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

Zinno Doubles Up; Irritates Kassouf in Process

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno

Anthony Zinno was all in and at risk for around 5,000 with {q-Clubs}{7-Spades} and opponent Will Kassouf held {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. "It's a flip" said Kassouf, as talkative as usual.

The flop came {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} giving Zinno a pair."Oh my God what a life".

The turn was the {k-Clubs}. "Anthony Zinno ladies and gentlemen".

The river was the {q-Spades}. "Oh, overkill. Queen-seven everyone"

Kassouf was noticeably perturbed by this hand which saw Zinno move up to just over 10,000. "Make sure you get that in the blog"

Meanwhile, Zinno and Dietrich Fast sat next to him were reminiscing. The two of them won the LAPC in back-to-back years. "Get it in with queen-seven!

"Those were good times," Fast said to Zinno. "When we won everything. Did you have a good year?"

"I won Venetian!" said Zinno, referring to the $466,670 victory back in July. "That's how Zinno plays; wait for queen-seven"

"I did not win anything," said Fast despondently. "Unbelievable!" said Kassouf finally.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
10,000 10,000
Will Kassouf gb
Will Kassouf
9,000 -16,000

Tags: Anthony ZinnoDietrich FastWill Kassouf

Updated Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Fabien Motte fr
Fabien Motte
125,000 125,000
Ioannis Logothetis gr
Ioannis Logothetis
110,000 110,000
Heidi May au
Heidi May
83,000 26,000
Jaime Staples ca
Jaime Staples
82,000
Sergio Garcia es
Sergio Garcia
79,000 17,000
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
76,000 76,000
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
72,000 44,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
70,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
70,000 70,000
[Removed:30] fr
[Removed:30]
68,000 38,000
Koen Breed nl
Koen Breed
60,000 60,000
Frederik Brink dk
Frederik Brink
55,000 55,000
Andrew Hedley gb
Andrew Hedley
52,000 52,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
50,000 -15,000
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
50,000 14,000
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
46,000 46,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Poker Hall of Famer
42,000 -48,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
40,400 40,400
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
40,000 8,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
40,000 -48,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
40,000 40,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
38,000 -7,000
Federico Butteroni it
Federico Butteroni
34,500 -6,500
Kees van Brugge nl
Kees van Brugge
32,000 1,800
Sebastien Lebaron fr
Sebastien Lebaron
28,000 28,000

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Helppi Slipping

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Finnish cash game legend Juha Helppi was involved in three-way action on the turn against Marcello Miniucchi and Patrick Stacey. On a {6-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Hearts} board, Stacey bet 2,500, Helppi called and Miniucchi called as well.

The river was the {10-Hearts} and Stacey quickly bet 10,000. Helppi thought for a minute before calling and Miniucchi folded.

Stacey showed {5-Spades}{5-Clubs} for the turned set of fives and Helppi mucked, dropping him to 19k.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Stacey ca
Patrick Stacey
70,000
Marcello Miniucchi it
Marcello Miniucchi
67,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
19,000 -33,000

Tags: Marcello MiniucchiPatrick StaceyJuha Helppi

Recent Eliminations

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Paul Berende and Vladimir Troyanovskiy were spotted exiting the tournament area, along with Barny Boatman.

He explained how after one player opened, Boatman three-bet with {a-}{a-} and his opponent called. According to Boatman, the pair got it in on a two-diamond flop with his opponent holding {q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. His opponent completed his flush and eliminated Boatman.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
Busted
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Barny BoatmanPaul BerendeVladimir Troyanovskiy

Biggest EPT Main Event Ever

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

With 1,233 entries on Day 1b and counting, the 2016 record EPT Main Event total of 1,785 has been shattered. Currently, 1,831 entries in total have been made in the EPT Barcelona Main Event, with late registration still open.

Tournament Room
Tournament Room

Nguyen Triples Up; Fast Frustrated

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Thi Xoa Nguyen was all-in preflop and had been called by Yiannis Liperis and Dietrich Fast.

Fast check-called 2,500 on the {5-Hearts}{5-Spades}{k-Hearts} flop and again for 7,000 on the {9-Spades} turn.

Fast checked the {3-Spades} river and Liperis checked behind. Fast showed {k-}{q-Clubs} for top pair, with Liperis being forced to show {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for ace high.

Nguyen turned over {j-Spades}{10-Spades} for a rivered flush and tripled up.

Player Chips Progress
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
70,000 70,000
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
38,000 38,000
Thi Xoa Nguyen fr
Thi Xoa Nguyen
31,000 31,000

Tags: Dietrich FastThi Xoa NguyenYiannis Liperis

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Updated Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Leonardo Parmiggiani it
Leonardo Parmiggiani
122,000 122,000
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
115,000 75,000
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
105,000 58,000
Wladimir Stepanian nl
Wladimir Stepanian
95,000 95,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
90,000 90,000
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
60,000 36,000
Simon Trumper gb
Simon Trumper
52,000 -1,000
Sandro Pitzanti nl
Sandro Pitzanti
50,000 11,000
Lauren Roberts us
Lauren Roberts
46,000 1,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
45,000 10,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
29,000 -4,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
26,000 -3,500
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
17,300 -33,700
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
14,000 -12,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
11,000 -5,500
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
8,000 -15,000

Farrell Loses Some

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Niall Farrell had 200,000 on dinner break on Day 1b of the PokerStars EPT Barcelona and had lost some before check-calling 3,000 on the {3-Spades}{q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{q-Spades} turn.

The river {2-Hearts} was checked by both players and Farrell turned over {4-}{4-}. His opponent {j-}{j-} and Farrell nodded knowingly.

He still sits on a solid stack in Level 7 of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
EPT 1X Winner
160,000 -40,000

Tags: Niall Farrell