2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Andre Lettau
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€794,058
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
1,496
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
200,000

Thomas Hueber Eliminated in 20th Place (€47,400)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Thomas Hueber - 20th Place
Thomas Hueber - 20th Place

Hueber had doubled up earlier today with a pair and he was all in again with {6-Hearts}{6-Spades} but had been called by Mikhail Rudoy with {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Hueber did a tour of the table offering handshakes before heading for the pay-out desk.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikhail Rudoy
3,000,000
600,000
600,000
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Thomas Hueber
Busted

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Panka Cracks Aces

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

Mikkel Nielsen raised to 80,000 preflop from the cutoff, Dominik Panka then made it 190,000 on the button. Nielsen responded by four-betting to 310,000 and Panka moved all in. Instant call.

Nielsen: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}
Panka: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}

Panka was in real trouble but the flop came {2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts} to give him a flush draw, the {6-Hearts} on the turn completed the flush but Nielsen could hit a six or the case ace to make a full house. The river was the {4-Hearts} and Panka doubled up to 2.6 million and Nielsen rolled his eyes in disbelief.

Player Chips Progress
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Dominik Panka
2,600,000
895,000
895,000
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Mikkel Nielsen
1,800,000
-1,185,000
-1,185,000

Tags: Dominik PankaMikkel Nielsen

Nick Rampone Eliminated in 22nd Place (€40,200)

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

Pawel Brzeski had opened on the button and Nick Rampone moved in from the small blind, a quick call from the button.

Brzeski: {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Rampone: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}

Rampone was looking to dodge aces and jacks but the board ran out {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{A-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and the American, who lost a 4 million chip pot yesterday when Bram Haenraets hit a 3-outer on him, has been eliminaed.

Player Chips Progress
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Pawel Brzeski
2,600,000
620,000
620,000
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Nick Rampone
Busted

Tags: Nick RamponePawel Brzeski

Hueber Doubles

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

Thomas Hueber moved all in from early position for 270,000 and got looked up on the button by Mikhail Rudoy. The blinds folded and the cards were on their backs.

Huebaer had {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Rudoy the {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}.

The final board was {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}, safe enough for Hueber who got his double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikhail Rudoy
1,850,000
35,000
35,000
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Thomas Hueber
600,000
-345,000
-345,000

Tags: Thomas HueberMikhail Rudoy

Ensan in the Membrane

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

Ji Zhang opened to 80,000 from under-the-gun, Hossein Ensan then three-bet to 150,000 from small blind. Zhang called to see a {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop.

Ensan, who won one of the Seniors' Event earlier this week, bet 195,000 and Zhang made the call to see the {5-Diamonds} on the turn. Ensan showed no letting up and bet 465,000. This was enough to push the German player off the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Hossein Ensan
4,000,000
925,000
925,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Ji Zhang
1,775,000
-510,000
-510,000

ElkY, The Early Years Part 1

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

Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier sat down with PokerNews.com to talk about his first ever EPT experience.

Back in 2005, the man known as ElkY, was mostly famous for excelling at Starcraft in South-Korea while trying out online poker on the side. Grospellier got lucky in a satellite for video gamers and all of a sudden he found himself playing EPT Deauville.

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Benjamin Nicolas-[Removed:372] Eliminated in 23rd Place (€40,200)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Benjamin Nicolas-[Removed:372]
Benjamin Nicolas-[Removed:372]

Dominik Panka opened under the gun and picked up three callers including Benjamin Nicolas-[Removed:372] and Mikkel Nielsen. On a flop of {8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Spades} Panka didn’t continuation bet but a bet from Nielsen saw Nicolas-[Removed:372] check-raise all in for 555,000.

Nielsen said he couldn’t fold for the price he was getting and tabled {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Nicolas-[Removed:372] showed {j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}.

The turn {a-Spades} and river {2-Spades} bricked out and sent Nicolas-[Removed:372] to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikkel Nielsen
2,985,000
285,000
285,000
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Benjamin Nicolas-Teboul
Busted

Tags: Benjamin Nicolas-TeboulDominik PankaMikkel Nielsen

Nielsen's Big Bluff Fails

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

On the river of a {9-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, Slaven Popov, who'd check-called the whole way, checked the river across to Mikkel Nielsen. The Dane fired a bullet worth 655,000 into a pot of over a million but Popov made the call.

Nielsen showed a missed {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} and Popov picked up the huge pot with {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Slaven Popov
3,850,000
1,155,000
1,155,000
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Mikkel Nielsen
2,700,000
-1,100,000
-1,100,000

Ramp-ing it Up

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

Maximilian Senft limped in the cutoff, Ji Zhang called on the button and Pawel Brzeski also called in the small blind. Nick Rampone stared intently at Senft's stack then announced all in.

All three other players quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Nick Rampone
600,000
80,000
80,000