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

05-19-2023 00:40 UTC+1

Duarte Gets River Bet Through

Lewis Powell

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was four ways to the flop of A♥9♦4♣. There was 8,800 in the pot. Action checked through,

The turn was the 8♠ and Florens Feenstra bet 2,100 from the hijack when checked to. Nuno Duarte was in the cutoff and called as did the small blind.

The river came the A♣ and action checked to Duarte. Duarte bet 8,500 which prompted a fold from both of his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nuno Duarte	155,000 -15,000	-15,000
Rens Feenstra	47,000 12,500	12,500

Tags: Florens Feenstra Nuno Duarte

05-19-2023 00:49 UTC+1

Navarro In Action

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Lewis Powell

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

888Poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro is also in action on Day 1b of the 888Poker Barcelona Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucia Navarro	46,000

Tags: Lucia Navarro

05-19-2023 00:56 UTC+1

Saaskilahti Wins Three Bet Pot

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Lewis Powell

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sergio Marquez raised to 1,600 from under the gun. Action folded around to Lauri Saaskilahti in the big blind who three bet to 6,500. Marquez called.

The flop came 6♣4♦4♠ and Saaskilahti continued for 4,500. Marquez conceded which sent the chips to the Finn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauri Saaskilahti	45,000 -10,000	-10,000
Sergio Marquez	36,600 -23,400	-23,400

Tags: Lauri Saaskilahti Sergio Marquez

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

05-19-2023 01:14 UTC+1

Delayed Bet Enough For Bera

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Lewis Powell

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

Lucian Bera raised from the cutoff and was called by Sergio Marquez in the big blind. There was 5,700 in the pot.

Action checked through on the K♥6♣4♦ flop.

The 10♠ was the turn and Marquez quickly check folded once Bera continued for 1,700.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Marquez	80,000 43,400	43,400
Lucian Bera	43,000 800	800

Tags: Lucian Bera Sergio Marquez

05-19-2023 01:28 UTC+1

Ferrara Shoves on Flop

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Lewis Powell

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

There was around 37,000 in the pot as the big blind was against Matteo Ferrara on the button.

The flop came 10♥9♥8♥ and the big blind continued for 8,000. Ferrara paused before moving all in for around 45,000. His opponent instantly folded as the chips went to Ferrara.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Ferrara	90,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Matteo Ferrara

05-19-2023 01:37 UTC+1

Navarro Lucky to Survive

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Lewis Powell

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

Action was three ways to a flop with 8,000 in the pot.

The flop came J♣10♦3♣ and action checked to Fabio Peluso in early position who bet 2,500. The button called before Lucia Navarro moved all in for 16,300 in the big blind.

Peluso called and the button quickly folded.

Lucia Navarro: J♠5♠
Fabio Peluso: A♥A♦

Navarro saw the bad news as her top pair was dominated by Peluso's aces. The turn was a blank when it came the Q♦ however the river saved Navarro as it came the J♥ to give her trips to double up in the last level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Peluso	156,500 14,500	14,500

Lucia Navarro	43,100 -2,900	-2,900

Tags: Fabio Peluso Lucia Navarro

05-19-2023 01:59 UTC+1

Play Concluded

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Lewis Powell

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

Day 1b of the 888 LIVE Barcelona Main Event has concluded with 32 players securing a bag for Day 2 on Saturday. Stay tuned for full end of day chip counts and an end of day recap.

05-19-2023 02:11 UTC+1

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

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Lewis Powell

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristian Larsson	206,200 206,200	206,200

Nuno Duarte	187,400 32,400	32,400
Fabio Peluso	151,700 -4,800	-4,800

Matteo Ferrara	123,200 33,200	33,200
Remi Castaignon	101,000 101,000	101,000

Lin Xia	99,000 -11,000	-11,000
Lauri Saaskilahti	92,700 47,700	47,700
Juri Nereu	88,000 88,000	88,000
Gordon Paterson	84,800 84,800	84,800
Cedric Garcia	83,000 83,000	83,000
Arik Filstein	82,400 -17,600	-17,600
Carmen Zainescu	80,700 -29,300	-29,300
Oleg Khaireidinov	73,000 73,000	73,000
Robert Ashelou	71,900 71,900	71,900
Barham Kakahama	62,700 62,700	62,700
Vivian Saliba	61,000 6,500	6,500

Adria Colomina	59,600 12,600	12,600
Rens Feenstra	59,000 12,000	12,000
Samy Bensadok	53,000 -25,500	-25,500
Jordi Tomas Vila	52,200 52,200	52,200
Justin Herboldt	46,000 12,500	12,500
Lucia Navarro	45,400 2,300	2,300

Sergio Marquez	44,200 -35,800	-35,800
Miguez Dieguez	39,200 39,200	39,200
Lucian Bera	37,500 -5,500	-5,500

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05-19-2023 03:09 UTC+1

Kristian Larsson Leads 32 Survivors at the End of Day 1b

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Lewis Powell

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

Norwegian Kristian Larsson leads the pack heading into Day 2 of the 888 LIVE Barcelona Main Event at the gorgeous beachside Barcelona©Casino as he bagged big at the end of Day 1b after ten levels of play.

The day lasted eight hours and of the 77 entrants, 32 players bagged and will join the 17 survivors from yesterday for Day 2 on Saturday 20th May 2023.

It was a head to head race between Nuno Duarte and Fabio Peluso who both had built up huge stacks throughout the day, however Larsson came out of nowhere to steamroll into the chip lead after he eliminated Chaofei Wang in a huge flip, with Larsson's ace king defeating Wang's pocket queens. Larsson managed to bag 206,200 while Duarte and Peluso bagged 187,400 and 151,700 respectively.

Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1b

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds Day 2
1	Kristian Larsson	Norway	206,200	172
2	Nuno Duarte	Portugal	187,400	156
3	Fabio Peluso	Italy	151,700	126
4	Matteo Ferrara	Italy	123,200	103
5	Remi Castaignon	France	101,000	84
6	Lin Xia	Spain	99,000	83
7	Lauri Saaskilahti	Finland	92,700	77
8	Juri Nereu	Spain	88,000	73
9	Gordon Paterson	South Africa	84,800	71
10	Cedric Garcia	Spain	83,000	69

Key highlights throughout the day included 888Poker ambassador Ian Simpson being eliminated after the dinner break when he jammed his combo draw into Matteo Ferrara's top pair on the turn. Simpson's draw didn't get there which ensured his elimination.

However fellow 888Poker ambassadors Vivian Saliba (61,000) and Lucia Navarro (45,400) managed to secure a bag after joining the action after the dinner break.

Navarro was fortunate to survive the day as she check raised her top pair all in on the flop in a three-way hand only to run into Peluso's pocket aces butNavarro managed to find a jack on the river to improve to trips to double up late in the day.

Other big hands included Lin Xia almost tripling up when he got his full house all in against trips and an overpair on the turn to scoop a huge pot before the dinner break. Xia managed to ride the momentum to end the day with a top ten chip stack.

Earlier in the day Wang enjoyed a good moment when he bluffed Simpson in a four bet pot with king high. The board ran out ace high and Wang put Simpson all in on the river. Simpson folded and Wang showed the Brit the king jack offsuit as he scooped in the pot from the dealer.

PokerNews will be back tomorrow with coverage of Day 1c which kicks off 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.

Tags: Cedric Garcia Chaofei Wang Fabio Peluso Gordon Paterson Ian Simpson Juri Nereu Kristian Larsson Lauri Saaskilahti Lin Xia Lucia Navarro Matteo Ferrara Nuno Duarte Remi Castaignon Vivian Saliba