2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€738,759
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€4,908,200
Entries
506
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Mateos' Aces Cracked... Twice

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

On yesterday's Day 2 when the tournament was on the bubble, Jason Mercier had his pocket aces cracked by Adrian Mateos' {A-}{K-}. Now with 20 players left on Day 3, it was Mateos turn to have aces cracked — twice.

On the first hand, Mateos checked the river on a board with four diamonds. His opponent, Mustapha Kanit, checked behind. Mateos tabled the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}, and Kanit was surprised because he thought he had the {A-Spades} in his hand. Instead, Kanit had the {A-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and had checked behind with the nuts, as there was no straight flush possible. The floor gave Kanit a warning and play went on.

On the very next hand, Niklas Astedt raised to 65,000 from under the gun, and play folded to Mateos in the big blind. He reraised to 200,000. Astedt moved all in for 1.025 million, and Mateos snap-called with the {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}. The table couldn't believe it.

Astedt had the {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, and for the second hand in a row Mateos had lost with pocket aces. This time it was for a lot more than the first, and he was knocked back to 1.415 million.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
2,100,000
1,307,000
1,307,000
Profile photo of Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
1,415,000
-835,000
-835,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Adrian MateosJason MercierMustapha KanitNiklas Astedt