€5,300 EPT Main Event Dia 2 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

2022-08-17 22:33 UTC+2

78 Countries Represented in Biggest EPT Main Event In History

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Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

European Poker Tour history was made this week as the €5,300 Barcelona EPT Main Event drew 2,294 runners to be the largest EPT Main Event field ever.

The field is 15% bigger than the field of 1,988 entries from the 2019 EPT Barcelona Main Event, which set the previous record. The prize pool is also bigger as well, €11,125,900 compared to the €9,641,800 from three years ago.

With 1,686 unique entries this year, the 2016 EPT Barcelona Main Event still holds the record for the biggest EPT Main Event in terms of unique entrants. That year, there were 1,785 unique runners.

Biggest EPT Main Events of All Time

RANK	EVENT	ENTRIES	PRIZE POOL
1	EPT Barcelona 2022	2,294	€11,125,900
2	EPT Barcelona 2019	1,988	€9,641,800
3	EPT Barcelona 2018	1,931	€9,365,350
4	EPT Barcelona 2016	1,785	€8,657,250
5	EPT Barcelona 2015	1,694	€8,215,900
6	PCA 2011	1,560	$15,132,000
7	PCA 2010	1,529	$14,831,300
8	EPT Barcelona	1,496	€7,255,600
9	PCA 2009	1,347	$12,674,000
10	EPT Sanremo 2010	1,240	€6,014,000

Nationality Statistics

The largest EPT Main Event in history attracted players from 78 countries, three more than the 75 countries that were represented at in the 2019 EPT Barcelona Main Event. France (210 players) and Italy (136 players) were the most represented countries, respectively making up 12.46% and 8.07% of the field.

France's Gaëlle Baumann made Day 2 of the EPT Main Event

Spain (115 players), Brazil (85 players) and the Netherlands (81 players) were the next most represented, followed by the United Kingdom (81 players), Germany (65 players), Romania (56 players) and the United States (51 players).

Spain's Adrian Mateos played the EPT Main Event

Other countries represented in the 2022 EPT Barcelona Main Event include Costa Rica (three players), Iceland (three players), Kyrgyzstan (two players) the Philippines (one player), Panama (one player) and Venezuela (one player).

A full breakdown of the nationality statistics for the 2022 EPT Barcelona Main Event is available in the table below.

COUNTRY	PLAYERS	PERCENTAGE	COUNTRY	PLAYERS	PERCENTAGE
France	210	12.46%	Estonia	7	0.42%
Italy	136	8.07%	Morocco	7	0.42%
Spain	115	6.82%	Armenia	6	0.36%
Brazil	85	5.04%	Iran	6	0.36%
Netherlands	84	4.98%	Serbia	6	0.36%
United Kingdom	81	4.80%	Slovenia	6	0.36%
Germany	65	3.86%	Kazakhstan	5	0.30%
Romania	56	3.32%	Mexico	5	0.30%
Sweden	52	3.08%	Moldova	5	0.30%
USA	51	3.02%	Uruguay	5	0.30%
Poland	48	2.85%	Jordan	4	0.24%
Canada	37	2.19%	Luxembourg	4	0.24%
Bulgaria	36	2.14%	Peru	4	0.24%
Norway	33	1.96%	Azerbaijan	3	0.18%
Finland	32	1.90%	Costa Rica	3	0.18%
Japan	30	1.78%	China	3	0.18%
Ukraine	30	1.78%	Iceland	3	0.18%
Denmark	29	1.72%	Lebanon	3	0.18%
Belgium	28	1.66%	New Zealand	3	0.18%
Hungary	27	1.60%	Taiwan	3	0.18%
Russia	27	1.60%	Tunisia	3	0.18%
Ireland	24	1.42%	Dominican Republic	2	0.12%
Argentina	23	1.36%	Kyrgyzstan	2	0.12%
Austria	22	1.30%	Malaysia	2	0.12%
Portugal	22	1.30%	Panama	2	0.12%
Israel	20	1.19%	Thailand	2	0.12%
Switzerland	19	1.13%	United Arab Emirates	2	0.12%
Greece	17	1.01%	Vietnam	2	0.12%
Australia	15	0.89%	Algeria	1	0.06%
Belarus	15	0.89%	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.06%
Turkey	14	0.83%	Cyprus	1	0.06%
Lithuania	13	0.77%	Faroe Islands	1	0.06%
Czech Republic	12	0.71%	Indonesia	1	0.06%
India	12	0.71%	Jamaica	1	0.06%
Hong Kong	10	0.59%	Montenegro	1	0.06%
Latvia	10	0.59%	Paraguay	1	0.06%
Colombia	9	0.53%	Philippines	1	0.06%
Croatia	9	0.53%	Slovakia	1	0.06%
South Korea	9	0.53%	Venezuela	1	0.06%

2022-08-17 22:31 UTC+2

Demasi Doubles Through Slimane

SandraBarbour

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Memeche Slimane raised to 11,000 from the hijack and Simone Demasi three-bet shoved for 38,000 from the cutoff. Slimane made the call.

Simone Demasi:
Memeche Slimane:

The runout was and Demasi doubled up with queens and eights.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Memeche Slimane	460,000	-30,000
Simone Demasi	82,000	-33,000

Tags: Memeche Slimane Simone Demasi

2022-08-17 22:29 UTC+2

Brandstrom Drills a Draw to Survive

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After Simon Brandstrom raised to 8,000 in middle position, Peter Jaksland three-bet to 21,000 from the cutoff.

Brandstrom called, leaving himself less than 100,000 behind for the flop.

He checked to Jaksland, who bet 26,000. Brandstrom then gave his next move approximately two minutes of thought before moving all in. Jaksland snap-called to put the defending champion at risk.

Simon Brandstrom:
Peter Jaksland:

Brandstrom needed help as he only had a double gutshot straight draw to work with, as his king wouldn't help against Jaksland's aces.

The turn brought the giving no help to Brandstrom, but the on the river gave Brandstrom a king-high straight to survive and keep his reign as champion alive.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Simon Brandstrom	240,000	50,000
Peter Jaksland	229,000	-76,000

Tags: Peter Jaksland Simon Brandstrom

2022-08-17 22:20 UTC+2

Avanesyan Busts to Slimane

SandraBarbour

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Memeche Slimane raised to 11,000 from mid-position and Yanis Avanesyan three-bet jammed for about 99,000 on the button. Slimane made the call and the players tabled their hands.

Yanis Avanesyan:
Memeche Slimane:

The board came and Slimane took down the pot with a pair of aces, eliminating Avanesyan.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Memeche Slimane	490,000	352,000
Yanis Avanesyan	Eliminado

Tags: Memeche Slimane Yanis Avanesyan

2022-08-17 22:06 UTC+2

Bubble Bursts; Rouvet, Mulders, and Bosch Split the Money

BrandonBloom

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

During the hand-for-hand phase, three players bowed out at the same time. In the first hand, Felipe Ketzer raised to 9,000 from the hijack and Emmanuel Rouvet three-bet jammed from the small blind for 87,000. Action folded back to Ketzer who made the call.

Emmanuel Rouvet:
Felipe Ketzer:

The board ran out and Ketzer won the pot, ending Rouvet's tournament life on the bubble.

In the second hand, after Ramiro Petrone raised to 10,000 in early position, Daan Mulders three-bet to 27,000 on the button.

Petrone then moved all-in, and Mulders called off for 125,000.

Daan Mulders:
Ramiro Petrone:

Mulders had run into the ultimate preflop cooler on the bubble. The dealer spread a flop of , giving Petrone top set, but Mulders now had a gutshot straight draw.

The turn and river couldn't save Mulders however, and he was also eliminated on the bubble.

In another hand, with roughly 100,000 in the pot on a completed board, Oliver Bosch was in the big blind and had check-called all in for his stack of approximately 120,000 against Kayhan Mokri in early position.

There was a long period of anticipation as the two players awaited the other tables to complete their hands on the bubble. The two talked to each other, but never fully revealed their holdings. Reportedly, Bosch had said he had a pair, but when he was asked if it was the same pair, he responded with "no chance", leaving both players uncertain as to who would win the pot.

Eventually, numerous cameras swarmed the table and the players chuckled at the sheer amount of people surrounding them. The tournament director then instructed the players to simultaneously turn over their cards.

