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The €5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event drew 1,823 entries and built an €8,841,550 prize pool, producing several dramatic hands captured by the PokerNews Live Reporting Team.
On Day 1a, a four-way pot saw Piet Brandt jam over a check-raise from Mykhailo Gutyi. Brandt’s kings couldn’t catch up to Gutyi’s flopped flush with ace-four of spades, sending Brandt to the rail while Gutyi’s stack swelled to nearly 200,000.
Moments later, Ignat Liviu turned a full house with pocket sixes on a queen-paired board, check-jamming into Daniel Jackson’s trip queens. The river six gave Liviu quads, securing a crucial double-up.
Later that level, Michael Dwyer shipped it in against Jakob Karlsson’s kings holding only jack-ten. Dwyer’s river jack completed two pair, flipping the massive pot in his favor at Karlsson’s expense.
Day 3 brought further chaos in Level 19, when Alexander Ivarsson check-jammed six-five of clubs against Ivo Colaco’s ace-king on a flush-heavy board. Runner-runner action gave Ivarsson a straight flush, eliminating Colaco in dramatic fashion.
Ivarsson’s variance continued in Level 20, where he four-bet with pocket eights before shoving roughly 700,000 against Sebastian Malec’s pocket kings. The board bricked out for Ivarsson, ending his tournament just before the close of Day 3.
