Pokerstars.com EPT Barcelona: Day 3 - At A Glance

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Dinnertime Chip Counts from Tables 1 and 2:

Juan Maceiras -- 125k
Martin Wendt -- 125k
Javed Abrahams -- 52k
Jean Paul Pasqualini -- OUT
Tutev Yovor -- OUT
Fabrice Soulier -- moved, or possibly OUT
Henrik Jensen -- 85k
Philip Yeh -- 150k
Adam Junglen -- 338k
Nikolaus Jedlicka -- 130k

The above table will now become the next Feature Table...


Sylvester 'Vesty' Geoghegan -- 100k
Tronde Eidsvig -- 301k
Giovanni Spadavecchia -- OUT
Michael Greco -- 18k
Mark Teltscher -- 400k
Daan Ruiter -- 100k
Ola Brandborn -- 120k
Mohamad Kowssarie -- 178k
Henrik Sorensen -- OUT

[NoflopsHomer]

Right - two times table breaks, and the floor (minus the TV-tablers, whom Homer has been keeping an eye on) looks like this:

Juan Maceiras -- 145k
Martin Wendt -- 100k+
Javed Abrahams -- 83k
Fabrice Soulier -- 85k
Henrik Jensen -- ?  Hat totally covering chips, therefore not too many
Philip Yeh -- 120k
Adam Junglen -- 247k
Nikolaus Jedlicka -- 152k

Sylvester 'Vesty' Geoghegan -- 90k
Tronde Eidsvig -- 212k
Giovanni Spadavecchia -- 110k
Mark Teltscher -- 433k
Daan Ruiter -- 70k
Ola Brandborn -- 86k
Mohamad Kowssarie -- 180kHenrik Sorensen -- 33k

Ole Gabriel Holgersen -- 50k
Ian Woodley -- 81k
Kitai Davidi Jacob -- 37k
Nickolaos Panopoulos -- 88k
Alessio Isaia -- 79k
Michael Wong -- 58k
Ryan Jones -- 27k
Kees Alblas -- 120k

Dag Martin Mikkelsen -- 88k
Thomas Fjelleheim -- 138k
Jean Baptiste Tomi -- 184k
Jan Sjavik -- 119k
Sander Lylloff -- 242k
Christopher Ulsrud -- 237k
Michael Greco -- 31k
Voitto Rintala -- 155k

I may be mistaken but I believe Mohamad is TheTerrorist(prima) Mohammed (sp?) on Ladbrokes, but more commonly known as Fast_Freddie. My pick/bok for today.

my pick is Philip Yeh this guy has got tidy game

His nickname is 'Clap Your Hands Say'.

If it isn't, it should be.

41st - 56th

41   Stefan   Mattsson
42   Andrey   Zaichenko
43   Tutev   Yovor
44   Mika   Puro
45   Daniel   Dodet
46   James   Higgins
47   Katja   Thater
48   Mark   Vos
49   Massimiliano   Rosa
50   Jean Paul   Pasqualini
51   Alexander Philip   Roumeliotis
52   Cort   Kibler-Melby
53   Jerome   Ferron
54   Jesus   Garde
55   Phil   Starrs
56   Daniel   Stern

Other noted rough chip counts:

Christopher Ulsrud -- 255k
Voitto Rintala -- 217k
Dags Martin Mikkelsen -- 90k
Jan Sjavik -- 105k
Ola Gabriel Holgersen -- 65k

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A couple of pictures for those who are still gamely online even though no poker is scheduled for another 40 minutes:

Early table featuring (left to right): Pete Giordano (black cap), Tronde Eidsvig (red patches), Alexander Roumelis (pink), Michael Wong and Mohamad Kowssarie.  They are no longer sitting in anything like these positions, but I don't think all of these have been featured, and this photo was in focus.



Voitto Rintala



The rest of Iron Maiden

Click to see full-size image.

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NEW FEATURE TABLE
In seat order -

Juan Maceiras
Martin Wendt
Javed Abrahams
Henrik Jensen
Philip Yeh
Adam Junglen
Nikolaus Jedlicka

Definitely pleased this is the table getting live fed onto a plasma screen in the press room.  Although the tint of the screen is such that they all look like they have been indulging heavily in game show host style fake tan.  Picture coming if I can get one.

Here are some shots from floor level right before the restart...
 


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Javed Abrahams just pushed preflop for 45k over the top of Martin Wendt...no call, but perilous kind of stack on that table.

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Nikolaus Jedlicka takes a pretty chunky pot from Juan Maceiras, who raised the river with the board showing from 35k to 80k, called by Jedlicka with a in his hand which saw off Maceiras' .  "You got it," said the Spanish player as he left himself short stacked after a very odd hand which saw a 6k flop bet and a 20k turn bet (both called) before the healthier river action.  He and Javed Abrahams have both pushed preflop a couple of times - no takers.

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Juan Maceiras, having pushed all in twice preflop, does it a third time with a stack of 67,400.  A little more dwelling, but again he gets it through.

The blinds went up during all of that TVtable non-action - they are now 2,500/5,000 ante 500.  Colouring up the 100 chips.  Bear with us.

Pictured: ex-TV tablers Patrick Bruel and Greg Dyer, deposed to the 'regular' tournament area with their spectators jostling by the ropes rather than lined up in orderly rows on bleachers.

