2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
€896,434
Event Info
Buy-in
€48,500
Prize Pool
€3,697,155
Entries
77
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Quoss Quits Calling

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jorryt van Hoof opened from the hijack, and Fabian Quoss on the button was the sole caller.

Van Hoof fired 13,000 on {A-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Quoss made the call. Quoss called another 17,000 once the {3-Spades} hit the turn, but after facing a 27,000 bet on the {4-Clubs}-river, he folded.

Player Chips Progress
Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
540,000 20,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
119,500 -130,500

Tags: Fabian QuossJorryt van Hoof

Fee Stacks Shak

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

In a cutoff versus small blind situation, Dan Shak and Ryan Fee got all of the chips in the middle. Fee had the upper hand with {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}, as Shak had to work with {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}.

The {K-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{10-Spades} gave Fee a set, while Shak was still in the running with his gutter ball. The {A-Diamonds} on the turn made things official, and the {5-Diamonds} on the river couldn't change a thing.

Shak got up, grabbed his iPad and laptop, and made his way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Fee us
Ryan Fee
600,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted

Tags: Dan ShakRyan Fee

Wheel for Kurganov

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

On the {5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} board, Igor Kurganov checked, and Jason Mercier bet 9,300. Mike McDonald called, then Kurganov check-raised to 31,500. Mercier called, and McDonald folded.

The river completed the board with the {K-Hearts}, and Kurganov bet 60,000. Mercier called, but saw the bad news when Kurganov tabled the {A-Spades}{3-Spades} for a wheel. Mercier mucked and dropped back to 105,000 in chips. Kurganov moved to 367,000.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
367,000 97,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
358,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
105,000 -107,000

Tags: Igor KurganovJason MercierMike McDonald

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Colman Enters

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Daniel Colman has been much talked about after refusing to talk to the media after winning The Big One for One Drop. Well, he's here in Barcelona and he'll do his best to give the media something to wine about once more after he wins the trophy in this tournament. He just entered, getting a crispy fresh stack of 250,000 to work with.

He entered with a big smile, something that didn't change after Martin Finger asked why he was acting so weird online with a serious voice. Colman and Finger might have crossed swords on the online table recently, and they have a rematch here today as they're on the same table.

Tags: Daniel Colman

Jorryt van Hoof Seeks Out the Tough Competition

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

The current World Series of Poker Main Event chip leader Jorryt van Hoof came to play in today's Super High Roller to practice against top-notch competition. We caught Van Hoof on camera and he told us how his life has changed considerably since making the year's biggest final table.

As of right now the Dutchman's looks very good in the Super High Roller with one of the biggest stacks in the room late on Day 1.

Tags: Jorryt van Hoof

Drinan Doesn't Dare

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Connor Drinan opened for 6,000, and Igor Kurganov made the call from the cutoff. Thomas Muehloecker in the small blind squeezed to 19,000 and both Drinan and Kurganov made the call.

{7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} on the flop and Muehloecker bet out 20,000. Both Drinan and Kurganov made the call.

The {Q-Spades} fell on the turn and Muehloecker checked to Drinan. Drinan, these days more known for suffering a bad beat with aces to aces in The Big One for One Drop than anything else, bet out 33,000. Kurganov made the call in position, Muehloecker folded.

The {2-Clubs} completed the board and Drinan checked with around 140,000 behind. Kurganov bet out 115,000, and Drinan folded.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
487,000 237,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
140,000 -110,000

Tags: Connor DrinanIgor KurganovThomas Muehloecker

Les Jams On Schemion

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

From the cutoff seat, Stephen Chidwick raised to 6,000. Jason Les reraised to 15,000 from the button, and then Ole Schemion made it 29,200 to go from the small blind. After action folded back to Les, he moved all in with a five-bet shove for 103,000. Schemion folded, and Les won the pot.

Tags: Ole SchemionStephen ChidwickJason Les

Thinking Poker Podcast Episode #91: Brian Rast

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Brian Rast
Brian Rast

Andrew and Nate return to break down a hand sent in by a listener and talk a bit more about Episode #100. They are then joined by Brian Rast, who discusses his greatest poker accomplishments, how he discovered Macau, teaching his son about poker, and much more.

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Tags: Brian RastThinking Poker Podcast