2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k2
Prize
€1,650,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€100,000
Prize Pool
€5,239,080
Entries
54
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000

Loeliger Chips Up Through Smith

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Linus Loeliger
Linus Loeliger

Having lost the previous hand to Dan Smith, Linus Loeliger kept at it and raised to 6,500, which was called by Smith in the small blind and Dario Sammartino in the big blind. The flop brought {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades} and the action checked to Loeliger, who bet 10,000 and was called both ways.

On the {K-Spades} turn, Smith and Sammartino opted to check once more and Loeliger bet 30,000, only Smith called this time around and checked the {2-Hearts} on the river. Loeliger fired a third barrel for 100,000 and Smith gave it some thought before calling.

Loeliger rolled over {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for a set and raked in a big pot on his second bullet for the day.

Player Chips Progress
Linus Loeliger ch
Linus Loeliger
485,000 160,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
330,000 170,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
260,000 -125,000

Tags: Dan SmithDario SammartinoLinus Loeliger

LeFrancois Chips Up Further

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sergio Aido lost almost half of a stack when Pascal LeFrancois hit a full house with pocket kings and the Canadian then took on Wai Leong Chan for a shot to chip up further.

Joining the action on the {3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts} turn, Chan bet 21,000 in the hijack and LeFrancois on the button called. The {7-Spades} appeared on the river and Chan now fired a bet of 60,000. LeFrancois used one time bank and called to get shown {K-Spades}{J-Spades} for king-high, LeFrancois claimed the next decent pot with {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
485,000 240,000
Wai Leong Chan my
Wai Leong Chan
275,000 -95,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
135,000 -115,000

Tags: Pascal LeFrancoisSergio AidoWai Leong Chan

Greenwood Eliminated by Winter

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Lucas Greenwood
Lucas Greenwood

Sean Winter opened and Luc Greenwood three-bet all in for 65,000. Winter called.

Sean Winter: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Luc Greenwood: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and despite both players pushing their cards towards the board in hope of hitting, ace-king was good enough for Winter and he eliminated Greenwood.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
385,000 80,000
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
Busted

Tags: Luc GreenwoodSean Winter

Adams Eliminated by Chan

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

The cards were almost rushed away and Timothy Adams was spotted on his way out of the tournament area, his {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} still visible. In a battle of the blinds, he was all in and at risk after a {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop against the {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} of Wai Leong Chan and the board completed with the {K-Hearts} turn and the {4-Diamonds} river.

In the meanwhile, Benjamin Pollak has joined the field and taken a seat over on table four to bring up the field size to 38 entries.

Player Chips Progress
Wai Leong Chan my
Wai Leong Chan
370,000 155,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
250,000 250,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
Busted

Tags: Timothy AdamsWai Leong ChanBenjamin Pollak

Greenwood Uses "Perfect Timing" to Double Through Zinno

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Lucas Greenwood
Lucas Greenwood

Luc Greenwood moved all in for 34,000 from under the gun. Anthony Zinno called in the small blind and Sean Winter open-folded {a-}{4-} in the big blind.

Luc Greenwood: {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Anthony Zinno: {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Winter slammed the table in frustration and the flop came {8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. The {a-Clubs} came on the turn and Greenwood got to his feet just as the {q-Diamonds} came on the river giving him the win.

Greenwood sat back down.

"Perfect timing," said Bryn Kenney sitting to is direct left "That was skill!"

"It's uncanny how much it works!" said Dan Smith who was watching the action from a neighbouring table.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
250,000 -35,000
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
75,000 40,000

Tags: Anthony ZinnoBryn KenneyDan SmithLuc GreenwoodSean Winter

Chan Folds to Jam of Peters; Busts Soyza

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Michael Soyza
Michael Soyza

A bigger pot was brewing over on table two and the flop of {J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} brought a bet of 28,000 by Wai Leong Chan in the cutoff and a call by David Peters on the button. On the {10-Spades} turn, Chan continued for another 60,000 and Peters came along to see the {7-Diamonds} on the river. Chan checked and Peters bet 275,000, which had the remaining stack of Chan easily covered.

The Malaysian let his shot clock run down to three seconds and folded.

One hand later, Michael Soyza got his last 28,500 in preflop and Chan called in the hijack, all other opponents folded.

Michael Soyza: {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}
Wai Leong Chan: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}

The {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop saw Soyza tap the table and grab his belongings, but he leaned back after the {5-Spades} turn to see if the runner runner miracle would happen. It didn't as the {9-Hearts} river was a blank.

"Guess it's time for round two," Soyza said on his way out.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
565,000 65,000
Wai Leong Chan my
Wai Leong Chan
215,000 -35,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
Busted

Tags: David PetersMichael SoyzaWai Leong Chan

"Slammy" Greenwood Bests Petrangelo

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
SamGreenwood
SamGreenwood

Sam Greenwood defended his big blind from a Nick Petrangelo open and the pair checked the {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts} flop. Greenwood bet 15,000 on the {10-Clubs} turn and Petrangelo called.

The river was the {9-Spades} and Greenwood bet 50,500 leaving himself just 500 behind.

"You got king-five Slammy?" asked Petrangelo. "That's about all I beat."

Petrangelo used up a time extension before folding. Greenwood turned over the {k-Diamonds}.

"I f*cking knew it," said Petrangelo. "If you had king-five you'd have to show it right?"

"No," said Greenwood, "I'd just keep you guessing!"

Tags: Nick PetrangeloSam Greenwood