2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance
Day: 2
12
Event Info
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
€442,440
Event Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€1,164,240
Total Entries
24
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 2
Players Left
1
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Level: 20

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Orpaz Gets Some Back

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tom Orpaz limped in from the button and Tsugunari Toma checked from the big blind.

Toma check-called an 80,000 bet from Orpaz on the Q103 flop.

Both players checked the A turn leading to the 9 on the river. Toma bet 100,000 and Orpaz quickly called.

Toma revealed 104 for a pair of tens while Orpaz had A6 for top pair and took down a small pot.

Tags: Tom OrpazTsugunari Toma

Biao Ding Eliminated in 3rd Place (€157,200)

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Biao Ding
Biao Ding

The hand after Tsugunari Toma's double-up, Biao Ding moved all in for 475,000 on the button and Toma called in the small blind.

Biao Ding: Q10
Tsugunari Toma: AA

Toma had woken up with another monster hand as Ding was already drawing dead by the turn on a 68264 board. He was eliminated in third place as Toma asked to take a picture with Orpaz before the start of heads-up play.

Tags: Biao DingTsugunari Toma

Toma Finds a Massive Double Off Orpaz

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Toma Tsuganari
Toma Tsuganari

Tom Orpaz raised to 125,000 on the button before Tsugunari Toma moved all in for 1,290,000 in the big blind. Orpaz quickly called.

Tsugunari Toma: AK
Tom Orpaz: KQ

Toma stood up from his seat to await the 269 flop as Orpaz began chanting for a queen. The 7 turn was no help for Orpaz, while Toma secured the double up on the 7 river as he clapped his hands and ran away from the table to celebrate.

"Boy who cried wolf. He goes all in every hand," Orpaz said.

Tags: Tom OrpazTsugunari Toma

Orpaz Takes from Toma

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tsugunari Toma opened to 200,000 from the small blind and Tom Orpaz called in the big blind.

Toma bet 80,000 on the J109 flop and Orpaz made the call.

Both players checked through the J turn and 9 river.

Toma showed A7 while Orpaz tabled Q10 for the winner.

Tags: Tom OrpazTsugunari Toma

Erik Seidel Eliminated in 4th Place (€113,800)

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Action folded to Tom Orpaz in the small blind who asked who much Erik Seidel had in his stack before shoving all in. Seidel quickly called for his last 370,000.

Tom Orpaz: J2
Erik Seidel: K6

The 22Q flop was a disaster for Seidel as Orpaz hit trips. "Sorry," Orpaz told him heading to the 7 turn, which left the Poker Hall of Famer drawing dead before the Q fell on the river and heading off to collect his fourth-place payout.

"My friends yesterday were telling me I was stupid for agreeing to the deal. Now no deal. Kamikaze," Orpaz said.

Tags: Erik SeidelTom Orpaz

More for Toma, Less for Ding

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Biao Ding limped in from the small blind and Tsugunari Toma checked from the big blind.

Both players checked the J103 flop leading to the 5 turn. Ding bet 100,000 and Toma made the call.

Both players checked the J river.

Toma showed down 95 for the winner to take the pot down.

Tags: Biao DingTsugunari Toma

Level: 19

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Seidel Shoves Twice, Then Orpaz Moves In

Level 18 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action folded to Erik Seidel in the small blind who moved all in for 450,000. Biao Ding in the big blind quickly gave up his hand.

Seidel also pushed all in the next hand from the button and received no customers, again taking down the blinds and antes.

"Erik adjusted to the table," Tom Orpaz said.

"Works every time," Seidel replied.

"Sixty percent of the time it works every time," Orpaz added.

A few hands later, Orpaz moved all in from the button, having both Seidel and Ding covered in the blinds, and both opponents quickly folded.

Tags: Biao DingErik SeidelTom Orpaz

Ding Forces a Fold

Level 18 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Biao Ding opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Erik Seidel defended from the big blind.

The flop came 1055. Seidel checked and Ding fired a continuation bet of 75,000, forcing a fold from his opponent.

Tags: Biao DingErik Seidel