Dong Kim has gotten quite short, and he raised to 18,000 from middle position. Adrian Mateos called from the small blind, after which Philippe D'Auteuil called from the big blind.
The flop brought out and both blinds checked to Kim, who bet 31,000. Both his opponents called, and the turn was the . All three players checked.
The river brought the , and Mateos led out for 54,000, which made D'Auteuil fold quickly. Kim went into the tank for several minutes, before apologizing about taking so long.
Eventually, Kim folded and Mateos took down the pot.
Call them wunderkind, enfant terrible, or even nueva estrella, but whatever way you look at it, the young are getting younger at the top levels of the European Poker Tour. PokerStars Blog explains what is meant by this.
After a raise to 24,000, it was Dani Stern three-betting to 68,000 from the cutoff seat. Michael Egan was in the small blind and he cold four-bet to 147,000. Play folded back to Stern and he thought about it for a bit before moving all in for around 500,000. Egan made the call to create a huge, seven-figure pot.
Stern showed the , while Egan had the .
The dealer spread the to give Stern the lead with top set of jacks, but Egan still had a flush draw and a chance to hit a higher set. The turn was the to give Egan that flush, and now all the Australian needed to do was dodge the board pairing on the river.
When the hit the river, Egan's hand was best with a queen-high flush, and Stern was sent off to the rail.
With 85 unique players and 14 reentries, there were 99 total entries generated for this year's European Poker Tour Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller. That amounted to a prize pool of €4,753,485, of which €1,224,000 will be going to the champion. The runner-up will receive €841,500, and 15 players will finish in the money.
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A huge cheer came from Carlos Mironiuk a few tables away from where our reporters were situated. By the time we arrived on the scene, a large pot was being pushed to Mironiuk, and the man from Argentina, who qualified in the live satellite two days ago, now has one of the largest stacks in the room.
According to Sam Greenwood, a player had raised, Mironiuk three-bet from the button, and then Jean-Noel Thorel shoved all in for 350,000 or so. The action folded back to Mironiuk, and he made the call with pocket kings. Thorel had , and the board ran out to knock Thorel out.
Catching up with the action on a board of , Sylvain Loosli had a bet of 75,000 in front of him and Steve O'Dwyer had a raise to 195,000 in front of him. Loosli made the call.
The fell on the turn, and both players checked to see the complete the board on the river. O'Dwyer bet 315,000, and Loosli called with the . But, O'Dwyer's had come from behind to make a full house with the , and he won the pot.
Dzmitry Urbanovich, who's not 21 yet, had an impressive string of results during Season 11 of the European Poker Tour, and for now it looks as though he's going to continue the trend in Season 12.
Right now, Urbanovich sits on 850,000 in chips after he got some nice value from Adrian Mateos on the river. The board showed , and Urbanovich tossed out a bet of 75,000. Mateos called after quite a bit of tanking, but quickly mucked when he saw Urbanovich table the .
and both blinds checked to Kim, who bet 31,000. Both his opponents called, and the turn was the 
. All three players checked.
, and Mateos led out for 54,000, which made D'Auteuil fold quickly. Kim went into the tank for several minutes, before apologizing about taking so long. 
, while Egan had the 
.
to give Egan that flush, and now all the Australian needed to do was dodge the board pairing on the river.
hit the river, Egan's hand was best with a queen-high flush, and Stern was sent off to the rail.
, and the board ran out 
to knock Thorel out.
, Sylvain Loosli had a bet of 75,000 in front of him and Steve O'Dwyer had a raise to 195,000 in front of him. Loosli made the call.
fell on the turn, and both players checked to see the 
complete the board on the river. O'Dwyer bet 315,000, and Loosli called with the 
, and he won the pot.
, and Urbanovich tossed out a bet of 75,000. Mateos called after quite a bit of tanking, but quickly mucked when he saw Urbanovich table the 
