€1,100 Main Event
Day 4 Started
2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€369,000
Entries
369
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
9
Players Left
1
Online qualifier Nils Lechner qualified for the €1,100 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event from an $11 step satellite and has now made it to the final table. The 23 year old German predominately plays online and has only played live poker a handful of times. Not only has Lechner made the final table but it will be his first reported live tournament cash. Lechner, along with the other eight players, have locked up €7,120 heading into the days proceedings but will all have their eyes on the €66,000 first place prize here at the beautiful Barcelona©Casino.
PokerNews caught up with Lechner at the end of Day 3 and asked him about his journey to the final table. Lechner said "Yeah, I’m often now playing online. I’m not really into live games. I’ve only played live once before. I started through a $11 tournament and then I got in the main for the ticket in the one online and shipped this one. So it was like already, like, pretty big to come here. Just getting the accommodations paid and just enjoying. And I had no expectations going into this."
Lechner went on to say "(I just wanted) to play and enjoy a vacation with my girlfriend and yeah, like it’s insane. Right now I’m feeling really energized and it’s a lot of emotions going on."
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €66,000 |
| 2 | €44,000 |
| 3 | €33,000 |
| 4 | €26,000 |
| 5 | €20,000 |
| 6 | €15,000 |
| 7 | €12,000 |
| 8 | €9,300 |
| 9 | €7,120 |
However Lechner only comes into the final table as a middle stack with Finn Tero Laurila (3,020,000) coming into the day with the dominant chip lead. Catalan local, and Day 2 chip leader, Albert Grane (1,970,000) will also be hoping for a podium finish as he comes into the day in second position. Laurila's fellow Finn Pekka Ikonen (1,415,000) comes into the day in third place.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tero Laurila | Finland | 3,020,000 | 121 |
| 2 | Albert Grane | Spain | 1,970,000 | 79 |
| 3 | Pekka Ikonen | Finland | 1,415,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Nuno Duarte | Portugal | 1,065,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Nils Lechner | Germany | 1,015,000 | 41 |
| 6 | Tullio Bertoli | Venezuela | 945,000 | 38 |
| 7 | Lin Xia | Italy | 765,000 | 31 |
| 8 | Juri Mereu | Italy | 500,000 | 20 |
| 9 | Sergi Alonso | Spain | 370,000 | 15 |
There was a total of 369 entries which attracted a prizepool of €369,000. Now only nine remain with action resuming at 4:00 p.m. local time with blinds recommencing at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante.
The final showdown will be broadcasted on a delay of 30 minutes on the 888poker Twitch channel. All PokerNews live updates will be published according to the delayed cards-up coverage.
Tune into the €1,100 888LIVE Barcelona Main Event Final Table live on Twitch.
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Nils Lechner raised to 50,000 with A♥K♠ from early position before Nuno Duarte three bet to 135,000 on the button with Q♠Q♥. Action folded back to Lechner who four bet all in for 930,000.
Action folded back to Duarte who folds as the chips went to Duarte.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
870,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Tero Laurila raised to 60,000 on the button with 4♦2♠ and was called by Nils Lechner in the big blind with K♣J♥.
The flop came Q♣8♥6♥ and Laurila bet 50,000 when checked to which was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
|
945,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Tero Laurila raised to 75,000 from middle position with 5♥5♦. Action folded around to Juri Mereu in the small blind who moved all in for 385,000 with A♥J♥. Laurila made the call.
Juri Mereu: A♥J♥
Tero Laurila: 5♥5♦
It was a flip for Mereu's tournament life. The flop came favourable when it came A♦6♠2♥ which put the Italian in the lead. The turn came the 10♣ and the river the 4♥ which gave Mereu the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
||
|
820,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Albert Grane raised to 50,000 from early position with A♠10♣ before Sergi Alonso three bet all in with A♥K♣ on the button for 435,000. Action folded to Nuno Duarte in the big blind who reshoved for 845,000 with 10♥10♦. Grane quickly folded.
Sergi Alonso: A♥K♣
Nuno Duarte: 10♥10♦
It was a flip for Alonso's tournament life but he was drawing dead on the turn as the board ran out 5♥4♦4♠10♠2♣ to eliminate the Spaniard in 9th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,400,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Nuno Duarte raised to 60,000 with K♠K♦ on the button. Pekka Ikonen called with K♥Q♥ from the small blind and Tero Laurila completed in the big blind with A♣J♥.
The flop came 7♣5♠3♥ and Laurila led out for 70,000 when checked to. Only Duarte called.
The A♠ was the turn and Laurila fired 200,000. Duarte then moved all in for 1,200,000. Laurila went into the tank before making the call.
Nuno Duarte: K♠K♦
Tero Laurila: A♣J♥
Laurila was way ahead and the river came the 2♣ which eliminated Duarte in 8th place for €9,300
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Pekka Ikonen raised to 50,000 in the cutoff with 7♥7♦. Albert Grane called with Q♣J♣ in the small blind and Nils Lechner completed in the big blind with 7♠6♠.
Action checked through on the K♠9♣3♣ flop.
Grane led for 225,000 on the 2♦ turn which got a fold from both Lechner and Ikonen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,500,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
870,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |