2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

�50,000 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
€872,940
Event Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€2,862,090
Entries
59
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
59
Players Left
1

Ponakovs Shoves on Badziakouski; Soyza Outruns Tsang

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

Mikita Badziakouski limped in from the small blind before Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 27,000. Badziakouski came back with a reraise to 90,000 and Ponakovs called.

The flop came {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and Badziakouski continued for 45,000. Ponakovs called to see the {10-Spades} fall on the turn.

Badziakouski bet another 90,000 and Ponakovs used a time bank before calling once again. The river came the {5-Clubs} and Badziakouski slowed down and checked. Ponakovs then shoved all in and Badziakouski, with around 250,000 remaining, tanked for a moment before sliding his cards in the muck.

At another table, Elton Tsang was all in for 107,000 and up against Michael Soyza. Tsang had Soyza dominated with {a-Spades}{q-Clubs} against {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Soyza rivered a flush to knock out Tsang. "GG," Tsang said as he tapped the table before heading for the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
900,000
420,000
420,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
270,000
140,000
140,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
250,000
68,000
68,000
Elton Tsang hk
Elton Tsang
Busted

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsElton TsangMichael SoyzaMikita Badziakouski

Watson Puts Maximum Pressure On Addamo

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mike Watson
Mike Watson

In a pot of roughly 70,000 on a flop of {q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, Mike Watson bet 55,000 from the hijack and was called by Michael Addamo on the button.

The turn came the {j-Hearts} and both players elected on a check. On the {8-Diamonds} river Watson took a while before sliding in a bet of 140,000, just enough to cover the stack of Addamo. After several minutes in the tank, Addamo folded and the sizable pot was shipped to the Canadian.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
280,000
10,000
10,000
EPT 2X Winner
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
131,000
-54,000
-54,000

Tags: Michael AddamoMike Watson

Greenwood Cracks Aces to Double

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

Pascal Lefrancois raised to 16,000 from under the gun, then called when Sam Greenwood moved all in for around 115,000 from the cutoff.

Sam Greenwood: {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Pascal Lefrancois: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

Greenwood picked up some hope on the {2-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop with a pair of queens. The {8-Diamonds} on the turn was no help, but he spiked the {q-Clubs} on the river to make trips and crack Lefrancois' pocket aces.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
260,000
125,000
125,000
Run It Once
Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
250,000
-75,000
-75,000

Tags: Pascal LefrancoisSam Greenwood

Addamo Dodges Everything to Double

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Michael Addamo
Michael Addamo

Michael Addamo and Michael Soyza were heads-up on a board of {7-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} when Addamo bet 22,000. Soyza shoved all in and Addamo, with around 45,000 remaining, tanked for a moment before sticking in the rest of his stack.

Soyza showed {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for straight and flush draws, while Addamo had {j-Hearts}{3-Spades} for a pair of threes. The river came the {10-Spades} and Addamo survived.

"I had a million outs," Soyza said as he handed over the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
185,000
115,000
115,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
130,000
-110,000
-110,000

Tags: Michael AddamoMichael Soyza

Bad Beat Sends Petrangelo To The Exit

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo

The action was picked up when all the chips were in the middle preflop between Nick Petrangelo and Artur Martirosian. Petrangelo was the player at risk for his last roughly 90,000.

Nick Petrangelo: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Artur Martirosian: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The flop came {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades} and the kings for Petrangelo were still in the lead. The {9-Hearts} was also safe but when the {q-Diamonds} hit the river it was the end of the road for Petrangelo as Martirosian rivered trips to scoop the large pot.

Player Chips Progress
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
360,000
105,000
105,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
Busted

Tags: Artur MartirosianNick Petrangelo

Level: 13

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Final Three Tables (full)

Level 12 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChip Count
11Juan Pardo340,000
12Patrik Antonius60,000
13Mike Watson270,000
14Elton Tsang160,000
15Stephen Chidwick570,000
16Michael Addamo70,000
17Michael Soyza240,000
18David Yan340,000
TableSeatPlayerChip Count
21Pascal Lefrancois325,000
22Christoph Vogelsang86,000
23Artur Martirosian255,000
24Arthur Conan104,000
25Sam Greenwood135,000
26Nick Petrangelo90,000
27Orpen Kisacikoglu170,000
28David Peters165,000
TableSeatPlayerChip Count
31Aleksejs Ponakovs480,000
32Daniel Dvoress220,000
33Laszlo Bujtas210,000
34Pablo Brito Silva53,000
35Dan Smith300,000
36Bruno Volkmann100,000
37Kahle Burns620,000
38Mikita Badziakouski182,000
Player Chips Progress
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
620,000
25,000
25,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
570,000
166,000
166,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
480,000
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
340,000
120,000
120,000
David Yan nz
David Yan
340,000
-5,000
-5,000
Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
325,000
-43,000
-43,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
300,000
-94,000
-94,000
Run It Once
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
270,000
170,000
170,000
EPT 2X Winner
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
255,000
60,000
60,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
240,000
-148,000
-148,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
220,000
-60,000
-60,000
Run It Once
Laszlo Bujtas hu
Laszlo Bujtas
210,000
-31,000
-31,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
182,000
-58,000
-58,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
170,000
3,000
3,000
David Peters us
David Peters
165,000
105,000
105,000
Elton Tsang hk
Elton Tsang
160,000
60,000
60,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
135,000
35,000
35,000
Run It Once
Arthur Conan fr
Arthur Conan
104,000
4,000
4,000
Bruno Volkmann br
Bruno Volkmann
100,000
-5,000
-5,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
90,000
-10,000
-10,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
86,000
16,000
16,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
70,000
-78,000
-78,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
60,000
-13,000
-13,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Pablo Brito Silva
Pablo Brito Silva
53,000
-167,000
-167,000

Ponakovs Slow Plays a Monster; Mateos Exits

Level 12 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With around 75,000 in the pot on a flop of {10-Spades}{k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}, Christoph Vogelsang bet 16,000 from the cutoff and was called by Aleksejs Ponakovs under the gun.

The turn came the {4-Clubs} and Ponakovs checked again. Vogelsang bet 42,000 and Ponakovs called once more to see the {9-Spades} on the river.

Ponakovs checked for a third time and Vogelsang checked behind. Ponakovs turned over {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts} for flopped trips and Vogelsang mucked.

At another table, Adrian Mateos was eliminated in 25th place to bring the field down to three tables.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
480,000
268,000
268,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
70,000
-140,000
-140,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Adrian MateosAleksejs PonakovsChristoph Vogelsang

O'Dwyer Hits The Rail

Level 12 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

Steve O'Dwyer moved all in from early position for his last 45,000 and was called by Daniel Dvoress next to act.

Steve O'Dwyer, {a-Spades}{7-Spades}
Daniel Dvoress: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}, which gave a lot of outs to chop for O'Dwyer, until the board ran out {5-Hearts} and {4-Diamonds}, giving Dvoress' pair of twos with ace-ten high the winner and sent O'Dwyer to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
280,000
10,000
10,000
Run It Once
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel DvoressSteve O'Dwyer