Carter Phillips Wins Poker Stars EPT BarcelonaPhillips Takes Home His First European Poker Tour Title and €850,000 |
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The final table of the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event began at 2 p.m. local time in the Catalan region of Spain. When cards got into the air for the final day of this €8,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, Carter Phillips held the chip lead, and Marc Goodwin was second place in chips. A large crowd of Spaniards attended the final table to root on local player Santiago Terrazas, and he didn’t disappoint them. He doubled up a few times to stir the crowd toward passionate cheering and eventually finished in third place. He was the last of six players who fell during four and a half hours of play that saw a lot of action before the heads-up final. After Terrazas hit the rail, things stood the same between Phillips and Goodwin as they did when play began.
Phillips held the chip lead with 8,010,000, and Goodwin was trailing with 6,375,000. By the end of their heads-up match, it was Phillips who held his first EPT title and €850,000 in prize money. The heads-up match was a long affair between two skilled opponents. In the matchup between the U.S. and the U.K., the EPT title was claimed by the young American.
The next stop for season six on the EPT will take place in the U.K., the London main event will run from Oct. 2-7.
Here are the final-table results from Barcelona:
1 — Carter Phillips, USA, PokerStars qualifier — €850,000
2 — Marc Goodwin, UK — €530,000
3 — Santiago Terrazas, Spain, PokerStars player — €300,000
4 — Anonymous — €250,000
5 — Asa Smith, UK — €200,000
6 — Toni Ojala, Finland — €160,000
7 — Matt Lapossie, Canada, PokerStars qualifier — €120,000
8 — Georgios Kapalas, Greece — €80,000
Here are the elimination hands as featured in CardPlayer.com’s live updates:
Georgios Kapalas Eliminated in Eighth Place
Georgios Kapalas got it all in preflop, and Marc Goodwin made the call. Their cards:
Kapalas: K
Q
Goodwin: A
10
Board: 7 6
2 A
8
Goodwin won the hand to grow his stack to 4,540,000, good for the chip lead. Kapalas was eliminated in eighth place, and he will take home €80,000 in prize money.
Matt Lapossie Eliminated in Seventh Place
Matt Lapossie bet 140,000, and Toni Ojala reraised it up to 310,000. Lapossie shoved all in for 1,205,000 and looked shocked at Ojala’s insta-call.
Lapossie: J 4
Ojala: Q Q
Board: Q 6 5 5 5
Lapossie goes out in seventh place for €120,000, and Ojala moved up to 2,655,000.
Toni Ojala Eliminated in Sixth Place
Anonymous raised to start the action under the gun, and Carter Phillips called on the button. Toni Ojala reraised to 400,000, and Phllips reraised to 980,000. Ojala thought for a few moments, and then Ojala reraised all in. Their cards:
Ojala: Q Q
Phillips: A A
Board: 10 5 3 J 7
Ojala was eliminated in sixth place, and he will take home €160,000. Phillips jumped back into the chip lead (6.1 million) with the win.
Asa Smith Eliminated in Fifth Place
Asa Smith was all in for 620,000 with A 3, and Carter Phillips called with A 5.
The board fell 6 5 2 7 9, and the 5 was enough to send Smith to the rail. He went out in fifth place for €200,000.
Anonymous Eliminated in Fourth Place
Marc Goodwin raised to 290,000, and Anonymous reraised all in. Goodwin called, and they flipped up their cards:
Anonymous: A 10
Goodwin: A 9
Board: K 5 2 K 4
Goodwin hit the flush on the river, and Anonymous took home €250,000 in prize money for his fourth-place finish.
Santiago Terrazas Eliminated in Third Place
Santiago Terazzas was all in for 1.8 million in chips on a K 4 2 board.
Marc Goodwin paced around the floor and the crowd started to explode with Brits and Spaniards. He then pointed at Terazzas and said, “Call the clock,” in memory of the big hand yesterday that Goodwin was involved in with Carter Phillips when Terazzas called time. Terazzas laughed, and then Goodwin spun around and said, “Call.” He flipped over K J, and Terazzas showed 8 5 for the flush draw.
The turn was the 5, and the river was the 4.
Goodwin took the 4,620,000 pot down, and Terazzas was eliminated in third place for €300,000.
Carter Phillips Wins the 2009 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Carter Phillips bet 275,000, and Marc Goodwin called.
The flop was K 5 4, and Goodwin checked.
Phillips bet 310,000, and Goodwin check-raised it to 1,160,000. It was 850,000 for Phillips to call.
Phillips made the call, and the turn was the Q. Phillips checked, Goodwin bet all in for 4,295,000, and Phillips tanked.
He thought for a good while and said, “It’s so sick that you’re flopping so well every time I flop!”
Phillips eventually called, showing K J, and Goodwin flipped over A 10. Goodwin needed a jack for the straight or an ace for the better pair. However the river was neither, just a 5, and Phillips was the PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona champion.
Phillips goes home €850,000 richer, while Goodwin takes home €530,000 for a fantastic runner-up finish.
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