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

Level: 3

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Stephen Chidwick Eliminated

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

As we arrived, Mamouni Smain (middle position) and Stephen Chidwick (cutoff) already had all of their chips in the middle. The board read {6-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{4-Spades}{K-Hearts} and Smain was the one all in for 78,800.

Mamouni Smain: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}
Stephen Chidwick: {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

The river {6-Spades} was one of the few outs for Smain and Chidwick parted ways with most of his chips.

Chidwick was left with under 5,000 and lost those chips 2 hands later. He pushed with {A-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and was called by his neighbor Sam Greenwood who had {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}. The board ran out {10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Spades} and Chidwick said his goodbyes.

Player Chips Progress
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Stephen Chidwick
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Stephen ChidwickSam GreenwoodMamouni Smain

Greenwood Versus Sontheimer

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

As we arrived, the flop was already out and Steffen Sontheimer (big blind) and Jimmy Guerrero (under the gun) had already checked. The third neighbor, Sam Greenwood sitting under the gun plus one, bet 3,000. Sontheimer check raised to 9,000 and Guerrero quickly got out of the way. Greenwood called.

The {J-Hearts} hit the turn and Sontheimer carefully tapped the table. Greenwood bet 9,000 and Sontheimer called.

Sontheimer checked again as the {8-Hearts} completed the board bringing a fourth heart on the paired board. Greenwood took his time before announcing a bet of 22,000. Sontheimer called, but mucked upon being shown {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} by Greenwood.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
131,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Steffen Sontheimer
61,500
-38,500
-38,500

Tags: Sam GreenwoodSteffen Sontheimer

Level: 2

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Early Entrants

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Just after 12:30, the shuffle up and deal was announced. Here are the players that were sitting when the first cards were pitched.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
100,000
100,000
100,000
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Dietrich Fast
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
100,000
100,000
100,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
100,000
100,000
100,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Jans Arends nl
Jans Arends
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of [Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Mamouni Smain fr
Mamouni Smain
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Yang Wang cn
Yang Wang
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ariel Malnik lt
Ariel Malnik
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once

Level: 1

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Single-Day Action Starts at 12:30

Today, it's time for the first of 2 Single-Day High Rollers here at the PokerStars Championship Barcelona. In the main room, Day 1b of the Main Event will get underway. But the high rollers with €25,500 to spare, clutter up in a different room to battle it out for another PokerStars spade and the accompanying prize money.

Play gets underway at 12:30 local time (in about 90 minutes) and players start with 100,000 in chips. Levels are 30 minutes long and start with 500/1,000 with a 100-ante. A single reentry is allowed, handing over another €25,500 secures you another start stack if you bust within the first 8 levels.

The Single-Day High Roller is a fixture on the PokerStars Championship schedule and was so too on its predecessor the European Poker Tour. Last year, Pratyush Buddiga won the event for €690,275 while runner up [Removed:17] walked away with the most money (€704,755) after striking a deal 3-handed with Andrey Shatilov who also took home a hefty sum (€606,020). 165 entries were made lasting year, consisting of 131 unique players and 34 reentries.

The most recent €25,500 Singe-Day high roller was played in Monte Carlo back in May. Philipp Gruissem won that event for €485,135 while Adrian Mateos won the €50,000 variant for €908,000.

PokerNews will be your exclusive source for live updates from this prestigious event. So sit back and hit refresh the entire day, starting at 12:30.

LevelSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
15001,000100
26001200200
38001600200
41,0002,000300
 break  
512002400400
615003,000500
72,0004,000500
825005,000500
 break  
93,0006,0001,000
104,0008,0001,000
115,00010,0001,000
126,00012,0002,000
 dinner break  
138,00016,0002,000
1410,00020,0003,000
1512,00024,0004,000
1615,00030,0005,000
 break  
1720,00040,0005,000
1825,00050,0005,000
1930,00060,00010,000
2040,00080,00010,000
 break  
2150,000100,00010,000
2260,000120,00020,000
2380,000160,00020,000
24100,000200,00025,000
 break  
25125,000250,00025,000
26150,000300,00050,000
27200,000400,00050,000
28250,000500,00050,000
 break  
29300,000600,000100,000
30400,000800,000100,000