€10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€1,028,200
Entries
106
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
15
Players Left
1
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
After four hours of explosive action, Event #40: €10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha has concluded here at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) at Casino Barcelona. Gergo Nagy started the day with the second-shortest stack out of fifteen players. At the start of the final table, he was easily the shortest stack with just four big blinds. By the end of the day he held every chip in the tournament, defeating Patrick Kennedy after a back-and-forth heads-up duel to take home his first PokerStars spade and the top prize of €268,600.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gergo Nagy | Hungary | € 268,600 |
| 2 | Patrick Kennedy | United Kingdom | € 173,300 |
| 3 | Henri Puustinen | Finland | € 123,500 |
| 4 | Youness Barakat | Italy | € 95,200 |
| 5 | Slade Fisher | New Zealand | € 73,250 |
| 6 | Mike Watson | Canada | € 56,350 |
| 7 | Mark Buckley | Ireland | € 45,050 |
| 8 | Jorryt van Hoof | Netherlands | € 36,050 |
| 9 | Christopher Philippou | Cyprus | € 30,050 |
Final Day Action
Only 15 players from a field of 106 entrants managed to find a bag on Day 1 and make it to the second and final day, where all players were guaranteed a min-cash worth €17,800. Theo Jorgensen was the first player to fall after getting it in with a wrap against Triple Crown winner Mike Watson's two pair and failing to improve. Jorgensen was quickly followed out the door by fellow short stacks Alexander Petersen, Yuriy Boyko and Tor Ivarsson in a rapid flurry of early eliminations.
Omaha crusher Ka Kwan Lau came into the day with the second-largest stack while eventual runner up Kennedy had the chip lead coming into the day. The two players had opposite trajectories from the start; Kennedy seemingly could not lose a pot while Lau found no momentum, sliding further and further down the chip counts as the day progressed. Lau finally bowed out in eleventh place in a four-bet pot against Kennedy after which Kennedy had more than double the chips of any opponent with just ten players remaining. Samuel Albeck then fell in tenth place soon after Lau's elimination to set up the nine-handed final table.
There was a massive disparity in chip stacks at the start of the final table. Kennedy had more than one-third of the total chips in play with nine players remaining while five players had 15 big blinds or less. Kennedy seemed poised to score a double elimination in one of the first hands after the final table began after flopping a flush draw and turning a straight draw to go with it against two short-stacked opponents. A miracle nine on the river gave Youness Barakat the same straight as Kennedy to keep himself in contention while Christopher Philippou became the first final table casualty.
Nagy, who had been quietly surviving on his short stack for the entire day up to this point, began his comeback with eight players remaining. First, he doubled up through Jorryt van Hoof in a preflop confrontation that saw his pocket queens hold against Van Hoof's pocket jacks. Van Hoof was left with crumbs after that and bowed out in eighth soon after. A few hands later, he took a sizable chunk out of Mark Buckley's stack without having to go to showdown. Not long after, he cracked Kennedy's aces with a set of nines to double up once more. Roughly one hour after Nagy entered the final table as the bottom stack with four big blinds, he was in pole position with the chip lead.
Watson started the day with the third-largest stack and was also third in chips going into the final table. Shortly after Buckley was eliminated in seventh place, Watson's momentum came to a screeching halt after a brutal runout against Nagy that saw the Canadian poker legend make his exit in sixth. Just two hands after Watson's elimination, perpetual final table short stacks Slade Fisher and Barakat were eliminated in fifth and fourth places, respectively.
Online poker wizard Henri Puustinen, also known by his screen name "buttonclickr," was among the shorter stacks throughout the day but did an excellent job navigating the field, doubling up several times en route to making it to the final three. Puustinen's momentum finally ran out when he fell in third place in a hand against Kennedy, who flopped the nut flush leaving Puustinen drawing dead on the turn.
Following Puustinen's elimination, Kennedy entered heads-up play with roughly a 2:1 chip lead over Nagy. Things were going Kennedy's way at first, and after a few hands he quickly found himself with a 3:1 chip lead over his opponent. The ever-resilient Nagy was not going down without a fight, and he managed to take down a few hands without showdown to start closing the gap. The turning point saw Kennedy flop a set of fives only for Nagy to turn a straight and get paid with a big river bet. Nagy took a slight lead over Kennedy after that hand and Kennedy never recovered, losing several pots that did not go to showdown before Nagy won a preflop race to win the final pot of the night, his first PokerStars spade, and the top prize of €268,600.
That concludes thePokerNews coverage for this event but be sure to stay tuned to our ongoing coverage of the €5,300 Main Event.
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Gergo Nagy has emerged triumphant from a field of 106 entrants in Event #40: €10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha, last-defeating Patrick Kennedy in heads up play to collect the top prize of €268,600.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Gergo Nagy had been gradually whittling Patrick Kennedy down in heads-up play, winning most of the hands that saw a flop and leveraging his chip lead.
Nagy again potted it from the button to 240,000 and Kennedy moved all in from the big blind for around 1,000,000, with Nagy making the call, saying "Let's do it".
Patrick Kennedy: K♥Q♦J♥6♣ 
Gergo Nagy: Q♠7♠6♦5♦
Kennedy was ahead and the K♣9♠4♠ flop gave him top pair kings, while also giving Nagy a flush draw.
The 9♦ turn was a brick, but the 5♠ rolled off on the river to give Nagy the queen-high flush and the title, putting an end to an interesting heads-up battle.
The players shook hands and Nagy celebrated with his rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,300,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
After winning a few small pots off of Patrick Kennedy without showdown, Gergo Nagy limped in from the button and Kennedy checked from the big blind.
Both players checked the 5♦4♠2♠ flop leading to the 7♥ turn. Kennedy bet 125,000 and Nagy raised to 350,000. Kennedy made the call.
On the 9♦ river Kennedy checked and Nagy bet 900,000. Kennedy, with a pained expression on his face, made the call and showed 8♣5♣5♠2♥ for a set of fives. Nagy had him beat with J♦9♣8♠6♦ for a straight to take down a massive pot and reclaim the chip lead from Kennedy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
2,400,000
-1,600,000
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-1,600,000 |
|
|
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Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Patrick Kennedy limped in from the button and Gergo Nagy checked from the big blind.
Both payers checked the 8♠6♥2♣ flop leading to the A♦ turn. Nagy bet 60,000 and Kennedy called.
Nagy bet again for 100,000 on the 3♦ river. Kennedy responded with a pot-sized raise to 600,000 and Nagy mucked.
The next hand saw Nagy open to 180,000 from the button and Kennedy make the call.
The flop came K♠K♣4♠. Kennedy checked and Nagy bet 100,000. Kennedy check-raised to 275,000 and Nagy made the call.
On the 10♣ river Kennedy bet 400,000 and Nagy's hand hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,300,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Patrick Kennedy opened to 210,000 from the button and Henri Puustinen raised to 660,000 from the big blind, leaving just 100,000 behind. Kennedy shoved with a covering stack and Puustinen was at risk after making the call.
Henri Puustinen: K♦Q♠Q♦6♣
Patrick Kennedy: Q♥J♥9♣4♦
Puustinen was in very good shape to double up preflop but that all changed when the K♥9♥2♥ flop gave Kennedy a flush leaving Puustinen drawing only to running quads or a full house. The 7♣ turn confirmed Puustinen's elimination and after the J♦ river he made his exit while Kennedy took the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,640,000
990,000
|
990,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,660,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
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Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Patrick Kennedy limped the small blind and Gergo Nagy checked his option.
On the Q♠9♣4♠ flop, Kennedy led out with a bet of 100,000, and Nagy called.
The turn brought the 4♣, and Kennedy check-called versus a bet of 290,000 from Nagy.
The 8♠ river was checked. Kennedy showed A♠K♠Q♦J♣ for the rivered nut flush and Nagy mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,650,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
|
||
|
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1,700,000
-550,000
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-550,000 |