2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

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

2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
€540,990
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,920,800
Entries
80
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
80
Players Left
1

Lefrancois Stacked After Firing Triple Barrel Bluff into Addamo's Quads

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Pascal Lefrancois
Pascal Lefrancois

Michael Addamo opened from under the gun to 3,500 and Pascal Lefrancois three-bet to 10,500 from early position. Addamo called.

The flop came {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Lefrancois continued for 11,000. Addamo made the call.

On the {5-Hearts} turn, Lefrancois fired for 22,000 and Addamo called once more.

The river brought the {k-Diamonds} and Lefrancois, after some deliberation, moved all in for his last 52,000. Addamo snap-called and turned over {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for quad fives, forcing the whole table, including Lefrancois, to burst into laughter. The eliminated Lefrancois showed {10-Spades}{9-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
450,500
87,500
87,500
Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
Busted

Tags: Michael AddamoPascal Lefrancois

Addamo Wins Battle of the Big Stacks

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Michael Addamo opened for 3,500 from the hijack and Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet to 10,500 from the button. Addamo called.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Ponakovs continued for 15,000. Addamo called.

On the {4-Clubs} turn, Addamo lead out for 5,500. Ponakovs asked Addamo how much he was playing with and used a time bank chip before making the call.

On the {j-Diamonds} river, Addamo fired for 22,000. Ponakovs would take his time before making the call. Addamo showed {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and it was good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
363,000
68,000
68,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
325,000
82,000
82,000

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsMichael Addamo

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Nashar Shoves, Forces Out Kisacikoglu

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Hassan Nashar
Hassan Nashar

Orpen Kisacikoglu opened for 3,500 from the hijack and Hassan Nashar called from the cutoff.

The flop came {j-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Kisacikoglu took his time before putting out a bet of 6,500. Nashar snap-called.

On the {6-Diamonds} turn, Kisacikoglu continued for 20,000. Nashar went all in for his last 61,500 and Kisacikoglu would quickly fold to give Nashar a nice pot.

Player Chips Progress
Hassan Nashar gm
Hassan Nashar
105,500
105,500
105,500
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
93,000
93,000
93,000

Tags: Hassan NasharOrpen Kisacikoglu

O'Dwyer Doubles Up Through Addamo

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

Mike Watson opened for 3,500 from the hijack and Michael Addamo three-bet to 10,500 from the cutoff. Steve O'Dwyer, from the button, moved all in for his final 23,500. Action folded around back to Addamo, who called for 13,000 more.

Steve O'Dwyer: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Michael Addamo: {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The flop came {j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{10-Spades} giving O'Dwyer top pair and a straight draw while Addamo flopped bottom pair and an open-ended straight draw.

The {6-Spades} turn also gave O'Dwyer a flush draw, eliminating some of Addamo's outs.

The {8-Hearts} completed the board and O'Dwyer picked up a full double up.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
295,000
95,000
95,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
67,500
67,500
67,500
EPT 2X Winner
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
53,500
8,500
8,500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Michael AddamoMichael WatsonSteve O'Dwyer

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Smith Gets Three Streets of Value, Completes Full House on River

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

Dan Smith opened for 2,500 from the cutoff and Artur Martirosian defended his big blind.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Smith continued for 2,000. Martirosian called.

On the {k-Hearts} turn, Smith bet again, this time for 5,500. Martirosian called once again and the two went to the river.

The {a-Hearts} completed the board and Smith fired a third barrel for 13,000. After using one of his time bank chips, Martirosyan flicked in a chip and Smith quickly turned over {a-Spades}{10-Spades} for a full house and the win.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
141,000
141,000
141,000
Run It Once
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
76,000
76,000
76,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Artur MartirosyanDan Smith

Ponakovs Continues to Roll Early

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

With 13,000 in the pot and the board reading {5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, Steve O'Dwyer checked over to Aleksejs Ponakovs, who used all 30 of his seconds before deciding on a bet of 6,500. O'Dwyer called.

On the {q-Clubs} river, Ponakovs once again used the full allotment of his time before settling on 23,000, roughly half of O'Dwyer's remaining stack. O'Dwyer quickly folded and Ponakovs took his stack to nearly a quarter of a million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
243,000
243,000
243,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
45,000
45,000
45,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsSteve O'Dwyer

Level: 2

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000