Level: 12
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€50,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€3,347,190
Entries
69
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Adams Eliminated by Davies
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Timothy Adams pushed for his last 66,000 on the button and Seth Davies called from the big blind.
Timothy Adams: 
Seth Davies: 
Davies improved on the 
flop and the 
turn gave him an additional flush draw. The 
river sent Adams to the rail and Davies claimed the pot with kings and tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Flush Over Flush Elimination for Nolan
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The board was down 
, and Dean Nolan was all in and had been called by Mikalai Vaskaboinikau. Both players tabled a fluff, but it was Vaskaboinikau who breathed a sigh of relief when he saw he held the winning hand.
Vaskaboinikau revealed 
after Nolan had flipped over 
. Vaskaboinikau collected in the pot and moved up to 490,000 as Nolan exited the tournament room at the Casino Barcelona
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
Busted |
Lim Busts in Two Hands
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Chin Wei Lim ran with pocket jacks into the [KsdKh] of Stanley Choi on a board of 
and had to forfeit 117,000.
Soon after, Lim got it in for the rest of it with the 
and Matthias Eibinger on the button had him at risk with the . The board came 
to eliminate Lim.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |
Thorel Bests Mateos and Kaverman
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Byron Kaverman raised to 25,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel called from one seat over. Adrian Mateos pushed in his short stack and Kaverman asked for a count, then reshoved for more than 250,000. Thorel snap-called and Kaverman immediately knew he was in trouble.
Adrian Mateos: 
Byron Kaverman: 
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
The board stayed clear for Thorel, running out , and that sent yet another two players to the rail and reduced the field to the final 15. Another redraw will take place momentarily.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
830,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Redraw of the Last Two Tables (full)
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Country | Chip Count | Table 2 | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cary Katz | United States | 380,000 | Ryan Riess | United States | 181,000 |
| 2 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 480,000 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 630,000 |
| 3 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 350,000 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 420,000 |
| 4 | Seth Davies | United States | 270,000 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 830,000 |
| 5 | Luc Greenwood | Canada | 380,000 | Jan-Eric Schwippert | Germany | 420,000 |
| 6 | Linus Loeliger | Switzerland | 230,000 | Alex Foxen | United States | 1,300,000 |
| 7 | Stanley Choi | Hong Kong | 290,000 | empty | ||
| 8 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 190,000 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 800,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
|
830,000 | |
|
|
800,000 | |
|
630,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
480,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
420,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
420,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
380,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
380,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
290,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
270,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
|
|
||
|
230,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
190,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
||
|
181,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
|
|
||
Pollak Eliminates Aido
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Benjamin Pollak raised from middle position and saw Sergio Aido move all in from the big blind when the action folded to him. Pollak made the call, and Aido was in bad shape.
Benjamin Pollak: 
Sergio Aido: 
Board: 
Pollak all but sealed the pot on the flop when he hit a set, and Aldo's elimination was confirmed on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Greenwood Exits at the Hands of Pollak
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The action folded around to Benjamin Pollak on the button, and he raised to 27,000. Seth Davies called in the small blind before Luc Greenwood moved all in for 363,000 from the big blind. After Greenwood's count was confirmed, Pollak moved all in, which got a quick fold from Davies.
Luc Greenwood: 
Benjamin Pollak: 
Board: 
Pollak was ahead with his higher pocket pair and hit a set on the flop. The nine of spades on the turn gave Pollak a full house and Greenwood's elimination short of the money places was confirmed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Break With 13 Remaining
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The remaining 13 players have been sent into a 20-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
920,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
830,000 | |
|
|
800,000 | |
|
|
750,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
460,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
440,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
330,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
330,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
310,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
260,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
170,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
125,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000