2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
€1,500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,860,000
Entries
686
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Wilinofsky Not Quite Centurion But Definitely in Charge

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ben Wilinofsky raised to 1,025 under the gun and it folded all the way around to the gentleman in the big blind (astoundingly, there are a few people in this incredibly stacked field whose faces we do not recognise). Mr. Big Blind called, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Mr. Big Blind checked to Wilinofsky who bet 1,500. After a short pause, Mr. BB called.

Turn: {10-Hearts}

Again, Mr. BB checked, and Wilinofsky now bet 2,500. This time the pause from Mr. BB was rather longer, but he eventually called again.

River: {2-Clubs}

Mr. BB checked for a third and final time. Wilinofsky asked the dealer to spread the pot (it was around 12,500) before betting 35,000 to cover Mr. BB, who had around 15,000 left. The spell in the tank from Mr. BB was epic this time - after perhaps five or six minutes, the clock was called. Mr. BB attempted to extract some information from Wilinofsky via the medium of asking questions, but Wilinofsky just stared fixedly at the felt and refused to answer. Eventually, with around 20 seconds remaining, Mr. BB folded.

Wilinofsky is up to 90,000.

Tags: Ben Wilinofsky

Ben-t Into Shape

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Ben Wilinofsky
Ben Wilinofsky

Ben Wilinofsky just added another 30,000 to his stack when his opponent made a big shove all in on the turn of a {Q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts} board holding {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. The Canadian beat him into the pot and turned over {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for a set, just needing to avoid a gutshot-making seven on the river, which he easily did when the {2-Hearts} appeared instead.

Tags: Ben Wilinofsky

Chip Counts from the Far End of the Room

Player Chips Progress
David Sonelin se
David Sonelin
106,000
Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
101,000
23,000
23,000
EPT 1X Winner
Ben Wilinofsky ca
Ben Wilinofsky
80,000
32,000
32,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
80,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
65,000
40,500
40,500
Run It Once
Juan Maceiras
Juan Maceiras
62,500
17,500
17,500
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
61,500
23,500
23,500
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
60,000
14,000
14,000
EPT 1X Winner
Vadim Markushevski by
Vadim Markushevski
60,000
42,500
42,500
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
58,000
26,000
26,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
58,000
-18,000
-18,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
57,000
15,000
15,000
Sami Kelopuro fi
Sami Kelopuro
54,000
30,000
30,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
43,000
12,500
12,500
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
42,000
2,000
2,000
GTO Wizard
Jens Kyllonen fi
Jens Kyllonen
38,000
6,000
6,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
35,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
35,000
1,800
1,800
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
31,000
-7,500
-7,500
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
31,000
1,000
1,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
27,000
-19,000
-19,000
Michael Eiler de
Michael Eiler
25,000
-17,000
-17,000
EPT 1X Winner
[Removed:197]
[Removed:197]
19,000
-4,000
-4,000
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
17,500
-17,500
-17,500
Joao Barbosa pt
Joao Barbosa
17,000
-6,300
-6,300
EPT 1X Winner

Chips in Level 6

With his fingernails on the edge of the bustout cliff, Jonathan Duhamel, down to just over 2,000 managed to hold {A-}{K-} vs. a spin-giving {8-}{7-} to stay in the game - although his warning light is still on.

Another type of fortune has belonged to Toby Lewis this level, as every time we pass his table his stack has doubled. To be fair he was down to just 9,000 the first time, but this remarkable level has brought him back to 45,000 from which vantage point he can begin to disturb his table once again.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
62,500
29,000
29,000
Imre Leibold ee
Imre Leibold
58,000
25,500
25,500
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
54,000
1,400
1,400
Winamax
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
49,400
-600
-600
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
46,000
16,000
16,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
45,000
26,500
26,500
EPT 1X Winner
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
36,000
-27,000
-27,000
Alex Gomes
Alex Gomes
34,200
18,600
18,600
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
34,000
-1,500
-1,500
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
33,100
-3,900
-3,900
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
24,600
-13,400
-13,400
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
24,000
2,000
2,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
23,000
-10,000
-10,000
Ramsey Ajram
Ramsey Ajram
20,500
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
12,300
-15,200
-15,200
Johan van Til nl
Johan van Til
10,250
-25,750
-25,750
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
4,600
-8,400
-8,400

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelToby Lewis

Down-'Tern

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Arnaud Mattern is no longer among the chip leaders - in fact, he's barely above average.

He told us that he raised in the cutoff with pocket tens and his fellow Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis reraised him from the button. Mattern four-bet, Veldhuis went all in, Mattern snap-called - and Veldhuis' {a-}{j-} promptly hit to double him up to 50,000. Mattern was left with 37,000.

Tags: Arnaud MatternLex Veldhuis

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Theover

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Theo Jorgensen
Theo Jorgensen

Theo Jorgensen is out of the Main Event after losing his back-in-the-game race that could have seen him double his <10k stack. All-in preflop with {J-Spades}{J-Clubs} vs. the {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} of Anestis Pantazidis. Even for a pro as seasoned as Jorgensen, the river must have been a slight disappointment as after he'd survived a {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop and turned a third {J-Diamonds}, the {Q-Diamonds} hit to send him to the rail.

Or possibly to the �800 + �200 Random Bounty tournament just commencing on the other side of the spacious room. Or even to rail the Heads Up stage of the High Roller event, where as we write ElkY is heads up with Benny Spindler.

Tags: Theo JorgensenAnestis Pantazidis

Not Worthy

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Jude Ainsworth
Jude Ainsworth

Jude Ainsworth continues to grind out today, the big blind check-called his bet of 2,600 on a flop of {9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs} but then tank-folded when the Irishman bet 3,500 on the {Q-Hearts} turn. It's a tough looking table which also contains Word Champion Jonathan Duhamel and also former Snowfest runner-up Russell Carson.

Tags: Jude Ainsworth

Left With a Bowl

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Kyle Bowker, who finished 3rd at EPT London, has been crippled losing a 70,000 chip pot which looked to have gone all in preflop. The board read {7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and his opponet's {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} was the winning hand, Bowker having to hand over 35,000 or so of his once chunky stack.

Tags: Kyle Bowker