€1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona

05-18-2023 01:05 UTC+1

Repin Pushes Out Giesberts

Lewis Powell

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Thom Giesberts raised the button and was called by Ivan Repin in the big blind.

There was around 5,000 in the pot as the flop came K♣10♠7♦. Repin check called the 1,200 continuation bet from Giesberts.

Action checked through on the 7♠ turn.

The river brought the 7♠ and Repin bet 3,500 which vaused Giesberts to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Repin	55,500
Thom Giesberts	12,500 -11,500	-11,500

Tags: Ivan Repin Thom Giesberts

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

05-18-2023 01:16 UTC+1

Biribao Takes Pot on River

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Lewis Powell

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Under the gun raised to 3,000 and Francesco Biribao called in early position.

The flop came A♣6♠2♣ and action checked through.

The 10♣ was the turn and Biribao called a 4,000 bet from his opponent.

The river was the 10♦ and under the gun checked to Biribao who bet 8,600. Biribao's opponent folded and the dealer slid the chips in Biribao's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Biribao	50,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Francesco Biribao

05-18-2023 01:22 UTC+1

Dogra Wins at Showdown

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Lewis Powell

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

It was a blind vs blind battle between Harcharan Dogra in the small blind and Ryan Dansie in the big blind.

There was around 5,000 in the pot as the flop of Q♥10♣6♠ checked through.

The 5♦ was the turn and Dogra bet 2,000. Dansie called.

The turn was the 3♦ and action checked through. Dogra showed K♦3♠ for bottom pair which was enough to take down the pot as Dansie mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harcharan Dogra Dogra	116,000 11,000	11,000
Ryan Dansie	54,500 -7,500	-7,500

Tags: Harcharan Dogra Ryan Dansie

05-18-2023 01:42 UTC+1

Repin Gets Three Bet Through

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Lewis Powell

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ryan Dansie raised to 2,200 on the button. Action folded around to Ivan Repin in the big blind who three bet to 7,200. Danise instantly mucked as the chips went to Repin

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Repin	63,000 7,500	7,500
Ryan Dansie	48,000 -6,500	-6,500

Tags: Ivan Repin Ryan Dansie

05-18-2023 01:43 UTC+1

Four More Hands

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Lewis Powell

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The tournament director has announced that four more hands will be played until the players bag and tag for the night.

05-18-2023 01:53 UTC+1

Play Concluded

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Lewis Powell

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Play has concluded with 17 players bagging and tagging. Stay tuned for a full end of day chip counts and an end of day recap.

05-18-2023 02:04 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Jose Garcia	152,400 152,400	152,400

Harcharan Dogra Dogra	140,700 24,700	24,700
Nils Lechner	126,000 -10,100	-10,100
Michael Falcon	110,000 8,000	8,000
Jurgen Resch	94,400 30,400	30,400
Jeremy Lyons	91,100 17,600	17,600
Tevo Lauvila	83,300 83,300	83,300
Alessandro Mordano	80,800 80,800	80,800
Pekka Ikonen	66,900 66,900	66,900
Ivan Repin	66,800 3,800	3,800
Alex Baena	60,300 1,300	1,300
Juan Antonio Gomez Moya	60,200 60,200	60,200
Victor Aubeso	51,900 51,900	51,900
Ryan Dansie	50,200 2,200	2,200
Francesco Biribao	42,600 -7,400	-7,400
Youssafi Khalil	35,000
Giada Fang	13,100 -18,100	-18,100

17 Players Bag at End of Day 1a of 888 Live Barcelona Main Event

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Lewis Powell

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The return to Barcelona for the 888Poker LIVE €1,100 Main Event kicked off with a bang as 17 players managed to secure a bag after ten levels of play. Those 17 will bring their chips into Day 2 on Saturday 20th May here at the beautiful beachside Barcelona©Casino.

It was Juan Jose Garcia who managed to bag biggest as he secured a stack of 152,400 to bring forward to Day 2. However Garcia was closely followed by Harcharan Dogra who secured a healthy 140,700. Online qualifier Nils Lecher(126,000) also bagged big as the German had an above average stack for most of the day to make it to Day 2.

Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1a

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds Day 2
1	Juan Jose Garcia	Spain	152,400	127
2	Harcharan Dogra	Spain	140,700	117
3	Nils Lecher	Germany	126,000	105
4	Michael Falcon	Denmark	110,000	92
5	Jurgen Resch	Austria	94,400	79
6	Jeremy Lyons	Canada	91,100	76
7	Tevo Lauvila	Spain	83,300	69
8	Alessandro Mordano	Spain	80,800	67
9	Pekka Ikonen	Finland	66,900	56
10	Ivan Repin	Russia	66,800	56

The first flight attracted 44 entries but those who didn't make it will have plenty of chances, as there are still three more starting flights to come in the following days.

Christian Castro started the day off to a flying start as he managed to cooler his opponent early in the day when his pocket aces dominated his opponents pocket kings to eliminate him from the tournament. However Castro didn't manage to secure a bag as he exited the tournament towards the end of the day.

Harcharan Dogra also made a fair few chips with pocket aces as the Spaniard secured a double up post flop against his opponent pocket jacks when all the chips went in the middle on the ten high paired board.

Ryan Dansie also started to build a stack towards the middle of the day when he five bet shoved from the big blind against his opponent from early position to take down a big pot before the flop but couldn't bag a top ten stack as his momentum waned towards the end of the day.

PokerNews will be back tomorrow with coverage of Day 1b which kicks of tomorrow again at 6:00 p.m. local time where ten 45-minute levels will be played.PokerNews will continue live reporting until a champion is crowned on Monday 22nd May 2023.

€1,100 Main Event

Day 1a Completed