2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€50,000 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
€872,940
Event Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€2,862,090
Entries
59
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
59
Players Left
1

David Yan Eliminated in 4th Place (€314,830)

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
David Yan
David Yan

Kahle Burns raised all in from the button and big blind David Yan used two time banks before calling for his last 700,000.

David Yan: {a-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Kahle Burns: {k-Clubs}{4-Spades}

Yan had made the right call as he was ahead, but the {4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop gave Burns a pair of fours. The board ran out {3-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and Yan was eliminated.

"Good game. Unlucky David," Burns told Yan as he made his way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Kahle Burns
3,500,000
800,000
800,000
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David Yan
Busted

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Level: 22

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Conan Doubles Through Watson

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Arthur Conan got his last 315,000 in the middle from the small blind against Mike Watson in the cutoff.

Arthur Conan: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Mike Watson: {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

The {2-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop gave Watson the nut flush draw, while the {4-Hearts} turn also gave him a straight draw. The {7-Clubs} river wasn't the help he needed and Conan stayed alive with his pair of eights.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Watson
1,550,000
-250,000
-250,000
EPT 2X Winner
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Arthur Conan
650,000
130,000
130,000

Tags: Mike WatsonArthur Conan

Pascal Lefrancois Eliminated in 5th Place (€243,280)

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Pascal Lefrancois
Pascal Lefrancois

Pascal Lefrancois raised to 375,000 from the hijack and Kahle Burns reraised enough to put him all in from the small blind. Lefrancois called for his last 400,000

Pascal Lefrancois: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Kahle Burns: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

Burns picked up a flush draw on the {j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop, while Lefrancois had his own flush draw as the turn came the {3-Clubs}. Neither player connected with the {8-Spades} river and Burns won the pot with his king kicker to send Lefrancois to the rail in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Kahle Burns
2,700,000
850,000
850,000
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Pascal Lefrancois
Busted

Tags: Kahle BurnsPascal Lefrancois

Updated Chip Counts

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Shortly after doubling up, Mike Watson won another big pot off Kahle Burns with a set of queens when Burns called his bet of 125,000 on the river.

The two players are now nearly tied atop the chip leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
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Kahle Burns
1,850,000
-200,000
-200,000
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Mike Watson
1,800,000
395,000
395,000
EPT 2X Winner
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David Yan
1,050,000
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Pascal Lefrancois
760,000
-60,000
-60,000
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Arthur Conan
520,000

Watson Holds On to Double Through Yan

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Mike Watson
Mike Watson

Action folded to David Yan in the small blind who raised enough to put Mike Watson all in. Watson shrugged and called for his last 710,000.

Mike Watson: {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
David Yan: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Watson finished with a straight to double up.

"Were you confident," Kahle Burns asked Watson after the hand.

"No," Watson replied.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Watson
1,405,000
610,000
610,000
EPT 2X Winner
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David Yan
1,050,000
-650,000
-650,000

Tags: Mike WatsonDavid Yan

Aleksejs Ponakovs Eliminated in 6th Place (€186,040)

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

Kahle Burns shoved all in from early position as action folded around to Aleksejs Ponakovs on the button. He used three time bank cards before announcing a call for his last 710,000 as the rest of the table got out of the way.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Kahle Burns: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Burns jumped into the lead on the {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop with a pair of aces and Ponakovs didn't hit any miracles on the {4-Diamonds} turn or {k-Spades} river, sending the one-time chip leader to the rail in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Kahle Burns
2,050,000
675,000
675,000
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Aleksejs Ponakovs
Busted

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsKahle Burns

Level: 21

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Lefrancois' Flop Raise Gets It Done

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of {3-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, Arthur Conan bet 55,000 from the button. Pascal Lefrancois in the big blind used a time bank before raising to 150,000.

Now it was Conan's time to tank as he used up two time banks, counting down his chip stack before deciding to fold.

The next hand, action folded to Lefrancois in the small blind and he moved forward a stack of green 25,000 chips for a raise to 500,000. David Yan in the big blind quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Pascal Lefrancois
820,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Arthur Conan fr
Arthur Conan
520,000
-420,000
-420,000

Tags: Arthur ConanPascal Lefrancois

Burns Raises the River

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

David Yan raised to 80,000 in the hijack and was called by Kahle Burns from the button.

Both players checked the {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{7-Spades} flop before Yan led out for 200,000 on the {2-Diamonds} turn. Burns stared down Yan for a moment before calling.

The river came the {q-Clubs} and Yan bet another 100,000. Burns used two time banks before raising to 280,000. Yan quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
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David Yan
1,700,000
30,000
30,000
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Kahle Burns
1,375,000
465,000
465,000

Tags: Kahle BurnsDavid Yan