Amateur poker player Ricardo Ibanez probably didn't even think he had a shot an entering final table play at EPT Madrid with the chip lead, but, that is exactly where Ibanez stands after Friday's play.
To say that Ibanez will be in unfamiliar territory once final table play begins on Saturday is an understatement and his opponents will surely be looking to take advantage of Ibanez' inexperience early during final table play.
One man that will certainly be looking for an early edge is 2012 Euro Finals of Poker
Diamond Event winner Bruno Lopes "alias Kool Shen". The French rapper has had a great start to the 2012 campaign. Lopes (2012 PTPR Rank: 23rd) followed up his EFOP victory with a cash at EPT Deauville and a WPT final table bubble at WPT National Mauritius.
Lopes' fellow countryman, experience tournament pro Nicolas Levi, enters the final table as the short stack while Frederik Jensen and Ilan Boujenah are two other notables hoping to pickup a EPT title Saturday in Madrid.
FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 - Ricardo Ibañez, Spain, 3,216,000
Seat 2 - Frederik Jensen, Denmark, 2,144,000
Seat 3 - Fraser Macintyre, United Kingdom, 2,473,000
Seat 4 - Bruno Lopes, France, 1,452,000
Seat 5 - Andrei Stoenescu, Romania, 1,974,000
Seat 6 - Ilan Boujenah, Israel, 1,382,000
Seat 7 - Jason Duval, Canada, 963,000
Seat 8 - Nicolas Levi, France, 709,000
NOTABLE TOP 24 ELIMINATIONS
Former EPT Dortmund Champ Mike McDonald, Tristan Clemencon, Taylor Paur and two players who once held the end of day chip lead in the event: Juan Navarrete and Joao Paulo Simao.
EPT MADRID FT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st € 545,000 2nd € 365,000 3rd € 205,000 4th € 140,000 5th € 115,000 6th € 92,000 7th € 69,450 8th € 48,000 RELATED POSTS >> TIMEX TAKES LEAD >> PETERSEN WINS COPENHAGEN >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE >> KOOL SHEN WINS EFOP NEXT LIVE EVENT EPT Campione (Italy) March 26-31, 2012 | PTPR PREMIER EVENT European Poker Tour Madrid PokerStars.com EPT Madrid NLH Main Event March 12-17, 2012 Casino Gran Madrid | Spain Buy-in: $6,900 | Prizepool: $3,013,035 Entries: 477 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 129 2nd position 79 3rd position 49 4th position 39 5th position 34 6-7th position 29 8th position 14 MIKE MCDONALD "TIMEX" 14 IVAN TIKHOV 14 TRISTAN CLEMENCON 14 JUAN NAVARRETE 12 TAYLOR PAUR 12 CLAYTON MOZDZEN 12 JOAO PAULO SIMAO 12 JEAN-PIERRE PETROLI 9 SIYU SHA 9 RUBEN SETIEN HERRERA 9 |
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