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
Entries
1,785
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Bart's Better Boat

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Dutchman Bart Kuiper is already sitting on 43,000, after being the beneficiary of a full-house-over-full-house situation. According to Kuiper, Stephen Chidwick opened under the gun and two other players called. Kuiper called with {10-}{8-} from the small blind, and the big blind called as well, creating a five-way pot.

The flop {10-}{10-}{8-} was gin for Kuiper. He checked, as did the other players. The Dutchman led out big on the {6-} turn, with Chidwick as the only caller. On the {Q-} river, Kuiper bet 2,500 in a 2,700 pot, Chidwick raised to 7,500, and Kuiper called.

Chidwick showed {8-}{8-} for the lower fullh ouse, and had to move a sizable portion of his starting stack to Kuiper.

Player Chips Progress
Bart Kuiper nl
Bart Kuiper
43,000
13,000
13,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
17,000
-13,000
-13,000

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Charlie Carrel Flops the World

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Charlie Carrel
Charlie Carrel

Charlie Carrel skipped out on the World Series of Vegas, and elected not to play the €50,000 Super High Roller which reached its final table late last night. However, he's making the most of his Main Event as this hand between him and Johannes Korsar proves.

Carrel raised to 300 and Johannes Korsar three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind. Carrel called and the pair saw a flop of {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Spades}.

Korsar checked to Carrel who bet 2,000 and the Swede called. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and again Korsar checked. This time, Carrel bet 4,000. Korsar called for a second time.

The river was the {6-Spades} and Korsar checked for the third time. Carrel bet 11,000 and after less than a minute's thought, Korsar called. Carrel quickly turned over {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for a flopped full house: tens full of queens, and Korsar mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
40,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel

Chip Counts

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kestutis Gecevicius lt
Kestutis Gecevicius
66,000
36,000
36,000
Andreas Hoivold no
Andreas Hoivold
40,000
10,000
10,000
EPT 1X Winner
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
35,000
35,000
35,000
Robert Soogea nl
Robert Soogea
33,000
3,000
3,000
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
32,000
2,000
2,000
Jeremy Nock gb
Jeremy Nock
32,000
32,000
32,000
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
31,000
1,000
1,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
30,000
3,500
3,500
Raul van Boxtel nl
Raul van Boxtel
30,000
30,000
30,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
30,000
-1,000
-1,000
Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
27,000
27,000
27,000
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
27,000
27,000
27,000
Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
24,000
24,000
24,000
Shander de Vries nl
Shander de Vries
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
20,000
-10,000
-10,000

Vogelsang Reads Well, Runs Bad

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Christoph Vogelsang in yesterday's 50k Super High Roller
Christoph Vogelsang in yesterday's 50k Super High Roller

After earlier action, Majid Noubarian from Iran three-bet preflop to 1,100 on the button. Christoph Vogelsang four-bet to 3,200 from the small blind. Noubarian then five-bet to 8,500, and Vogelsang called.

The flop was {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, Vogelsang checked, Noubarian bet 5,000, and Vogelsang called.

On the {9-Hearts} turn, Vogelsang checked a second time, and Noubarian snap-shoved for 40,000. It was effectively for 20,000, Vogelsang's remaining stack. The German went deep in the tank and tried to chat up his opponent.

"If you have the best hand in poker, you win." Vogelsang remarked to a stoic Noubarian. The Iranian didn't respond to Vogelsang's attempts to extract information and stared in front of him. Suddenly, after five minutes of being stared down, he spoke up.

"Flush draw?" asked Noubarian.

"Flush draw? No, I told you what I had," smiled Vogelsang. Even with the slightly less tense atmosphere, the German couldn't decide whether to call off the rest of his stack. After eight minutes of tanking, his tablemates had enough and called the clock on Vogelsang. It took the German thirty more seconds before he smashed one of his chip stacks in the middle.

Majid Noubarian: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}
Christoph Vogelsang: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

As it turned out, it was Vogelsang's opponent who had the flush draw. The German was in great shape to double up, but still needed to dodge an ace or heart to survive. The river, however, was the {4-Hearts}, completing Noubarian's flush. The Iranian lets out an audible "Yes!" and stacked up Vogelsang's chips, with the latter head-shakingly seeking out his friends at the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Majid Noubarian ir
Majid Noubarian
66,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
Busted

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Ben Heath Talks His Way to Chips

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Move over William Kassouf, there's a new motormouth in town. It appears that Benjamin Heath might have got some lessons in tabletalk from his fellow Brit, as demonstrated in this hand against Simon Boss.

Heath was facing a 6,000 bet from Boss into a pot of around 10,000 on a board of {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. After some consideration, Heath moved enough chips forward to put his opponent all in.

There was a moment's silence before Boss spoke up: "It's hard to fold a set," he said.

"You can!" replied Heath, "You have 18k and..." (he paused to check the tournament clock), "Six levels. A whole day of fun times to be had."

Boss counted out his stack, but Heath wasn't letting up with the talking. "One fold for a whole day of fun. I think that's a very fair price," he continued.

Eventually, Boss threw a single chip forward signalling a call. Heath turned over {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} for a rivered top set. True to his word, Boss showed {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and started to gather his things.

"So lucky," said Boss.

"Yes," came the one-word reply from Heath.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
75,000
45,000
45,000

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Andrey Konopelko Chipping Up Nicely

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

It is often said that you can't win a tournament on the first day, but you can certainly lose it, as demonstrated earlier by Christoph Vogelsang.

On a flop of {3-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} Andry Konopelko's opponent checked and the Belarussian bet 500. His opponent called. The pair checked the turn which was the {q-Diamonds} before the {10-Diamonds} was dealt on the river.

Again his opponent checked to him, allowing Konopelko to bet 1,000. After some thought his opponent called, but mucked when shown {a-Spades}{q-Clubs} for top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Konopelko (Andrei Konopelko)
Andrey Konopelko (Andrei Konopelko)
39,000

Tags: andrey konopelko

Counts

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Bart Kuiper nl
Bart Kuiper
55,000
12,000
12,000
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
50,000
22,000
22,000
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
45,000
45,000
45,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
33,000
3,000
3,000
Winamax
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
30,000
13,000
13,000
Shola Akindele gb
Shola Akindele
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
PokerStars
Mateusz Moolhuizen nl
Mateusz Moolhuizen
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Ronald Keijzer nl
Ronald Keijzer
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Daniel Reijmer nl
Daniel Reijmer
20,000
-10,000
-10,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
20,000
-10,000
-10,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25