Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€5,141,000
Entries
530
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
530
Players Left
16
Guidetti Scores Big Double Through Martirosian
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With about 80,000 in the pot and a completed board of 
, Artur Martirosian bet 62,000 from the hijack.
Daniele Guidetti then check-raised all in from the big blind for 147,000.
Martirosian used all but one of his time banks before finally calling to see Guidetti show 
for the rivered nut flush to survive and earn a big double on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000 | -182,000 |
|
374,000 | 214,000 |
Sandev Eliminated by Wilson
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Andrew Wilson opened to 16,000 from middle position and the hijack called before the short-stacked Georgi Sandev used a time and called on the button, while the big blind also called to see a flop four ways.
The flop of 
checked through and Wilson bet 19,000 on the 
turn. Sandev called all in with his final 4,000 and everyone else folded.
Georgi Sandev: 
Andrew Wilson: 
Sandev's eights were behind the tens of Wilson and nothing changed on the 
river for the Bulgarian to be eliminated just a few spots off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000 | 202,000 |
|
Busted |
Hand-For-Hand
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The tournament director has announced hand-for-hand play with 82 players left and 79 spots paid.
Manzanares Eliminated by Lijo
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Lander Lijo raised to 16,000 in early position, Anton Wigg called in middle position, and Raul Manzanares then moved all in for 92,000 from the cutoff.
Action folded back to Lijo who called. Wigg folded and Manzanares was flipping for his tournament life.
Raul Manzanares: 
Lander Lijo: 
The board came 
, pairing Lijo's king to give him the win and eliminate Manzanares, leaving play three eliminations away from the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000 | 35,000 |
|
215,000 | -25,000 |
|
Busted |
Brooks Survives All In, Kolonias Builds Up
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Earlier, Alexandros Kolonias left Patrick Brooks short when his rivered set of sixes won a large pot against Brooks' two pair.
In a recent pot, Brooks was all in with Kolonias having the chance to finish the job.
Kolonias opened to 18,000 in the hijack and was three-bet to 53,000 by Adria Colomina Guitart in the cutoff. Brooks then committed his last 20,000 chips from the small blind and Kolonias called the three-bet to build a side pot.
The flop came 
and after Kolonias checked, Guitart bet 31,000, which Kolonias called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked.
On the 
river, Kolonias slid forward a stack of 100,000 and Guitart folded.
Kolonias took the side pot with 
, but Brooks took the main pot to survive with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000 | 280,000 |
|
405,000 | 156,000 |
|
55,000 | -41,000 |
Derwiche's Big Slick Outflopped by Labat's Eight-Five
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Antoine Labat open-shoved a stack of 200,000 from the button and Imad Derwiche called off in the small blind with a stack of about 150,000.
Imad Derwiche: 
Antoine Labat: 
Derwiche was ahead with ace-king, that is until the flop came 
to send him out of his chair before the board then finished 
to improve Labat to a boat and for the fellow Frenchman to be eliminated a few players away from the money.
"Ay yai yai," Derwiche moaned after taking the beat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 98,000 |
|
Busted |
Sammartino Soaring
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With approximately 50,000 in the middle on a turn board of 
, Dario Sammartino check-called a bet of 16,000 from Alexandros Kolonias on the button.
On the river, Sammartino led out from the big blind for 35,000, which after using the allotted 30 seconds, Kolonias folded, sending a pot to Sammartino that puts his stack over 800,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000 | 405,000 |
|
|
370,000 | 346,500 |
PN Pod: Phil Galfond Gives "Galfond Challenge" Update; He's Ready for High Stakes Duel
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jesse Fullen welcome guest Phil Galfond to the show. The poker legend gives more details on his summer match against the poker dealer who stepped up to play him at some high-stakes online pot-limit Omaha (PLO) action, shares an update on the status of "The Galfond Challenge," and talks about the possibility of playing on PokerGO's High Stakes Duel, maybe against Phil Hellmuth or a PLO edition. He also talks about his recently-released PLO course.
Speaking of Hellmuth, the crew discusses Scott Seiver backing out of High Stakes Duel III and Jason Koon stepping up to fill his spot, as well as recap all the big stories coming out of the record-breaking PokerStars and Barcelona© Casino European Poker Tour including Michael Addamo claiming his first-ever EPT title and Giada Fang shipping a $30K Platinum Pass.
They also highlight Bobby Tieu's victory in the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Event #1: $400 NLH, and launch the brand new PokerNews Bad Beat Hotline where listeners can call in (+1 702-625-0166) and share their bad beats, which may be featured on a future episode of the show.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000