[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Payouts
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The money


Here's a recap of the money that's being fought for here on Day 3 - and who's won what so far on the final day (euros).
1: 691,000
2. 371,000
3. 184,300
4. 161,300
5. 138,200
6. 115,200
7. 92,200
8. 69,100
9. 46,100
10. 25,400
11. 25,400

12. 25,400 Noah Boeken


13. 20,750 Gusten Sjoberg

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Last nine chip counts
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The nine


Seat numbers and chip counts
1. Dave Gregory (US) - 550,000
2. Kristian Ulriksen (Norway) - 116,000

3. Jon Dull KidPokerJD (US) - PokerStars qualfier - 79,000

4. Phl Ivey (US) - 1,323,000
5. Bjorn-Erik Glenne (Norway) - 1,209,000
6. Robin Keston (UK) - 81,000
7. Jeff Lisandro (Italy) 888,000
8. Joakim Geigert (Sweden) - 268,000
9. David Daneshgar (US) - 275,000

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Ulriksen OUT
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The final table: (Front, from left) Ivey, Glenne, Keston; (Back, from left) Gregory, Dull, Daneshgar, Geigert, Lisandro

Norway left to hide


Norway's Kristian Ulriksen is OUT, meaning we are down to the final table.


Britain's Dave Gregory raised by 42,000 and Ulriksen moved all-in for his 76,000. He was called by Erik Bjorn Glenne and by Gregory.


The flop came K-2-3 rainbow. Gregory checked and then got out of the way when Glenne moved in with another 100,000. It was heads-up, and Ulriksen flipped over J-J to Glenne's A-K. No help on the turn or river (3, 2) and Ulriksen is off.



Who's won what so far on the final day (euros).

1: 691,000
2. 371,000
3. 184,300
4. 161,300
5. 138,200
6. 115,200
7. 92,200
8. 69,100

9. 46,100 Kristian Ulriksen


10. 25,400 Teemu Lahtinen


11. 25,400 David Layani 'Dlopt'


12. 25,400 Noah Boeken


13. 20,750 Gusten Sjoberg

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Down to six
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It's over for Keston and the Kid
Bjorn Erik Glenne has busted two short-stacks in the same hand, leaving us down to six players on the final table.

With blinds up to 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 ante, KidpokerJD (Jonathan Dull, above with his sister) moved all-in and was called by Glenne AND by Robin Keston (above, top).

It was a three-way struggle, and only one would win it. KidpokerJD showed A-9, Glenne Q-Q and Keston 9-9. Glenne was a huge favourite, and with a board of 3-J-4-6-4 he stayed ahead throughout.

Congratulations to KidpokerJD, the last survivor of the 118 PokerStars qualifiers. The remaining big stacks are circling like vultures. Who will be the next victim?

Who's won what so far on the final day (euros).
1: 691,000
2. 371,000
3. 184,300
4. 161,300
5. 138,200
6. 115,200
7. 92,200 Robin Keston
8. 69,100 Jon Dull KidPokerJD
9. 46,100 Kristian Ulriksen
10. 25,400 Teemu Lahtinen
11. 25,400 David Layani 'Dlopt'
12. 25,400 Noah Boeken
13. 20,750 Gusten Sjoberg

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Meet the final six
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Six of the best

Jeff Lisandro

Why have one nickname when you can have two? Australian/Italian professional Jeff Lisandro has gone by a couple of alias in his time - Iceman and Comet - and is a fearsome cash-game player as well as a familiar face on the pro-tournament circuit.
Lisandro made his first final table appearance in a WSOP event in 1997, and has made world poker's premier championship a happy hunting ground, with 15 money finishes.
He scaled the heights in the WSOP main event this year, finishing 17th - his best ever placing, pocketing $659,730 - but that would be eclipsed if he landed the 691k euro first prize here.
In May 2005, he won the $10,000 no-limit HE World Series of Poker circuit event at Lake Tahoe, defeating Phil Ivey in the final heads-up battle to win the $540k prize. Lisandro rates Ivey as the best player in the world. They meet again today...

Phil Ivey
Poker superstars don't come much bigger than Phil Ivey - and he's making the most of his debut on the European Poker Tour. The 30-year-old American is fast becoming one of the most successful tournament players in history - with a WSOP record that now stands at 24 cashes, five bracelets, after bursting on the scene in 2002 with a treble-bracelet show in Vegas. He's a cash-game Goliath too - a regular in the 'big game' at the Bellagio, and rumoured to have taken $16m out of a three-day heads-up Limit HE clash with Texas billionaire Andy Beal in February this year. Fearless and frightening.

Joakim Geigert
Joakim, 42, from Gothenburg, Sweden is better known in his native country as a TV presenter. He has hosted travel, sports, poker and game shows for the last 15 years, including a Swedish version of gameshow Don't Forget Your Toothbrush. Joakim, who is married with three children, has been a keen online player for six years and took up live play (both cash and tournaments) three years ago. He is a co-founder of the popular Swedish online community Prosharks which now has 6,000 members. He came 17th at the Season 2 Barcelona EPT winning 10,400 euro.

