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

Reard Wins a Small One

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action folded to Alexandre Reard who bet 4,500 from the hijack. Alain Stia in the cutoff raised it to 12,500 and Reard eventually made the call.

The flop fell {9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and both players checked. On the turn {2-Hearts}, Reard made a bet of 11,000 and after some consideration, Stia chose to fold his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
87,000 10,000
Alain Stia it
Alain Stia
43,000 -29,300

Overnight Chip Leader Chimkovitch Still With Chips

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Anthony Chimkovitch
Anthony Chimkovitch

On a {2-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} board, Jonas Hagstrom checked to start of day chip leader Anthony Chimkovitch who moved all in. His opponent thought about his decision before folding.

"I want to see that one," said Hagstrom.

"You had one pair?" asked Chimkovitch.

"Yeah," replied Hagstrom.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Chimkovitch be
Anthony Chimkovitch
Day 1B Chip Leader
305,000 -85,000

Tags: Anthony ChimkovitchJonas Hagstrom

Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
305,000 40,000
Mikko Hirvonen fi
Mikko Hirvonen
300,000 10,000
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
270,000 109,000
Jaime Staples ca
Jaime Staples
160,000 -26,000
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
130,000 100,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
120,000 31,600
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
110,000 -16,000
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
EPT 1X Winner
85,000 65,300
Chi Zhang gb
Chi Zhang
65,000 65,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
65,000 24,900
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
45,000 45,000
[Removed:30] fr
[Removed:30]
40,000 -2,100
Sonny Franco fr
Sonny Franco
Busted

Trips for Plesuv

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alexandre Reard raised from early position and saw Pavel Plesuv call in the big blind. The flop came down {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, and Plesuv check-called a 3,500 bet from Reard.

The turn brought the {k-Spades}, and Plesuv checked once more. Reard continued his aggression and bet 8,500 and the former called.

The river was the {8-Clubs} and both players checked. Plesuv tabled {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for trips and won the pot after Reard mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
300,000 78,600
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
77,000 -6,500

Tags: Pavel PlesuvAlexandre Reard

Gross & Timoshenko Exit; Blom Doubles

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross

Team PokerStars Pro Jeff Gross and his compatriot Yevgeniy Timoshenko are two of the latest players to depart the Main Event field.

Viktor Blom, on the other hand, had better luck and secured a double up to 71,000.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
71,000 39,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Busted
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
Busted

Tags: Jeff GrossViktor BlomYevgeniy Timoshenko

Payouts Confirmed; €1,611,500 for First Place

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was a total of 1,931 entrants in the record-breaking PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 Main Event and that generated a prizepool of €9,365,350.

A total of 296 players will be paid, with a min-cash worth €8,150.

Ninth place will earn themselves €118,265, with the winner taking home €1,611,500.

Here are the full payout details:

PositionPayout (EUR)Payout (USD)
1€1,611,500$1,885,455
2€859,050$1,005,089
3€590,000$690,300
4€424,250$496,373
5€354,200$414,414
6€287,050$335,849
7€220,000$257,400
8€155,000$181,350
9€118,265$138,370
10-11€98,900$115,713
12-13€88,250$103,253
14-15€78,800$92,196
16-17€69,350$81,140
18-20€59,940$70,130
21-23€50,575$59,173
24-27€41,675$48,760
28-31€35,500$41,535
32-39€30,150$35,276
40-55€24,910$29,145
56-71€19,760$23,119
72-95€16,670$19,504
96-119€14,330$16,766
120-143€12,080$14,134
144-183€10,770$12,601
184-223€9,740$11,396
224-263€8,900$10,413
264-296€8,150$9,536

Davies Wins Without Showdown

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Seth Davies raised under the gun and called a three-bet from Uri Goldberg.

The flop showed {9-Spades}{k-Spades}{8-Spades} and Davies check-called another bet worth 8,000 from Goldberg. A {a-Spades} fell on the turn and brought no betting action.

The river was the {2-Hearts} and Davies made a small bet of 4,500. It was enough to win the pot without more resistance and Davies has now a comfortable stack of 260,000.

Player Chips Progress
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
260,000 158,000
Uri Goldberg us
Uri Goldberg
78,000 -10,000

Tags: Seth Davies