2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€25,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
€605,600
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€2,280,950
Entries
95
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Jean-Noel Thorel Eliminated in 6th Place (€136,860)

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

Jean-Noel Thorel has been eliminated just a couple of hands after losing the biggest pot of the tournament so far against Wai Leong Chan.

Thorel was all in for his last four big blinds and up against Byron Kaverman.

Jean-Noel Thorel: {k-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Byron Kaverman: {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

Board: {2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}

Kaverman was ahead preflop and paired his seven on the flop. The five on the turn gave Thorel hope, but the river bricked for the Frenchman, and he takes home €136,860 in 6th place, just two after finishing runner-up in the €50,000 Single-Day High Roller for € 703,000.

Player Chips Progress
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
900,000 120,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
Busted

Tags: Byron KavermanWai Leong ChanJean-Noel Thorel

Chan Doubles as Thorel left Short

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

A pot had brewed between Wai Leong Chan and Jean-Noel Thorel preflop and with the flop down {q-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{4-Spades} Chan check-called a 210,000 bet. The turn was the {10-Hearts} and Chan checked and Thorel moved all in and was quickly called.

Chan tabled {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and Thorel saw the bad news after he flipped over {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}. The {5-Diamonds} didn't change the outcome and Thorel was left with just 200,000 as Chan moved up to 2.1m

Player Chips Progress
Wai Leong Chan my
Wai Leong Chan
2,100,000 1,275,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
200,000 -1,100,000

Tags: Wai Leong ChanJean-Noel Thorel

Lim Folds to Eibinger Shove

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The action folded around to Chin Wei Lim in the small blind, and he completed. Chipleader Matthias Eibinger then moved all in to put maximum pressure on Lim.

Lim needed to use a time bank card to think and looked at the other stacks at the table before ultimately letting his hand go.

Tags: Chin Wei LimMatthias Eibinger

Michel Dattani Eliminated in 7th Place (€108,350)

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Michel Dattani
Michel Dattani

Matthias Eibinger raised to 1m after the action had folded to him on the button and Michel Dattani called all in for around 600,000 in the small blind before Byron Kaverman folded in the big blind.

Matthias Eibinger: {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Michel Dattani: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}

Board: {k-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

Dattani was ahead preflop with his ace-nine and kept his lead on the flop. But when the four hit the turn, Eibinger won the pot with a straight and Dattani exited in 7th place for €108,350.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
3,000,000 850,000
Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Byron KavermanMatthias EibingerMichel Dattani

Level: 19

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy Eliminated in 8th Place (€84,400)

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Vladimir Troyanovskiy

The action folded to Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the small blind and his all in shove was called by Chin Wei Lim in the big blind.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy: {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Chin Wei Lim: {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

Board: {2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{j-Spades}{9-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

Troyanovskiy saw his low pocket pair run into Lim's slightly higher pair and was unable to come from behind on the board, and the Russian exited in 8th place for €84,400.

Player Chips Progress
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
1,600,000 750,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted

Tags: Chin Wei LimVladimir Troyanovskiy

Sean Winter Eliminated in 9th Place (€63,900)

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Sean Winter
Sean Winter

Sean Winter was all in from middle position, and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the small blind.

Sean Winter: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Jean-Noel Thorel: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Board: {j-Hearts}{a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}

Thorel got down the pot after Winter failed to connect with the board and the latter was eliminated in 9th place for €63,900.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,300,000 600,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
Busted

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSean Winter

Kaverman Hits Runner-Runner Straight to Double

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Chin Wei Lim opened the action with a raise from the cutoff, and Byron Kaverman moved all in from the big blind which Lim called.

Chin Wei Lim: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Byron Kaverman: {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Board: {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{j-Spades}

Lim was ahead, and the flop was completely safe with Kaverman on the verge of elimination. The turn queen gave him additional outs, and he hit the runner-runner straight on the river when the jack peeled off and secured an unlikely double.

Player Chips Progress
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
850,000 -350,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
780,000 310,000

Tags: Byron KavermanChin Wei Lim

Lim Shoves on Thorel

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 150,000 on the button and after Vladimir Troyanovskiy used a time bank card to think for a minute before he folded and Chin Wei Lim moved all in. Thorel got a count and thought for a few seconds but opted to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
1,200,000 150,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
700,000 -125,000

Tags: Chin Wei LimVladimir TroyanovskiyJean-Noel Thorel

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Sean WinterUnited States650,00013
2Byron KavermanUnited States470,0009
3Wai Leong ChanMalaysia825,00017
4Andras NemethHungary1,950,00039
5Jean-Noel ThorelFrance825,00017
6Vladimir TroyanovskiyRussia820,00016
7Chin Wei LimMalaysia1,050,00021
8Matthias EibingerAustria2,150,00043
9Michel DattaniPortugal800,00016
Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
2,150,000 -250,000
Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
1,950,000 50,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
1,050,000 100,000
Wai Leong Chan my
Wai Leong Chan
825,000 -55,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
825,000 350,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
820,000 -20,000
Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
EPT 1X Winner
800,000 50,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
650,000 -65,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
470,000 -80,000