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

Teisseire Finds a Double Up

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action folded to Florian Bethouart in the small blind who made a bet and Antonin Teisseire called for his remaining stack of 13,000.

Teisseire had the best hand to double up, holding {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts} against {8-Spades}{10-Hearts} for his opponent, which he did after the dealer brought the {5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{5-Clubs} run-out.

"I'm going to win the EPT!" the enthusiastic Frenchman said after taking down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Florian Bethouart fr
Florian Bethouart
48,000 -54,400
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
30,000 -16,000

Tags: Antonin Teisseire

Diaz Bubbles EPT Barcelona Main Event; 296 in the Money

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Guillaume_Diaz
Guillaume_Diaz

Guillaume Diaz was all in from the big blind with only 4,000 left in his stack. Adrian State in the hijack and Niall Farrell on the button went heads-up to a {9-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{8-Spades} flop. State bet and Farrell revealed pocket sevens before folding.

This meant that Diaz was up against State for the side pot with his tournament life on the line. The tournament director asked Diaz to reveal his hand first, and flipped over {4-Clubs}{q-Spades}. State then revealed {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for top pair.

Diaz was drawing very thin and needed help from the turn. The {10-Spades} hit and gave Diaz hope as he now needed to hit a jack to survive. But it wasn't to be as the river was revealed to be the {8-Clubs}.

Diaz's departure meant that the remaining 296 players were all in the money and guaranteed minimum prize of €8,150.

Player Chips Progress
Guillaume Diaz fr
Guillaume Diaz
Busted

Tags: Guillaume DiazNiall Farrell

Xi Eliminates Er Before the Bubble

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Zorlucan Er
Zorlucan Er

Zorlucan Er open-shoved from the middle position for a stack worth 104,000 and Ming Xi situated in the small blind made the call.

Holding {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}, Er was in bad shape for a double up before the bubble burst, facing {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades} for Xi.

The board {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts} brought him no help and the Turkish player got eliminated at the 298th place.

Player Chips Progress
Ming Xi cn
Ming Xi
400,000 286,600
Zorlucan Er tr
Zorlucan Er
Busted

Tags: Ming XiZorlucan Er

Three All-Ins and All Survive

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ilya Etko, Volodymyr Drokin, and David Domjan all just had their tournament lives on the line during hand-for-hand but all three players managed to survive.

Etko won with {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} against two opponents on a {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} board when neither of his opponents revealed a diamond in their hand for a flush.

In the second all-in situation, Volodymyr Drokin took the pot with a set of tens on the {10-Spades}{q-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board against Adrian Constantin.

And in the final hand, David Domjan was all in for just 5,000 from the small blind and managed to triple up against two opponents when his {q-Diamonds}{6-Spades} hand won on the {a-Hearts}{2-Spades}{10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} board with just a pair of sixes.

Player Chips Progress
Volodymyr Drokin ua
Volodymyr Drokin
100,000 31,600
Ilya Etko ru
Ilya Etko
45,000 -7,500
David Domjan de
David Domjan
16,000 -43,200

Tags: David DomjanIlya EtkoVolodymyr Drokin

Hand-For-Hand Begins

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With 298 players remaining hand-for-hand play has started with two eliminations needed until the players are in the money.

Buckley Takes from Van Zadelhoff

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The flop read {2-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds} on a heads-up pot when Steven van Zadelhoff checked from the big blind. Mark Buckley bet 12,000 before calling a raise of 32,000 from van Zadelhoff.

The turn fell a {7-Spades} and went check-check. On the river {8-Diamonds}, Buckley bet 35,000 after a last check from van Zadelhoff and the latter let it go.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Buckley ie
Mark Buckley
Day 3 Chip Leader
330,000 180,000
Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
170,000 -80,000

Tags: Mark BuckleySteven van Zadelhoff

Shot Clock In Play

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The play is on break as 303 players remain in the tournament for 296 places in the money. The shot clock has been brought into play; from now on, players get 30 seconds to act for each decision. Each player also receives six time bank cards worth 30 seconds each for the hard decisions.