€50,000 Super High Roller
Dia 2 Terminado
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona
€50,000 Super High Roller
Dias: 2
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona
Buy-in
€48,500
Premiação
€4,753,485
Entries
99
Nível
26
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Australia's Michael Egan Leads Final Nine in €50,000 Super High Roller
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Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Day 2 of the €50,000 Super High Roller has come and gone from the 2015 European Poker Tour Barcelona festival. At the start of the day, six more entries were tallied to bring the total number of buy-ins up to 99. A truly remarkable and record-breaking turnout, a prize pool of €4,753,485 was generated that will see the winner take home a hefty, jaw-dropping €1,224,000.
Fast forward to the end of the day. After 10 levels of play, just nine competitors remained. Leading the way into the third and final day was Australia's Michael Egan, as he bagged up 5,410,000 in chips. The player closest to Egan on the leaderboard was Christoph Vogelsang with 4,765,000 in chips.
Egan's climb to the top was powerfully smooth. He didn't just win one massive pot to catapult his stack to the top, but rather he raked in a high volume of larger pots to do the trick. On one such hand, Egan took out Mike McDonald in 12th place in the final level of the evening. The hand also involved Argentina's Ivan Luca that helped to contribute to the pot.
After Luca limped in from the hijack position, McDonald moved all in for 590,000 from the cutoff seat. Egan called from the small blind, and then Luca called to create a three-way affair worth about 1.8 million. The dealer fanned the 
flop, and the two active players checked to see the 
land on the turn. Egan bet 600,000, and Luca folded. That left McDonald and the 
up against the 
for Egan. The river completed the board with the 
, and Egan won the pot to send McDonald out the door in 12th place for €87,900.
Luca went on to bag up 2,580,000 in chips.
Also happening on Day 2 was the bursting of the bubble, which took place with 16 players remaining. To get down to that point, players such as Erik Seidel, Martin Jacobson, Dani Stern, Ole Schemion, Philipp Gruissem, Adrian Mateos, and John Juanda all fell, but the player most unfortunate to miss out on a payday was Russia's Viacheslav Buldygin.
Buldygin was all in on the bubble of the tournament with the 
against the 
for Fedor Holz. The 
board kept Holz in the lead and sent Buldygin packing as the official "bubble boy."
Holz ended up placing 11th for €99,800.
Others finishing in the money were Igor Kurganov (15th - €80,800), Stephen Chidwick (14th - €80,800), Max Altergott (13th - €87,900), and Ben Tollerene (€99,800).
Along with Egan, Vogelsang, and Luca, high-stakes talent such as Dzmitry Urbanovich, JC Alvarado, Steve O'Dwyer, Paul Newey, Sylvain Loosli, and Byron Kaverman remain. They'll all be returning for action at 12:30 p.m. local time on Monday guaranteed at least €123,600, and you can be sure to find continued coverage of it all right here on PokerNews.com. Remember that there's €1,224,000 up top and this is a final table you surely don't want to miss!
To hold you over until the finale of this one, check out an interview with another winner from the EPT Barcelona festival, former PokerNews hostess and producer, Lynn Gilmartin.
PokerNews Podcast Episode #329: Hardballs Vulgarism a.k.a. Haralabos Voulgaris
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
After covering Day 2 of the 2015 European Poker Tour Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller, Remko Rinkema and Donnie Peters discuss languages, autocorrections, and the great deals at T.J. Maxx.
Yes, really.
They also find some time to preview Monday's final table.
And don't forgot, fans can call in and leave a voicemail for the crew at 774-77-PNPOD.
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End-of-Day Chip Counts (Completo)
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | 4,325,000 | 72 |
| 2 | Steve O'Dwyer | 2,450,000 | 41 |
| 3 | Christoph Vogelsang | 4,765,000 | 79 |
| 4 | JC Alvarado | 2,485,000 | 41 |
| 5 | Byron Kaverman | 495,000 | 8 |
| 6 | Sylvain Loosli | 1,200,000 | 20 |
| 7 | Ivan Luca | 2,580,000 | 43 |
| 8 | Paul Newey | 1,035,000 | 17 |
| 9 | Michael Egan | 5,410,000 | 90 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
5,410,000 | -390,000 |
|
4,765,000 | 770,000 |
|
4,325,000 | 750,000 |
|
2,580,000 | -480,000 |
|
2,485,000 | 285,000 |
|
2,450,000 | -390,000 |
|
1,200,000 | 35,000 |
|
1,035,000 | -165,000 |
|
495,000 | 100,000 |
Done for the Night
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
The players have wrapped up play for the night and are bagging up their chips. Stay tuned for a recap.
Ben Tollerene Eliminated in 10th Place (€99,800)
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Ben Tollerene moved all in for 760,000 chips from the cutoff and Steve O'Dwyer called from the small blind. Dzmitry Urbanovich folded from the big blind, and the showdown went as following.
Tollerene:
O'Dwyer: 
The board ran out 
and O'Dwyer's pair held up. With only five minutes left to play today, there will now be a redraw for the final nine.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,840,000 | 1,190,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Small Pot for Urbanovich
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Dzmitry Urbanovich limped in under the gun and JC Alvarado completed from the small blind, Steve O'Dwyer checked from the big.
The flop came and both blinds checked to Urbanovich. The Polish super star bet out 70,000 and Alvarado check raised to 180,000. O'Dwyer folded, Urbanovich called.
The fell on the turn and both players checked. They checked as well on the 
on the river and Alvarado showed 
. Urbanovich tabled 
and took it down.
Fedor Holz Eliminated in 11th Place (€99,800)
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Fedor Holz, after getting knocked down to just a few big blinds, moved all in for 345,000 chips. The action folded to Ivan Luca, who tanked for quite a while before making the call.
Holz: 
Luca:
The board ran out 
and the six on the flop gave Luca a winning pair. Holz hit the rail and two tables of five players remain.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,060,000 | 360,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Holz Doubles Loosli
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Fedor Holz hasn't won a pot since the last break, and he's in the absolute danger zone now after doubling up Sylvain Loosli.
The Frenchman pushed all in for his last 545,000 from the button and Holz in the small blind reshoved. Big blind Christoph Vogelsang folded and the two of them put their cards on their backs.
Sylvain Loosli: 
Fedor Holz: 
The flop was probably already giving Holz the shivers with 
, but it would be the on the turn that really killed him. The on the river was a blank and Loosli doubled, leaving Holz with just 350,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,165,000 | 580,000 |
|
|
350,000 | -675,000 |
Loosli Shoves and Shows
Nível 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 100,000 from the button and Sylvain Loosli shoved from he big blind for 435,000. Vogelsang went into the tank, but eventually he folded and Loosli showed the 
.
Loosli picked up the pot, but he's still one of the short stacks in the tournament.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,995,000 | 195,000 |
|
|
585,000 | 20,000 |