[NoflopsHomer]

Michael Greco has doubled up again, he's on 50k after calling a raise with Q-T, hitting both on the flop and being set in by 9-6.

Sylvester Geoghegan manages to escape from Queens, but maybe he's wishing he didn't.

He raised from the high-jack to 12k, Mark Teltscher made it 32k from the small blind and then Daan Ruiter moved in from the big blind.

The Irishman passed his Queens with the manner of someone who loves chocolate cake but is on a diet, and Teltscher made the call, "You got aces?" he asked.

"Yes," was the reply from the Dutchman.

A slight facial contortion from the big-stacked Brit along with a deep sigh as he flipped his Kings.

Board:



"Oh well, never mind." said Sylvester. "I had to pass."

Teltscher's stack is damaged by 114k being passed over to Ruiter, who is close to the quarter million mark now.

Bjorn Erik Glenne, last year's EPT Barcelona winner, is OUT. Aditya Agarwal's held against his on a board.

Two of my picks have clashed as Dag Martin Mikkelsen has doubled through Christopher Ulsrud, all the money going on the turn of a board, Ulsrud holding Ace-Ten, but Dag holding the very nutty . No 9 comes to chop the river, and DM Mikkel, who had been grinding for a bit, is now up to 250k.

Ian Woodley -- 110k

Short stack Juan Maceiras all-in with against equally short Grant Mitchell Martin Wendt's

Board:



A huge cheer from the Spanish fans. Martin is left with very little chips and is all-in next hand.

Javed raises to 14k next hand and everyone passes.

Javed:



Martin:



Board:



And Martin has Wendt and gone.

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Knockouts Galore:

Firstly, this guy standing up, Eric Hardt, was just eliminated (incidentally, this is who I confused for Ola before, sorry) - he pushed all in preflop over the 15k preflop bet of Mohamad Kowssarie (also pictured, fortuitously).  Mohamad called with and was up against .  A King came to cement his aheadness and we were down to 32...



Then fell shortstacked Ryan Jones, small blind in his last hand.  He called all in with after button Michael Wong shoved first - with as it happened.  Big blind Kees Alblas had toyed with his before sensibly binning it - he would have won on a board which came out .  Instead Wong almost doubles up at the expense of Ryan Jones.

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Feature table chip counts:

Juan Maceiras -- 165k
Martin Wendt -- OUT
Javed Abrahams -- 55k
Ole Holgersen -- 38k
Henrik Jensen -- ??
Philip Yeh -- 60k
Adam Junglen -- 375k
Nikolaus Jedlicka -- 267.5k

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I'm not sure exactly what was going on here, but I do know that Ian Woodley has about 110k and gives Snoopy's guns a run for their money.  Check the nervous smile on neighbour Kitai Davidi Jacob's face as he files Woodly under "unstable."

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Javed Abrahams pushes preflop - again - and gets a call this time from Nikolaus Jedlicka.  His stack is around 50k)
Javed shows: 
Nikolaus shows: 

Flop: 
Turn:    "He's going to need precisely an Eight," says our commentator, wearily, probably already on to the next hand in his head....

...River:   

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I caught up with Michael Greco for about two minutes, which is how long it took him to get his entire 14,500 stack in - again.  "The grinder is still in!" he remarked, cheerfully, seemingly as surprised at his shortstack holding as the rest of his table.  He quickly shoved in early position, and found neighbour Mark Teltscher mini-raising to 23,500 after him (which made big blind Sylvester Geoghegan lose interest despite his prior declaration that he would likely have to "call you blind...").  Button Alessio Isaia called, and that left three of them to see the flop: 
  Check to Alessio, who bet Mark Teltscher off, showing which was ahead of Greco's .
Turn: 
River: 

And the valiant run of the Dusk Till Dawn player comes to an end.  In this tournament.  He has a 20k stack in the Omaha. 

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These recent eliminations are in the €16,700 prize bracket, incidentally (32nd to 25th places) but it goes up any second.  I think Henrik Jensen might have finished 25th just now, getting it in with against Nikolaus Jedlicka's ... A King on the flop, drawing dead by the turn.  Next!  The pace is frantic...

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Down to 24.... Redraw Hiatus.  Ian Woodley was out in the last batch - 29th I believe...

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Slightly wired-looking Irishman Sylvester Geoghegan has a sudden 240k in chips - this picture is slightly out of date - a high point for the tournament so far and definitely a good stack by any standards.  He had a bit of luck getting it all in preflop with (pushing after Teltscher raised to 15k, Mohamad Kowssarie called and he saw an opportunity...) and finding the original raiser with some calling Kings.  Ace on the flop, and that's 0 for 2 for Mark Teltscher's Cowboys.

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Hi Chris here, my computer is not connecting to the network despite knowing it is there.

We just lost Jan Sjavik after Phillip 'Clap Your Hands Say' Yeh took him on with K-8 against A-2 in a blind on blind battle. The board coming 8-3-Q-9-J. Jen down to two picks, I still have three, mwahahahaha.

However, one of my picks, Dag Martin Mikkelsen just lost a 370k pot with against Sander Lylloff's . Dag raised from EP, Sander re-raised and Dag 3-bet him all in. The board came leaving Dag with just 370k.

Javed Abrahams just lost a chunk doubling up Davidi Kitai with A-Q against A-J. A jack on the flop.