Main Event | 2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona

05-22-2017 20:10 UTC+1

Regonaschi and Garcia Rodriguez Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Marco Regonaschi scored a lucky double with versus thanks to a board of and Carlos Garcia Rodriguez was the next player at risk for 11 big blinds. Hamza Miri looked him up with two big blinds more and the cards were tabled.

Carlos Garcia Rodriguez:
Hamza Miri:

The board ran out and the Spaniard found a king on the turn to double and leave Miri very short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Garcia Rodriguez	2,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Marco Regonaschi	1,700,000 875,000	875,000
Hamza Miri	230,000 -1,170,000	-1,170,000

Tags: Carlos Garcia Rodriguez Hamza Miri Marco Regonaschi

05-22-2017 20:01 UTC+1

Nervous First Orbit at Final Table

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MrPaulSeaton

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

TThe final nine are feeling each other out, which with a 20-big blind average stack is a short game with few winners. Luigi Shehadeh holds the massive chips lead over the field with more than double anyone’s stack except Cate Halls.

The first big hand of the final saw Stefan Eriksson move all-in pre-flop with 865,000, but he took it away unchallenged.

Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez looked down at in middle position and bet 225,000, so Cate Hall called with . The flop of saw Lopez continue and take it down.

Luigi Shehadeh had used his stack to inflate the pot pre-flop with , but after the flop came , he saw Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez bet 225,0000 (with ) and that took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi Shehadeh	5,100,000 -235,000	-235,000
Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez	2,900,000 880,000	880,000
Cate Hall	2,700,000 -35,000	-35,000
Jaime Rueda Sampedro	1,900,000 40,000	40,000
Stefan Eriksson	1,500,000 80,000	80,000
Hamza Miri	1,400,000 -230,000	-230,000
Carlos Garcia Rodriguez	1,100,000 -25,000	-25,000
Javier de Vicente Miquel	1,000,000 -200,000	-200,000
Marco Regonaschi	825,000 -100,000	-100,000

05-22-2017 19:44 UTC+1

Cards Back in the Air

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

The nine finalists are back in their seats and the action has just kicked off.

What is your poker BuzzKill?

05-22-2017 19:20 UTC+1

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

There are almost 54 minutes left in the current level as the final table bubble burst on the outer table. The live stream will continue in half an hour from now at approximately 8.45 p.m. local time, and all further updates will be based on the delayed stream action.

Below are the seat assignments and seating charts of the nine finalists. Stefan Eriksson is the last 888poker online qualifier.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Carlos Garcia Rodriguez	Spain	1,125,000	11
2	Luigi Shehadeh	Italy	5,335,000	53
3	Marco Regonaschi	Italy	925,000	9
4	Javier de Vicente Miquel	Spain	1,200,000	12
5	Cate Hall	USA	2,735,000	27
6	Stefan Eriksson	Sweden	1,420,000	14
7	Jaime Rueda Sampedro	Spain	1,860,000	18
8	Hamza Miri	Germany	1,630,000	16
9	Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez	Spain	2,020,000	20

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi Shehadeh	5,335,000 -25,000	-25,000
Cate Hall	2,735,000
Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez	2,020,000
Jaime Rueda Sampedro	1,860,000
Hamza Miri	1,630,000
Stefan Eriksson	1,420,000
Javier de Vicente Miquel	1,200,000
Carlos Garcia Rodriguez	1,125,000
Marco Regonaschi	925,000

05-22-2017 19:13 UTC+1

Shehadeh Busts Martin to Make Final Table

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MrPaulSeaton

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Francisco Jose Garcia Martin - gone in tenth position after running into aces

Francisco Jose Garcia Martin moved in from the button for 1.36million chips and having just won another chunky pot, Luigi Shehadeh couldn't believe his luck when he looked down at his cards and snap-called.

Francisco Jose Garcia Martin:
Luigi Shehadeh:

The board of sent Martin home in 10th place and set our final table. There will be a short hiatus while players' stacks are organised, the table draw is completed and everyone's back is patted.

Each of the final nine are just a few big hands and that little bit of luck from an incredible €110,000 and the - really quite heavy - trophy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi Shehadeh	5,360,000 25,000	25,000
Francisco Jose Garcia Martin	Busted

Tags: Francisco Jose Garcia Martin Luigi Shehadeh

Level: 28

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

05-22-2017 19:00 UTC+1

Rueda Doubles Through Miri

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Soon after the dramatic split pot, Jaime Rueda Sampedro shoved again and this time it was for 850,000. Hamza Miri called and the cards were tabled.

Jaime Rueda Sampedro:
Hamza Miri:

The board came and Rueda doubled to almost even out the stacks of both players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamza Miri	1,900,000 -870,000	-870,000
Jaime Rueda Sampedro	1,800,000 890,000	890,000

Tags: Hamza Miri Jaime Rueda Sampedro

05-22-2017 18:54 UTC+1

Miri and Rueda Chop After Coin Flip

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Jaime Rueda Sampedro shoved for 865,000 into a raise to 160,000 by Hamza Miri and the latter started some table talk. Miri suspected a pair of eights and eventually called to get shown the exact hand he called out.

Jaime Rueda Sampedro:
Hamza Miri:

The flop improved Miri, but Rueda had some outs on the turn. The river provided a flush on the board and both players chopped it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamza Miri	2,770,000 210,000	210,000
Jaime Rueda Sampedro	910,000

Tags: Hamza Miri Jaime Rueda Sampedro

05-22-2017 18:48 UTC+1

Kassouf Loses Private Duel with Miri

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

William Kassouf shoved for 560,000 from the hijack and Hamza Miri called on the button.

Hamza Miri:
William Kassouf:

The board came and Kassouf eventually bowed out in 11th place. Miri had tangled with the Brit several times and eventually finished the private duel on the feature table. With that, the field is down to 10 players and both tables will play hand-for-hand on both tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamza Miri	2,560,000 760,000	760,000
William Kassouf	Busted

Tags: Hamza Miri William Kassouf

05-22-2017 18:41 UTC+1

Eriksson Avoids Flip; Busts Sardone Next Hand

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Out of the small blind, Stefan Eriksson raised to 200,000 with the and Marco Regonaschi jammed for another 745,000 with the out of the big blind. Eriksson took a long time before electing to fold.

The next hand, Alessio Sardone shoved from the small blind for 730,000 and Eriksson had 30,000 more and was in the big blind. The Swede called and the cards were tabled.

Alessio Sardone:
Stefan Eriksson:

The board came and Sardone was eliminated in 12th place.