2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€771,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€48,500
Entries
51
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Mercier Eliminates the Defending Champ

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

Dan Smith, who won this very event last year for €962,925, has been nursing an extreme short stack for the better part of two levels, but his time just ran out.

It happened after Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier opened with a raise from the cutoff and Smith shoved from the button for 42,000. The blinds folded and Mercier made the call.

Mercier: {j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Smith: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

Smith got it in good, but Mercier was drawing to two live cards. He hit one of them on the {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop and left Smith in need of either a king or an ace. The {2-Spades} turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the {2-Diamonds}. Smith failed to catch and was bounced from the tournament in 25th place.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Troyanovskiy was eliminated at one of the outer tables.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
512,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted
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Dan Smith
Busted
Run It Once

Tags: Jason MercierDan SmithVladimir Troyanovskiy