€10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

08-25-2017 21:47 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	150,700 700	700

Murad Akhundov	120,500 70,500	70,500
Benny Spindler	120,000 35,000	35,000
Sergi Reixach	92,200 27,200	27,200
Mikita Badziakouski	91,000 21,000	21,000

Felipe Ramos	68,800 18,800	18,800

Luc Greenwood	57,000 -23,000	-23,000
Martin Finger	49,100

Eugene Katchalov	43,100

Ema Zajmovic	34,000 -19,000	-19,000

Upeshka De Silva	21,000 -10,000	-10,000

Byron Kaverman	13,500 -2,700	-2,700

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lopez Llacer	230,000

Kyle Bowker	180,000 110,000	110,000

Alexandros Kolonias	175,000 78,000	78,000

Parker Talbot	160,000 88,000	88,000

Jans Arends	154,000 -16,000	-16,000

Felix Bleiker	140,000
Alex Papazian	125,000 15,000	15,000
Dario Sammartino	120,000 55,000	55,000
Dimitar Danchev	120,000

Noah Boeken	70,000 38,000	38,000

Juha Helppi	45,000 -19,000	-19,000

Ramin Hajiyev	40,000 2,000	2,000

Shuvanov Doubles Through Reixach

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On a flop, Dmytro Shuvanov had 15,000 in front of him and a player had called. Sergi Reixach moved all in for 80,000, Shuvanov called all in for 38,100, and the third player folded.

Dmytro Shuvanov:
Sergi Reixach:

Shuvanov needed to spike an eight or four to survive. The on the turn didn't help him but the on the river was what he needed. With the extra money involved, Shuvanov moved up to over 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmytro Shuvanov	110,000
Sergi Reixach	65,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Sergi Reixach Dmytro Shuvanov

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

08-25-2017 21:27 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Doubles Through Stuer in Four-Bet Pot

mnuwwarah

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened on the button and Julian Stuer three-bet in the small blind to 6,600. O'Dwyer came back with 13,000, and Stuer called. The flop came , and Stuer led out for 5,100. O'Dwyer called without much thought. On the turn, Stuer checked and called 11,000. The German then checked the and O'Dwyer wasted little time before pushing all in. It was 18,400, and Stuer called before his timer ran down.

O'Dwyer opened , and Stuer mucked .

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	100,000 14,000	14,000

Julian Stuer	53,000 -47,000	-47,000

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Julian Stuer

08-25-2017 21:21 UTC+2

Some New and Old Entries

mnuwwarah

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ivan Luca and Ari Engel are taking seats, and Daniel Dvoress looks to be heading in for a reentry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	115,000 45,000	45,000
Ivan Luca	50,000

Ari Engel	50,000

Daniel Dvoress	50,000 32,500	32,500

08-25-2017 21:20 UTC+2

Big Round From The Field

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	150,000 95,000	95,000

Charlie Carrel	142,000 -23,000	-23,000
John Cynn	142,000

Marc-Andre Ladouceur	140,000 -17,000	-17,000
Joep van den Bijgaart	136,000 41,000	41,000
Felipe Darsa Boianovsky	125,000
Jake Cody	118,000 -34,000	-34,000

Sam Grafton	107,000 37,000	37,000

Ryan Riess	105,000 43,000	43,000

Steffen Sontheimer	100,000 -30,000	-30,000
Julian Stuer	100,000 32,000	32,000
Benny Spindler	85,000 2,800	2,800
Roman Korenev	78,000

Dan Colman	70,000 42,000	42,000
Dominik Nitsche	70,000 20,000	20,000

Ludovic Geilich	70,000 25,000	25,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	40,000 27,300	27,300

Upeshka De Silva	31,000 -19,000	-19,000

Paul Newey	30,000 8,800	8,800
Jason Wheeler	12,000 -39,000	-39,000

08-25-2017 21:01 UTC+2

"Better to Be Lucky Than Good" for Billard

mnuwwarah

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

A player in middle position bet 3,300 and got two callers on a board of , and Francois Billard woke up with a big raise to 18,000 in the big blind. The bettor folded, a player on the button called, and the small blind mucked. On the river, Billard thought until he had a few seconds left and shoved all in. It was 31,200, and eventually, the player on the button called.

Billard opened for a straight. His opponent had .

"I got lucky," he said. "Better lucky than good."

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	108,000 46,200	46,200

Tags: Francois Billard

08-25-2017 20:59 UTC+2

Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	110,000 55,000	55,000

John Juanda	70,000 10,000	10,000

Jussi Nevanlinna	65,000
Benjamin Pollak	60,000
Isaac Haxton	52,000 -21,200	-21,200

08-25-2017 20:58 UTC+2

Watson Raise-folds

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

On the turn, the board read and three players were active. After Alex Komaromi had checked, a player bet 2,000 into a pot of 10,500. Mike Watson made it 10,000 on the button, Komaromi time-bank shoved 29,300 from the small blind, and the third player folded.