2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€1,100 EPT National
Day: 4
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€547,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€4,127,560
Entries
4,348
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000

Claudio Di Giacomo Eliminated in 4th Place (€197,000)

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Claudio Di Giacomo
Claudio Di Giacomo

Claudio Di Giacomo shoved all in for 5,000,000 from the cutoff and Julien Martini snap-called from the big blind.

Claudio Di Giacomo: {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Julien Martini: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The flop came down {J-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts} to give Di Giacomo some extra outs. The turn was the {9-Clubs} and the river the {3-Clubs}, which kept Martini in the lead. Under thunderous applause from his friends at the rail, Di Giacomo made his way to the exit in 4th place and went off to collect €197,000 in winnings.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
60,500,000 5,500,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
Busted

Tags: Claudio Di GiacomoJulien Martini

Jerome L'Hostis Eliminated in 5th Place (€155,000)

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Jerome L'Hostis
Jerome L'Hostis

Julien Martini open-shoved from the small blind and Jerome L'Hostis called all in for about 10 million from the big blind.

Julien Martini: {10-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Jerome L'Hostis: {A-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}

The French dealer fanned out {3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and Martini spiked his eight on the river to send L'Hostis to the rail. Claudio Di Giacomo jumped to his friends on the rail, celebrating the payjump, while L'Hostis shook hands with everyone and said his goodbyes.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
55,000,000 10,500,000
Jerome L'Hostis fr
Jerome L'Hostis
Busted

Tags: Jerome L'HostisJulien Martini

Di Giacomo Doubles Through Martini

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Julien Martini raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun and Claudio Di Giacomo shoved for 2,500,000 all in on the button. Back on Martini — who folded earlier in a similar spot — he gave it some thought to weigh the pro's and cons and called it off after twenty seconds.

Claudio Di Giacomo: {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Julien Martini: {5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

The {3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop brought an extra sweat for Di Giacomo, but the {Q-Diamonds} turn and {K-Hearts} river remained safe. A loud "vamos" sounded from the rail as his friends celebrated the double.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
44,500,000 -1,500,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
6,500,000 2,500,000

Tags: Claudio Di GiacomoJulien Martini

Ah-Line Doubles Through Martini

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Alberto Ah-Line
Alberto Ah-Line

Alberto Ah-Line shoved 6,000,000 on the button and Julien Martini called in the big blind after some thought.

Alberto Ah-Line: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}
Julien Martini: {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and Ah-Line cheered with his rail to celebrate the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
46,000,000 -5,000,000
Alberto Ah-Line fr
Alberto Ah-Line
12,900,000 3,900,000
Jerome L'Hostis fr
Jerome L'Hostis
8,500,000 -1,500,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
4,000,000 -1,500,000

Tags: Alberto Ah LineJulien Martini

Di Giacomo on Life Support, Gets Oxygen From Martini

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Claudio Di Giacomo
Claudio Di Giacomo

Julien Martini raised to 1,200,000 from the cutoff, Claudio Di Giacomo shrugged and called all in from the small blind for 600,000 and Alberto Ah-Line called as well.

On the {K-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts} flop, Ah-Line checked, Martini bet 900,000 and Ah-Line called. The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and Ah-Line check-folded to a 2,100,000 bet from Martini.

Claudio Di Giacomo: {8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Julien Martini: {J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

The river was the {5-Diamonds} and Di Giacomo quadrupled up. In the next hand, Martini raised to 1,600,000 but folded to a shove from Di Giacomo for not much more. Martini seems keen to leverage his position with the short stacks in play as long as possible.

Player Chips Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
5,500,000 2,200,000

Tags: Alberto Ah LineClaudio Di GiacomoJulien Martini

Shoves Getting Through

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Both Jerome L'Hostis and Alberto Ah-Line got a shove through to add chips to their short stack. L'Hostis did it by shoving over a raise from Martini, while Ah-Line open-shoved with {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} on the button. Both players remain below the 20 big blind mark.

Player Chips Progress
Jerome L'Hostis fr
Jerome L'Hostis
10,000,000 2,250,000
Alberto Ah-Line fr
Alberto Ah-Line
9,000,000

Tags: Alberto Ah LineJerome L'Hostis

Platinum Pass: Rolando Camardese Wins $30,000 Platinum Pass in the EPT Cup

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Rolando Camardese
Rolando Camardese

A total of 158 players out of a field of 3,287 returned to the Pau Casals room at Casino Barcelona for Day 2 of the 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €550 EPT Cup and another Pineapple Flipout for the coveted Platinum Pass was up for grabs. The room was buzzing in preparation for Day 2 of the EPT Cup and the €100,000 Super High Roller, and all tables played one flipout to get to the semi-finals with two tables of 10 players. Among those were also Jackson White, Yorane Kerignard and Antonina Anapolska, but neither of them was fortunate enough to win their flip.

In the first semi-final, Mickael Vongsouthi hit a flush with {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} to book his seat for the heads-up duel, while Rolando Camardese claimed his spot with {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}. Vongsouthi and Camardese faced off in the final and it was Camardese, who hails from Maastricht in the Netherlands, that won his entry for the 2019 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC) on The Bahamas worth $30,000 in total.

Platinum Pass
Flipout for the Platinum Pass on Day 2 of the €550 EPT Cup

Tags: Rolando Camardese

Di Giacomo Doubles Up

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Claudio Di Giacomo has been folding hand after hand but finally, with just 1,200,000 — two big blinds — remaining, he found a hand with {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} under the gun. Jerome L'Hostis auto-called with {J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} from the big blind.

Di Giacomo doubled after the board ran out {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{10-Spades} and kept hanging around.

Player Chips Progress
Jerome L'Hostis fr
Jerome L'Hostis
7,750,000 -4,250,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
3,300,000 -1,400,000

Tags: Claudio Di GiacomoJerome L'Hostis