called a bet from his opponent, this time for 4,700.

The river was the {8-Spades} and Sidhu open-shoved for his remaining chips. Last year's runner-up to Mustapha Kanit had just over 15,000 left in his stack and Muehloecker quickly made the call. Sidhu showed {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} but Muehloecker, who 21st in the same event last year, held {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and took the pot, eliminating Sidhu.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
95,000
45,000
45,000
Kuljinder Sidhu gb
Kuljinder Sidhu
Busted

Tags: Kuljinder SidhuThomas Muehloecker

Yaxi Zhu With The Four-bet

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante
Yaxi Zhu
Yaxi Zhu

Team PokerStars China is represented by the lovely Yaxi Zhu, who burst onto the tournament scene two years ago. She's not just a pretty face, as Zhu has already racked up notable cashes all over the world. Her biggest cash to date is a massive €119,100 score in a €2,000 tournament during the Eureka portion of EPT 11 Prague. Zhu also cashed last year's EPT Main Event in Barcelona, banking €13,475 for an 115th place.

She's looking to top those finishes today's €10,300 EPT High Roller event, and is off to a good start. In her latest hand, she opened the cutoff to 1,500, only to have Jason Wheeler three-bet to 4,100 from the small blind. Zhu four-betted to 10,500 and Wheeler gave it up.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
45,000
-5,000
-5,000
Yaxi Zhu cn
Yaxi Zhu
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Jason WheelerYaxi Zhu

Philipp Gruissem Doubles Up

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante
Philipp Gruissem
Philipp Gruissem

German High Roller Philipp Gruissem, sporting one of poker's finest moustaches, moved up to a six-figure stack. On a board of {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades}{10-Spades}, Gruissem called a river shove holding {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. His opponent flashed {A-}{Q-} and had to move 31,375 of his stack to the German, on top of the chips in the already large pot.

Gruissem, who busted the Main Event late last night in 99th place (€11,170), goes up to 110,000.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
110,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Philipp Gruissem

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

Counts

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
165,000
115,000
115,000
EPT 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
143,000
93,000
93,000
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
133,000
83,000
83,000
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
100,000
50,000
50,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
90,000
40,000
40,000
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
80,000
EPT 1X Winner
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
43,000
6,000
6,000
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
40,000
-10,000
-10,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
40,000
40,000
40,000
Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
25,000
-25,000
-25,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
22,000
-29,000
-29,000
EPT 1X Winner
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
20,000
-30,000
-30,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
20,000
20,000
20,000
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
20,000
20,000
20,000
$25K Fantasy
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