2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€2,200 EPT National High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€368,925
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€2,962,380
Entries
1,527
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Frenemies

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Martin Jacobson and Anton Wigg are known to be good friends off the felt, but at the moment they are tablemates and in battle with 208 remaining in Day 1a of the EPT National High Roller.

Wigg has the advantage right now with a chip stack worth 155,000 to Jacobson's 35,000, with the latter looking to increase that number significantly before the end of the play.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
155,000 -155,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
35,000 -55,000

Tags: Anton WiggMartin Jacobson

Platinum Pass: Dariusz Paszkiewicz Wins €550 EPT Cup and A Platinum Pass!

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Dariusz Paszkiewicz, 2018 EPT Barcelona Cup winner
Dariusz Paszkiewicz, 2018 EPT Barcelona Cup winner

The €550 EPT Cup at the PokerStars European Poker Tour in Barcelona has come to an end with Dariusz Paszkiewicz as the winner. In the EPT Cup, the Pole made a three-way deal with Mickael Vongsonthi and [Removed:388], where he walked away with €157,550 and Vongsonthi and Benzerfa with €147,500 each.

Besides the bragging rights of winning the title, the $30,000 Platinum Pass was still up for grabs for the winner of the EPT Cup, and Paszkiewicz emerged victorious after ousting Vongsonthi heads-up. To make things even worse for Vongsonthi, he also lost the Crazy Pineapple Flipout earlier today heads-up to Rolando Camardese! Although winning €147,500 surely must have compensated for any negative feelings, losing out on the Platinum Pass heads-up both times had to be rough for Vongsonthi.

The EPT Cup is always one of the most popular tournaments at the EPT and the 2018 edition in Barcelona was no different. A grand total of 3,287 signed up and took their seats on one of the three starting flights of this two-day tournament. 485 of them would finish in the money with the mincash worth €865, but a three-way bustout between Rocco Palumbo, Felipe Bozzetti Pasqual and Osvaldo Lewis split the last-place prize money three-way.

Notables that cashed included Peter Kamaras (6th - €39,830), Remi Castaignon (12th - €12,400), Antonina Anapolska (26th - €6,240), Erwann Pecheux (46th - €3,910), Julien Sitbon (65th - €3,280), and Dominik Panka (114th - €2,475). Rolando Camardese, who won the Platinum Pass at the start of the day, finished in 116th place (€2,475).

Official Final Table Results €550 EPT Cup

PlacePlayerCountryPrize (EUR)Prize (USD)
1Dariusz PaskiewiczPoland€157,550*$183,108
2Mickael VongsouthiFrance€147,500*$171,416
3[Removed:388]France€147,500*$171,416
4Abedel DouairFrance€71,140$82,692
5Tomasz PajakPoland€54,400$63,234
6Peter KamarasHungary€39,830$46,301
7Zhiping ZengChina€29,930$34,793
8Ovidiu ChirieacRomania€21,450$24,939
9Cezar LaurentiuRomania€16,700$19,416
Dariusz Paszkiewicz
Dariusz Paszkiewicz wins the €550 EPT Cup

Tags: Antonina AnapolskaDariusz PaszkiewiczDominik PankaErwann PecheuxJulien SitbonPeter KamarasRocco PalumboRolando Camardese

Mateu Parreno Survives on the River

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Victor Manuel Mateu Parreno was all in with his tournament life at risk and up against Pierre Mertin. Mertin was ahead, but Mateu Parreno had live outs.

Victor Manuel Mateu Parreno: {k-}{j-}
Pierre Mertin: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Board: {7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

Mateu Parreno was all set to be eliminated after the flop and turn were no help for him. But when the river came the jack of diamonds, he hit top pair and stole the pot from Mertin's grasp and in the process doubled up to 130,000.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Mertin
Pierre Mertin
300,000
Victor Manuel Mateu Parreno es
Victor Manuel Mateu Parreno
130,000

Tags: Victor Manuel Mateu ParrenoPierre Mertin

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Salman Soaring

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Huseme Salman has been able to boost himself to the top of the chip counts in the last couple of levels and is now sitting with a stack worth 450,00.

Player Chips Progress
Huesnue Salman be
Huesnue Salman
Day 1A Chip Leader
450,000