2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Andre Lettau
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€794,058
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
1,496
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
200,000

Heitman's Aces Cracked, Left Extremely Short

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Jan Heitmann
Jan Heitmann

In the last hand before the break, German Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann got one of the biggest bad beats you can get deep into a tournament.

In a battle between the button (Mark Wagstaff), and big blind (Jan Heitmann), all the chips went in before the flop. Heitmann had the starting hand of all starting hands; {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}. Wagstaff had {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} and a 1.7 million pot was up for grabs.

The {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{7-Spades} on the flop, and {4-Diamonds} on the turn, were safe for Heitmann, but the {Q-Clubs} on the river crushed his dreams of making the final table and winning this entire thing. Well, he still has some chips left, but he'll need to make one of the biggest comebacks since Pieter de Korver's one big blind recovery to win EPT Monte Carlo a couple years ago, to get that trophy.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Wagstaff gb
Mark Wagstaff
1,700,000 838,000
Jan Heitmann de
Jan Heitmann
55,000 -835,000

Tags: Jan HeitmannMark Wagstaff

Popov Wins Huge Pot

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Piotr Sowinski opened the action with a raise to 40,000 and the player in the cut-off made it 98,000. Andrei Konopelko, the start of day chip leader, cold-four bet to 250,000 and Slaven Popov in the small blind declared that he was all in.

The first two players folded and Konopelko didn’t even need a count, he called with {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. Popov had the hand Konopelko feared as he turned over {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}.

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Konopelko’s stack was chopped down a lot while Popov more than doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Slaven Popov bg
Slaven Popov
2,100,000 985,000
Andrei Konopelko by
Andrei Konopelko
980,000 140,000

Tags: Slaven PopovPiotr Sowinski

It's a Family Affair with Pedro Marques

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Pedro Marques is the last Portuguese player left in the Main Event and, even more impressively, he's the last member of his own family still in. Thanks to some lessons a few years ago from their poker-pro son, Marques's mother and father are also now poker players. The three of them all played this week. PokerStars Blog met the youngest Marques.

Rudoy's Boat Wins Big

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Dominik Panka
Dominik Panka

Dominik Panka raised to 40,000 preflop and was called by Mikhail Rudoy and Ji Zhang. The flop was {J-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Panka checked, Rudoy bet 60,000 and Zhang made the call before Panka overcalled.

On the {7-Diamonds} turn, everything went a bit crazy. Panka checked, Rudoy bet 120,000 and Zhang called but then Panka check-raised to 375,000, Rudoy now made the call and then Zhang tanked for two minutes before making the overcall.

The pot was now over 1.5 million heading to the {3-Diamonds} river, Panka checked, Rudoy thought before also checking and Zhang quickly checked as well.

Panka went to muck, Rudoy turned over {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} for a full house and Zhang also folded. The Russian picked up one of the biggest pots of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Rudoy ru
Mikhail Rudoy
1,900,000 800,000
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
1,500,000 -500,000
Ji Zhang de
Ji Zhang
1,395,000 -347,000

Tags: Dominik PankaJi ZhangMikhail Rudoy

Souki Flattened By House

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Philippe Souki check-called the flop, led the turn and shoved the river on a final board reading {7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades}.

Pieter van Gils was his opponent and the call was instant, always bad news, and he showed {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}.

Souki didn’t turn over his cards but indicated that he didn’t have a straight as he left the table.

Player Chips Progress
Pieter Van Gils nl
Pieter Van Gils
1,780,000 720,000
Philippe Souki gb
Philippe Souki
Busted

Tags: Robin van GilsPhilippe Souki

Curiosity Kills Sjoqvist

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

On the river of a board reading {q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{q-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} Mikhail Rudoy moved all in from the big blind. He had his opponent, Samuel Sjoqvist, covered and he was deep in the tank. Was he putting pressure on him or did he really have it.

Sjoqvist eventually did make the call and Rudoy wasted no time showing him the {q-Spades}{10-Hearts} bad news and sending him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Rudoy ru
Mikhail Rudoy
1,100,000 397,000
Samuel Sjoqvist se
Samuel Sjoqvist
Busted

Tags: Mikhail RudoySamuel Sjoqvist

Introducing Philippe Souki:

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The 26-year-old from London is a cash game pro by day but is playing his second ever EPT here in Barcelona. He talked to the PokerStars Blog about adjusting to tournaments, being on the feature table and his tournament so far.

Garberg Deals a Brutal Beat to Senft

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Markus Garberg opened to 42,000 preflop and it was passed to Philippe D'Auteuil who made it 90,000. Maximilian Senft then moved all in from the small blind and Garberg called off his stack. D'Auteuil folded.

Senft: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Garberg: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The flop came {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Garberg was already drawing to running cards, the {6-Hearts} turn gave him a flush draw and the {10-Hearts} on the river completed the flush, the Norwegian somehow managing to survive.

Player Chips Progress
Maximilian Senft at
Maximilian Senft
1,050,000 -375,000
Markus Garberg no
Markus Garberg
900,000 419,000