2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€1,037,109
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,365,350
Entries
1,931
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
2,500,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Horak Busts Chobineh

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

The flop read {4-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Jiri Horak checked to Bahram Chobineh who bet 3,800. Horak check-raised to 20,000, putting Chobineh all in.

Chobineh tanked before putting the chips in to call. Horak showed {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs} and Chobineh nodded, showing {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The turn {j-Clubs} and river {k-Diamonds} could not save Chobineh, and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jiri Horak cz
Jiri Horak
50,000 20,000
Bahram Chobineh ir
Bahram Chobineh
Busted

Tags: Bahram ChobinehJiri Horak

Guilbert Gets it Right; Negreanu "Crushing"

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu opened to 300 and got calls from David Archibald Douglas on the button and Johan Guilbert in the big blind.

Guilbert checked to Negreanu on the {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop and the Canadian continued for 300 and got two calls. Guilbert bet 600 on the {8-Spades} turn and Negreanu folded and Douglas called.

The river was the {q-Clubs} and Guilbert checked. Douglas bet 1,800 and Guilbert tank-called.

Douglas showed {6-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a missed flush draw and Guilbert showed {j-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} with a cheeky smile.

"Dammit," said Negreanu. "I had the best hand...until the river."

Negreanu sits on around 52,000 as the tournament clock ticks into Level 2. The secret to his big stack? "Small-ball poker," he said.

"Small-ball!" said Douglas, "He bets every flop; makes houses..."

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Poker Hall of Famer
52,000 22,000
Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
35,000 5,000
David Archibald Douglas
David Archibald Douglas
25,000 25,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJohan Guilbert

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

Cairat Folds River

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

In a three-bet pot, three players saw a flop of {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{9-Spades}. It checked to the cutoff who bet 1,600. Pedro Cairat called and the other player folded.

The turn {3-Hearts} was checked by both players. The river was the {j-Spades}. Cairat bet 2,400 and his opponent raised in position to 5,100. Cairat tanked before folding, allowing his opponent to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sandor Sandor de
Sandor Sandor
35,500
Pedro Cairat ar
Pedro Cairat
22,500 -7,500

Tags: Pedro CairatSandor Sandor

2016 Winner & Runner-Up in the Field

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Sebastian_Malec
Sebastian_Malec

The last time the European Poker Tour Main Event was held in Barcelona, there was a memorable final hand between Sebastian Malec and Uri Reichenstein, with Malec emerging triumphant.

Two years later, the pair are back for the latest EPT Barcelona Main Event and are sit just one table away from one another.

Malec opened to 400 from the cutoff and the player on the button three-bet to 1,400. Malec called and check-called 1,500 on the {j-}{9-}{3-} flop. The turn was the {a-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The river was the {8-Spades}. Malec tanked before checking, and his opponent bet 2,000. Malec snap-called.

His opponent turned over {a-}{q-} but Malec had rivered two pair with {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and he took down the pot, taking him back above starting stack after having lost a pot previously.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Malec pl
Sebastian Malec
Defending Champion
EPT 1X Winner
32,000 32,000
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
30,000 30,000

Tags: Sebastian MalecUri Reichenstein