Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
€10,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€823,200
Entries
84
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Michael Tureniec was all in with the 
and up against the 
for Igor Kurganov. After the board ran out 
, Tureniec was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
Busted | |
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From under the gun, Brandon Barnes raised to 13,000. Alexander Kopylkov called from the next seat, Joseph Cheong called from the small blind, and Joel Nordkvist called from the big blind.
All four players took the 
flop, and action checked over to Kopylkov. He moved all in for 36,500. Cheong called, and everyone else folded.
Kopylkov: 
Cheong: 
When Cheong tabled his top pair and saw Kopylkov's aces, his response was, "Well I didn't expect that."
The turn was the and river the 
to give Kopylkov another double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
|
128,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
In unknown action, Govert Metaal was eliminated by Philipp Gruissem and his 
. Gruissem made a pair of kings to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
232,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
Busted |
Kristijonas Andrulis raised to 10,500 out of the cutoff seat, and Benny Spindler reraised to 24,000 from the button. Action folded back to Andrulis, and he reraised all in for about 120,000. Spindler quickly called with the . Andrulis held a dominated 
.
The board ran out nice and easy for Spindler to earn the elimination as it came 
, and Andrulis headed out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
Busted |
Joseph Cheong raised to 12,000 from middle position, and Alexander Kopylkov reraised all in for 22,000 from the button. Benny Spindler reraised from the big blind to 82,500, and Cheong folded.
Kopylkov:
Spindler: 
The board came 
, and Kopylkov doubled back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
536,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
|
|
70,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Mikalai Pobal was all in with the against the for Alexander Kopylkov. The board ran out 
to give Pobal the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
435,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
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|
|
22,000
-204,000
|
-204,000 |
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
We are now down to 16 players and therefore the three tables were broken into two.
Here is the new seat draw.
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Benny Spindler | 605,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Eugene Katchalov | 150,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Mikalai Pobal | 225,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Joseph Cheong | 475,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Joel Nordkvist | 350,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Brandon Barnes | 465,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Alexander Kopylkov | 226,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Kristijonas Andrulis | 110,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Kent Roed | 50,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlo Savinelli | 155,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | 290,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Igor Kurganov | 405,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Philipp Gruissem | 174,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Keven Stammen | 310,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Michael Tureniec | 90,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Govert Metaal | 75,000 |
From under the gun, Mikalai Pobal raised to 10,000 with just over 80,000 behind. On the button, Michael Tureniec reraised to 19,000, then play folded to Brandon Barnes in the big blind. He reraised and made it 40,500 to go. Pobal then moved all in for 90,500, and Tureniec did the same, for 180,500. Barnes got a count, then folded.
Tureniec: 
Pobal: 
The board ran out 
, and Pobal doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
465,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
225,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
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