2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€495,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
477
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

News in Brief

  • Per Linde moved all in for 25,900 from the small blind after Jean Petroli had limped from under the gun. Petroli folded and was shown {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} by the Swede, who then looked up to us and said, "I had 700 chips five hands ago!"
  • Kevin MacPhee is hovering around the 50,000 mark and getting aggressive with his stack. He three-bet to 8,500 from the small blind after Andrei Stoenescu had opened to 3,500 from early psoition. The Romanian saw how much MacPhee had behind and folded.
  • Melanie Weisner paid off Ivan Tikhov on the river of a {9-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts} board. She checked to face a 21,000 bet that she called before mucking when shown
Player Chips Progress
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
172,000
-38,000
-38,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
50,000
2,000
2,000
EPT 1X Winner
Per Linde se
Per Linde
31,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Kevin MacPheeMelanie WeisnerPer Linde

Blain Stands His Ground

Koen De Visscher came in raising to 3,500 before the flop, and Dermot Blain flatted in position to go heads up to the flop.

The dealer spread out {2-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}, and Blain called another 4,200 there. Visscher's {10-Diamonds} turn bet of 10,500 was called as well, and the river {8-Spades} filled out the board. Check-check this time. First to show, De Visscher rolled over {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}. Blain's little {4-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} had held strong, and that pot chips him back up out of the basement a bit. He and De Visscher have essentially traded places now.

Player Chips Progress
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
62,000
20,000
20,000
Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
40,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Koen De VisscherDermot Blain

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
345,000
10,000
10,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
338,000
160,000
160,000
Javier Etayo es
Javier Etayo
320,000
20,000
20,000
Juan Navarrete
Juan Navarrete
273,000
33,000
33,000
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
259,000
108,000
108,000
Andrei Stoenescu ro
Andrei Stoenescu
253,000
87,000
87,000
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
227,000
86,000
86,000
EPT 1X Winner
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
210,000
57,000
57,000
Jordi Martinez
Jordi Martinez
189,000
39,000
39,000
Anders Andersen dk
Anders Andersen
182,000
7,000
7,000
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
178,000
126,000
126,000
Efren Garcia
Efren Garcia
177,000
62,000
62,000
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
177,000
-23,000
-23,000
Oscar Romero Martinez
Oscar Romero Martinez
175,000
120,000
120,000
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
175,000
Martino Chiodo
Martino Chiodo
170,000
85,000
85,000
Jose Manuel Nadal es
Jose Manuel Nadal
170,000
70,000
70,000
Yordan Dimitrov bg
Yordan Dimitrov
170,000
19,000
19,000
Mateo Sempere
Mateo Sempere
167,000
-16,000
-16,000
Siyu Sha at
Siyu Sha
160,000
24,000
24,000
Bruno Lopes
Bruno Lopes
159,000
63,700
63,700
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
156,000
1,000
1,000
Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
155,000
35,000
35,000
Alvaro Ballesteros es
Alvaro Ballesteros
150,000
41,000
41,000
Massimo Di Cicco it
Massimo Di Cicco
150,000
5,000
5,000

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Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Break it Up

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

We've put three levels in the books, and the players are off for another 15-minute break. We've got two more levels to play before putting Day 2 in the bag.

No Money For These Guys

Player Chips Progress
Jaume Pous Flor
Jaume Pous Flor
Busted
Jukka Koskela
Jukka Koskela
Busted
Luis Fernando Garcia Martinez
Luis Fernando Garcia Martinez
Busted
Michel Betting
Michel Betting
Busted
Gabriel Pereira Gomes
Gabriel Pereira Gomes
Busted
Julian Herold de
Julian Herold
Busted
Antonio L¨®pez Soler
Antonio L��pez Soler
Busted
Julian Schultheis
Julian Schultheis
Busted
Samuli Sipila fi
Samuli Sipila
Busted
Anton Sinel
Anton Sinel
Busted
Dragan Kostic
Dragan Kostic
Busted
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
Busted
John Taramas gr
John Taramas
Busted
Svein Skovli
Svein Skovli
Busted
Marciano Rodriquez Cortes
Marciano Rodriquez Cortes
Busted
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
Busted
Stephan Kjerstad
Stephan Kjerstad
Busted
David Metelo
David Metelo
Busted
Oscar Serradell es
Oscar Serradell
Busted
Segey Baburin
Segey Baburin
Busted
Christian Salbrechter
Christian Salbrechter
Busted
Anton Ionel ro
Anton Ionel
Busted
Jonathan Concepcion Tacoronte
Jonathan Concepcion Tacoronte
Busted
Chao Fei Wang
Chao Fei Wang
Busted
Stephane Albertini fr
Stephane Albertini
Busted

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Found the Right Angel

Angel Guillen had three-bet an open of 2,500 to 6,100 before Raul Paez made it 15,100 behind him, the original raiser folded and Guillen made the call.

The flop was {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Guillen checked, Paez bet 14,000 only for the Mexican Team Pro to move all in. Paez hated this and after a while, elected to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
125,000
-43,000
-43,000

Tags: Angel GuillenRaul Paez

Linde Hanging Around

Per Linde has been lingering with a short stack for a while now, and he was down under 12,000 when he got it in preflop against Nicolas Levi. Linde had the {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}, and Levi's {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} was not looking so good.

The {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} flop was a start for the Frenchman, but it's as close as he'd get to the knockout. The turn {3-Spades} and river {4-Clubs} were blanks, and Linde has doubled back into contention with just shy of 25,000.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
155,000
-7,000
-7,000
Per Linde se
Per Linde
24,000
13,000
13,000

Tags: Nicolas LeviPer Linde

That Time of the Tournament

Aggressive poker is seen as winning poker generally. This style of play has to be mixed up to keep it balanced and in-exploitable. There are not many better at changing up and down gears as Chris Moorman.

Right now the Brit is moving up through the gears, and it's working.

He barreled one opponent off a hand before he tangled, and won, versus Marius Ion Geanta. Moorman raise-called a three-bet from the Romanian to see a {4-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop where he check-called a 9,200 bet.

The turn came {3-Hearts} and Moorman took the lead for 15,800. Geanta tanked for a few minutes before he conceded defeat and folded. Moorman tabled the {j-Clubs} and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
105,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Chris MoormanMarius Ion Geanta

Benyamine Runs into a House

David Benyamine lost some chips off his stack but still has way over the average.

He opened to 2,600 and was only called Segey Baburin in the small blind. Both players checked the flop before Baburin led for 3,100 when the board read {10-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}. Benyamine called, and called a 15,000 bet on the {10-Diamonds} river. His Russian opponent opened {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for a full house and the Frenchman mucked.

Player Chips Progress
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
175,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Segey BaburinDavid Benyamine