€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II
Day 1 Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,248,520
Entries
52
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
40
Players Left
12
O’Dwyer Bags a Huge Stack After Day 1 of the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
It was a short opening day in the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II here at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour but there was still no shortage of action. A total of 40 entries were recorded through ten 30-minute levels and 12 players have bagged up chips with Steve O’Dwyer leading the way.
Of the 40 participants, a massive prize pool of €960,400 was collected but will sure to be even more with late registration and rebuys still available until the start of Day 2.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 679,000 | 135 |
| Eelis Parssinen | Finland | 597,000 | 119 |
| Juan Pardo | Spain | 566,000 | 113 |
| Adrian Mateos | Spain | 480,000 | 96 |
| Sergio Aido | Spain | 437,000 | 87 |
| Nick Petrangelo | United States | 340,000 | 68 |
| Timothy Adams | Canada | 251,000 | 50 |
| Sam Greenwood | Canada | 218,000 | 43 |
| Artur Martirosian | Russia | 202,000 | 40 |
O’Dwyer climbed the leaderboard early on but caught fire later in the evening when he picked up aces against the pocket tens of Orpen Kisacikoglu to send him to the rail. O’Dwyer is no stranger to these high roller fields with close to 32 million dollars in lifetime earnings and a recent sixth place here in the €25,000 No Limit Hold'em for €117,260. He will be looking to better that result when he puts his 679,000 stack to work in tomorrow’s finale.
Finland’s Eelis Parssinen came in late to the day but soared up the leaderboard to bag an impressive 597,000 for second place. Parssinen is not a regular to the high rollers but found a recent score here with a fourth-place finish in the €10,200 Pot Limit Omaha for €112,780.
Juan Pardo comes back tomorrow in third place with 566,000 after hitting quad threes early on to eliminate two players and sky rocket his stack. Adrian Mateos and Sergio Aido round out the top five as they hope to take down this EPT title.
Many notables joined the action throughout the day but those who could not find a bag included Erik Seidel, Seth Davies, Juha Helppi, and Patrik Antonius, who will all have another chance to jump back in the action tomorrow.
The cards will go back in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante and action will play down till a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site tomorrow as EPT Barcelona concludes here in Catalonia.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
679,000 | 79,000 |
|
597,000 | -13,000 |
|
566,000 | 21,000 |
|
480,000 | 5,000 |
|
437,000 | 282,000 |
|
340,000 | -70,000 |
|
251,000 | 108,000 |
|
218,000 | 14,000 |
|
202,000 | 102,000 |
|
107,000 | 107,000 |
|
64,000 | -36,000 |
|
59,000 | -41,000 |
Three Hands Remaining
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Players will only play three more hands and they will finish for the day. Meanwhile, there have been a trio of eliminations.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Parssinen Eliminates Addamo and Silva in Three-Way All In
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Eelis Parssinen, Pablo Brito Silva, and Michael Addamo were all in three ways with Parssinen covering his opponents and heaps in the middle.
Pablo Brito Silva: 
Michael Addamo: 
Eelis Parssinen: 
Parssinen was miles in front and had a 64% chance to score the double elimination.
The board ran out 
and Parssinen soared to over 600,000 while Addamo and Silva hit the rail just before the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000 | 430,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Pardo Continues To Climb
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Sam Greenwood opened from the hijack to 8,000 and only Juan Pardo made the call on the button.
The flop came 
and both players checked their options. The 
peeled off on the turn and Greenwood checked again. Pardo elected on a bet of 20,000, and without much thought, Greenwood folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000 | 145,000 |
|
|
204,000 | -500 |
Garagnani Gets Two Streets from Jouhkimainen, O'Dwyer Soaring
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Joni Jouhkimainen called from the small blind and Pedro Garagnani checked his option.
The flop came 
and Jouhkimainen checked over to Garagnani, who bet 3,000. Jouhkimainen called.
On the 
turn, Garagnani put out a second bet, this time for 6,000. Jouhkimainen called once again.
On the 
river, Garagnani went for a 21,000-chip bet but Jouhkimainen quickly laid his hand down and the Brazilian took the pot.
Meanwhile, on the same table, Steve O'Dwyer is nearing 600,000 chips while Sergio Aido and Artur Martirosian have just joined the table.
Elsewhere, Motoyoshi Okamura has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
183,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
155,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
94,000 | -146,000 |
|
64,000 | -36,000 |
|
Busted |
Martirosian Joins the Field
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Artur Martirosian, who won the €25,000 Event #16 for €540,990 earlier in the series, has sat down.
Meanwhile, Mikita Badziakouski has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
Busted |
Badziakouski on Fumes
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Joni Jouhkimainen opened to 6,000 from the button and Mikita Badziakouski called from the big blind.
The flop came and Jouhkimainen continued for 4,500. Badziakouski called.
On the turn, both players would tap the table, with Jouhkimainen waiting until the very last second to make his decision.
On the 
river, which put four diamonds on the board, Badziakouski put out a bet of 7,500. Jouhkimainen called.
Badziakouski showed 
for a turned straight but it was no good as Jouhkimainen showed 
for the flush, leaving Badziakouski with less than seven big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
174,000 | 74,000 |
|
|
19,500 | -105,500 |
Parssinen Wins Round Two Against Vieira
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
An orbit ago Joao Vieira and Eelis Parssinen were in a battle of the blinds and they found themselves in the same spot again. Vieira checked the river on a board of 
in a pot of close to 40,000 and Parssinen moved all in, covering the 42,000 remaining for Vieira.
Vieira used all his time bank cards, taking several minutes on the decision. After the clock was close to zero, Vieira elected on a fold and Parssinen won round two of their blind on blind confrontation. After being short stacked Vieira found himself all in shortly after and was sent to the rail.
Meanwhile on another table, Patrik Antonius, who late registered, was heading for the exit as he was eliminated as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |