2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona

€220 Opening Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€11,775
Event Info
Buy-in
€220
Prize Pool
€138,240
Entries
720
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Lob's Day to Forget; Evard Doubles

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Josep Maria Galindo Lopez lost half of his stack but rivered a straight with {9-Clubs}{7-Spades} to double back to 300,000. Joachim Lob will have to do so also, as he is down to around 130,000 and seemingly unhappy with how things went thus far.

Another Swiss however is thriving, and that's Francois Evard next to Lob. He defended the big blind against Sergi Monferrer and check-called a bet of 14,000 on the {Q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop. On the {4-Diamonds} turn, Evard check-shoved into a bet worth 40,000 and Monferrer called for 109,500 with the {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. Evard had {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and completed a full house on the {4-Clubs} river to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Josep Maria Galindo Lopez es
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez
300,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Francois Evard ch
Francois Evard
250,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Joachim Lob ch
Joachim Lob
130,000
-275,000
-275,000
Profile photo of Sergi Monferrer es
Sergi Monferrer
25,000
-141,500
-141,500

Tags: Francois EvardJoachim LobJosep Maria Galindo LopezSergi Monferrer

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Balaguer Roman Balling

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

[Removed:204] finished third in the €100+10 The Breeze which went through an extra day at noon, and then saw his hopes of a deep run in the Opening Event destroyed by the run good of Oriol Balaguer Roman.

Facundo Santasusana got it in with {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} against the {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} of Balaguer Roman and the board came {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-}{J-Spades}{8-Clubs}. Soon after, Kleber da Silva also sent his stack over to Balaguer Roman, who moved up to massive 600,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Oriol Balaguer Roman es
Oriol Balaguer Roman
600,000
463,000
463,000
Profile photo of [Removed:204] es
[Removed:204]
Busted
Profile photo of Kleber da Silva br
Kleber da Silva
Busted

Tags: Oriol Balaguer RomanKleber da Silva

Salminen Among Casualties Before the Money

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

The eliminations keep on coming and almost 20 players were eliminated. Among them was also Juha Salminen, who got it in with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} against the {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades} of Felipe Campins Gomez. The board came {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{3-Spades} and that was it for the Finn. He had 2,000 left after the hand and busted straight after.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Felipe Campins Gomez es
Felipe Campins Gomez
260,000
161,000
161,000
Profile photo of Frederic Pernot fr
Frederic Pernot
Busted
Profile photo of Mariano Recuenco Martin es
Mariano Recuenco Martin
Busted
Profile photo of Alain Riss fr
Alain Riss
Busted
Profile photo of Francisco Javier Garcia de Domingo Juan es
Francisco Javier Garcia de Domingo Juan
Busted
Profile photo of Juha Salminen fi
Juha Salminen
Busted

Tags: Felipe Campins GomezJuha Salminen

Action on Table 15

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Aleksei Istomin doubled early with ace-six before losing a small all in. Then, Sandro Hauser doubled with {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs} against the {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} of Francisco Blazquez Gallego on a board of {9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{A-Hearts} before sending his very opponent to the rail soon after.

This time, it was Blazquez Gallego all in and at risk with ace-king, and Hauser had him dominated with {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}. The board came {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Hearts} and the Spaniard was gone.

Last but not least, Jordi Marcos Fernandez held up with {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} against the {K-Clubs}{10-Spades} of Alexander Beresnev on table 15 as well to send the Russian to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jordi Marcos Fernandez es
Jordi Marcos Fernandez
325,000
51,500
51,500
Profile photo of Sandro Hauser it
Sandro Hauser
220,000
128,500
128,500
Profile photo of Aleksei Istomin ru
Aleksei Istomin
75,000
29,500
29,500
Profile photo of Alexander Beresnev ru
Alexander Beresnev
Busted
Profile photo of Francisco Blazquez Gallego es
Francisco Blazquez Gallego
Busted

Tags: Aleksei IstominSandro HauserJordi Marcos FernandezAlexander BeresnevFrancisco Blazquez Gallego

Tack Busts to Frias Marrero

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Ruben Tack raised from under the gun and Jose Ivan Frias Marrero defended his big blind before check-raising the {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop. Tack shoved with ace-jack and found himself up against {K-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. The {7-Clubs} turn and {4-Diamonds} river failed to improve the Belgian and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jose Ivan Frias Marrero es
Jose Ivan Frias Marrero
310,000
84,000
84,000
Profile photo of Ruben Tack be
Ruben Tack
Busted

Tags: Jose Ivan Frias MarreroRuben Tack

Prize Pool Information

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

A total of 720 entries created a prize pool of €138,240 and the top 81 spots will receive a share of it with the minimum cash being worth €400, while the winner can look forward to a payday of €25,000 and the 888Live Festival winner's trophy.

PositionPrize (EUR)
125,000
218,000
311,500
48,500
56,235
65,100
74,200
83,400
92,500
10-121,900
13-151,500
16-181,300
19-211,150
22-241,000
25-27915
28-36785
37-45675
46-54580
55-63500
64-72450
73-81400

Ranta Busts Lleica Aledo

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

In one of the first hands of the day, a raising war broke out between Gerard Lleixa Aledo in the small blind Tuomas Ranta in the big blind. The latter ended up all in with the {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} versus {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} on the flop {K-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and saw the board complete with the {4-Spades} turn and {A-Diamonds} river to become one of the first casualties.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tuomas Ranta fi
Tuomas Ranta
300,000
119,000
119,000
Profile photo of Gerard Lleixa Aledo es
Gerard Lleixa Aledo
Busted

Tags: Gerard Lleixa AledoTuomas Ranta

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500