€5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€8,657,250
Entries
1,785
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Sebastian Malec Makes Waves on Day 4 at the 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona Main Event
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
With 24 players remaining, Sebastian Malec leads the field as just three tables of players head to Day 5 of the 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona Main Event.
The day started with a flurry of action, bringing the field down from 98 players to 75 in the first level. We lost Van Hiep Tran, Tobias Revenas and Padraig O'Neill before we knew it, and they were swiftly followed out of the door by players such as Jerome Sgorrano, Ping Liu and Daniel Tang, whose pocket sevens lost to Pavel Veksler's pocket tens .
They weren't the only players to exit in their droves, as big names continued to fall on Day 4. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Team Online PokerStars Pro Mikhail Shalamov both exited, ahead of Eugene Katchalov and Sam Grafton, who almost lasted the day before his hopeful move with ace-three suited ran into the monster hand of pocket queens for Anthony Chimkovitch.
Chimkovitch was one of the several players who looked certain to run up a huge lead only to crash into a brick wall just when the opportunity to do so arose. He was desperately unlucky not to eliminate Alexandru Baron when Baron's pocket tens spiked a set when committed pre-flop against Chimkovitch's pocket aces.
After exits for top professionals such as Byron Kaverman and local players such as Daniel Luis, who has now cashed twice in this EPT festival, we made it to 24 players. Sebastian Malec leads the way with 5,640,000, a huge chunk of chips clear of second-placed Uri Reichenstein with 3,870,000.
Tomorrow will see us bring the field from 24 players to the official final table. One of those will be crowned EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion for 2016 and pocket a cool €1,122,800!
Join us as of 12 p.m. noon local time tomorrow for all the action as the PokerNews team continue to bring you all the drama, tension, and excitement until a winner lifts the trophy on Sunday evening.
Day 5 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nuno Capucho | Portugal | 2,150,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Alisan Holozlu | Germany | 1,615,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Uri Reichenstein | Germany | 3,870,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Olli Autiö | Finland | 1,495,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Konstantin Puchkov | Russia | 2,360,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | 5,640,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Thomas De Rooij | Netherlands | 1,905,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Stefan Vogt | Germany | 1,100,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 3,245,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Jean-Jacques Zeitoun | France | 2,300,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Mikhail Molchanov | Russia | 1,310,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Alexandru Baron | Canada | 3,660,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Pavel Veksler | Israel | 2,435,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Zorlu Er | Turkey | 1,225,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Adam Owen | UK | 2,045,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Stephen Malone | Ireland | 1,000,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Harcharan Dogra Dogra | Spain | 2,225,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Anthony Chimkovitch | Belgium | 1,075,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Andreas Chalkiadakis | Greece | 3,140,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Morten Mortensen | Denmark | 2,075,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Simon Lofberg | Sweden | 1,930,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 745,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | 2,135,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Andrea Cortellazzi | Italy | 2,925,000 |
End-Of-Day Counts (full)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,640,000 | -60,000 |
|
3,870,000 | -530,000 |
|
3,660,000 | 60,000 |
|
3,245,000 | 545,000 |
|
3,140,000 | 210,000 |
|
2,925,000 | 225,000 |
|
2,435,000 | -115,000 |
|
2,360,000 | 350,000 |
|
2,300,000 | |
|
2,225,000 | 940,000 |
|
2,150,000 | 710,000 |
|
2,135,000 | -500,000 |
|
2,075,000 | -1,025,000 |
|
2,045,000 | -55,000 |
|
1,930,000 | -370,000 |
|
1,905,000 | 255,000 |
|
1,615,000 | 365,000 |
|
1,495,000 | -755,000 |
|
1,310,000 | -890,000 |
|
1,225,000 | 275,000 |
|
1,100,000 | 60,000 |
|
1,075,000 | -25,000 |
|
1,000,000 | -1,100,000 |
|
745,000 | -805,000 |
Day 4 Finished
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
The remaining 24 players bagged up and will return tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time. All chip counts and a recap of today's action will be available shortly.
Alexandru Baron Cripples and Eliminates Damien Luis
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Hand 1
It folded to Damien Luis in the small blind who raises to 110,000. Alexandru Baron was in the big blind and three-bet to 300,000. Luis thought before four-betting to 650,000. The action was back on Baron who five-bet all in and Luis called.
Damien Luis: 
Alexandru Baron: 
The board ran out 
and Luis was left with around 300,000 in chips.
Hand 2
In the very next hand, Damien Luis open shoved from the button for his remaining chips. Alexandru Baron called in the small blind and action was on Adam Owen in the big blind. He asked how much the all in was for and after a couple of minutes elected to fold. The cards were turned over, with Luis holding 
and Baron 
. Meanwhile, Owen had shot to his feet and was shaking his head.
"Sevens?" asked Baron as the board began to be dealt, "Ace-Queen?" It seemed like the focus was on what Owen folded more than what the board was going to run out.
The flop came 
, and although the 
on the turn meant that Luis was open-ended, the river was the 
meaning the Frenchman was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000 | 1,840,000 |
|
Busted |
Andreas Chalkadiakis and Anthony Chimkovitch Meet Twice
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, Andreas Chalkiadakis checked in the big blind and Anthony Chimkovitch bt 115,000. The third player in the hand folded and Chalkiadakis called. The on the turn saw Chalkiadakis check, Chimkovitch bet 275,000 and the Greek folded.
Soon after, the two were in a battle of the blinds and Chalkiadakis bet the 
flop for 105,000. Chimkovitch called in the big blind and the 
turn went check, check. After the river, Chalkiadakis bet 415,000 and Chimkovitch called to see the former turn over 
and the latter muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,930,000 | 1,010,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | -350,000 |
Sebastian Malec Calls Ace on the River to Bust Aram Sargsyan
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Sebastian Malec raised to 90,000 from under the gun and Aram Sargsyan moved all in for 515,000. Malek eventually called and the cards were tabled.
Sargsyan: 
Malek:
"The way I run, the ace comes on the river," Malec said in table chat. The flop came 
and the 
was a blank as well, but as predicted by Malec, the 
appeared on the river and Sargsyan exited in 26th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000 | 1,700,000 |
|
Busted |
Adam Owen Busts Spyridon Koukouris
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Koukouris was busted in 27th place when he decided to move all in over the top of Owen's 90'000 opening bet. Koukouris' move all in was for a huge 870,000 with 
and Owen made the call with 
.
The board of 
saw Koukouris depart and Owen leap to a Day 4 high stack of well over two million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000 | 950,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Jose Quintas Busts to Morten Mortensen
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
It had been rather quiet with regards to Jose Quintas as of lately and his stack had plummeted a lot. When Morten Mortensen raised to 90,000 from early position, Quintas shoved the big blind for 560,000 and Mortensen called.
Quintas:
Mortensen:
The 
gave Quintas top pair, but Mortensen had a set. It was all over for the Portuguese on the 
turn, and he grabbed his belongings while the 
appeared on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000 | 800,000 |
|
Busted |
Chebli Chebli Busts on the Feature Table
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Over on the feature table, Stefan Vogt raised to 90,000 from the hijack and Chebli Cheli shoved for 270,000 from the cutoff. All opponents folded and Vogt called.
Chebli:
Vogt:
The 
flop paired up Vogt, and the turn left Chebli drawing dead. An insignificant river completed the board and Chebli was eliminated in 28th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,040,000 | 165,000 |
|
Busted |