2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€942,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,984,900
Entries
1,230
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

Nielsen vs. Sormunen

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Kresten Nielsen opened for 435,000 on the button with the {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}. Pasi Sormunen defended from the big blind with the {7-Spades}{6-Spades} and it was heads-up action to the {6-Hearts}{q-Spades}{j-Diamonds}. Both players hit a pair, but Nielsen's was best.

Sormunen ended up check-calling a bet of 400,000 and then both players checked the {Q-Hearts} turn as well as the {5-Spades} river. Nielsen took down the pot with the better two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Kresten Nielsen
9,900,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
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Pasi Sormunen
4,900,000
-575,000
-575,000

Tags: Pasi SormunenKresten Nielsen

Middleton Back Up to Third

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Tom Middleton raised under the gun with {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and got a raise from Pasi Sormunen in the big blind to 950,000. Middleton made the call and they saw a flop of {8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Spades}. Both players checked and they saw a {5-Diamonds} turn. Sormunen bet 565,000 and Middleton called. The river was the {7-Clubs}, they both checked it down and Middleton won a 3.3 million chip pot to go back up to third.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Middleton
8,540,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Pasi Sormunen fi
Pasi Sormunen
5,475,000
-1,500,000
-1,500,000

Tags: Pasi SormunenTom Middleton

Queens for Middleton but Little Action

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

New chip leader, Kimmo Kurko, raised from early position with {a-Clubs}{6-Spades} and was three bet from the small blind by Tom Middleton holding {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} to 1,050,000. Fiorini folded the blig blind and it was back to Kurko. Middleton had gotten out of line before but Kurko made a sensible laydown.

Player Chips Progress
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Kimmo Kurko
9,360,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Tom Middleton
6,740,000
400,000
400,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kimmo KurkoTom Middleton

Kurko Cracks Aces to Take the Chip Lead

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Kimmo Kurko
Kimmo Kurko

After looking down at the {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}, chip leader Kresten Nielsen opened for 435,000 in the cutoff and must have been loving it when Kimmo Kurko shoved from the small blind for 4.51 million. The big blind folded and Nielson quickly called. Needless to say, Kurko was in trouble with the {q-Spades}{j-Hearts}.

Nielsen clapped his hands together and began to celebrate with his friends on the rail, but he got gravely serious when the {9-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} flop gave Kurko a plethora of outs. A queen, jack and ten would give Kurko the lead, and while he didn't get it on the {3-Diamonds} turn, he did when the {10-Hearts} rolled off on the river.

Kurko let a huge smile creep across his face while he momentarily took off his gold sparkly fedora. Meanwhile, Nielsen looked understandably frustrated.

Player Chips Progress
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Kimmo Kurko
9,370,000
3,950,000
3,950,000
Profile photo of Kresten Nielsen
Kresten Nielsen
8,700,000
-4,245,000
-4,245,000

Tags: Kimmo KurkoKresten Nielsen

Benoit Gury Eliminated in 6th Place (€188,000)

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Benoit Gury
Benoit Gury

Kresten Nielsen shoved from the small blind with {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and got called by Benoit Gury who was at risk but had the lead with {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}. The board ran out {2-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. The six on the flop giving “El Torro” the lead which he kept to the end to send the short stack home.

Player Chips Progress
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Kresten Nielsen
12,945,000
2,275,000
2,275,000
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Benoit Gury
Busted

Tags: Benoit GuryKresten Nielsen

"Hit the Hole. Hit the Hole. Hit the Hole!"

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded to Tom Middleton on the button and he announced that he was all in for 2.98 million. Luca Fiorini squeezed out his cards in the small blind and then excitedly shot up and announced, "I'm all in." The big folded and the cards were turned up.

Middleton: {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Fiorini: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}

"Jack ball," Middleton's British rail began to yell. It was a flip, but not after the crowd got what they asked for when the dealer put out the {j-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{4-Spades} on the flop. Needless to say, the boisterous Brits went wild for their man. Fiorini, who looked a bit annoyed by it all, watched helplessly as useless {4-Clubs} appeared on the turn followed by the {10-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Middleton
6,340,000
2,940,000
2,940,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Luca Fiorini
4,600,000
-3,730,000
-3,730,000

Tags: Tom MiddletonLuca Fiorini

Sormunen Rivers a Set

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Pasi Sormunen, under the gun with {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, raised for 425,000. Benoit Gury made a speculative call in small blind with {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and the big blind folded. The speculation was rewarded when Gury hit top pair on a flop of {2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} but checked it over to Sormunen, who checked behind. {k-Diamonds} on the turn and again they both checked. The river was the {6-Clubs} giving Sormunen a set and now Gury decided to bet out for 430,000. Sormunen raised him to 975,000 and Gury must have thought he sniffed a bluff as he made the call and saw the bad news. Gury was down to just 11 big blinds after that pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Kresten Nielsen
10,670,000
920,000
920,000
Profile photo of Luca Fiorini
Luca Fiorini
8,330,000
-470,000
-470,000
Profile photo of Pasi Sormunen fi
Pasi Sormunen
6,975,000
1,780,000
1,780,000
Profile photo of Kimmo Kurko fi
Kimmo Kurko
5,420,000
-710,000
-710,000
Profile photo of Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
3,400,000
-30,000
-30,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Benoit Gury
2,115,000
-1,385,000
-1,385,000

Tags: Benoit GuryPasi Sormunen

Gury Shoves from the Big Blind

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded around to Luca Fiorini on the button and he raised to 460,000 with the {k-Clubs}{7-Hearts}. The small blind folded and Benoit Gury shoved all in from the big for 2.805 million. Fiorini postured for over a minute and then released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Luca Fiorini
8,800,000
-470,000
-470,000
Profile photo of Benoit Gury
Benoit Gury
3,500,000
695,000
695,000

Tags: Benoit GuryLuca Fiorini

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