2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Alexander Petersen
Winning Hand
aa44
Prize
€213,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€776,000
Entries
80
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Down to Four Tables

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Juha Helppi
Juha Helppi

Alex Komaromi, Thomas Cazayous and Eelis Parssinen have been eliminated, the latter sent his chips over to Jean-Noel Thorel. Another big name almost experienced the same fate, but Juha Helppi doubled through Krzysztof Magott.

Helppi was all in after a flop of {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and showed the {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. Magott had the {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{9-Hearts} and the {A-Diamonds} turn and {8-Spades} river gave Helppi a winning flush.

There are only 31 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
220,000 151,000
Krzysztof Magott pl
Krzysztof Magott
100,000 -35,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
80,000 25,000
Alex Komaromi uy
Alex Komaromi
Busted
Thomas Cazayous fr
Thomas Cazayous
Busted
Eelis Parssinen fi
Eelis Parssinen
Busted

Tags: Alex KomaromiEelis ParssinenJuha HelppiKrzysztof MagottThomas CazayousJean-Noel Thorel

Triple Knockout for Garcia

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
Jan-Peter Jachtmann

On the flop of {J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} there were already two all in triangles in front of Balint Sebestyen and Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who had moved all in for 12,500. Cord Garcia called and exposed his cards already while Max Silver was still to act with very few chips. The floor was called and Silver nodded "it's okay, I call."

Balint Sebestyen: {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{3-Diamonds}
Jan-Peter Jachtmann: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Spades}
Max Silver: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Cord Garcia: {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{X-}

The {10-Spades} turn and {3-Spades} river failed to improve either of the players at risk and Garcia scored the triple knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
190,000 50,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
Busted
Balint Sebestyen hu
Balint Sebestyen
Busted
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
Busted

Tags: Balint SebestyenCord GarciaJan-Peter JachtmannMax Silver

Cahill Takes the Lead

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

"Seat open" came the announcement from table two and Jacob Ramussen, who had a decent stack before the dinner break, was on his way out of the door. A quick look at his former table revealed a massive stack for Seamus Cahill and Bogdan Capitan was kind enough to provide the details.

According to Capitan, Johan Espholm had raised and picked up a caller in Dany Chidiac, then Cahill squeezed to 20,000 and Rasmussen in the big blind reraised the pot to 80,000. Action folded to Cahill and he called to see a {7-}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop. Rasmussen jammed with {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades} for the flush draw and Cahill called with {A-}{A-}{6-}{5-} for aces and the open-ended straight draw.

Also out: Andre Filipe Veiga Araujo Dos Santos and Sampo Ryynanen.

Player Chips Progress
Seamus Cahill ie
Seamus Cahill
470,000 210,000
Jacob Rasmussen dk
Jacob Rasmussen
Busted
Sampo Ryynanen fi
Sampo Ryynanen
Busted
Andre Filipe Veiga Araujo Dos Santos
Andre Filipe Veiga Araujo Dos Santos
Busted

Tags: Andre Filipe Veiga Araujo Dos SantosBogdan CapitanDany ChidiacJohan EspholmSampo RyynanenSeamus Cahill

Shak Doubles Through Bujtas

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Dominykas Karmazinas
Dominykas Karmazinas

"I wasn't even going to play this hand if I wasn't for this guy," Dan Shak said and added "I will probably bust now" after he got it in against Laszlo Bujtas with the turn showing {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

Dan Shak: {Q-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Laszlo Bujtas: {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The {8-Hearts} on the river was a blank and Shak doubled with a set of deuces.

"You owe me dinner now," Cord Garcia chimed in. Their table broke right after, as Dominykas Karmazinas had busted in one of the first hands after the dinner break, which reduced the field to the last 40 hopefuls.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
190,000 115,000
Laszlo Bujtas hu
Laszlo Bujtas
40,000 -85,000
Dominykas Karmazinas lt
Dominykas Karmazinas
Busted

Tags: Cord GarciaDan ShakDominykas KarmazinasLaszlo Bujtas

Prize Pool Information Released

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Once the players returned from the dinner break, the prize pool information was shown on the screens. A total of 80 entries, including 18 re-entries, created a prize pool of €776,000 and the top 11 spots will get paid as follows.

PlacePrize (EUR)
1€213,400
2€151,700
3€99,330
4€76,440
5€60,530
6€47,335
7€37,250
8€29,100
9€22,115
10€19,400
11€19,400

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Karapanos Busts Before Dinner; Cahill Joins the Big Stacks

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Michail Karapanos was already all in while the turn showed {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and a bet of 50,000 by Dany Chidiac was called by Seamus Cahill. Chidiac also bet the {K-Clubs} on the river for 55,000 and Cahill announced "I call" for most of his remaining stack.

Chidiac smalled his {Q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} on the table, which Cahill had beat with {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} for kings and queens. Karapanos mucked {J-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for a wrap that missed and was eliminated in the last hand before dinner.

Player Chips Progress
Seamus Cahill ie
Seamus Cahill
260,000 212,000
Dany Chidiac lb
Dany Chidiac
60,000 -120,000
Michail Karapanos gr
Michail Karapanos
Busted

Tags: Dany ChidiacMichail KarapanosSeamus Cahill

Komaromi Takes a Hit

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel, who finished 2nd in yesterday's €50,000 Single-Day High Roller, was all in and at risk for 30,300 before the flop and Alex Komaromi on the button isolated with a reraise to force out everyone else.

Jean-Noel Thorel: {Q-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Alex Komaromi: {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades}

The board came {Q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and Thorel doubled with a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Komaromi uy
Alex Komaromi
85,000 -35,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
69,000 39,000

Tags: Alex KomaromiJean-Noel Thorel

Bedell Eliminated by Soininen

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

The flop showed {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Tom-Aksel Bedell got his remaining 38,000 in against Niko Soininen.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: {A-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
Niko Soininen: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Spades}

Soininen had flopped top two pair while Bedell had top pair and a gutshot straight draw. The {6-Diamonds} turn gave the Norwegian a few more outs, but the {5-Hearts} river was a blank to eliminate Bedell.

Player Chips Progress
Niko Soininen fi
Niko Soininen
210,000 85,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
Busted

Tags: Niko SoininenTom-Aksel Bedell