Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€1,028,200
Entries
106
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
15
Players Left
1
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Last year at in Barcelona, France's Simon Wiciak defeated Jo?o Sydenstricker heads-up to win the EPT Main Event for €1,134,375.
Wiciak bested the field of 2,120 runners for the golden trophy, his first major live poker title, and the career-best seven-figure score.
The Frenchman struck a three-handed deal with Sydenstricker and Britain's Carl Shaw that flattened the payouts, and the trio played on for the trophy and an additional €108,975 in prize money.
2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Wiciak | France | €1,134,375* |
| 2 | Jo?o Sydenstricker | Brazil | €1,048,550* |
| 3 | Carl Shaw | United Kingdom | €901,070* |
| 4 | Santiago Plante | Canada | €511,300 |
| 5 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | €393,300 |
| 6 | Ezequiel Waigel | Argentina | €302,500 |
| 7 | Curtis Knight | Canada | €232,700 |
| 8 | Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | €179,000 |
*Denotes three-way deal
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Christopher Philippou opened to 50,000 from under the gun and received a call from Patrick Kennedy in the small blind before Youness Barakat three-bet shoved for 218,000 from the big blind. Philippou shoved for his stack of 260,000 and Kennedy, who covered both players, made the call.
Youness Barakat: A?Q?J?8? 
Christopher Philippou: A?A?6?2?
Patrick Kennedy: K?Q?J?5?
Philippou was still ahead with his aces on the 8?4?2? flop but Kennedy just needed a club to complete his flush draw and eliminate both opponents. The 10? turn also brought a straight draw for both Kennedy and Barakat which came right in on the 9? turn. Barakat and Kennedy split the main pot with a queen-high straight and Kennedy took the small side pot while Philippou became the first final table casualty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,040,000 | |
|
||
|
335,000 | |
|
Busted | |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Patrick Kennedy opened to 70,000 under the gun and was called by Christopher Philippou in middle position, and Mark Buckley in the big blind.
On the A?7?2? flop, Buckley checked, Kennedy fired out a bet of 80,000, only for Philippou to pot it. Buckley moved all in for 271,000 and Kennedy folded.
Mark Buckley: 7?7?8?6?
Christopher Philippou: 10?5?10?3?
Buckley was ahead with a set of sevens against Philippou's spade draw and pair of tens, and the 9? turn and J? river were bricks, sending the Irishman a timely double-up at the start of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
855,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
240,000
-365,000
|
-365,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, revealed on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker podcast that he was kicked out of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event over a conflict of interest stemming from his employment at ESPN.
In the 16th episode of the podcast, host Connor Richards speaks with the producer/founder of the most popular livestream in poker history about why he was booted from poker's biggest tournament, along with numerous other topics such as sports journalism, interviewing star athletes, leaving ESPN to start a poker stream, founding HCL and putting together some of the most entertaining lineups in poker history.
This interview was filmed in July at the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ryan Feldman by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,985,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
||
|
810,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
625,000
-305,000
|
-305,000 |
|
||
|
|
605,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
360,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
338,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
|
245,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
245,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
115,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Action folded to Samuel Albeck on the button, who moved all in for 67,000. Jorryt van Hoof repotted it in the small blind, forcing out the big blind.
Samuel Albeck: Q?Q?5?6?
Jorryt van Hoof: K?K?J?6?
Albeck had been unlucky to run pocket queens into pocket kings, and was left drawing to running queens after the K?J?J? flop gave his opponent the full house. The 6? turn confirmed his exit, and the 3? river completed the board.
We have now reached the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
815,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Ka Kwan Lau opened to 80,000 under the gun, before Patrick Kennedy produced a pot three-bet in the next seat. Action folded back to Lau, who moved all in for around 320,000 total, with Kennedy making the quick call.
Ka Kwan Lau: A?J?10?8?
Patrick Kennedy: A?A?6?5?
Lau was in trouble versus Kennedy's aces, and the A?K?3? flop improved Kennedy to top set, while still leaving Lau with outs to the straight.
The Q? rolled off on the turn to give Lau the straight, but the river was the K? to give Kennedy the full house.
Dangerman Lau was sent to the rail before the final table, while Kennedy continued stacking up chips, holding a huge lead in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,805,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Mark Buckley opened to 70,000 from the button and Samuel Albeck shoved for just a bit more from the big blind. Buckley called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Samuel Albeck: K?10?10?6?
Mark Buckley: A?J?J?3?
The board ran out 7?9?9?8?A? giving albeck a ten-high straight to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
|
|
180,000
54,000
|
54,000 |