We were nine-handed for what seemed like an eternity on Friday as no one refused to lose, with a spot at the EPT Barcelona final table on the line.
While no one refused to lose, one familiar face took advantage of a few opportunities and now stands as the man to beat as final table play is set for Saturday at Casino di Barcelona ... that man is online nosebleed master Ziigmund, Ilari Sahamies (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-945th).
Ziigmund will start the day with over 7.8M chips on Saturday, about 1.4M chips ahead of PokerStars qualifier - and Day 4 chip leader - Samuel Rodriguez (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR).
Day 3 chip leader Antonin Duda (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR), five-time bracelet winner John Juanda (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-587th) as well as European Masters of Poker Lisbon winner Joni Jouhkimainen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 224th) are some of the other participants who will be looking for their first EPT Title on Saturday.
FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 Anaras Alekberovas 4,430,000
Seat 2 Ilari Sahamies 7,885,000
Seat 3 Antonin Duda 3,445,000
Seat 4 Samuel Rodriguez 6,450,000
Seat 5 John Juanda 1,890,000
Seat 6 Joni Jouhkimainen 1,510,000
Seat 7 Mikalai Pobal 4,410,000
Seat 8 Sinel Anton 2,355,000
Some big name players were eliminated on Friday but they were able to improve their positions on the QuadJacks Player of the Year Leaderboard...
Ole Schemion (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 164th) was the final table bubble boy. Schemion has won 1K NLH Side Events at back-to-back EPT Berlin festivals.
Morten Mortensen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 278th), Jonathan Karalamikis (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-295th) and Fatima Moreira De Melo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1291st) also collected PTPR Points in the event.
Lucille Cailly, Roberto Romanello and Alain Roy were also eliminated during Day 5 play.
CATCH ALL THE ACTION
Coverage of the final table will be shown live-to-tape (with delay) over at www.PokerStars.tv.
FT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1 € 1,007,550 2 € 629,700 3 € 404,050 4 € 301,750 5 € 230,900 6 € 178,400 7 € 125,950 8 € 76,100 RELATED POSTS > DAMYANOV PEEVSK WINS SIDE > ANOTHER UNKNOWN LEADS BARCA > DUDA DOMINATES ON DAY 3 > GIVE SMITH HIS NUBS! > SABATO WINS ESTRELLAS > KATCHALOV THIRD AT BARCELONA > LUNDMARK WINS BARCELONA DEFENDING CHAMPION Martin Schleich 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT EPT EVENT EPT San Remo Festival Casino San Remo, Italy October 3-11, 2012 | PTPR PREMIER EVENT EUROPEAN POKER TOUR PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona NLH Main Event August 19-25, 2012 Casino di Barcelona | Spain Buy-in: $6,235 | Prizepool: $6,544,930 Entries: 1,082 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 135 2nd position 85 3rd position 55 4th position 45 5th position 40 6-7th position 35 8th position 20 OLE SCHEMION 20 MORTEN MORTENSEN 20 JONATHAN KARAMALIKIS 20 MIKOLAJ ZAWADZKI 18 ALEX CASALS 18 AKU JOENTAUSTA 18 ELIAS GUTIERREZ HERNANDEZ 18 FATIMA MOREIRA DE MELO 15 JAVIER PIAZUELO 15 MAURO CANAVESE 15 |
