Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
€220 Opening Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
Buy-in
€220
Prize Pool
€138,240
Entries
720
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
At almost the same time and on different tables, Josito Bordas and Thomas Elder have been eliminated while Petru Tarlev took a big pot off Giovanni Cauteruccio.
Elder shoved for around 44,000 with the 
from under the gun and found a caller in Ekaterina Kolmakova in the big blind. It was a classic flip, as the Russian had 
, and the board of 
failed to improve Elder.
Two tables over, there were plenty of chips already in the middle with the turn showing 
. Cauteruccio checked from early position and Tarlev shoved from the cutoff. "Is it more than 80,000?" Cauteruccio asked and the dealer counted Tarlev's remaining stack, which amounted to more than 100,000. The Italian was not happy and mucked his cards with quite some force.
Tarlev very briefly flashed his cards but no player on the table saw them, followed by a big grin on the face by Tarlev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
220,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
135,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Harcharan Dogra Dogra moved back to more than average while Robert Cazali was eliminated. Patrick Lebahr escaped from that very same fate after he doubled for his last 44,600 with 
versus 
, the Frenchman made a set on the board 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
170,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
150,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
95,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
From early position, Nicola Grieco moved all in for 45,500 and Carlos Vidal Barrios reshoved from two seats over for what looked like 57,000. The action folded to Ekaterina Kolmakova in the big blind, and she asked for a brief count on the bigger stack before folding and forfeiting her big blind.
Carlos Vidal Barrios: 
Nicola Grieco: 
There was no surprise on the board 
and Grieco was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Less than 60 players remain and below are assorted chip counts. Matteo Leoni had started well, but dropped below average. The turbo structure did the rest and the Italian ran out of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
130,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
60,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
45,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
41,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Younesse Oualgasi opened to 10,000 and Xavier Sola Vall three-bet to 40,000 from one seat over. The next player to act then moved all in for around 75,000 and the action folded back to Oualgasi, who folded. Sola Vall snap-called with 
and only had to fear queens or clubs as the player at risk showed .
The board came 
and the aces were not cracked, vaulting Sala Vall into the top spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
85,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Silvano Hauser had lost all but 3,600 chips in a flip with 
against the 
of Sergio Camunas on a board of 
.
The next hand, a player in late position raised to 8,000 and Nicola Grieco called on the button, Hauser called all in from the small blind. On the 
flop, the action checked to Grieco and his bet of 15,000 forced a fold from the initial raiser. Hauser turned over and Grieco had a bluff with 
. The turn and river brought Hauser a flush.
He was then all in the next hand from the big blind with , facing two other all ins. The initial player that moved in had 
and Aitor Martinez turned over . The board came 
and Martinez scooped the pot with the nut flush, sending two opponents to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
63,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
According to the screens, the first of four starting days of the €220 Opening Event attracted a field of 194 entries and the registration has now officially closed. All players that bust tonight still can re-enter tomorrow in order to take a shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €100,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,600/3,200
Ante: 400