2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 3
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

De Silva Calls After Time Bank

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Upeshka De Silva started the action from the button with a raise to 12,500. Johan Rimestad and Justin Ligeri in the blinds made the call.

The flop was {8-Spades}{k-Hearts}{a-Spades} and after two checks, De Silva continued for 15,000. Only Ligeri called and both players checked on the turn {7-Clubs}.

The river brought a {3-Diamonds} and Ligeri fired 30,000, putting De Silva into a decision. After using two time banks cards, De Silva eventually called with {j-Clubs}{3-Spades} for a pair of threes and Ligeri sent {10-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Johan Rimestad dk
Johan Rimestad
505,000 -8,500
Justin Ligeri us
Justin Ligeri
290,000 290,000
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
250,000 250,000

Tags: Johan RimestadUpeshka Desilva

Blom Doubles Through Pajak

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Viktor_Blom
Viktor_Blom

Viktor Blom came into the day as a short stack, and he moved all in for 37,500 from under the gun. Tomasz Pajak was in the big blind and he called.

Viktor Blom: {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Tomasz Pajak: {k-Spades}{10-Spades}

The board came {4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Blom held to double up, leaving Pajak as the short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
80,000 30,000
Tomasz Pająk pl
Tomasz Pająk
45,000 -41,000

Tags: Tomasz PajakVictor Blom

Leung Doubles Through Kuhlman

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Rene Kuhlman started the day with 636,000 but had chipped up to clearly over 700,000 before this hand.

Leo Margets had opened to 11,000 and Kuhlman had called before Hoi Hoo Leung three-bet all in for 71,000.

Margets folded but Kuhlman called.

Rene Kuhlman: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Hoi Hoo Leung: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

There was no help for Kuhlman with the board coming {8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Leung doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Rene Kuhlman nl
Rene Kuhlman
700,000 -90,000
Hoi Hoo Leung nl
Hoi Hoo Leung
150,000 56,500

Tags: Hoi Hoo LeungLeo MargetsRene Kuhlman

Pecheux Out

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Very shorted stack at the beginning of the day, Erwann Pecheux pushed all in from the small blind for his last 30,000 chips with {q-Spades}{10-Spades} and was facing the big blind player holding {k-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

The latter found trip kings on the board to eliminate the French player who went to the cashier to collect his €8,900 prize.

Player Chips Progress
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
Busted

Tags: Erwann Pecheux

Early Double Up for Sow

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kalidou Sow
Kalidou Sow

Kalidou Sow, winner of the PokerStars Championship in Prague last year, pushed his last 32,000 in the middle from the cutoff and Niall Farrell made the call from the button to create the following showdown:

Kalidou Sow: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Niall Farrell: {a-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

The dealer spread out a {4-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades} board, giving Sow a pair of kings as well as the needed double up.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
EPT 1X Winner
195,000 -25,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
70,000 38,000

Tags: Kalidou SowNiall Farrell

Pyysing Among Early Casualties

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Aki Pyysing was all in for his tournament life with {k-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. The Finnish player had come into the day with around ten big blinds, and had gotten them in against the {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} of Robin Hegele.

The flop {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{3-Spades} gave Hegele two pair, and there was to be no miracle run out on the {4-Clubs}{8-Hearts} turn and river.

Player Chips Progress
Robin Hegele de
Robin Hegele
280,000 62,000
Aki Pyysing fi
Aki Pyysing
Busted

Tags: Aki PyysingRobin Hegele

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Gets Underway at 12pm; All Players in the Money

EPT Barcelona Main Event field
EPT Barcelona Main Event field

With the remaining 259 players in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 Main Event all in the money, their focus is now on how deep they can run in this record-breaking EPT ever.

All those through to Day 3 have guaranteed themselves €8,900, but will no doubt be eyeing up the €1,611,500 for first prize - a record for an EPT Main Event outside of the PCA and Monte Carlo Main Events.

Leading the way, just like on Day 1a is former EPT champion Ben Wilinofsky. Seven years ago, aged just 22, Wilinofsky took down the EPT Berlin Main Event for €825,000, defeating a final table which included then yet-to-be World Champion Martin Jacobson.

There is a familiar face at Wilinofsky's starting table; Patrick Clarke was second in chips after Day 1b, and the pair both have in excess of 100 big blinds at the start of play on Day 3. Clarke also has EPT final table experience, finishing fourth at EPT Dublin two years ago for €193,650.

According to the official schedule, there will be six 90-minute levels of play today, with a 20-minute break after each. The 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after level four.

LevelSmall BlindBig BlindBig Blind Ante
162,5005,0005,000
Break - 20 minutes   
173,0006,0006,000
Break - 20 minutes   
184,0008,0008,000
Break - 20 minutes   
195,00010,00010,000
Dinner Break - 75 minutes   
206,00012,00012,000
Break - 20 minutes   
218,00016,00016,000

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates as well as all the official payouts in this record-breaking EPT Main Event.

Tags: Ben WilinofskyMartin JacobsonPatrick Clarke