2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Ronny Kaiser
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€735,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€5,402,900
Entries
557
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Cimbolas and Quenneville Fall

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Matas Cimbolas shoved all in for 59,000 from the button and got a call from big blind Francis-Nicolas Bouchard. Cimbolas held {q-Hearts}{j-Spades} and was behind {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. The board failed to bring any help for the Lithuanian.

At another table, Troy Quenneville jammed under the gun for 58,000. Nan Hong called a couple of seats over.

Hong: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Quenneville: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Board: {4-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

That left Quenneville unpaired and busted.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francis-Nicolas Bouchard ca
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard
354,000
212,000
212,000
Profile photo of Nan Hong cn
Nan Hong
326,000
231,000
231,000
Profile photo of Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Troy Quenneville ca
Troy Quenneville
Busted

Tags: Matas CimbolasTroy Quenneville

Alvarado Takes Down Daurov

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In a three-bet pot between JC Alvarado in the cutoff and Aslan Daurov in the small, action was on the latter on a {3-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} flop. Daurov bet 19,000 and Alvarado called. On the {6-Clubs} turn, Daurov bet 49,000 and Alvarado called again.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and Daurov checked. Alvarado slid 125,000 forward, a substantial part of his stack and enough to cover Daurov's stack of 105,000. The Russian used up one of his time bank chips before making the call.

JC Alvarado: {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Aslan Daurov: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}

Alvarado's rivered flush had cracked Daurov's aces and the Russian smashed his cards across the felt before making his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
450,000
206,000
206,000
Profile photo of Aslan Daurov ru
Aslan Daurov
Busted

Tags: JC AlvaradoAslan Daurov

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Liberto Pays Nuutinen

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Justin Liberto defended big blind from a Jorma Nuutinen hijack open and check-called 8,500 on a {5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop. Both players checked when the {7-Hearts} put a four-straight on board, and the river made the board even juicier as it paired with the {4-Hearts}. Liberto checked and called 23,500 but mucked upon seeing {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for a boat.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
117,000
-74,800
-74,800
Profile photo of Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
68,000
-32,000
-32,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Justin LibertoJorma Nuutinen

Updated Chip Counts

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Samu Riihela fi
Samu Riihela
501,000
287,000
287,000
Profile photo of Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
453,500
13,500
13,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
453,000
73,000
73,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
413,000
143,000
143,000
Profile photo of JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
244,000
228,500
228,500
Profile photo of Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
232,000
-3,000
-3,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Lopez Llacer es
David Lopez Llacer
228,000
-93,000
-93,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
200,000
75,500
75,500
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
187,500
187,500
187,500
Profile photo of Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
114,000
-90,500
-90,500
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
83,000
-1,300
-1,300
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
40,500
-252,400
-252,400

Recent Eliminations

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Viktor Blom is among the latest batch of players that have run out of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marcelo Bonanata uy
Marcelo Bonanata
Busted
Profile photo of Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Julien Alberola fr
Julien Alberola
Busted
Profile photo of Simon Burns gb
Simon Burns
Busted
Profile photo of Adolfo Vaeza uy
Adolfo Vaeza
Busted
Profile photo of Kevin Stani no
Kevin Stani
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bahram Chobineh ir
Bahram Chobineh
Busted
Profile photo of Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
Busted
Profile photo of Leo Nordin se
Leo Nordin
Busted
Run It Once
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
Busted
Profile photo of Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
Busted
Profile photo of Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
Busted
Profile photo of Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Busted
Profile photo of Nabil Cardoso es
Nabil Cardoso
Busted
Profile photo of Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
Busted
Profile photo of Artan Dedusha gb
Artan Dedusha
Busted
Profile photo of Ghattas Kortas se
Ghattas Kortas
Busted
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
Busted
Profile photo of Diego Bittar br
Diego Bittar
Busted
Profile photo of Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dmytro Shuvanov ua
Dmytro Shuvanov
Busted
Profile photo of Jeffrey Hakim us
Jeffrey Hakim
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner

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Kitty Kuo Is "Going Crazy"

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Kitty Kuo
Kitty Kuo

Twitter-star Kitty Kuo, who finished 6th in last year's €10,300 kick off tournament for €101,500, was involved in three-way action with around 60,000 in the pot.

With the board reading {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}, Anton Wigg checked, Kuo bet 27,000, the player on the button called, and Wigg called as well.

The river was the {9-Hearts} and Wigg checked. Kuo bet 65,000, to which the button snap-folded. Wigg used one of his time bank chips before folding as well.

Kuo showed {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for the bluff, which received an appreciative chuckle from Wigg.

Steffen Sontheimer took a stroll earlier and just got back at the table when the cards were shown.

"I walk off the table and you go crazy!" said Sontheimer. Kuo laughed and stacked up the sizable pot to put her above 400k.

Player Chips Progress
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Kitty Kuo
430,000
235,000
235,000

Tags: Kitty KuoAnton Wigg

Durnegger Pacing the Field

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
622,000
192,000
192,000
Profile photo of Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
400,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Linus Loeliger ch
Linus Loeliger
350,000
75,800
75,800
Profile photo of Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
320,000
253,000
253,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
222,000
60,400
60,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Papazian ro
Alex Papazian
151,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
138,000
-36,000
-36,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
117,500
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
100,000
-48,600
-48,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
50,500
37,200
37,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
35,500
-99,700
-99,700
WSOP 1X Winner