€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day 3 Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€100,000
Prize Pool
€6,597,360
Entries
68
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
8
Players Left
1
Level 28
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
There is something about Casino Barcelona and the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour for Mikita Badziakouski.
In 2018, the Belarus native won the Super High Roller the first time it was a €100,000 buy-in. Four years later, the 30-year-old poker pro did it again.
Badziakouski defeated Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel after a long and grueling heads-up match to add another EPT Barcelona Super High Roller trophy to his impressive resume, as well as the €1,979,220 top prize. Already 10th on the all-time money list, the win will put him right behind Phil Ivey and Jason Koon.
€100,000 Super High Roller Final Table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | €1,979,220 |
| 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | €1,286,490 |
| 3 | Kevin Paque | Netherlands | €913,730 |
| 4 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | €702,620 |
| 5 | Timothy Adams | Canada | €540,980 |
| 6 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | €415,630 |
| 7 | Mike Watson | Canada | €319,970 |
| 8 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | €247,400 |
Final Table Action
Day 3 began with just eight players remaining out of a starting field of 68 entries, including 52 unique entries. Badziakouski came into the final table in seventh chip position with 1,150,000.
Badziakouski couldn't have dreamed of a better start to his final table. On the first hand, he opened with two queens and table short stack Nick Petrangelo shoved for 435,000 with ace-jack. Teun Mulder then went all in with ace-king of clubs and Badziakouski called. He flopped top set, while Mulder picked up the nut flush draw and a Broadway straight draw. The turn and river were safe and Badziakouski doubled up and knocked out Petrangelo in eighth place, all on the same hand.
Shortly thereafter, Badziakouski flopped top pair with king-ten and called a raise on the flop by Mike Watson. Watson, who was just a couple of days removed from winning a €50K High Roller, continued bluffing with eight-high and a straight draw on the turn for 450,000 and moved all in on the ace river. Badziakouski, after using two time bank cards, made the hero call for his last 1,740,000 and doubled up to nearly 6,000,000.
Watson would fall in seventh place when Badziakouski hit an ace on the river to crack his pocket jacks. Mulder finished in sixth when he flopped a set of tens, but Seidel made a flush on the turn.
Badziakouski’s journey to another EPT Barcelona title took a hit when he doubled up Ben Heath after Heath made trip nines on the turn to crack Badziakouski’s flopped pair of jacks. The remaining five players would then play for more than an hour before Badziakouski raised to 200,000 with ace-queen, then called when Timothy Adams shoved for nearly his entire stack with acesix. They got Adams’ last chip in the middle on the flop when Badziakouski paired his queen, sending the Canadian to the rail in fifth for €540,980.
Heath soon joined him after jamming 1,050,000 in the small blind with eight-seven of clubs and running into the pocket queens of Kevin Paque. Badziakouski took the chip lead into three-handed play and knocked out Paque, who began the day as the chip leader, when they both flopped two pair.
Heads-up play began with Badziakouski leading Seidel 10.86 million to 6.14 million. The two would then play for more than three hours as the blinds continued to go up and the stacks continued to get shallower. Seidel doubled early when he flopped a set of sixes and took a 3-1 chip lead before Badziakouski doubled back with ace-eight against king-ten, winning with ace-high.
Seidel would again build up a big advantage before Badziakouski doubled once more, this time with pocket threes against ace-five. The end would finally come on the 123rd hand of the final table, right after the players had just come back from a 30-minute dinner break.
Badziakouski shoved from the button with ace-four and Seidel snap-called for 5,600,000 with two queens. An ace on the flop shot Badziakouski into the lead and he was the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller champion for a second time.
Badziakouski is quickly building a resume as a high roller legend. This is his 17th career title in a high roller and fifth just in the past 12 months. He now has 10 career cashes for more than €1,000,000. He’s proving that in any field, even in one filled with poker’s elite like this one, he’s always one to beat.
That concludes PokerNews' coverage of the €100,000 Super High Roller at EPT Barcelona. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the festival live from Casino Barcelona.
Level 28
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Only one hand after the break, Mikita Badziakouski moved all in from the button and Erik Seidel made the call for his last 5,600,000.
Erik Seidel: 
Mikita Badziakouski: 
Seidel picked up a monster hand but when the board ran out 
, it was the pair of aces for Badziakouski that came out on top, scoring him the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller title and eliminated Seidel in 2nd place.
A full recap of the event will be available shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000,000
7,080,000
|
7,080,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level: 28
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Level 27
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
The players are now on a 30-minute dinner break.
Play should resume around 8:38 p.m. local time.
Level 27
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Mikita Badziakouski moved all in from the button, covering the 3,340,000 of Seidel, who after looking at one card, made the call.
Erik Seidel: 
Mikita Badziakouski: 
Seidel had Badziakouski dominated and when the board ran out 
, it was the straight for Seidel that scooped the pot with a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,920,000
-2,940,000
|
-2,940,000 |
|
|
7,080,000
2,940,000
|
2,940,000 |
|
|
||
Level 27
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Mikita Badziakouski shoved all in for 6,230,000 with 
and Erik Seidel called with 
.
Both players got up from their seats to await the flop, which came 
. Seidel picked up more outs to make a higher two pair as the turn came 
, improving Badziakouski to a full house.
The 
on the river was safe for Badziakouski and he doubled up into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,860,000
6,630,000
|
6,630,000 |
|
|
4,140,000
-6,630,000
|
-6,630,000 |
|
|
||
Level 27
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Mikita Badziakouski limped in with 
before Erik Seidel raised to 1,400,000 with . Badziakouski snap-folded.
The next hand, Seidel moved all in with and Badziakouski again folded 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,770,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,230,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Mikita Badziakouski limped in with 
and Erik Seidel checked his option with 
.
The flop came 
, giving both players a piece as they checked to the turn. Seidel led out for 600,000 and Badziakouski called.
The completed the board and Seidel decided to get tricky with his nut-straight by checking over to Badziakouski, who after a moment checked back. Seidel smiled as he tried to give Badziakouski the bait but didn't bite and scooped in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,770,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,230,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Erik Seidel limped in with 
and Mikita Badziakouski checked with 
.
The flop came 
and Badziakouski checked. Seidel bet 400,000 and Badziakouski, with a gutshot straight draw, raised to 1,000,000.
Seidel quickly folded as Badziakouski begins to narrow the gap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,670,000
-1,470,000
|
-1,470,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,330,000
1,470,000
|
1,470,000 |