2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

�5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 7
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
€1,290,386
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,578,750
Entries
1,975
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 7
Entries
6
Players Left
1

No Major Chip Movement in Early Action

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Andrew Hulme J?9? raised to 1,250,000 from the button and folded out Stephen Song 8?3?.

Song 10?9? made it 1,250,000, and Hulme 9?6? defended. Action checked through to the river for the final board to read 2?A?9?7?2?. Hulme bet 1,400,000, and Song called to chop the pot.

Hulme 10?7? opened to 1,250,000 and Song 7?4? called. Song check-folded to a bet of 1,275,000 on the A?A?J? flop.

Song J?9? raised to 1,250,000 and Hulme 7?4? decided to match the preflop bet. Hulme check-folded to a bet of 700,000 on the Q?8?Q? flop.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
32,800,000
-750,000
-750,000
Day 6 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
26,425,000
445,000
445,000

Tags: Andrew HulmeStephen Song

Deal Agreed; Quick Break

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Deal Discusion
Deal Discusion

Andrew Hulme and Stephen Song have agreed on a deal.

Song has a narrow lead and secured �1,233,586, while Hulme has banked �1,165,614. With both players claiming their payouts, all that remains on the line is the title, the trophy, and an additional �56,800.

Hulme and Song are also taking a short break before heads-up play begins.

Marius-Catalin Pertea Eliminated in 3rd Place (�674,150)

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Marius-Catalin Pertea
Marius-Catalin Pertea

Marius-Catalin Pertea open-jammed a stack of 5,200,000 in the small blind and Andrew Hulme called in the big blind with a bigger stack.

Marius-Catalin Pertea: 5?5? All in
Andrew Hulme: A?6?

Pertea was greeted by the not-pretty flop of K?Q?J? and the board finished out 2?6? to give Hulme a pair of sixes on the river to mark Pertea's elimination.

Marius-Catalin Pertea
Marius-Catalin Pertea
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
33,550,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Day 6 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
25,980,000
7,500,000
7,500,000
Marius-Catalin Pertea ro
Marius-Catalin Pertea
Busted

Tags: Andrew HulmeMarius-Catalin Pertea

Rania Nasreddine Eliminated in 4th Place (�518,600)

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Rania Nasreddine
Rania Nasreddine

Stephen Song raised to 1,000,000 first to act and Rania Nasreddine wagered her last 1,300,000 from the small blind. Andrew Hulme called from the big blind and Song put in extra calling chips.

The A?10?8? flop checked through to the 4? turn. Hulme bet 1,000,000 and Song ditched his J?2?.

Rania Nasreddine: A?3?All in
Andrew Hulme: A?8?

Nasreddine could only hope for a chop, but the K? river marked the end of her aspirations of becoming the fourth female EPT Main Event Champion.

Rania Nasreddine
Rania Nasreddine
Rania Nasreddine
Rania Nasreddine
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
32,050,000
3,050,000
3,050,000
Day 6 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
18,480,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
Marius-Catalin Pertea ro
Marius-Catalin Pertea
9,000,000
Rania Nasreddine us
Rania Nasreddine
Busted
Day 5 Chip Leader

Hulme Is Where the Heart Is

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Andrew Hulme raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Marius-Catalin Pertea called out of the big blind with 10?4?.

Pertea checked on the flop of A?7?10? and Hulme continued for 700,000. Pertea called. Pertea checked again on the Q? turn and Hulme sized up to 5,000,000 to bring a quick fold from his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
17,130,000
-1,650,000
-1,650,000
Marius-Catalin Pertea ro
Marius-Catalin Pertea
3,000,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000

Tags: Andrew HulmeMarius-Catalin Pertea

Aces Are a Pertea Hand, But Not Against Song

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Stephen Song
Stephen Song

Stephen Song completed in the small blind and Marius-Catalin Pertea raised to 1,500,000 in the big blind. Song called.

Song checked on the flop of J?7?5? and Pertea continued for 3,000,000. Song used a time bank before raising all in for 12,750,000 to bring a quick call from Pertea.

Stephen Song: A?9? All in
Marius-Catalin Pertea: A?A?

Song had outs to the nut flush to crack aces and that's exactly what happened as the board finished out 7?8? to bring Song another unlikely double.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
29,000,000
16,500,000
16,500,000
Day 6 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Marius-Catalin Pertea ro
Marius-Catalin Pertea
4,200,000
-14,750,000
-14,750,000

Tags: Marius-Catalin PerteaStephen Song