€5,300 Main Event Jour 4 | 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

2016-08-27 00:12 UTC+2

Jean-Jacques Zeitoun unique rescapé tricolore à 24 left, Mortensen, Ruzicka et Puchkov au Jour 5

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Niveau 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Le Jour 4 du Main Event de l'EPT Barcelone s'est étalé sur 6 niveaux de 90 minutes et Jean-Jacques Zeitoun reste l'unique survivant tricolore. L'ancien régulier de l'Aviation Club de France, qui réalise sa meilleure performance sur un EPT, est assuré de repartir avec un minimum de 33 100€ alors qu'ils ne seront que 24 à reprendre samedi.

Plus gros contingent au départ du tournoi, la France a perdu 4 représentants lors du Jour 4. Avec un peu plus de 30 blindes à l'entame de la journée, Ivan Deyra pouvait encore nourri de gros espoirs. Value_Merguez s'incline finalement en 69e position pour un gain de 15 410€.

Jérôme Sgorrano, Michael Eiler, Ronny Kaiser, Bryn Kenney, Kent Lundmark et Georgios Zisimopoulos avaient sauté avant lui. Yannick Autaa les a rejoint dans le rail en sortant juste après Eugene Katchalov. Le tricolore termine 64e pour le même gain que Deyra.

Dans le Top 10 en début de journée, Marco Trijaud a lui vu son deep-run s'arrêter en 44e place pour un chèque de 17,920€. Trijaud a tenu plus longtemps que Jason Mercier, Mikhail Shalamov, Aku Joentausta, Brian Yoon, Christian Jeppsson ou le Libanais Nicolas Chouity.

La fin de journée a été fatale aussi à Jason Koon ou au Belge Didier Mazairac qui avait déjà fait 15e de l'EPT Deauville et s'incline contre Konstantin Puchkov. Byron Kaverman, un peu audacieux avec un 4-bet shove , et Sam Grafton ont eux sauté après la pause dîner, juste avant le redraw sur les trois dernières tables.

Damien Luis (en photo) a monté un gros tapis à un mi-journée mais il n'a pas réussi à emballer des jetons après avoir perdu contre à tapis préflop. Le chef d'entreprise rend finalement les armes à quelques encablures de la fin du Jour 4, 25e pour un gain de 33 300€.

Après la sortie du Français, les organisateurs décident de ne pas effectuer le redraw et d'arrêter la partie. Sebastian Malec reprendra donc le Jour 5 dans la position du maillot jaune. Un leader solide puisque le Polonais a amassé 5,6 millions de jetons alors que son plus proche poursuivant, l'Allemand Uri Reichenstein n'en possède que 3,8.

Le jeu reprend à midi heure locale et l'objectif sera d'obtenir les 8 derniers survivants de ce field record de 1785 entrants. Soutenu par sa femme et son fils, JJZ s'est probablement endormi en rêvant du premier prix de 1 122 800€ !

La partie sera a suivre sur le coverage de PokerNews en direct mais aussi sur PokerStarsLive avec les cartes révélées et les commentaires en Français. La partie reprendra avec une vingtaine de minutes à jouer sur le niveau 20000-40000 (5000).

Les joueurs devront se mettre dans le bain dès l'entame puisque le premier sortant du jour ne gagnera pas un € de plus alors que le 23e du classement encaissera lui 41 220€.

La famille Zeitoun - Tapis_Volant/PokerStars

Le chipcount complet à l'issue du Jour 4
Sebastian Malec PL 5,640,000
Uri Reichenstein DE 3,870,000
Alexandru Baron CA 3,660,000
Michael Addamo AU 3,245,000
Andreas Chalkiadakis GR 3,140,000
Konstantin Puchkov RU 2,960,000
Andrea Cortellazzi IT 2,925,000
Pavel Veksler IL 2,435,000

Tapis moyen 2,231,250 (44 blindes 20 minutes après la reprise)

Jean-Jacques Zeitoun FR 2,300,000
Harcharan Dogra Dogra ES 2,225,000
Nuno Capucho PT 2,150,000
Vojtech Ruzicka CZ 2,135,000
Morten Mortensen DK 2,075,000
Adam Owen GB 2,045,000
Simon Lofberg SE 1,930,000
Thomas De Rooij NL 1,905,000
Alisan Holozlu DE 1,615,000
Olli Autiö FI 1,495,000
Mikhail Molchanov RU 1,310,000
Zorlu Er TR 1,225,000
Stefan Vogt DE 1,100,000
Anthony Chimkovitch BE 1,075,000
Stephen Malone IE 1,000,000
Pavel Plesuv MD 745,000

Tags: Alexandru Baron Anthony Chimkovitch Byron Kaverman Chi Daniel Tang Damien Luis Eugene Katchalov Jason Mercier Jerome Sgorrano malec Padraig O'Neill Pavel Veksler Sam Grafton Sebastian Malec

2016-08-26 23:40 UTC+2

Alexandru Baron fait tomber Damien Luis

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Niveau 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand 1

It folded to Damien Luis in the small blind who raises to 110,000. Alexandru Baron was in the big blind and three-bet to 300,000. Luis thought before four-betting to 650,000. The action was back on Baron who five-bet all in and Luis called.

Damien Luis:
Alexandru Baron:

The board ran out and Luis was left with around 300,000 in chips.

Hand 2

In the very next hand, Damien Luis open shoved from the button for his remaining chips. Alexandru Baron called in the small blind and action was on Adam Owen in the big blind. He asked how much the all in was for and after a couple of minutes elected to fold. The cards were turned over, with Luis holding and Baron . Meanwhile, Owen had shot to his feet and was shaking his head.

"Sevens?" asked Baron as the board began to be dealt, "Ace-Queen?" It seemed like the focus was on what Owen folded more than what the board was going to run out.

The flop came , and although the on the turn meant that Luis was open-ended, the river was the meaning the Frenchman was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexandru Baron	3,600,000	1,840,000
Damien Luis	Eliminé

Tags: Alexandru Baron Damien Luis

2016-08-26 23:00 UTC+2

Sam Grafton and Yordan Mihaylov Petrov Eliminated

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Niveau 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

At almost the same time on different tables, Sam Grafton and Yordan Mihaylov Petrov have been eliminated.

Petrov open-shoved his last 450,000 with and Jean-Jacques Zeitoun called from one seat over with the . The flop came and Petrov was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality.

Grafton shoved for what looked like 575,000 from early position and Anthony Chimkovitch reshoved in the small blind for around 725,000, Stephen Malone folded in the big blind.

Grafton:
Chimkovitch:

The board ran out and Grafton headed to the rail in 30th place, while Petrov took 31st.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jean-Jacques Zeitoun	2,300,000	625,000
Anthony Chimkovitch	1,450,000	847,000
Sam Grafton	Eliminé
Yordan Mihaylov Petrov	Eliminé

Tags: Anthony Chimkovitch Jean-Jacques Zeitoun Sam Grafton Stephen Malone Yordan Mihaylov Petrov

2016-08-26 21:54 UTC+2

The End of Berent

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Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Norbert Berent has enjoyed a great rail of support during this EPT Main Event, but it hasn't helped him a bit in the end. He is very unlucky to be walking out of the door.

Hand 1: At The Double
It all started so well for the Polish player, who has already cashed twice since being here in Barcelona. He got all of chips into the middle with and toppled when the board came . That put him up to 1.1m, but in the next crucial hand he was to lose a lot of it.

Hand 2: Disaster on the Turn
Norbert's slide down bust-out mountain begun in the second hand. He was all-in pre-flop, calling it off against Konstantin Puchkov's all-in move for 525,000 with . Berent was in great shape, flipping over and hoping the board paid him off and busted another opponent.

The flop of was safe enough, but the turn of sent Berent out of his chair in disgust. The river helped not a bit.

Hand 3: Flipping Unreal

After Puchkov called an opening bet from another player of 65,000, Berent got his 213,000 stack into the middle with and was called only by Puchkov (again). This time, it was a flip, as Puchkov had been trapping with . The first card out was an ace on the board of with a couple of those ironic nines looking at him again. It's to his credit that Berent, a powerful personality at the table, shook everyone's hand and walked away in quiet anguish. He looked ready to run through the wall itself on the way out.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Konstantin Puchkov	1,623,000	1,048,000
Norbert Berent	Eliminé

Tags: Konstantin Puchkov Norbert Berent

2016-08-26 20:51 UTC+2

Grafton Gets a Big One

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Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Sam Grafton opened to 65,000 in early position and was only called by Norbert Berent in the big blind. The flop of saw Grafton checked to and he c-bet 85,000. Again, Berent called. The turn of saw Berent switch it up, betting 185,000, which Grafton called.

On the river of , Berent led for 240,000, and sent Sam Grafton into the tank. There he stayed for a time until he flicked a green chip into the middle, making the call and getting good news. Berent could only show and Grafton quickly flipped over to take the pot, overtaking Berent and climbign the leaderboard again.

"No words for the cameras," quips Sam, as the lenses zoom in on his happy face. "I can't reveal the secrets."

Once the cameras have departed, however, he jovially engages a morose Berent.

"Why are you making it so difficult for me? I wake up so full of energy, ready for the day and tough river calls. I'm exhausted, its not easy."

True words, but Grafton has 1.58m and that represents one of his highest points of the day, chip-wise.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sam Grafton	1,580,000	600,000
Norbert Berent	1,350,000	-550,000

Tags: Norbert Berent Sam Grafton

2016-08-26 19:08 UTC+2

Jason Koon Busted by Adam Owen

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Niveau 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Jason Koon shoved the last 175,000 of his tournament chips inot the middle with and was called by Adam Owen's

The flop of [7s35s5h] gave Koon that cruellest of poker vicissitudes, false hope, but the turn and river ended his chances.

Adam Owen leaps back over a million to 1.2m chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Adam Owen	1,200,000	840,000
Jason Koon	Eliminé

Tags: Adam Owen Jason Koon

2016-08-26 18:20 UTC+2

Vojtech Ruzicka Doubles Through Nuno Capucho in Huge Pot

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Niveau 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Nuno Capucho raised from early position to 55,000 and Vojtech Ruzicka defended his big blind.

The flop came and Ruzicka checked to his opponent who bet 61,000. Ruzicka then check-raised to 196,000. Capucho called.

The turn was the and Ruzicka led this time for 211,000 and Capucho called.

At this stage the pot was just shy of 1,000,000 in chips, and the river was the . Ruzicka moved all in for his remaining 575,000 chips and Capucho went into the tank. Three minutes letter Sam Grafton called for the clock and a short while later Capucho called.

Ruzicka tabled and Capucho , and the Czech player doubled to over 2,000,000 in chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Vojtech Ruzicka	2,120,000	999,000
Nuno Capucho	1,710,000	-1,350,000

Tags: Nuno Capucho Vojtech Ruzicka

2016-08-26 17:11 UTC+2

Jason Mercier Busted by Vojtech Ruzicka

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Niveau 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jason Mercier shoved all in for 213,000 from the button with but was quickly called by Vojtech Ruzicka with in the small blind.

The two men were heads-up to the board of and that was the end for Mercier with just 50 players left.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Vojtech Ruzicka	1,900,000	1,290,000
Jason Mercier	Eliminé

Tags: Jason Mercier Vojtech Ruzicka

2016-08-26 15:51 UTC+2

The Best Preparation

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Niveau 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The best players do their best to prepare for a big tournament in the most optimal way they can, and the November Niner still in the EPT Main Event field, Vojtech Ruzicka, is no different. Everything has been completely different for him since he made the final nine of the World Series of Poker Main Event and his life is narrowing in on that date with poker destiny in a few months time. He admits to us that he never understood how big that aspect of his success in the tournament would be.

"My original plan was to do more intense preparation, disappear almost," he told us at the latest break here in Barcelona. "That's proved impossible, really. I play for Kings in Rozvadov and enjoyed the cash games a lot there in recent weeks. Now I'm here. But if I run deep in the EPT Main Event, there's no better preparation for November."

Sharing a table with players such as Jason Mercier and Morten Mortensen today for example, seems to be focusing Vojtech's mind on taking on eight more elite players very soon.

"I really want to win. I hope so much that I can win. There are many ways to prepare, and I will do them. Right now I have 610,000 in the Main, so I will do my best here too."

As Ruzicka returns to the action, he'll be under the lights and sharing the feature table with Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier among others. When it comes to Vojtech Ruzicka, you get the feeling that every hand, every decision, every move points to Vegas and the game of his life. Maybe, just maybe, he might bag an EPT victory in the build up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Vojtech Ruzicka	610,000	-490,000

Tags: Vojtech Ruzicka

2016-08-26 15:27 UTC+2

Nicolas Chouity Busts Before the Break

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Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

In the final hand before the latest break, Nicolas Chouity has been eliminated from the EPT Barcelona Season 13 Main Event. The Lebanese player led the entire field after Day 2, but two hands at his table did the damage.

First, Chouity was all-in pre-flop with the chance of knocking Mikhail Molchanov out of the tournament but ran his into Molchanov's . The board of saw Chouity exclaim in frustration: "And I flop a king too; so sick that happens!"

Then, in what would be Chouity's final hand, he moved all-in for 253,00 with and saw his opponent Jose Quintas re-shove for over half a million chips with , pushing another opponent out of the way and sending the two men to the run out.

The board of saw the demise of Chouity completed, and the man who led with 294 remaining does not make the final fifty.

"It happens." he said, as he moved to the cash desk.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jose Quintas	900,000	124,000
Mikhail Molchanov	767,000	284,000
Nicolas Chouity	Eliminé

Tags: Jose Quintas Mikhail Molchanov Nicolas Chouity