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Patrik Jaros |
Win Pre-Flop | Win Post-Flop | Win Post-Turn | |
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Starting Stack: 15,480,000 
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37.85 % | 64.89 % | 73.81 % | Winner! |
Fabiano Kovalski |
Win Pre-Flop | Win Post-Flop | Win Post-Turn | |
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Starting Stack: 8,800,000 
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35.18 % | 21.37 % | 19.05 % | |
Michael Pinto |
Win Pre-Flop | Win Post-Flop | Win Post-Turn | |
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Starting Stack: 3,500,000 
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25.43 % | 13.73 % | 7.14 % | |
Outcome
Preflop, with seven players remaining and blinds of 125,000-250,000 and a big blind ante of 250,000, Patrik Jaros raised to 500,000 from the cutoff. Fabiano Kovalski called from the button, and Michael Pinto called from the big blind. On the flop everyone checked. On the turn Pinto bet 350,000. Jaros folded, and Kovalski called. On the river Pinto moved all-in for 2,400,000, and Kovalski called.
Analysis
Fabiano Kovalski made the hero call of his life in this hand, picking off an all-in shove from Michael Pinto on the river with just ace high to win a massive pot and score a big elimination at the final table of the EPT Barcelona main event. The hand kicked off with big stack Patrik Jaros opening a small pocket pair from the cutoff. Kovalski called on his left with A-Q suited, likely hoping to both pot control and under-represent the strength of his holding. Pinto came along with Q-J suited and the trio saw a king-high flop with two spades, which failed to connect with anybody. Three checks on the flop prompted the dealer to burn and turn, bringing a second king to the board. Pinto looked to leverage his first-mover advantage after the passivity of the flop, taking a stab for 350,000 into the pot of 1,875,000 with his Q-J high and no draw to speak of. The bet was enough to fold out the pocket fours of Jaros, underlining how hard it can be to realize the equity of small pocket pairs in no-limit hold’em, especially in a multi-way pot. With one less opponent in the mix, Kovalski was willing to hang around with his ace high. The 8© completed the board and Pinto, who now had just a bit less than a pot-sized bet remaining, moved all-in after just less than ten seconds. Kovalski seemed less than sold on the idea that Pinto was betting for value, as he asked for a count relatively quickly. After around 90 seconds of consideration, Kovalski made the call with just ace high to earn the pot and the knockout. Pinto was eliminated in seventh place as a result, earning $265,050 for his impressive showing in this event. Kovalski went on to finish fourth for a career-high payday of $582,238.