€1,100 EPT National
Dia 3 Começado
€1,100 EPT National
Dia 3 Começado
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Upeshka De Silva | USA | 4,270,000 | 53 |
1 | 2 | Ludovic Geilich | UK | 5,365,000 | 67 |
1 | 3 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 2,820,000 | 35 |
1 | 4 | Matthias De Meulder | Belgium | 3,175,000 | 40 |
1 | 5 | Adria Maria Balaguer | Spain | 1,205,000 | 15 |
1 | 7 | Stefano Puccilli | Italy | 3,265,000 | 41 |
1 | 8 | Joao Almeida | Portugal | 1,815,000 | 23 |
2 | 1 | Joel Visa Jordana | Spain | 1,340,000 | 17 |
2 | 2 | Julien Martini | France | 2,450,000 | 31 |
2 | 4 | Jan Teunis | Netherlands | 4,375,000 | 55 |
2 | 5 | Luis Rodriguez Cruz | Spain | 6,765,000 | 85 |
2 | 6 | Giovanni Gallo | Italy | 3,740,000 | 47 |
2 | 7 | Valentin Cristea | Romania | 6,830,000 | 85 |
2 | 8 | Johann Zeitoun | France | 5,130,000 | 64 |
3 | 1 | Rustam Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 1,340,000 | 17 |
3 | 2 | Feras Abid | Finland | 1,450,000 | 18 |
3 | 3 | Francesc Pallares Folch | Spain | 815,000 | 10 |
3 | 4 | Michael Wang | USA | 3,250,000 | 41 |
3 | 6 | Gabriel Chiva | Romania | 2,550,000 | 32 |
3 | 7 | Mariano Leandro Hyon | Argentina | 2,165,000 | 27 |
3 | 8 | Jan Dentler | Germany | 1,770,000 | 22 |
4 | 1 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 1,460,000 | 18 |
4 | 2 | Jerome L'Hostis | France | 670,000 | 8 |
4 | 3 | Ivan Fano Alvarez | Spain | 625,000 | 8 |
4 | 4 | Arni Gunnarsson | Iceland | 3,755,000 | 47 |
4 | 5 | Jean Fontaine | France | 4,950,000 | 62 |
4 | 6 | Xavier Cortazar Vidal | Spain | 2,690,000 | 34 |
4 | 8 | Antonio Cano Monter | Spain | 2,130,000 | 27 |
5 | 1 | Johan Verhagen | Netherlands | 4,180,000 | 52 |
5 | 2 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 5,180,000 | 65 |
5 | 3 | Alexandru Anghel | Romania | 1,820,000 | 23 |
5 | 4 | Pedro Cairat | Argentina | 3,240,000 | 41 |
5 | 6 | Sammy Berrehail | France | 1,700,000 | 21 |
5 | 7 | Marco Silva Valente | Luxembourg | 4,400,000 | 55 |
5 | 8 | Evangelos Kokkalis | Greece | 1,320,000 | 17 |
6 | 1 | Luis Faria | Portugal | 5,320,000 | 67 |
6 | 3 | Michal Casnocha | Slovakia | 1,425,000 | 18 |
6 | 4 | Roger Taieb | France | 2,205,000 | 28 |
6 | 5 | Peter Turmezey | Hungary | 910,000 | 11 |
6 | 6 | Randy Bakker | Netherlands | 1,270,000 | 16 |
6 | 7 | Alex Lindop | UK | 745,000 | 9 |
6 | 8 | Alberto Meran | Dominican Republic | 1,070,000 | 13 |
7 | 1 | Simeon Naydenov | Bulgaria | 1,085,000 | 14 |
7 | 2 | Lior Shabtay | Israel | 1,880,000 | 24 |
7 | 3 | Joao Rodrigues Manana | Portugal | 1,000,000 | 13 |
7 | 5 | Stephane Brou | France | 1,045,000 | 13 |
7 | 6 | Rui Bouquet | Portugal | 650,000 | 8 |
7 | 7 | Alberto Ah Line | France | 4,475,000 | 56 |
7 | 8 | Vitaly Karayan | Russia | 3,285,000 | 41 |
The tension in the room is palpable as Day 3 of the €1,100 EPT National at the PokerStars European Poker Tour is about to kick off. Only 49 out of 4,348 players are left standing after two long and gruelling days of poker in Casino Barcelona. Each of them has already locked up €9,500, nearly nine times their original investment, but the lion's share of the €4,127,560 prize pool is still up for grabs, with a mouth-watering €547,000 and a highly-valued $30,000 Platinum Pass awaiting the winner on Sunday night.
