EPT Barcelona's Featured Hand of the Week: Six Raises Lead Him to Main Event

EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Highlights: Gutyi's nut flush on the flop, Liviu's four of a kind, Dwyer's KK, Ivarsson's straight flush on the river, and the dramatic moment of being eliminated after six all-in raises.

In late August, PokerNews traveled to Spain to cover the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona event, which boasts a full tournament schedule. The PokerNews team captured several significant and game-changing hands live.

This includes the €5,300 EPT Main Event, which attracted 1,823 entries and boasted a total prize pool of €8,841,550.

The following are some key hands recorded by the PokerNews live reporting team.

Gutyi hit the nuts on the flop, eliminating Brandt.

On Day 1A, a reporter captured a crucial hand in Level 9 (blinds 600/1,200/1,200). Four players entered the flop with 5♠ Q♠ 2♠, creating a pot of approximately 15,000. Action came from Nazar Buhaiov in the cutoff, who bet 3,500. Jamie O'Connor called from the small blind, followed by Mykhailo Gutyi check-raising to 14,000 from the big blind. Piet Brandt then hijacked the hand and went all-in for 49,500.

Buhaiov fell into deep thought, repeatedly examining his hand. About two minutes later, he folded, and O'Connor followed suit. Gutyi called, and the flop came.

Piet Brandt：K♦ K♠
Mykhailo Gutyi：A♠ 4♠

Brandt needs a runner-runner combination to form a full house to beat Gutyi's nut flush that came off the flop.

The turn card Q♦ gave Brandt a pair, but the river card 8♥ did not help him, and his hopes were dashed.

Brandt left the game disappointed, while Gutyi's chip stack jumped to nearly 200,000. After the hand ended, Buhaiov stated that he had folded a flush when faced with all action.

Liviu consists of four lines

At the same level, the reporter captured another key hand. Ignat Liviu, in UTG position, checked on the turn with 2♠ 6♦ Q♥ Q♦. Daniel Jackson, in the next position, bet approximately 11,500. Liviu checked and went all-in for 21,000, which Jackson quickly called.

Ignat Liviu: 6♣ 6♠
Daniel Jackson: A♦ Q♣

Liviu forms a full house against Jackson's three of a kind, and Jackson needs help on the river.

The river card, a 6♥, gave Liviu a quad, securing a double stack at the expense of Jackson's chips.

Dwyer defeats Karlsson's KK in a massive pot.

One level later, the reporter saw a pot grow to well over 50,000. Jakob Karlsson checked from the hijack position on the flop of 6♦ 10♥ 3♣, Michael Dwyer went all-in from the cutoff position, and Karlsson called after a few seconds of thought with about 80,000.

Jakob Karlsson：K♥ K♦
Michael Dwyer: J♣ 10♣

Karlsson's KK was in a favorable position against Dwyer's top pair. The turn 5♦ failed to help the Irish player, but the river J♥ gave him two pair, beating Karlsson's KK and winning this high-stakes match.

At another table, Mark Teltscher, the 2005 EPT London champion, was also found to have a starting stack of about ten chips.

A heroic call was punished, and Ivarsson's river card gave him a straight flush.

On Day 3, Level 19 (blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000), a reporter witnessed Joao Webber raise to 20,000 from the early position, and Alexander Ivarsson call from the cutoff. Ivo Colaco 3-bet to 45,000 from the button, Webber folded, and Ivarsson called again.

When Ivarsson checked on the flop of J♠ 2♣ 4♣, Colaco continued betting 45,000, leaving him with approximately 200,000 chips. Ivarsson didn't hesitate and immediately checked all-in, completely covering Colaco's chip stack. After a long deliberation, Colaco called.

Ivo Colaco：A♥ K♣
Alexander Ivarsson: 6♣ 5♣

Colaco realized his Ace-high might be the best hand, but his call decision was quickly punished—the turn 5♦ gave Ivarsson the lead.

With the river card 3♣ completing the board, Ivarsson brilliantly eliminated Colaco with a straight flush.

Ivarsson raised six times to get himself into the Main Event

On Day 3, Level 20 (blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000), a reporter captured one of the final hands of the night. Alexander Ivarsson raised to 24,000 from the under-the-gun position, and Sebastian Malec 3-bet to 36,000 from the small blind.

Ivarsson four-bet to 90,000. Malec, after using his timed chips, said "raise" and tried to put in more chips, but was judged to have made a minimum raise and was forced to raise to 149,000.

Ivarsson thought for a moment, glanced at Malec, and then bet all of approximately 700,000. Malec called instantly.

Alexander Ivarsson：8♦ 8♣
Sebastian Malec：K♦ K♥

Ivarsson went all-in with a poor hand and needed an 8 to save him, otherwise he would be eliminated before the end of the third day.

The flop of 10♣ 9♦ Q♦ failed to help Ivarsson, and the turn 2♠ did nothing to help either. The river 5♣ completed the board, and all of Ivarsson's chips went to Malec.

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