2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

€25,500 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€690,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€2,744,000
Entries
112
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Assorted Counts from Around the Room

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
399,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
320,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
296,000
196,000
196,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
260,000
10,000
10,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
220,000
-70,000
-70,000
Profile photo of Rafael Moraes br
Rafael Moraes
200,000
68,000
68,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
175,000
106,000
106,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
165,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
135,000
35,000
35,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
108,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
60,000
-40,000
-40,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Up to Almost 100 Entries

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

According to the screens there are 93 entries and that number is rising consistently. Gerard Pique busted on his first entry and re-entered, as did Dominik Nitsche. New entries include Oleksii Khoroshenin, Ben Tollerene and Pete Chen.

Player Chips Progress
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Dominik Nitsche
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gerard Pique es
Gerard Pique
100,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
100,000
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
100,000
Profile photo of Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
100,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ben TollereneDominik NitscheGerard PiqueOleksii KhorosheninPete Chen

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Schwartson Eliminated

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mortan Holm Schwartson open shoved for 30,500 from the cutoff. Small blind Dan Colman called but gave up as big blind Kenneth Smaron reshoved for 136,500.

Mortan Holm Schwartson: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Kenneth Smaron: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Schwartson hit the rail. "Rebuy," he said with a smile, "one more try."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kenneth Smaron us
Kenneth Smaron
201,500
101,500
101,500
Profile photo of Mortan Holm Schwartson fo
Mortan Holm Schwartson
Busted

Tags: Daniel ColmanKenneth Smaron

Luc and Sam Greenwood Eliminated

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Luc Greenwood lost the remainder of his short stack to Koray Aldemir while his brother busted in a battle of the blinds against Sergi Reixach.

Reixach wanted to raise by far more but grabbed the wrong chips, min-raising to 6,000 from the small blind. He then burst out laughing when he noticed the mistake and Greenwood replied "whatever it is, I call," with very few chips behind in the big blind.

On the {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop, Reixach checked and instantly called all in to see Greenwood turn over {Q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Reixach had {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and the {2-Clubs} turn and {A-Diamonds} river were both blanks.

Player Chips Progress
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Koray Aldemir
290,000
185,000
185,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
278,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
Busted

Tags: Koray AldemirLuc GreenwoodSam GreenwoodSergi Reixach

Gonzalez Takes from Troyanovskiy

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

There weren't many chips in the pot in a hand between Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the cutoff and Fabrizio Gonzalez on the button, as both players invested 11,000 each on the {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop. The {8-Hearts} turn was checked and Troyanovskiy also checked the {8-Spades} river.

Gonzalez bet 75,000 and the shot clock ran down to just two seconds before Troyanovskiy tossed in a single chip for the call. Gonzalez turned over {K-Spades}{9-Spades} for a full house and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
400,000
236,000
236,000
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
100,000
-110,000
-110,000

Tags: Fabrizio GonzalezVladimir Troyanovskiy

Derwiche Doubles With the Best Hand

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

As we arrived, the board read {10-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} and Sam Greenwood (big blind) had a bet of 12,000 in front of him. Imad Derwiche (hijack) had shoved for 59,500. Greenwood tanked, used a time bank, and called with only a couple of seconds left of his second 30 seconds.

Sam Greenwood: {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Imad Derwiche: {Q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The {8-Hearts} on the turn was one of the cards Greenwood was looking for, but it wasn't enough as the {2-Clubs} on the river improved both to a flush with the better one belonging to Derwiche.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
139,000
139,000
139,000
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
13,500
-106,500
-106,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Sam GreenwoodImad Derwiche

Haxton Shoves Into Pique

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A big pot had already emerged between Gerard Pique in the small blind and Isaac Haxton from under the gun. The board showed {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Pique bet 21,000 before Haxton asked for his stack behind and called.

Pique then checked the {J-Diamonds} on the river and Haxton bet 70,000. That more than covered Pique's remaining stack and the Spanish football star sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
275,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gerard Pique es
Gerard Pique
36,000
-64,000
-64,000

Tags: Gerard PiqueIsaac Haxton

Loeser Triples With King-High

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Action folded to Manig Loeser on the button and he shoved for 20,500. Small blind Luuk Gieles called, big blind Sergey Lebedev followed with a call as well.

With Loeser all in, Gieles and Lebedev checked down the board of {6-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Loeser showed {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and that won him the pot as Gieles tabled {10-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and Lebedev revealed {K-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergey Lebedev
156,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
75,000
-44,000
-44,000
Profile photo of Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
65,500
45,000
45,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Luuk GielesManig LoeserSergey Lebedev

Nitsche Eliminated

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Wei Lin was first to act and opened for 9,000. Action folded to big blind Dominik Nitsche and he shoved all in for an undisclosed amount in the neighborhood of 50,000. Lin was there with a call immediately.

Wei Lin: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Dominik Nitsche: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Nitsche made his exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Wei Lin
130,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dominik NitscheWei Lin