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

Patrik Antonius Eliminated in 9th Place (�75,850)

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 80,000 from the hijack. Patrik Antonius called in the big blind.

The flop came {a-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Antonius checked to Ponakovs. Ponakovs quickly announced all in for 120,000 effective. Antonius thought for a bit before calling.

Patrik Antonius: {10-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Aleksejs Ponakovs: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Antonius said "That's not good" when he saw he was way behind Ponakov's top pair top kicker. The turn and the river didn't help as it came the {2-Hearts} and the {k-Diamonds} to eliminate Antonius in ninth place for �75,950.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
2,300,000
400,000
400,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsPatrik Antonius

Final Table Redraw

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Dzhavad AbdolvandUkraine800,00020
2Leonard MaueGermany1,000,00025
3Francisco BenitezUruguay1,650,00041
4Patrik AntoniusFinland270,0007
5Dario SammartinoItaly275,0007
6Yasuhiro WakiJapan1,900,00048
7Imad DerwicheFrance650,00016
8Mitchell HalversonUnited States875,00022
9Aleksejs PonakpvsLatvia1,900,00048
Player Chips Progress
Yasuhiro Waki jp
Yasuhiro Waki
1,900,000
-230,000
-230,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
1,900,000
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
1,650,000
-75,000
-75,000
Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
875,000
15,000
15,000
Dzhavad Abdolvand ua
Dzhavad Abdolvand
800,000
-200,000
-200,000
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
650,000
-60,000
-60,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
275,000
-205,000
-205,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
270,000
-290,000
-290,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Nick Petrangelo Eliminated in 11th Place (�60,660); Dimitar Danchev Eliminated in 10th Place (�60,660)

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Nicholas Petrangelo
Nicholas Petrangelo

Dzhavad Abdolvand raised to 80,000 on the button and Nick Petrangelo called in the big blind.

The flop came {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs} and Petrangelo checked to Abdolvand who moved all in for 385,000. Petrangelo called all in.

Nick Petrangelo: {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Dzhavad Abdolvand: {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Petrangelo had top pair but was up against the nuts and was drawing near dead. The turn was the {k-Hearts} and the river was the {a-Hearts} which made Petrangelo a very short stack.

The next hand, there was a three-way all in going on as Mitchell Halverson had the chance to knock out two players in one fell swoop.

Nick Petrangelo: {a-Spades}{4-Spades}
Dimitar Danchev: {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Mitchell Halverson: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The flop came {6-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, the turn was the {k-Clubs} and the river came the {5-Clubs} to confirm the double bust out as Halverson pumped his fist.

Player Chips Progress
Dzhavad Abdolvand ua
Dzhavad Abdolvand
1,000,000
550,000
550,000
Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
860,000
450,000
450,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
Busted
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dimitar DanchevMitchell HalversonNick Petrangelo

Sirzat Hissou Eliminated in 12th Place (�48,980)

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Sirzat Hissou
Sirzat Hissou

Sirzat Hissou moved all in on the button for 460,000. Francisco Benitez took a time extension before deciding to call.

Sirzat Hissou: {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Francisco Benitez: {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

The flop sent Hissou on the brink if elimination as it came {5-Spades}{q-Spades}{2-Spades}, the turn was the {k-Diamonds} and the river came the {a-Spades} to end the night for Hissou.

Player Chips Progress
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
1,725,000
675,000
675,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
Busted

Tags: Francisco BenitezSirzat Hissou

Fateh Jowhary Eliminated in 13th Place (�48,980)

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Fateh Jowhary
Fateh Jowhary

Yasuhiro Waki raised to 105,000 in the cutoff. Fateh Jowhary called in the big blind.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Jowhary moved all in for 255,000. Waki called.

Fateh Jowhary: {j-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Yasurhiro Waki: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Jowhary had middle pair and a flush draw while Waki had top pair. The turn came the {4-Diamonds} and the river the {6-Clubs} to eliminate Jowhary in 13th Place.

Player Chips Progress
Yasuhiro Waki jp
Yasuhiro Waki
2,130,000
430,000
430,000
Fateh Jowhary ae
Fateh Jowhary
Busted

Tags: Fateh JowharyYasuhiro Waki

Petrangelo Hits Two Outer to Survive

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Dzhavad Abdolvand raised to 700,000 on the button. Nick Petrangelo was in the big blind and called for his last 400,000.

Nick Petrangelo: {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
Dzhavad Abdolvand: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

It was a flip for Petrangelo's tournament life. The flop was bad as it put him way behind when it came {k-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}. The turn was the {j-Spades} which didn't help Petrangelo. Petrangelo needed a four to survive and it came when the river came the {4-Diamonds} to keep the American in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
700,000
400,000
400,000
Dzhavad Abdolvand ua
Dzhavad Abdolvand
450,000
-350,000
-350,000

Tags: Dzhavad AbdolvandNick Petrangelo

Arends Eliminated on the Bubble

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Leonard Maue raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, Sirzat Hissou called in the small blind and Jans Arends called in the big blind for less with his tiny stack.

The flop came {6-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{a-Spades}. Hissou jammed all in and Maue got out of the way.

Hissou showed the {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} which was well ahead of the {8-Spades}{4-Spades} of Arends. But the turn provided some sweat as the {2-Spades} came off to give him a flush draw.

The river was the {8-Hearts} to eliminate Arends and officially burst the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
405,000
130,000
130,000
Jans Arends nl
Jans Arends
Busted

Tags: Jans ArendsLeonard MaueSirzat Hissou

Level: 20

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Break Time

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Players will now go on break again as the bubble continues. There are 14 players left and only 13 will make the money with the min cash being �48,980.

Ponakovs Cuts Hissou Deep

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action was joined on the turn with the board reading {2-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. From the big blind, Aleksejs Ponakovs led for 200,000. Sirzat Hissou called from under the gun.

The river came the {9-Spades}. Ponakovs announced a bet of 435,000 and pushed the chips forward. Hissou went into the tank and exhausted his last two time banks before tossing in the one chip call with two seconds left on the clock.

Ponakovs tabled the {5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flush. Hissou held on to his cards a while before mucking as his stack was cut down significantly.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
1,900,000
775,000
775,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
275,000
-1,065,000
-1,065,000

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsSirzat Hissou