Pokerstars.com EPT Barcelona - FINAL TABLE

[JungleCat03]

Mazzia's certainly been the luckiest of the final 6 so far. Here are the new standings, with Irishman Fintan Gavin now leading the way in sensational fashion!

Fintan Gavin 1,548,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg 1,518,000
Davidi Kitai 971,000
Jason Mercier   945,000
Dren Ukella 651,000
Danielle Mazzia 600,000

[JungleCat03]

Gavin's had it go all his own way so far, but Kitai feels its time to put a stop to the Irishman's reign of terror, re-raising his min raise another 100k or so.

Gavin makes the call, but when the flop falls and Kitai leads for 160,00, Fintan has been slapped down by the Belgium and he folds to leave the lank-haired Winamax player to sweep in the pot...

[b4matt]

Great updates guys thanks.

I really hope Fintan takes it down. We'd hopefully see a lot more of him on the circuit, he's a great character. I just hope they don't sell Guiness in barcelona..

[Djinn]

Fintan Gavin consolidates his chip advantage to the tune of 2 million chips, after taking on another big stack (Davidi Kitai)...
Kitai called Gavin's preflop raise, and then checked the flop.  Fintan Gavin bet 200k, and got a quick call. 
Turn:    Check to the Irishman one more time, and this time it was 400k at Davidi...if he'd had something large now is when the Clash of the Titans would have commenced - but after a stare and a brief think, he passed, handing Fintan a healthy lead.

[JungleCat03]

Dren shoves from the small blind and Mercier finds K-Q, figures to be well ahead of the shortstacked German's range and makes the call!

Dren has pocket deuces so they're off to the races...

Flop ...A great flop for Dren as Mercier has missed and he now has a gutshot draw...

TURN: ! A set for Dren as Mercier's bad run of winning coinflips continues and the river is...

The ! Quads for Dren!

He takes the pot down to cheers from his railing fans whilst Mercier looks like he wants to throw up as he loses yet another race!

Here's how that hand has affected the counts:

Fintan Gavin 2,018,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg 1,411,000
Davidi Kitai   848,000
Dren Ukella 880,000
Danielle Mazzia 571,000
Jason Mercier 449,000

Pictured: Dren Ukalla

[Laxie]

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FINTAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

[Djinn]

Fintan Gavin -- 2,533,000

Sebastian Ruthenberg -- 1,522,000
Dren Ukalla -- 943,000
Davidi Kitai -- 862,000
Daniele Mazzia -- 572,000

There you gogogogo Laxie.

[Laxie]

   Cheers Chicka!

[Djinn]

Fintan is actually sitting in a bad seat for live photography, so here's a shot from one of the TVs here, as he considers making that call of the all-in.  It's a ONE HOUR DINNER BREAK... so we may be able to grab the man himself for a quick snap or some comments.

[knowledge]

Seat 7: Fintan Gavin,40 , Galway, Ireland – PokerStars qualifier – 701,000 chips



Although one of the less well-known faces at today’s final table, Fintan Gavin is no poker novice and works in the industry – as the card room manager at the Eglinto Casino in Galway.  Thanks to his casino duties, Fintan says he doesn’t get  to play as much as he’d like but, having played poker for 30 years and NLHE for six years, he has a wealth of experience to draw on. This is his first EPT but he’s so impressed with the way PokerStars run things that he’s planning to try and qualify for many more. This is his best result to date although he cashed in the Aussie Millions main event last year for AS$ 20,000.

Hi jen, It's Paul Bracken here, Can you please if given a chance wish fintan good luck from me... He is a co founder of the IPt (Irish Poker Your) which he started about 5 years ago and he ran an extremely successful tour for a number of years. He done a lot for poker in Ireland and deserves this success...... He is very well known on the poker circuit and scene in Ireland and is very popular aswell... thanks jen..

[jpean]

DessertWatch please

[JungleCat03]

We have an all-in!

Gavin raises, Dren re-raises all-in and a resigned Gavin feels he has to call the shortstacked German....

Gavin shows
Dren: A-K

So the German has the Irishman dominated but his tournament life is on the line. 835k pot in the offing...

The flop falls: It's a good flop for Gavin, giving him a straight draw and extra outs to bust the German.


TURN: Fintan still needs a Jack, Six or Ten on the river to win, the dealer deals the river which is...

The !

No bad beat for Dren and Fintan doubles him up to 850k or so. That was just a little nip out of the Irishman's stack though and he's still in good shape.

[JungleCat03]

There's some interesting sculpture and modern art round Barcelona.

Just as a small break from the poker here are some shots we took earlier of some of these structures.

First we have rainbow man. Thus named, not because he looks like an amalgam of Zippy , Bungle and George, but because of his multicoloured appearance.



This is a particular favourite of Jen. The balancing ball almost defying gravity...



And the place where all the action is taking place. The Gran Casino, the temporary home of 400 poker players and 100 press...

[Djinn]

DessertWatch please

I went on a hunt for Bad Candy today, during a break of course, and came back with these gems:

The Vidal Dipper - like pepperami, but made of corn syrup and strawberry flavoured chemicals.  I think.  The one on the left looks about to commit some kind of act of cannibaliam:


Not sure what these are, but again made by the Vidal corporation.  Says 'Relle nolas' on the front, look diseased.  Make JC act stupid.  Forgive him, he's high on sugar.

[Djinn]

Daniele Mazzia gets Sebastian Ruthenberg to lay down preflop after moving all in over his raise...

then

Fintan Gavin raises to 160k preflop, called by Sebastian Ruthenberg.
Flop:    Fintan bets out 185k; call.
Turn:   Now Fintan announces all in, shooting Ruthenberg a look and then waiting... he runs a hand through ihs hair, scratches his cheek, looks all over the place and is still smiling although looking a bit nervous, as Sebastian says, "Wow," leans back in his chair, forward again, and... ... shows a King, mucking his hand.  Fintan also shows a King as he rakes in another pot - last time he played a pot like this he showed an absolute bluff, so you never can tell.