From under the gun Espen Jorstad raised to 80,000 and only Aleksejs Ponakovs called from the big blind.
Ponakovs started with a check on the 3♥8♦4♦ flop, and Jorstad fired out a bet of 55,000. Ponakovs decided to check-raise to 200,000, and Jorstad continued in the form of a call.
Ponakovs led out for 175,000 upon seeing the 5♣ turn and was met by a jam from Jorstad. Ponakovs called for the rest of his stack to put himself at risk.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♥2♣
Espen Jorstad: A♣2♥
Both players had the same straight, and the irrelevant 10♠ completed the board, meaning they chopped the pot.
David Coleman made it 90,000 from the button and Espen Jorstad defended from the big blind.
Jorstad knuckled the action over to Coleman on the 2♠10♦J♠ flop. Coleman bet 60,000, which Jorstad called.
The 8♥ rolled off on the turn and Jorstad checked for a second time. Coleman fired a second barrel of 180,000, and Jorstad again called, and Coleman won another pot.
Both players checked the 7♠ river and Jorstad turned over A♦10♥ for a pair of tens. This was second best to the two pair of Coleman holing J♣8♣.
David Coleman raised to 80,000 from the cutoff with Espen Jorstad calling from the small blind and Jesse Lonis defending his big blind.
Jorstad led out for 60,000 on the 8♠8♣Q♥ flop and only Coleman called.
The 5♥ turn and A♥ river checked through, and Jorstad tabled 6♦6♣ for a pair of sixes. Coleman had that beat with K♣Q♦ for a pair of queens, and the pot went over to him.
On the first hand of the day, David Coleman jammed from the small blind when the action folded to him, and Punnat Punsri snap-called for his stack of 760,000 from the big blind.
Punnat Punsri: K♠K♣
David Coleman: A♥5♣
Punsri looked poised to have a dream start to the day, if his cowboys could hold against the ace-five of Coleman.
However, the A♠10♦5♠ flop catapulted Coleman into the lead with two pair. The remainder of the board came 6♥4♥, and Punri was the first casualty of the day.
The €100,000 EPT Super High Roller being held inside the beautiful Casino Barcelona reaches its climax today, as six players return to battle for one of the most prestigious titles of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona series.
From a field of 47 entries, the prize pool swelled to €4,559,940, with all remaining players now guaranteed €319,200 while the winner will walk away with €1,573,140 and the trophy.
Norway’s Espen Jorstad leads the way after bagging 4,785,000 at the close of Day 2 and has more than double his closest rival. The United States' David Coleman occupies the second spot with 2,365,000 to work with after bursting the money bubble to halt play yesterday. Germany’s Leon Sturm rounds out the top three with 1,430,000.
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jesse Lonis
United States
1,130,000
28
2
Leon Sturm
Germany
1,430,000
36
3
David Coleman
United States
2,365,000
59
4
Punnat Punsri
Thailand
760,000
19
5
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Latvia
1,280,000
32
6
Espen Jorstad
Norway
4,785,000
120
The bottom half of the final table is led by Latvia’s Aleksejs Ponakovs with 1,280,000, followed closely by Jesse Lonis on 1,130,000. Thailand’s Punnat Punsri, who entered Day 2 as the chip leader, returns with 760,000 as the short stack and the only player under seven figures, leaving him with plenty of work to do if he is to mount a serious challenge for the title.
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Cards go back in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time in the Pau Casals Room, with 18 hands left in Level 17 at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. After which, every level will be 24 hands in length and the plan is to play all the way down until a champion is crowned.
Payouts
Place
Prize
1
€1,573,140
2
€1,026,000
3
€706,800
4
€524,400
5
€410,400
6
€319,200
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller plays down to a champion today inside Casino Barcelona.