David Daneshgar
David Daneshgar, 25, lives in Los Angeles and turned professional last year. He has an impressive list of cashes behind him already, including $110,000 in the WPT event in LA last month, and $200,000 in a $2,500 NL event in LA in March. He used to work in investments, and is planning to re-invest some of his winnings here to enter the EPT in London next week.

Bjorn-Erik Glenne
Bjorn-Eric is no stranger to the EPT, he was 19th in the Scandinavian Open during EPT season II. He's already outshone that performance and is guaranteed to take his biggest ever cash result back to Oppegard, Norway. Rumour has it that he's a chess player of serious quality - he'll need to be.

Dave Gregory
Sometimes based in the seaside town of Southend, England, so he'll be well at home here 'del mar' in Barcelona - the rain won't bother him. A familiar face from the UK circuit, but this is shaping into his biggest tournament ever.

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Lisandro agony
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Down to five



Jeff Lisandro (above) has been busted in sixth place by Phil Ivey in one of those big "OUCH" poker moments.


The Italian thought he had won the monster pot until he saw what was lurking beneath Ivey's card protector.


Here's what happened: With the blinds at 10,000/20,000, Ivey raised to 60,000 and was called by Lisandro. Everyone else got out of the way sharpish, perhaps sensing the danger ahead.


The flop came 5-10-9. Lisandro checked, Ivey bet 80,000 and Lisandro moved all in over the top to be met with an instant call. Lisandro flipped over 9-10 for two pair - enough you would have thought, until Ivey turned his 9-9 for yet another set.


The turn and river bought two fours for Ivey's full house.


Ivey's stack has shot up again, with him and Bjorn Erik Glenne fighting for a clear lead.




Who's won what so far on the final day (euros).


1: 691,000
2. 371,000
3. 184,300
4. 161,300
5. 138,200

6. 115,200 Jeff Lisandro


7. 92,200 Robin Keston


8. 69,100 Jon Dull KidPokerJD


9. 46,100 Kristian Ulriksen

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Now it's four
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No Joakim


We have lost Sweden's Joakim Geigert, knocked out by Bjorn Erik Glenne.


Bjorn raised pre-flop, Geigert moved over the top and Glenne called.


The flop was 5-9-4, Glenne checked, Geigert moved all in and Glenne called in a flash. Geigert showed A-3 for the ace high and gutshot straight draw. But Glenne had him with K-9 for top pair.


The turn and river - Q-4 - were no help for the Swede, and he left four players to fight it out for the big one.


They are big stacks Glenne and Ivey, smaller stack David Gregory and even smaller stack David Daneshgar. At this stage you fancy Glenne and Ivey to end up heads up - but as ever there could be many twists and turns before then.

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Three and easy
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Two Davids, then one


And then there were three! David Daneshgar (above), the pro from Los Angeles, has left us after a critical tussle with David Gregory.


Daneshgar had been flirting with danger for a while, waiting to pick his spot for a double up. This was not it. He got all in before the flop with his Q-8 and was called by Gregory's 6-6.


The sixes have proved to be killer cards for the past few days, and so it proved for Daneshgar. His face, partly hidden below a baseball cap, lit up when he saw a Q emerge from the dealer's hands.


His joy was shortlived - the next card to come out was a six, followed by a three. Gregory had a set, Daneshgar top pair, and nothing on the turn or river changed that.


The three wise men - Ivey, Glenne and Gregory - are now on a one-hour break before coming back for the grand finale.


Don't miss it.

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: We're heads-up
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Gregory gone


We are now heads up - David Gregory has been knocked out by the seemingly untouchable Bjorn Erik Glenne.


Gregory - who had moved above a struggling Phil Ivey in the chip count - faced a raise pre-flop by Glenne of 120,000, and moved all-in over the top for his remaining 550,000. Glenne called.


Gregory showed K-10, Glenne A-5. The flop was K-7-5 giving Gregory hope of getting right back in this final and closer to Glenne.


But a second five on the turn made the Norwegian trips and sent Gregory spinning towards the exit.


Ivey, on little more than 350,000 chips, now faces a mountain to climb against Glenne, who has 4.5 million.


The pattern before Gregory's exit had been push and shove. Unfortunately for him and Ivey, Glenne had been doing the pushing, while they had been doing the shoving - their chips over to him, that is.


Ivey has been strangely subdued. His re-raises being met with moves over the top forcing him to fold on more than one occasion.


He's been in this position before, though, and you know you can't rule him out. However, it seems some of Glenne's supporters already have. They are cheering from the rail and keeping the barmen busy...

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[Blog Pokerstars] EPT Barcelona: Final day - who won what
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The money



Who's won what on the final day (euros):

1: 691,000 Bjorn-Erik Glenne
2. 371,000 Phil Ivey
3. 184,300 David Gregory
4. 161,300 David Daneshgar
5. 138,200 Joakim Geigert
6. 115,200 Jeff Lisandro
7. 92,200 Robin Keston
8. 69,100 Jon Dull 'KidPokerJD'
9. 46,100 Kristian Ulriksen
10. 25,400 Teemu Lahtinen
11. 25,400 David Layani 'Dlopt'
12. 25,400 Noah Boeken
13. 20,750 Gusten Sjoberg

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