Main Event
Dia 5 Começado
Main Event
Dia 5 Começado
The penultimate day of the 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 Main Event will see 13 players out of 1,931 entries return to their seats on the final two tables at Casino Barcelona. The lion's share of the €9,365,350 prize pool is still up for grabs and all 13 remaining hopefuls have locked up €88,250 for their efforts. However, all eyes are set on the golden trophy and the first-place prize of €1,611,500 that comes along with it.
Two of the final 13 already know what it feels like to lift the EPT Main Event trophy for the winner shots, as Ognyan Dimov (3,100,000) and John Juanda (1,988,000) remain in contention with 39 and 25 big blinds respectively for the first level on Day 5. Dimov claimed the title back in 2015 in Deauville and Juanda entered the winner's circle right here in Salon Gaudi in the same year.
Leading the field into Day 5 is Portugal's Pedro Marques with 9,150,000 and Fabiano Kovalski is in second place with 8,745,000, Marques' countryman Rodrigo Carmo follows in third 5,330,000. It won't be an easy ride for any of them to reach the final six, as a tough competition awaits. Matthias Tikerpe (5,200,000), Haoxiang Wang (4,655,000), Mark Buckley (4,400,000), Georges Hanna (3,770,000), Piotr Nurzinsky (3,570,000), Patrick Clarke (3,550,000), Danny Tang (2,435,000) and Ben Heath (2,030,000) are all vying for a spot on the final table.
Two of the remaining 13 contenders are also still in the last longer competition for qualifiers that awards a Platinum Pass worth $30,000 for the highly anticipated 2019 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC), the winner of the Main Event will also receive a Platinum Pass as well.
Action resumes at 12 p.m. local time with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and a big blind ante of 80,000. The feature table live stream with hole cards up coverage will run on a security delay of 30 minutes and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action from right here in Barcelona.
Day 5 Seat Assignments
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ben Heath | UK | 2,030,000 | 25 |
1 | 2 | Georges Hanna | Lebanon | 3,770,000 | 47 |
1 | 3 | Danny Tang | UK | 2,435,000 | 30 |
1 | 4 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 3,100,000 | 39 |
1 | 5 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 1,988,000 | 25 |
1 | 7 | Pedro Marques | Portugal | 9,150,000 | 114 |
1 | 8 | Piotr Nurzynski | Poland | 3,570,000 | 45 |
2 | 2 | Rodrigo Carmo | Portugal | 5,330,000 | 67 |
2 | 3 | Matthias Tikerpe | Estonia | 5,200,000 | 65 |
2 | 4 | Haoxiang Wang | China | 4,655,000 | 58 |
2 | 5 | Patrick Clarke | Ireland | 3,550,000 | 44 |
2 | 6 | Fabiano Kovalski | Brazil | 8,745,000 | 109 |
2 | 8 | Mark Buckley | Ireland | 4,400,000 | 55 |
Nível: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 5 action is underway.
Ben Heath raised in the hijack to 160,000 with and John Juanda asked for Heath's stack size before calling in the big blind with the . The flop came and both players checked to the turn. Juanda bet 200,000 and Heath folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
John Juanda
|
2,100,000 | 120,000 |
Ben Heath | 1,870,000 | -160,000 |
Mark Buckley raised to 175,000 two times in a row on the outer table. In the first hand, he found no resistance and in the second hand Matthias Tikerpe called in the big blind. The flop came and Tikerpe check-folded to a bet of 190,000.
In the fourth hand, Tikerpe raised the button and Patrick Clarke defended the big blind. The flop came and Clarke check-called a bet of 100,000. The on the turn was checked through and Clarke checked the on the river. Tikerpe bet 225,000 and Clarke snap-called to get shown . Clarke had that beat with the for aces and sixes and dragged in a nice pot early on.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Mark Buckley
|
4,895,000 | 495,000 |
Matthias Tikerpe | 4,460,000 | -740,000 |
Patrick Clarke | 3,975,000 | 425,000 |
Mark Buckley raised to 175,000 from under the gun and both Matthias Tikerpe, in the cutoff, and Fabiano Kovalski, in the big blind, called.
The flop came down , and Buckley bet again after Kovalski had checked. Tikerpe called, and Kovalski folded.
The turn brought the , and Buckley opted to check-call a 325,000 bet from Tikerpe before the river card was revealed to be the .
Both players checked to a showdown, and Buckley took the pot after he tabled for the overpair to the board.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Mark Buckley
|
5,500,000 | 605,000 |
Matthias Tikerpe | 3,900,000 | -560,000 |
The action folded around to Ognyan Dimov on the button, and he raised to 175,00 with . Pedro Marques called in the big blind with , and the flop fell . Both players checked the turn was the .
Marques took a stab at the pot with his pair two pair and bet 225,000, but Dimov was going nowhere with pocket aces and called.
The river gave both players a full house, but it was Dimov who had a lock on the pot. Marques bet 280,000 and Dimov raised to 850,000. Marques went into the tank and needed to use a time bank card to mull over his decision. With his minute nearly up he decided to make a great fold and let his full house go into the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Pedro Marques | 8,500,000 | -650,000 |
Ognyan Dimov
|
3,600,000 | 500,000 |
First to act, Fabiano Kovalevski raised to 160,000 and Matthias Tikerpe called on the button, as did Patrick Clarke in the big blind. The flop and the turn were checked. Clarke bet the river for 125,000 and both opponents called.
Clarke shook his head and showed , which Kovalevski had beat with . However, it was Tikerpe that won the pot with .
In the next hand, Haoxiang Wang raised the button to 160,000 and Clarke three-bet successfully out of the small blind.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Fabiano Kovalski | 8,300,000 | -445,000 |
Patrick Clarke | 4,840,000 | 865,000 |
Matthias Tikerpe | 4,275,000 | 375,000 |
Haoxiang Wang
|
4,200,000 | -455,000 |
Ognyan Dimov raised the button with the and made it 175,000 to go. Big stack Pedro Marques called in the big blind with and the flop came . Both players checked and the fell on the turn. Marques checked and Dimov claimed the pot with a bet of 325,000.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Pedro Marques | 7,300,000 | -1,200,000 |
Ognyan Dimov
|
3,820,000 | 220,000 |