Aleksandr Rodionov limped in and Daniel Armengol Salinero raised to 400, which the Russian called. On the flop, Rodionov check-called a bet worth 500 before the turn and river were checked. Rodionov showed for two pair and won the pot.
Miguel Angel Rodriguez de la Rubia qualified through an online Freeroll on 888poker.es while Aleksandr Rodionov won his entry in a $12 Satellite on 888poker.com. Both are now seated and take a shot at the juicy prize pool, sweetened by some 888poker merchandising articles along the way.
The €80+8 The Thunder Side Event got underway at 8 p.m. local time and the initial guarantee of €10,000 was crushed thanks to 235 entries, including 36 re-entries, which created a prize pool of €18,800. The tournament was scheduled to play down to a winner the same night, but once the final table was reached at 5 a.m. local time, all remaining hopefuls bagged and tagged their chips.
Ten players returned to the tables of Casino Barcelona at 12 p.m. local time and it took just over an hour to get down to the last four. Since the stacks were very similar, the four looked at ICM numbers and quickly agreed to a deal. Munir Iqbal Sanchez, who started the additional day in the lead, also had the most chips when the deal was and was awarded the first trophy of the 2017 888Live Poker Festival.
Another busy day lays ahead for the 2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona, as one Side Event plays down to a winner, while the last two remaining starting days of the €200+20 Opening Event are scheduled to take place. Furthermore, a Turbo Satellite for the Opening Event just kicked off and "The Breeze" with a buy-in of €100+10 and a guaranteed prize pool of €20,000 starts at 8 p.m. local time.
First off is the third and last regular flight of the Opening Event in two hours from now at 2 p.m. local time with 14 levels of 30 minutes each. All players receive 30,000 in chips and can take up to two re-entries throughout the first 11 levels. By the time the registration closes for Day 1c, the Turbo Heat Day 1d with the same blind structure and levels of 15 minutes each will have kicked off at 6 p.m. local time. The previous two starting days have already gathered a field of 396 entries, putting the tournament well on track to smash the initial guarantee of €100,000.
888Live Barcelona Schedule for May 13th 2017
Local Time
Event
Buy-In
Info
12:00 PM
The Thunder
Closed
€310 gtd, €4,253 up top with 10 left
12:00 PM
Turbo Sat for Opening Event
€45+5
5,000 chips, 15 min levels, 10 seats gtd
02:00 PM
Opening Event Day 1c
€200+20
30,000 chips, 14 levels of 30 min each
06:00 PM
Opening Event Turbo Day 1d
€200+20
30,000 chips, 14 levels of 15 min each
08:00 PM
The Breeze
€100+10
15,000 chips, 25 min levels, €20,000 gtd
Opening Event Day 1 Blind Structure
Level
Ante
Small Blind
Big Blind
1
50
100
2
25
100
200
3
50
150
300
4
75
200
400
5
100
300
600
6
100
400
800
7
100
500
1,000
8
200
600
1,200
9
200
800
1,600
10
200
1,000
2,000
11
300
1,200
2,400
12
400
1,600
3,200
13
500
2,000
4,000
14
500
2,500
5,000
The top two counts to beat thus far belong to Day 1a dominator Sergio Alonso Camunas (455,000) and yesterday's chip leader Philippe Noble (443,000), while Joachim Lob (405,000), Jaime Victor Soler Puig (389,000) and Ignasi Cabrera Rogent (319,500) all hold commanding stacks for Day 2 on Sunday as of 1 p.m. local time.
You can follow the action right here on PokerNews, your one-stop-shop for all you need to know about the 12-day festival at Casino Barcelona with €700,000 in guaranteed prize pools.