€5,300 Main Event Day 5 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

08-29-2015 12:09 UTC+1

Walker Crippled, Does Double

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded to Chris Walker in the small blind and he shoved for just over 500,000. Mikhail Petrov in the big blind instantly called all in from the big blind for 430,000.

Chris Walker:
Mikhail Petrov:

The board ran out and Petrov doubled. Walker was crippled with just 85,000 left but he doubled the next hand. Action folded to him on the button and he pushed all in.

Rainer Kempe in the big blind called for one big blind extra with the , Walker had . The board ran out and with the counterfeit Walker doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	3,100,000 200,000	200,000
Mikhail Petrov	900,000 150,000	150,000
Chris Walker	200,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Tags: Chris Walker Mikhail Petrov Rainer Kempe

08-29-2015 12:03 UTC+1

Touma Takes Out Another; Kober Eliminated

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Mario Sanchez Cano raised before the flop to 90,000 and Philipp Kober took a chance by moving all in for 300,000 from the button. Chip leader Amir Touma made the call from the small blind and Sanchez called as well.

The flop brought out and Sanchez folded when Touma bet 250,000.

Touma:
Kober:

The board ran out , and Kober exited the tournament in 27th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Touma	4,900,000 300,000	300,000
Mario Sanchez	1,850,000 95,000	95,000
Philipp Kober	Busted

Tags: Alex Sanchez Mario Sanchez Cano Philipp Kober Amir Touma

08-29-2015 11:59 UTC+1

LeFrancois Cracks De Meulder's Kings

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Matthias De Meulder just raised to 90,000 from the hijack and Pascal LeFrancois proceeded to three-bet from the button to 210,000. The action folded back to De Meulder, and he moved all in for right around 800,000. LeFrancois called, creating the following showdown.

LeFrancois:
DeMeulder:

The board ran out and De Meulder hit the rail.

"What can you do, that's poker," De Meulder said with a smile, seemingly unfazed by his elimination. De Meulder was the last Team PokerStars Pro remaining in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal LeFrancois	3,600,000 950,000	950,000
Matthias de Meulder	Busted

Tags: Matthias De Meulder Pascal LeFrancois

08-29-2015 11:53 UTC+1

Touma Takes The Lead, Srinivasan Eliminated

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Shyam Srinivasan just ended up all in before the flop on the feature table and he was up against the big stack of Amir Touma. The Canadian pro was all in for 675,000 chips and the showdown went as following.

Touma:
Srinivasan:

The board ran out and Srinivasan hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Touma	4,600,000 755,000	755,000
Shyam Srinivasan	Busted

Tags: Shyam Srinivasan Amir Touma

08-29-2015 11:49 UTC+1

McDonald Losing Chips

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

It hasn't been Stuart McDonald's day so far today, as he's down quite some chips. He first lost some chips to Steven Warburton when he had to fold to a flop raise in a three bet pot.

Just now he again lost some valuable chips, this time to Cristinel Sandu. Sandu made it 85,000 to go from early position and McDonald made the call from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the hit the turn. McDonald check called a bet of 135,000 and the popped up on the river. Both players checked and McDonald said he was rivered; showing . Sandu tabled and took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristinel Sandu	2,150,000 285,000	285,000
Stuart McDonald	500,000 -820,000	-820,000

Tags: Cristinel Sandu Steve Warburton Stuart McDonald

08-29-2015 11:44 UTC+1

Abdellatif Runs into Juanda's Aces

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

The stack sizes were very similar, but Belgian pro Jonathan Abdellatif was just all in for his tournament life against John Juanda in pot worth one-million chips.

Abdellatif:
Juanda:

The board ran out and Abdellatif hit the rail in 30th place for €32,125.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	1,140,000 745,000	745,000

Jonathan Abdellatif	Busted

Tags: John Juanda Jonathan Abdellatif

08-29-2015 11:25 UTC+1

LeFrancois Sends Dvoress to the Rail

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Canadian pro Pascal LeFrancois just raised to 80,000 after which his fellow countryman Daniel Dvoress moved all in for about 615,000. The action folded back to LeFrancois, and he quickly made the call.

Dvoress:
LeFrancois:

The board ran out and Dvoress exited the tournament in 31st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal LeFrancois	2,650,000 725,000	725,000
Daniel Dvoress	Busted

Tags: Pascal LeFrancois Daniel Dvoress

08-29-2015 11:23 UTC+1

Akkari Busts to Kempe's Ace-King

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari was one of the fan favorites still left in the Main Event, but his run just ended in 32nd place.

On his final hand Akkari moved all in for right around 400,000 chips and Rainer Kempe called from the button. Both blinds folded and the showdown went as following.

Kempe:
Akkari:

The board ran out and Akkari hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	2,900,000 445,000	445,000
Andre Akkari	Busted

Tags: Andre Akkari Rainer Kempe

08-29-2015 11:20 UTC+1

Jude Ainsworth Eliminated

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Jude Ainsworth shoved all in for 440,000 from the cutoff and his neighbor Frederik Jensen on the button made the call. Both blinds folded and it was time to put the cards on their backs.

Jude Ainsworth:
Frederik Jensen:

The board ran out and Jensen eliminated Ainsworth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Jensen	2,720,000

Jude Ainsworth	Busted

Tags: Frederik Jensen Jude Ainsworth

08-29-2015 11:15 UTC+1

Rodney Ramalho Eliminated

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Rodney Ramalho opened from the cutoff and Oleksii Khoroshenin three bet to 230,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Ramalho shoved for 755,000. Khoroshenin made the call.

Oleksii Khoroshenin:
Rodney Ramalho:

The flop came , making Ramalho the heavy favorite. The on the turn changed things around though, and Ramalho couldn't catch up with the on the river.