2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 5
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

Updated Chip Counts

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Haoxiang Wang cn
Haoxiang Wang
Day 5 Chip Leader
10,055,000 -245,000
Pedro Marques pt
Pedro Marques
8,320,000 -720,000
Mark Buckley ie
Mark Buckley
Day 3 Chip Leader
6,005,000 -95,000
Rodrigo Carmo pt
Rodrigo Carmo
5,810,000 410,000
Piotr Nurzynski pl
Piotr Nurzynski
EPT 1X Winner
5,395,000 1,095,000
Patrick Clarke ie
Patrick Clarke
4,855,000 -595,000
Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
EPT 1X Winner
4,630,000 500,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
3,690,000 1,590,000
Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
3,100,000 -320,000
Matthias Tikerpe ee
Matthias Tikerpe
2,810,000 10,000
Fabiano Kovalski br
Fabiano Kovalski
2,360,000 60,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
830,000 -1,040,000

Break

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The remaining 12 players will now take a 20-minute break.

Trips for Nurzynski

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

First to act, Pedro Marques raised to 175,000 with the {a-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Piotr Nurzynski called from one seat over with the {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}. The {J-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop was checked and Nurzynski improved to trips on the {J-Hearts} turn. Marques bet 225,000 and Nurzynski called.

Both headed to the {9-Clubs} river and Marques checked, Nurzynski bet 450,000 and the snap-fold followed.

Player Chips Progress
Pedro Marques pt
Pedro Marques
8,340,000 -400,000
Piotr Nurzynski pl
Piotr Nurzynski
EPT 1X Winner
5,380,000 1,080,000

Tags: Pedro MarquesPiotr Nurzynski

Hanna Doubles; Heath Drops to Ten Big Blinds

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Georges Hanna
Georges Hanna

Ben Heath raised to 160,000 on the button and Georges Hanna three-bet all in for 1.495 million in the small blind, Heath asked for a count and called.

Georges Hanna: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Ben Heath: {A-Spades}{9-Spades}

The board came {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{Q-Clubs}and Heath had a massive sweat on the turn with an additional flush draw, but ultimately bricked off to became the far shortest stack.

Player Chips Progress
Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
3,150,000 1,655,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
805,000 -1,535,000

Tags: Ben HeathGeorges Hanna

Kovalski Takes Another Hit

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

On the tail end of a hand between Fabiano Kovalski and Mark Buckley, the former checked the {7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} river and Buckley bet 750,000. Kovalski used one time bank and called, but sighed as soon as Buckley had turned over his {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for the nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Buckley ie
Mark Buckley
Day 3 Chip Leader
6,100,000 1,300,000
Fabiano Kovalski br
Fabiano Kovalski
2,300,000 -700,000

Tags: Fabiano KovalskiMark Buckley

Juanda Doubles Through Hanna

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
John Juanda
John Juanda

John Juanda moved all in from early position for 1.845 million and Georges Hanna called out of the big blind.

John Juanda: {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Georges Hanna: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

"Let's see if I run good in Barcelona," Juanda said and Ben Heath replied "is there a question about this?"

Juanda immediately flopped an ace on {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, the {2-Clubs} turn and {5-Clubs} river run out kept the 2015 EPT Barcelona champion in the running.

Player Chips Progress
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
3,810,000 1,960,000
Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
1,495,000 -1,925,000

Tags: Ben HeathGeorges HannaJohn Juanda

More for Marques

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

John Juanda raised in the cutoff with the {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and was called two ways by Pedro Marques on the button holding {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and Ben Heath in the big blind with {A-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. They checked the {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} flop and Juanda bet the {9-Diamonds} turn for 300,000, only Marques called.

The {3-Hearts} river was checked and Marques claimed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Pedro Marques pt
Pedro Marques
8,740,000 600,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
2,340,000 470,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
1,850,000 -250,000

Tags: Ben HeathJohn JuandaPedro Marques

Wang Doubles Through Kovalski to Take the Chip Lead

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Haoxiang Wang
Haoxiang Wang

Patrick Clarke raised to 160,000 from under the gun, and Fabiano Kovalski called in the next seat. The action folded around to Haoxiang Wang in the small blind who raised to 600,000. Clarke folded, and Kovalski moved all in to put maximum pressure on Wang, but he quickly called.

Haoxiang Wang: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Fabiano Kovalski: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Board: {8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Wang was in a great position with his pocket kings, and Kovalski needed a lot of help to send Wang to the rail. But the board fell in Wang's favor, and he secured the massive 10m pot to take the overall chip lead and leave Kovalski on 3m.

Player Chips Progress
Haoxiang Wang cn
Haoxiang Wang
Day 5 Chip Leader
10,300,000 5,750,000
Fabiano Kovalski br
Fabiano Kovalski
3,000,000 -5,500,000

Tags: Fabiano KovalskiHaoxiang WangPatrick Clarke

Kovalski Chips Up

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Matthias Tikerpe raised from under the gun and was called by Fabiano Kovalski on the button and Rodrigo Carmo in the big blind. The flop fell {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs} and action checked to Kovalski, who bet 115,000. Only Carmo came along to see the {4-Clubs} on the turn and the Portuguese check-called a second bet of 550,000 by Kovalski.

The {J-Hearts} river was checked and Carmo showed {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, Kovalski claimed the pot with {J-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Fabiano Kovalski br
Fabiano Kovalski
8,500,000 200,000
Rodrigo Carmo pt
Rodrigo Carmo
5,400,000 -1,900,000
Matthias Tikerpe ee
Matthias Tikerpe
2,800,000 -1,475,000

Tags: Fabiano KovalskiMatthias TikerpeRodrigo Carmo

Dimov Takes From Marques

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Ognyan Dimov raised to 175,000 on the button with the {J-Spades}{J-Clubs} and Pedro Marques defended the big blind with the {K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. The flop brought {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and Marques check-called a bet of 130,000. After the {9-Spades} turn, Marques checked once more and Dimov bet 275,000.

Marques tossed in calling chips and the {2-Spades} came on the river. Both checked and

Player Chips Progress
Pedro Marques pt
Pedro Marques
8,140,000 -900,000
Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
EPT 1X Winner
483,000 -3,647,000

Tags: Ognyan DimovPedro Marques