2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day: 1
Event Info
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
€653,160
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Total Entries
102
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
102
Players Left
1
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Level: 22

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Dzhavad Abdolvand Eliminated in 8th Place (€94,830)

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Dzhavad Abdolvand
Dzhavad Abdolvand

Dzhavad Abdolvand moved all in for 550,000 from the cutoff. He was called by Francisco Benitez in the small blind.

Dzhavad Abdolvand: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Francisco Benitez: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Abdolvand had run into the nuts of Benitez. The board ran out {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts} which eliminated Abdolvand in 8th place for just shy of €100,000.

Tags: Dzhavad AbdolvandFrancisco Benitez

Sammartino Doubles Through Maue

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Leonard Maue raised to 120,000 from the hijack before Dario Sammartino moved all in for 385,000 from the button. Maue snap called when action folded back to him.

Dario Sammartino: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Leonard Maue: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Sammartino was all in and behind but the flop was favourable when it came {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} to put him in front. The turn of the {6-Diamonds} and the river of the {7-Spades} secured to double up for Sammartino and kept him alive.

Tags: Dario SammartinoLeonard Maue

Level: 23

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Mitchell Halverson Eliminated in 7th Place (€118,530)

Level 23 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Mitchell Halverson
Mitchell Halverson

Mitchell Halverson moved all in from the button for 785,000. Leonard Maue called in the big blind.

Mitchell Halverson: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Leonard Maue: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

It was a flip and it didn't go in Halverson's favour as the board ran out {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to eliminate the American in seventh place for €118,530.

Tags: Leonard MaueMitchell Halverson

Aleksejs Ponakovs Eliminated in 6th Place (€148,170)

Level 23 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

Aleksejs Ponakovs moved all in on the button for around 600,000. He was called by Francisco Benitez in the big blind.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Francisco Benitez: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

It was a flip for Ponakovs tournament life as the flop came {9-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds} putting him behind. There was no help for the Latvian at the turn came the {5-Diamonds} and the river the {5-Clubs} to eliminate him in sixth place.

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsFrancisco Benitez

Yasuhiro Waki Eliminated in 5th Place (€185,190)

Level 23 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Yasuhiro Waki
Yasuhiro Waki

There was around 550,000 in the pot. Francisco Benitez was on the button and Yasuhiro Waki was in the big blind.

The board read {10-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Benitez bet 200,000 when checked to him. Waki moved all in for around 1,000,000 and was snap called by Benitez.

Yasuhiro Waki: {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Francisco Benitez: {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

Waki had two pair but was behind Benitez's flush. There was no boat for Waki as the river came the {k-} to eliminate him from the tournament in fifth place for almost €200,000

Tags: Francisco BenitezYasuhiro Waki

Updated Chip Counts

Level 23 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dario Sammartino Eliminated in 4th Place (€231,550)

Level 23 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

Action folded to Francisco Benitez in the small blind who moved all in for 225,000 effective. Dario Sammartino called in the big blind without looking at his cards.

Dario Sammartino: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Francisco Benitez: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

Benitez turned over his pocket fives and Sammartino couldn't believe it as Benitez had a pocket pair. However Sammartino turned over ace-queen for a fair flip. The flop came {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Leonard Maue exclaimed that there were too many outs. The outs didn't come as the turn came the {8-Spades} and the river the {3-Diamonds} to eliminate Sammartino in 4th place for €231,550.

Tags: Dario SammartinoFrancisco BenitezLeonard Maue