Leading the way after two days is Valentin Cristea (6,830,000), who pipped Luis Rodriguez Cruz (6,765,000) by one big blind on the leaderboard last night. Rodriguez gained notoriety under his online alter ego "Turko_man", and has won the Sunday Million on PokerStars twice, among countless other accolades, including three live six-figure scores as well.
Rodriguez is not the only man who knows how to close out a tournament, as the dangerous Ludovic Geilich (5,365,000) isn't sitting far behind in third place. Geilich, playing as "ludovi333" on PokerStars, has plenty to boast with his own poker resumé, which features over two million in lifetime winnings.
Other notables that are still in the hunt for the sizable six-figure cash are Upeshka De Silva (4,270,000), Matthias De Meulder (3,175,000) and Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs (2,820,000). As faith would have it, De Silva, Geilich, De Meulder and Ruijs have drawn four seats next to each other at the same table. Defending champion Pedro Cairat (3,240,000) also still has a shot at one of the most improbable back-to-back victories after winning last year's 4,557-runner event for €432,178.
Cards go back in the air at noon local time with blinds returning at 40,000/80,000 and a big blind ante of 80,000. Levels will be 60 minutes long for the remainder of the tournament and play will likely continue until the final table has been reached, which will then be played out on Sunday, August 26. Keep following PokerNews and don't miss a beat from the most exciting 1K in Europe as continued coverage of the EPT Barcelona rolls on.
Nível: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
After a raise by Michal Casnocha, Peter Turmezey three-bet all in and was called quickly to set up the following coin flip:
Peter Turmezey:
Michal Casnocha:
The board came and Turmezey was eliminated in 49th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Michal Casnocha | 2,450,000 | 1,025,000 |
Peter Turmezey | Eliminado |
Over at Table 1, Ludovic Geilich raised on the button and Matthias De Meulder defended his big blind. Geilich bet 245,000 on the flop and De Meulder check-called. On the turn, Geilich fired a second barrel of 785,000 and De Meulder folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ludovic Geilich | 5,500,000 | 135,000 |
Matthias De Meulder | 2,650,000 | -525,000 |
Ivan Fano Alvarez was the next casualty of the day and he was quickly followed by Lior Shabtay and Joao Rodrigues Manana.
Shabtay got his short stack of around 450,000 in with the and was called by Vitaly Karayan in the big blind.
Lior Shabtay:
Vitaly Karayan:
The board came and Shabtay was drawing dead on the turn.
Only moments later, Rodrigues Manana pushed from the small blind and Sammy Berrehail called in the big blind.
Joao Rodrigues Manana:
Sammy Berrehail:
The flop was as bad as it could get for the Spaniard, and the turn left him drawing dead to make the river a formality.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Vitaly Karayan | 3,900,000 | 615,000 |
Sammy Berrehail | 2,500,000 | 800,000 |
Joao Rodrigues Manana | Eliminado | |
Ivan Fano Alvarez | Eliminado | |
Lior Shabtay | Eliminado |
Joel Visa was all in for 1,045,000 from the hijack, Julien Martini came over the top from the cutoff and the other players folded.
Joel Visa:
Julien Martini:
The flop paired Visa's ace to give him a substantial lead in the hand. The turn and river were safe to move him out of the danger zone.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Joel Visa Jordana | 2,300,000 | 960,000 |
Julien Martini | 1,550,000 | -900,000 |
Ludovic Geilich opened the action with a raise to 175,000 from middle positon and saw Adria Maria Balaguer move all in for 15.m from the button. Rui Bouquet was in the small blind with just 400,000 after he got confirmation of Balaguer's chip count he also moved all in.
With the action now on Stefano Puccilli in the small blind, he reshoved for around 5m and got a quick fold from Geilich.
Adria Maria Balaguer:
Rui Bouquet:
Stefano Puccilli:
The flop put Pucilli in full control with top set and was on the verge of knocking out both his opponents. The turn gave Balaguer hope with the backdoor flush draw, and when the wheeled off on the river, he completed his nut flush and secured a vital double. Bouquet departed the table after his pocket kings were no good and claimed his €9,500 prize money.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Stefano Puccilli | 3,600,000 | 335,000 |
Adria Maria Balaguer | 3,500,000 | 2,295,000 |
Rui Bouquet | Eliminado |
The action folded to Simeon Naydenov in the cutoff, and he moved all in for around 1m. In the small blind was Claudio Di Giacomo and he made the call before the big blind folded.
Claudio Di Giacomo:
Simeon Naydenov:
Board:
The flop was safe for Naydenov but when the turn card was revealed to be the Di Gaicomo took the lead and held on the river to eliminate Naydenov.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Claudio Di Giacomo | 2,800,000 | 1,340,000 |
Simeon Naydenov | Eliminado |