2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Team PokerStars Pro Negreanu Eliminated

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Daniel_Negreanu
Daniel_Negreanu

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was all in with his tournament life on the line against Kunal Manohar Punjwani when we got to the table, but the Canadian was ahead preflop.

Negreanu held {a-Spades}{10-Clubs} on the button, and Punjwani had called with {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs} from the big blind.

The {3-Spades}{5-Clubs}{j-Clubs} flop kept Negreanu in the lead but also gave Punjwani the flush draw. The turn was a very good {a-Diamonds} card for Negreanu as it reduced Punjwani's outs, but the {2-Clubs} on the river gave the latter a flush and Negreanu was eliminated early on in Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Kunal Manohar Punjwani in
Kunal Manohar Punjwani
43,000 11,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuKunal Manohar Punjwani

Early Eliminations from the Main Event Field

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Thierry Gogniat fr
Thierry Gogniat
Busted
Patrice Brandt de
Patrice Brandt
Busted
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Luca Marchetti it
Luca Marchetti
Busted
Antonio D'Ascenzo it
Antonio D'Ascenzo
Busted
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
Busted
Pruna Ionel Catalin ro
Pruna Ionel Catalin
Busted
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
Busted
Chengbei Li cn
Chengbei Li
Busted
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
Busted
Marta Munoz es
Marta Munoz
Busted
Ricardo Vasconcelos Souza br
Ricardo Vasconcelos Souza
Busted
Nazarii Piznak ua
Nazarii Piznak
Busted
Valentin Cristea ro
Valentin Cristea
Busted
Siow Choon Tong my
Siow Choon Tong
Busted
Antoine Lebel ch
Antoine Lebel
Busted
Giuliano Bendinelli it
Giuliano Bendinelli
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Gary Miller gb
Gary Miller
Busted
Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
Busted
Tuan Tran
Tuan Tran
Busted
Steven Warburton gb
Steven Warburton
Busted
Matias Ruzzi ar
Matias Ruzzi
Busted
Ramiro Petrone ar
Ramiro Petrone
Busted
Christopher Andler se
Christopher Andler
Busted
Alin Petrisor Pandilica ro
Alin Petrisor Pandilica
Busted

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Sethi Adds to Her Stack

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Muskan_Sethi
Muskan_Sethi

The action started with a player raising to 3,800. It was called by Halim Tutku Kara on the button, as well as Muskan Sethi and Quentin Lecomte in the blinds.

The flop fell {2-Hearts}{3-Spades}{k-Spades} and the initial raiser continued for 5,500 after Sethi and Lecomte checked. Tutku Kara folded and Sethi opted to check-raise for 15,700. It was enough to make her opponents let it go and the Team PokerStars Pro racked the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Muskan Sethi in
Muskan Sethi
64,000 12,800
Halim Tutku Kara dk
Halim Tutku Kara
62,000 -14,200
Quentin Lecomte fr
Quentin Lecomte
29,000 -13,600

Tags: Muskan SethiHalim Tutku KaraQuentin Lecomte

Platinum Pass Winner Lenoir Doubles Through Pollak

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Eric Lenoir opened and was three-bet by Benjamin Pollak. Lenoir then four-bet all in for 36,800 and Pollak called.

Benjamin Pollak: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Eric Lenoir: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

Pollak was already over 300,000 from the start of the day, and may have been vying for the tournament chip lead at this stage.

The flop {a-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs} gave Pollak a set. The turn {8-Clubs} and river {j-Spades} however gave Lenoir a runner-runner straight and he doubled up.

"Remember," he said to the table, "I won Platinum Pass!"

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
295,000 75,200
Eric Lenoir be
Eric Lenoir
80,000 39,200

Tags: Benjamin PollakEric Lenoir

Nice Pot for Baumann

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The board read {7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} on a three-way pot and contained already around 30,000. The three players checked and the dealer revealed a {2-Spades} on the river.

Gaelle Baumann, situated in the big blind, decided to announce all in for a stack worth 37,000. One of her opponents quickly folded and the cutoff player went deep into the tank. He eventually mucked his hand after the clock has been called and Baumann took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
67,000 17,300

Tags: Gaelle Baumann

Double Elimination Boosts Drozd

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Three players were all-in in one of the very first hands of the day.

