2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

�5,200 8-Game
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8x7x5x3x2x
Prize
€37,550
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,200
Prize Pool
€87,300
Entries
18
Level Info
Level
19
Limits
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
18
Players Left
1

Level: 13

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000/6,000, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2.000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion 6,000-12,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 3,000 Ante, 1,500/3,000 Blinds

Hausen Sent Home

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Tobias Hausen
Tobias Hausen

Stud Hi-Lo

Ivo Bartoletti: XxXx/3?9? - folded fourth street
Tobias Hausen: XxXx/J?Q?7?5?/Xx
Benjamin Pollak: XxXx/A?2?10?8?/Xx

Ivo Bartoletti brought in and Tobias Hausen called. Benjamin Pollak then completed and got both Bartoletti and Hausen with him to fourth street,

Pollak tossed in a bet, which got Bartoletti out of the way. Hausen called, after which Pollak checked fifth street. Hausen took the opportunity to bet and Pollak called.

Pollak also check-called sixth street before leading on seventh street. Hausen sighed and called, but mucked his cards when Pollak tabled 10?4?2? for tens and twos.

Ivo Bartoletti: XxXx/3? - folded third street
Dongwoo Ko: A?8?/4?7?7?4?/2?
Tobias Hausen: K?4?/A?6?7?10?/10? All in
Benjamin Pollak: XxXx/5?A?8?9? - folded sixth street

The next hand, Bartoletti once again brought in. Dongwoo Ko completed, after which Hausen tossed in his final 1,000. Pollak called and Bartoletti mucked his cards.

The side pot was checked to sixth street, where Ko bet with two pair on his board. Pollak quickly mucked to let Ko and Hausen show down.

Hausen needed a low card to stay in the tournament, but he received the 10? instead to mark the end of his 8-Game run.

Player Chips Progress
Dongwoo Ko ca
Dongwoo Ko
165,000
7,000
7,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
102,000
77,500
77,500
Ivo Bartoletti it
Ivo Bartoletti
99,000
-21,000
-21,000
Tobias Hausen de
Tobias Hausen
Busted

Tags: Benjamin PollakDongwoo KoIvo BartolettiTobias Hausen

Zhou Shows Three Jacks

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

Jiaming Zhao: XxXx/2?5?3?10?/Xx
Mike Watson: XxXx/10?Q?4?6?/Xx

Jiaming Zhao completed and Mike Watson raised. The action folded back to Zhao, who put in a call.

Zhao went on to call bets on fourth and fifth streets before both checked on sixth.

Watson checked again on seventh street, after which a bet followed from Zhao. Watson reluctantly called and quickly mucked his cards when Zhao tabled J?J?J? for three of a kind.

Player Chips Progress
Jiaming Zhao cn
Jiaming Zhao
145,000
15,000
15,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
110,000
-65,000
-65,000
EPT 2X Winner

Tags: Jiaming ZhaoMike Watson

Ko Takes the Rest from Urbanovich

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Dzmitry Urbanovich was all in for his last 21,500 against Dongwoo Ko.

Dzmitry Urbanovich: A?J?10?10? All in
Dongwoo Ko: K?J?5?5?

The board ran out A?9?6?5?8? and Ko made a set and then rivered a flush to eliminate Urbanovich.

Player Chips Progress
Dongwoo Ko ca
Dongwoo Ko
158,000
32,000
32,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dongwoo KoDzmitry Urbanovich

Level: 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500/5,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,500 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,500 Ante, 1,000/2,500 Blinds

Pollak Triples, Watson Wins Side Pot

Level 11 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Benjamin Pollak limped in under the gun, leaving himself 3,500 behind. Jiaming Zhao then raised his button and Mike Watson called in the big blind.

Pollak tossed in his final chips and drew four cards, while Watson and Zhao both needed two.

Watson then made a bet into the side pot and was called. Watson stood pat on the second draw before his opponents took two cards each.

Another bet and call followed, after which Watson stood pat a final time. Pollak and Zhao drew one card, and Watson bet. Zhao folded and Watson showed 9x6x5x4x2x.

However, Pollak had drawn the nuts with his 7x5x4x3x2x and tripled up to a stack of three big bets.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
175,000
25,000
25,000
EPT 2X Winner
Jiaming Zhao cn
Jiaming Zhao
145,000
-15,000
-15,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
24,500
11,500
11,500

Tags: Benjamin PollakJiaming ZhaoMike Watson

Ko Leaves Urbanovich on Crumbs

Level 11 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Razz

Dzmitry Urbanovich completed, Ivo Bartoletti called, and Dongwoo Ko defended his bring-in.

"I heard it's a good idea to play kings in this game," Ko elaborated.

Dongwoo Ko: 3x2x / Kx7x6xAx / Xx
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx / Ax3xJx8x / Xx
Ivo Bartoletti: XxXx / 7xQxKx - folded on fifth street

Urbanovich led on fourth and both opponents called. Urbanovich check-called a bet from Ko on fifth while Bartoletti folded.

Urbanovich check-called on sixth and on seventh. He got the bad news as Ko had made a seven to leave Urbanovich on fumes.

Player Chips Progress
Dongwoo Ko ca
Dongwoo Ko
126,000
41,000
41,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
10,000
-72,500
-72,500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dongwoo KoDzmitry UrbanovichIvo Bartoletti

Payouts Confirmed

Level 11 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
PokerStars Spadie
PokerStars Spadie

The �5,200 8-Game received 18 total entries. Four players will receive at least �10,500 for their efforts, while the eventual winner will walk away with �37,550 and a PokerStars trophy.

PlacePrize
1�37,550
2�23,550
3�15,700
4�10,500

Quads for Glaser

Level 11 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Benny Glaser was the bring in, Benjamin Pollak limped, and Jyri Merivirta limped behind.

Benjamin Pollak: XxXx / J?Q?8? - folded on fifth street
Jyri Merivirta: XxXx / K?A?A?7? / Xx
Benny Glaser: K?4?3? / 3?3?3?8?

The action checked through on fourth. Glaser led on fifth with trip treys showing and only Merivirta called showing a pair of aces.

The action checked through on sixth and Merivirta called a final bet from Glaser on seventh. Glaser announced that he had quads and he scooped a big one.

Player Chips Progress
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
130,000
53,000
53,000
Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta
55,000
-35,000
-35,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
13,000
-8,000
-8,000

Tags: Benjamin PollakBenny GlaserJyri Merivirta

Ko Gets a Quarter

Level 11 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Ivo Bartoletti limped in from the small blind and Dongwoo Ko raised in the big blind. Bartoletti called to the J?A?6? flop, where he bet. Ko raised and Bartoletti called.

On the 4? turn, Bartoletti check-called a bet from Ko, and he did the same on the 2? river. Ko showed A?8?6?4? for aces-up and an eight-low.

Bartoletti tabled A?10?7?6? for the same two pair but a better low and received his own money back plus half of what Ko had bet.

Player Chips Progress
Dongwoo Ko ca
Dongwoo Ko
85,000
-5,000
-5,000
Ivo Bartoletti it
Ivo Bartoletti
80,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Dongwoo KoIvo Bartoletti