2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€1,122,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€8,657,250
Total Entries
1,785
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 1,785
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Mike McDonald vs Victor Bogdanov

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Dario Sammartino opened to 700 and got two callers in Victor Bogdanov on the button and Mike McDonald in the big blind.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and McDonald checked to Sammartino who bet 1,300. Bogdanov called and McDonald then check-raised to 4,500. Both Bogdanov and McDonald called. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and this time it checked to Bogdanov who bet 9,000. McDonald called and Sammartino folded.

The river was a fourth club, the {k-Clubs} and both players checked. McDonald turned over a flush with {7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}, but Bogdanov had a higher flush (albeit not the highest one), with {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}.

Tags: Mike McDonald

Varnell Gives Up The River

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

On a {Q-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop, Craig Varnell had 2,500 in front of him, and Pavel Veksler, a PokerStars qualifier from Israël, called the bet. The turn was the {6-Hearts}, prompting a quick 5,800 bet from Varnell. Veksler called again.

Varnell, an EPT side event winner and fresh off a six-figure score in America, checked the {9-Clubs} river, and quickly folded to a 9,300 bet from Veksler.

Tags: Craig VarnellPavel Veksler

Steve O'Dwyer's All-in Gets Through

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

A player in early position raised to 750, and got one caller before Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 3,700 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the initial raiser then four-bet to 7,500. The caller folded and O'Dwyer made the call.

The three players checked the flop and turn of {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} before O'Dwyer capped his cards with two 25-value chips, and moved the rest all in. It was around 8,000, so just under half pot, and his opponent thought long and hard, checking and re-checking his cards before folding.

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer

Grafton Flops Trips, Gets Paid

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Dominik Nitsche opened under the gun to 700. Andreas Hoivold called, Marco Frenken called, and Sam Grafton called from the big blind. The flop was {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, and both Grafton and Nitsche checked. Hoivold bet 900, Frenken folded, Grafton check-raised to 2,200, Nitsche folded, and Hoivold called.

'SamSquid' led out 4,100 on the {J-Spades} turn and got a call. On the {J-Hearts} river, Grafton fired 6,200 and once again Hoivold made the call.

Grafton showed {4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for a full house, and his Norwegian opponent mucked.

Tags: Andreas HoivoldSam Grafton

Xiaoyang Luo vs Charlie Carrel

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Two players with above average chip stacks are Xiaoyang Luo and Charlie Carrel. In this hand Luo opened from the hijack to 700.

"You're still playing loads, right?" asks Carrel from the small blind, as Luo gives him a clear view of his stack. He has a healthy 50,000 or so behind. Carrel calls, as does the player in the big blind.

The flop is {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Carrel led for 1,600. The big blind folded and Luo called from the big blind. The turn was the {q-Hearts} and both players checked. The river was the {8-Diamonds}. Carrel checked and Luo quickly checked behind.

Carrel turned over {5-}{5-}, but Luo won with {k-}{k-}.

Fashionably Late Champions

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo

True stars show up fashionably late, and the EPT Main Event in Barcelona is no exception to that. 2014 WSOP Main Event winner Martin Jacobson, three-time WPT and WSOP-bracelet winner Anthony Zinno, EPT Malta winner Jean Montury, WSOP-bracelet winner David Peters and Nick Petrangelo, who won the €10,000 High Roller here in Barcelona earlier this week, all took their places in the already stacked field.

Tags: Anthony ZinnoDavid PetersJean MonturyMartin JacobsonNick Petrangelo

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

Joao Vieira Chips Up

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Joao Vieira
Joao Vieira

When we got to the table the clock had been called on Joao Vieira's opponent. The board was complete and it read {3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. His opponent had checked and Vieira had bet a hefty 6,000 into a pot of around that much. Midway through the clock, his opponent called.

Vieira showed {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for a full house and his opponent mucked. The Portuguese EPT regular is amassing chips midway through Day 1a

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Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Reijmer Can't Make Tuna Fold

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Akin Tuna
Akin Tuna

After firing three bullets in the €50,000 Super High Roller without avail, Akin Tuna is here today to try his luck in the Main Event. He's off to a solid start, already doubling his starting stack. Two hands with Daniel Reijmer helped him on his way there.

Hand 1

On a board of {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, Daniel Reijmer check-called a 1,100 bet from Tuna. Reijmer check-called a bet of 2,100 on the {8-Hearts} turn. The river was the {7-Diamonds}, and Reijmer decided to lead out 5,500. Tuna took his time, then called with pocket kings. Reijmer had {7-Spades}{6-Spades} for a pair of sevens and dropped some chips.

Hand 2

In the next hand, Tuna opened to 525 from middle position. Daniel Reijmer three-bet to 1,700 from the small blind, and Tuna called. Reijmer fired another 1,800 bullet on the {K-}{Q-}{6-} flop, also called by Tuna. On the {4-Hearts} turn, Reijmer quickly check-folded to a 2,200 bet from the Turkish High Roller.

Tags: Akin TunaDaniel Reijmer