Ondrej Drozd: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Paul van Oort: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Lingfan Chen: {j-}{j-}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Drozd rivered a straight to eliminate both of his opponents, with Van Oort pausing for a quick photograph before he exited the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Ondrej Drozd cz
Ondrej Drozd
150,000 90,200
Paul van Oort nl
Paul van Oort
Busted
Lingfan Chen cn
Lingfan Chen
Busted

Tags: Paul Van OortOndrej DrozdLingfan Chen

Entries at the Start of Day 2

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen
Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen
30,000
Koen Breed nl
Koen Breed
30,000 30,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
30,000
Tuan Tran
Tuan Tran
30,000
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov
30,000
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
30,000 30,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
30,000
Natalia Samsonova
Natalia Samsonova
30,000
Ghassan Bitar mc
Ghassan Bitar
30,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
30,000 30,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
30,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
30,000
Jerry Odeen se
Jerry Odeen
30,000
Yen Han Chen tw
Yen Han Chen
30,000
William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
30,000
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
30,000
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
EPT 1X Winner
30,000 30,000
Aleksei Gortikov ru
Aleksei Gortikov
30,000
Dean Nolan
Dean Nolan
30,000
Ibrahim Ghassan lb
Ibrahim Ghassan
30,000
Brian Kaufman Esposito uy
Brian Kaufman Esposito
30,000
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
30,000
Franck Makaci fr
Franck Makaci
30,000 30,000
Simone Speranza it
Simone Speranza
30,000

Eric Lenoir Wins Platinum Pass!

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
PP_Winner
PP_Winner

Eric Lenoir came through three rounds of Crazy Pineapple Flip Out action to win a Platinum Pass worth $30,000 that includes entry into the$25K PokerStars Players NL Hold'em Championship, held on the Bahama's in January 2019.

The winners from the first round progressed to the semi-final which comprised of 81 players including Paul Newey, Conor Beresford, Simon Trumper, Maurice Hawkins, Daniel Neilson, Danny Tang, Niall Farrell, and Stefan Schillhabel.

The final nine was then set and each player was dealt three cards before the flop was revealed to be {j-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}. Each player then mucked one card and revealed another to the table.

Tom Hall showed {a-Diamonds}, and Eric Lenior showed the {j-Clubs}. The turn was the {j-Hearts}, and the river was the {7-Diamonds} and revealed all nine players flipped over their other card.

Lenior held {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} for trips and beat Manfred Sierke who also held three jacks but had a lower kicker with the {8-Spades}.

1: Tom Hall - {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
2: Mehdi Keack - {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
3: Zorlucan Er - {a-Spades}{7-Spades}
4: Fabiano Kovalski - {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
5: Rui Da Silva E Sousa - {6-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
6: Eric Lenoir - {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
7: Serge Candin - {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
8: Joseph El Khoury - {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}
9: Manfred Sierke - {8-Spades}{j-Spades}

PP_Winner
PP_Winner

Tags: Conor BeresfordDaniel NeilsonDanny TangEric LenoirFabiano KovalskiJoseph El KhouryManfred SierkeNiall FarrellPaul NeweySimon TrumperStefan SchillhabelTom Hall

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

737 Left on Day 2 of PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event

Tournament_Room
Tournament_Room

A record-breaking 1,903 entries have been whittled down to a final 737 ahead of Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 Main Event.

The record was set in Barcelona two years ago, but this time around the 1,305 from Day 1b, as well as 598 from Day 1a, broke the record by over 100 players.

Today the two starting flights combine for fiev levels of 90-minutes, starting at 12pm. Here are the big stacks from both flights:

FlightPlayerCountryChip Count
1aBen WilinofskyCanada330,000
 Haoxiang WangChina239,300
 Miguel UseBelgium228,900
1bAnthony ChimkovitchBelgium390,000
 Patrick ClarkeIreland321,500
 Fabien MotteFrance233,000

Other big stacks include Kalidou Sow, Dominik Panka, Niall Farrell, Timothy Adams, Ognyan Dimov, Marti Roca de Torres, Fernando Pons, Sonny Franco and Shaun Deeb.

Day 2 also includes PokerStars Team Online member Jaime Staples and Randy Lew as well as Team Pros Andre Akkari, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Maria Konnikova, Leo Fernandez, Jeff Gross and Daniel Negreanu.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the field begins to shrink as we get closer and closer to crowning the latest EPT champion.

Tags: Andre AkkariDaniel NegreanuDominik PankaFatima Moreira De MeloFernando PonsJaime StaplesJeff GrossKalidou SowLeo FernandezMarti Roca de TorresNiall FarrellOgnyan DimovRandy LewSonny FrancoTimothy Adams