2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

�5,300 Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€942,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,984,900
Entries
1,230
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

What a Flop for Fiorini

Level 34 : 120,000/240,000, 30,000 ante

Opened for 500,000 on the button by Luca Fiorini with {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, Kimmo Kurko in the big blind made a raise to 1,180,000 with {10-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. Fiorini called. The flop came {4-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, Kurko hitting his pair but surely Fiorini could not have hoped to hit the flop much harder than that? Kurko led out for 850,000 and Fiorini, instead of shoving, raised to 2,250,000. Kurko didn��t love it but he shoved all in and, after getting a price, Fiorini made the call. Fiorini was a 56% favourite at this point and Kurko was at risk, but the last two cards were {3-Clubs} {j-Clubs} and Kurko held to leave Fiorini as the short stack on 11 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Kimmo Kurko fi
Kimmo Kurko
14,490,000
6,665,000
6,665,000
Kresten Nielsen
Kresten Nielsen
10,235,000
-775,000
-775,000
Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
9,540,000
1,320,000
1,320,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Luca Fiorini
Luca Fiorini
2,645,000
-7,210,000
-7,210,000

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Middleton Off to a Good Start

Level 34 : 120,000/240,000, 30,000 ante

Tom Middleton raised for 600,000 from the small blind with {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and Luca Fiorini defended the big blind with {a-Hearts}{5-Spades}. They saw a flop of {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Middleton took it down with a bet of 700,000.

Middleton took the next hand with an open for 600,000 with {9-Spades}{6-Spades}. Nielson folded {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}from the big blind.

No Deal

Level 34 : 120,000/240,000, 30,000 ante

After a 20 minute discussion between the players no deal has been agreed. They play on for the prize pool money as publicised. Winner gets �1,067,000

Level: 34

Blinds: 120,000/240,000

Ante: 30,000

Talking Deal

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

The final four players have extended the break in order to talk deal. We'll be back once action resumes with specifics if they happen to come to an agreement.

Kurko Cracks the Killer's Aces

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Kimmo Kurko
Kimmo Kurko

Along with his fellow Finn Pasi Sormunen, Kimmo Kurko has been challenging Kresten Nielsen in the category of Best Final Table Hat as both are wearing sparkly chapeaux while Nielsen has a bright golden bull on his cap. And after cracking Nielsen's aces, Kurko is challenging him as well for the EPT10 Barcelona title, too, as described on the PokerStars blog.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

Pasi Sormunen Eliminated in 5th Place (�253,000)

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Pasi Sormunen - 5th Place
Pasi Sormunen - 5th Place

For the past two years, two Finns have made the final table. Last year they finished in second and third place, and those positions won't be improved upon as Pasi Sormunen has just fallen in fifth place.

It happened when he opened from early position with the {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} only to face a three-bet from Luca Fiorini, who picked up the {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} in the small blind. Sormunen thought long and hard before announcing that he was all in for 4.72 million and he was snap-called by Fiorini.

Sormunen knew he was in trouble even before the cards were tabled, and indeed it was a bad spot. That said, the {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{8-Spades} flop made things extremely interesting as Sormunen picked up a flush draw. The {Q-Spades} turn was a miss, meaning he had 12 outs he could hit on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {Q-Hearts}. The lady was no help to the Finn and he exited the tournament in fifth place for �253,000.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Fiorini
Luca Fiorini
9,875,000
5,060,000
5,060,000
Pasi Sormunen fi
Pasi Sormunen
Busted

Tags: Pasi SormunenLuca Fiorini