Bosch showed , but it was no good as Mokri tabled to claim the pot and eliminate Bosch, who would chop the minimum payouts with the other players eliminated on the bubble.

As a result, Rouvet, Mulders, and Bosch will split the 326th and 327th place money, collecting €5,907 each.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kayhan Mokri	700,000	522,000
Ramiro Petrone	646,000	146,000
Felipe Ketzer	505,000	130,000
Emmanuel Rouvet	Eliminado
Daan Mulders	Eliminado
Oliver Bosch	Eliminado

Tags: Daan Mulders Emmanuel Rouvet Felipe Ketzer Kayhan Mokri Oliver Bosch Ramiro Petrone

2022-08-17 22:04 UTC+2

Jordon Takes a Chance, Avoids Bubbling

connorrichards

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

During hand-for-hand play on the stone money bubble, Gabriel Nedelcu open-jammed a big stack from the cutoff. Terence Jordon called from the small blind with the effective stack of 154,000.

"I have ace-ten," Jordan said to the shock of those at and around the table. "I know I'm in front of him."

Jordan, who sat beneath a Panama hat and had a small wooden alligator atop his cards, asked Nedelcu what he had. The opponent admitted that he hadn't looked at his cards.

"Do you have an ace?" the Brit inquired.

"No it's a four," Nedelcu said as he peeked at one card.

As the other all-in hands played out across the tournament room, Jordon called a friend and described his bubble predicament through the phone.

"I know it's a fold," he shrugged. "I'm not here to win 8,000 pounds."

Terence Jordon:
Gabriel Nedelcu:

Jordon was indeed ahead but a nine in the window on the flop of gave his opponent the lead.

"There's a nine," Jordon said into his phone.

The on the turn didn't change things but the on the river saved Jordon from bubbling, though it took him a moment to realize it.

"Oh, it's a ten!" he cheered.

"Was that you, Terry?!" a friend asked after the action.

"I took a chance," Jordon said. "I knew he was light."

Terence Jordon Survives Bubble — Terence Jordon Survives the Bubble

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gabriel Nedelcu	250,000	150,000
Terence Jordon	154,000	-296,000

Tags: Gabriel Nedelcu Terence Jordon

2022-08-17 21:37 UTC+2

Hand-for-Hand

SandraBarbour

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With 328 players remaining, the tournament is now in hand-for-hand play.

2022-08-17 21:37 UTC+2

Ruijs Ruins Cuellar's Ill-Timed Bluff

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A massive pot was just passed to Joris Ruijs as Diego Cuellar was seen leaving the tournament floor.

"It's amazing what some people will do", said one of Ruijs' tablemates as he stacked an absolute gift that has seen him soar to one of the biggest stacks in the room.

According to Ruijs, he raised to 8,000 under the gun and was called by Cuellar in the big blind.

The flop came and after Cuellar checked, Ruijs bet 8,000. Cuellar then check-raised to 22,000, which Ruijs called.

On the turn, Cuellar bet 64,000 and Ruijs called.

The river brought the and Cuellar jammed 263,000 into a roughly 200,000 chip pot.

Ruijs happily called to see Cuellar only had , while he held for a flopped set to take the huge pot and eliminate Cuellar just shy of the bubble.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joris Ruijs	750,000	470,000
Diego Cuellar	Eliminado

Tags: Atanas Malinov Joris Ruijs

2022-08-17 21:30 UTC+2

Antonius No More

connorrichards

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Patrik Antonius was short-stacked on the feature table and moved all in holding , only to run into the of Seth Davies to be dominated.

The board ran out and the Finnish poker veteran couldn't get ahead to be eliminated late into Day 2 before reaching the money.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Patrik Antonius	Eliminado

2022-08-17 21:30 UTC+2

Peters Jams on Dahan

BrandonBloom

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

David Peters opened to 8,000 from early position and David Dahan called on the button.

The duo checked the flop to the turn. Peters led for 20,000 and Dahan called.

The completed the board and Peters deliberated for several minutes before eventually announcing "all in". Dahan laid down his hand fairly quickly, and Peters collected the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
David Peters	370,000	20,000
David Dahan	185,000	-67,000

Tags: David Dahan David Peters