Main Event Day 1a | 2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

05-31-2019 02:32 UTC+2

More for Di Profio

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz was sent to the rail when his stood no chance against Francesco Di Profio and his on a board of .

Several other players are nowhere to be found anymore.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Di Profio	150,000 20,000	20,000
Alexandre Mitjavila Moix	Busted
Gabriel Podovei	Busted
Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz	Busted
Vitaly Monakhov	Busted
Ionut Berbec	Busted

Tags: Francesco Di Profio Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz

05-31-2019 02:25 UTC+2

Bedell Gets There Again

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The roller coaster ride of Francesco Di Profio has seen yet another chapter added, as the Italian jumped to a big stack once more with the elimination of Marvin Hannemann.

And if there was one other player in the Day 1a field that is used to a wild ride and fluctuating chip counts, it would be Tom-Aksel Bedell. Short-stacked once more, he got it in preflop with versus and spiked an eight on the board to double for around 10 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Di Profio	130,000 75,000	75,000
Petru Tarlev	130,000 95,000	95,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	25,000 -28,900	-28,900
Marvin Hannemann	Busted
Gabriel Podovei	Busted

Tags: Francesco Di Profio Marvin Hannemann Tom-Aksel Bedell

05-31-2019 02:14 UTC+2

Gone Just Like That

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The cards of Isidre Just were already mucked while his stack was shipped over to Ivalin Todorov in the one seat. Todorov had the winning hand in for kings and treys on a board of to deal the final blow to the Casino Barcelona regular.

While Todorov's stack is already impressive, he is not the chip leader at his table as Juan Bastida Perez and Jesus Rodriguez Lopez have even more available at their disposal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Bastida Perez	160,000 30,000	30,000
Jesus Rodriguez Lopez	130,000 130,000	130,000
Ivalin Todorov	105,000 105,000	105,000
Isidre Just	Busted

Tags: Isidre Just Ivalin Todorov Jesus Rodriguez Lopez Juan Bastida Perez

05-31-2019 02:06 UTC+2

Aces for Giraldez

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In the final hand of the previous level, Sofia Lovgren opened to 2,200 and was called by Francesco Di Profio on the button and Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz in the small blind. Santiago Giraldez three-bet to 9,500 and Di Profio was the only caller. On a flop of , a quick continuation bet did the trick for Giraldez and he flashed the .

Di Profio claimed the chips and some more back after sending Ramlal Basdeo to the rail and Stefano Schiano departed moments later from one table over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santiago Giraldez	105,000 10,000	10,000
Marvin Hannemann	75,000 35,000	35,000
Sofia Lovgren	60,000 -5,000	-5,000
Francesco Di Profio	55,000 -30,000	-30,000
Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz	25,000 -3,000	-3,000
Ramlal Basdeo	Busted
Stefano Schiano	Busted

Tags: Francesco Di Profio Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz Ramlal Basdeo Sofia Lovgren Stefano Schiano Santiago Giraldez

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

05-31-2019 01:51 UTC+2

Giraldez Doubles Through Hannemann

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With some 18,000 in the middle and the completed board showing , Santiago Giraldez moved all in and table neighbor Marvin Hannemann gave it some consideration in a battle of players in late position.

Eventually, Hannemann called and Giraldez flipped over for a turned full house. Hannemann only had the for a straight and had to fork over 36,300 to forfeit a decent portion of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santiago Giraldez	95,000
Marvin Hannemann	40,000 -55,000	-55,000

Tags: Santiago Giraldez Marvin Hannemann

05-31-2019 01:42 UTC+2

Lovgren and More on the Rise

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Not long ago, Sofia Lovgren was below 10 big blinds but that has since changed dramatically and the 888poker ambassador from Sweden has jumped above the average with just shy of the half the field remaining in level seven.

One table over, an even bigger stack belongs to Tal Mor, who just knocked out his table neighbor. Both had an overpair to the flop and Mor held the best of it with versus . The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Mor claimed a decent pot with the nutflush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tal Mor	95,000 10,000	10,000
Sofia Lovgren	65,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Sofia Lovgren Tal Mor

05-31-2019 01:34 UTC+2

Geller Busts Menhardt

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Down to just a handful of big blinds, Julian Menhardt was at risk preflop with . He had the best of it against the of Maya Geller when the chips went in, but that changed dramatically on the flop, on which Geller hit trips.

Menhardt picked up some miracle outs on the turn, however, the river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maya Geller	53,000 3,000	3,000
Julian Menhardt	Busted

Tags: Julian Menhardt Maya Geller

05-31-2019 01:22 UTC+2

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikael Johansson	94,000 4,000	4,000
Isidre Just	90,000 10,000	10,000
Francesco Di Profio	85,000 -25,000	-25,000
Tal Mor	85,000 40,000	40,000
Marti Roca de Torres	80,000 -5,000	-5,000
Sergio Alonso	75,000 20,000	20,000
Evgenii Cherniak	75,000 -5,000	-5,000
Martin Jacobson	67,000 27,000	27,000

David Hu	65,000 30,000	30,000
Chris Moorman	46,000 1,000	1,000

Zhong Chen	41,000 11,000	11,000
Ana Marquez	13,000 -7,000	-7,000
Jean-Paul Adolle	Busted
Raul van Boxtel	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000