2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

�25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
€653,160
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Entries
102
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
102
Players Left
1

Aleksejs Ponakovs Eliminated in 6th Place (�148,170)

Level 23 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

Aleksejs Ponakovs moved all in on the button for around 600,000. He was called by Francisco Benitez in the big blind.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Francisco Benitez: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

It was a flip for Ponakovs tournament life as the flop came {9-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds} putting him behind. There was no help for the Latvian at the turn came the {5-Diamonds} and the river the {5-Clubs} to eliminate him in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
3,200,000
700,000
700,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Busted

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsFrancisco Benitez

Mitchell Halverson Eliminated in 7th Place (�118,530)

Level 23 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Mitchell Halverson
Mitchell Halverson

Mitchell Halverson moved all in from the button for 785,000. Leonard Maue called in the big blind.

Mitchell Halverson: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Leonard Maue: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

It was a flip and it didn't go in Halverson's favour as the board ran out {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to eliminate the American in seventh place for �118,530.

Player Chips Progress
Leonard Maue de
Leonard Maue
3,000,000
750,000
750,000
Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
Busted

Tags: Leonard MaueMitchell Halverson

Level: 23

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Sammartino Doubles Through Maue

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Leonard Maue raised to 120,000 from the hijack before Dario Sammartino moved all in for 385,000 from the button. Maue snap called when action folded back to him.

Dario Sammartino: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Leonard Maue: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Sammartino was all in and behind but the flop was favourable when it came {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} to put him in front. The turn of the {6-Diamonds} and the river of the {7-Spades} secured to double up for Sammartino and kept him alive.

Player Chips Progress
Leonard Maue de
Leonard Maue
2,250,000
-400,000
-400,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
920,000
620,000
620,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoLeonard Maue

Dzhavad Abdolvand Eliminated in 8th Place (�94,830)

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Dzhavad Abdolvand
Dzhavad Abdolvand

Dzhavad Abdolvand moved all in for 550,000 from the cutoff. He was called by Francisco Benitez in the small blind.

Dzhavad Abdolvand: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Francisco Benitez: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Abdolvand had run into the nuts of Benitez. The board ran out {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts} which eliminated Abdolvand in 8th place for just shy of �100,000.

Player Chips Progress
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
2,500,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Dzhavad Abdolvand ua
Dzhavad Abdolvand
Busted

Tags: Dzhavad AbdolvandFrancisco Benitez

Updated Chip Counts

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Leonard Maue de
Leonard Maue
2,650,000
130,000
130,000
Yasuhiro Waki jp
Yasuhiro Waki
1,800,000
-100,000
-100,000
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
1,500,000
-150,000
-150,000
Dzhavad Abdolvand ua
Dzhavad Abdolvand
1,050,000
250,000
250,000
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
860,000
-240,000
-240,000
Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
800,000
-75,000
-75,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
600,000
260,000
260,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
300,000
-100,000
-100,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Maue Doubles Through Ponakovs

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 100,000 from the cutoff before Leonard Maue moved all in for 1,210,000 from the small blind. Ponakovs used a couple of time bank cards before making the call.

Leonard Maue: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Aleksejs Ponakovs: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Ponakovs was way behind and Maue had a great chance of doubling. Maue had Ponakovs drawing near dead on the {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop. The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river the {6-Spades} which ensured Maue got the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Leonard Maue de
Leonard Maue
2,520,000
1,135,000
1,135,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
340,000
-1,060,000
-1,060,000

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsLeonard Maue

Derwiche Hits Runner Runner to Survive

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Imad Derwiche moved all in from the hijack for 570,000. Aleksejs Ponakovs moved all in over the top for 2,000,0000 from the button. The blinds folded.

Imad Derwiche: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Aleksejs Ponakovs: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

It was a flip for Derwiche's tournament life and it didn't look good when the flop came {a-Spades}{10-Spades}{6-Clubs}. Derwiche looked frustrated as the turn came the {8-Spades} which gave him a gutshot. However the river saved Derwiche as it came the {7-Spades} to give him a straight and the crucial double up on the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
1,400,000
-900,000
-900,000
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
1,100,000
450,000
450,000

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsImad Derwiche

Level: 21

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000