2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€2,200 EPT National High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Alexander Ivarsson
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
€498,520
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Entries
1,491
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Saout Snipes Lipauka

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

Vadzim Lipauka was all in for his final 55,000 in chips and Antoine Saout tried to score the knockout.

Vadzim Lipauka: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Antoine Saout: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

Big slick didn't do the trick for the Belarusian as the {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} board came up short for him, ending his run about twenty places before the money.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
220,000
72,000
72,000
Vadzim Lipauka by
Vadzim Lipauka
Busted

Tags: Antoine SaoutVadzim Lipauka

Bernardini Left With Crumbs After Doubling Berndtson

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

Touko Berndtson put his last 41,000 in the middle from the hijack when it folded to him. Gianluca Bernardini sat on the button and he rejammed, covering Berndtson. The rest of the players got out of the way and they opened up.

Touko Berndtson: {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Gianluca Bernardini: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

The {k-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop was safe for Bernardini, but the {a-Diamonds} turn already brought extra outs for Berndtson. The {10-Diamonds} on the river was one of those cards and he doubled up while leaving Bernardini with just three big blinds. Shortly after, he lost those as well.

Player Chips Progress
Touko Berndtson fi
Touko Berndtson
94,000
94,000
94,000
Gianluca Bernardini it
Gianluca Bernardini
Busted

Tags: Gianluca BernardiniTouko Berndtson

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

''Mamma Mia!''

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Amato Landi
Amato Landi

Anton Bergstrom and Amato Landi got their chips in the middle. Bergstrom had Landi covered by just a very small margin and the pot was very significant for both players so close to the bubble.

Amato Landi: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Anton Bergstrom: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Landi was extremely excited about the river as he jumped from his chair and shouted ''mamma mia'' multiple times through the tournament room.

Player Chips Progress
Amato Landi it
Amato Landi
280,000
280,000
280,000
Anton Bergstrom se
Anton Bergstrom
13,000
13,000
13,000

Tags: Amato LandiAnton Bergstrom

Bergstrom Eliminated

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Claudio Baldini raised to 12,000 and he was called by a third player. Anton Bergstrom was forced all in from the big blind for his last 11,000 in total.

The flop was dealt {9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Baldini pushed the third player out of the pot. Bergstrom was dealt {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} but he was no match for the {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} of Baldini.

The {9-Diamonds} on the turn and {7-Hearts} on the river didn't help him either and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Claudio Baldini it
Claudio Baldini
515,000
487,300
487,300
Anton Bergstrom se
Anton Bergstrom
Busted

Tags: Anton Bergstrom

Loire Down; Bubble-Time

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Julien Loire
Julien Loire

In the first hand played during hand-for-hand, three players were all in and at risk. Renato Ribeiro was the first one at risk, but his prospects were pretty good as he held {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} versus Paul-Francois Tedeschi's {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}.

The board came down {q-Clubs}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{q-Spades}{10-Diamonds} to give Ribeiro a double-up with tens over kings.

Anton Bergstrom was the second player who was all in and he got eliminated as written below.

Julien Loire was the third one to see his hand come to a showdown, and he was involved in the biggest pot of all against Vamshi Vandanapu. On a {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop, there was a pot of almost 200,000 being contested with Loire being the one at risk.

Julien Loire: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Vamshi Vandanapu: {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

Vandanapu had outflopped Loire and eliminated the Frenchman after the {j-Diamonds} turn and {2-Hearts} river to bring the field on the stone bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Vamshi Vandanapu gb
Vamshi Vandanapu
670,000
85,000
85,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
175,000
131,000
131,000
Renato Ribeiro pt
Renato Ribeiro
80,000
20,000
20,000
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
Busted

Tags: Julien LoireRenato RibeiroVamshi Vandanapu

Timofeev Bluffs Nearly Everything Off

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Vamshi Vandanapu - Denis Timofeev
Vamshi Vandanapu - Denis Timofeev

With the {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} board completed and around 160,000 in the middle, Vamshi Vandanapu and Denis Timofeev were locked in a blind battle with action on the latter. Timofeev carefully cut out a bet of 83,000, leaving himself with a mere 10,000 behind.

Vandanapu spent ages in the tank, all while a sizable crowd of onlookers was gathering to watch the action unfold. After about five minutes, Vandanapu called it off with {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and was good as Timofeev couldn't muster up more than {7-Spades}{6-Spades}.

Timofeev folded the small blind in the next hand and has just 7,000 left.

Player Chips Progress
Vamshi Vandanapu gb
Vamshi Vandanapu
825,000
155,000
155,000
Denis Timofeev ru
Denis Timofeev
7,000
-448,000
-448,000

Tags: Denis TimofeevVamshi Vandanapu