2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€987,043
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,157,700
Entries
1,682
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Astedt Makes A Wrong Call

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

With the board completed at {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Spades} and around 8,500 in the pot, Niklas Astedt checked to Daniel Soler Mayoral, who went all in. It was an overbet for Astedt's remaining stack of 12,800.

"You have a good hand?" smiled Astedt as he asked Soler, trying to get a read. The Swede spent another thirty seconds in the tank before splashing his stack in.

Daniel Soler Mayoral: {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Niklas Astedt: {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Soler had Astedt completely crushed and the Swede made his way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Soler Mayoral es
Daniel Soler Mayoral
67,000
-63,000
-63,000
Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
Busted

Tags: Niklas AstedtDaniel Soler Mayoral

Maltez Finds the Call Button

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

There was over 50,000 in the pot between Fabrice Maltez, in the cutoff, and a middle-position opponent. The board read {k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. Maltez's opponent pushed all in for 37,500 effective to put Maltez to the test. After a couple of minutes, the French player flicked in a chip to call.

Maltez: {a-}{k-}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{8-Spades}

Maltez just needed to fade another spade hitting the board, and he did just that as the {7-Diamonds} fell.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Maltez fr
Fabrice Maltez
125,000

Tags: Fabrice Maltez

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
146,600
26,600
26,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
96,000
11,000
11,000
Jan Schwippert de
Jan Schwippert
91,100
36,100
36,100
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
82,000
2,000
2,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
80,400
-14,600
-14,600
Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
71,400
6,400
6,400
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
53,000
-2,000
-2,000
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
48,000
1,000
1,000
Dan Colman us
Dan Colman
46,700
46,700
46,700
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
43,000
11,500
11,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
40,500
13,100
13,100
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
32,000
-28,000
-28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
31,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
20,800
-5,200
-5,200

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Daniel Negreanu in the €50K Super High Roller
Daniel Negreanu in the €50K Super High Roller

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu's run in the Main Event has ended in the penultimate level of the day. On a {9-Spades}{8-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts} board, Negreanu was all in with {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for trip sevens but his opponent held {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} for a king-high flush to become the second player to eliminate the Canadian today.

"I played the €50k earlier and I'm so tired. Good luck everyone," Negreanu said while making his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Sammartino Doubles Big Through Guerrero

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

After substantial action preflop, in what was either a four- or five-bet pot, Dario Sammartino (small blind) and Jimmy Guerrero (big blind) saw a {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop appear. Sammartino checked to Guerrero, who bet 12,500. The Italian check-raised all in for 35,300 and Guerrero snap-called.

Dario Sammartino: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Jimmy Guerrero: {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}

Sammartino was in the lead with his pair of kings but Guerrero had a plethora of outs to snatch the pot from the high roller. Sammartino remained ahead after the {3-Hearts} on the turn and Guerrero missed his outs again on the {A-Diamonds} river.

With the massive double, Sammartino moved up to 120,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
120,000
70,000
70,000
$25K Fantasy
Jimmy Guerrero fr
Jimmy Guerrero
25,000
-44,500
-44,500

Tags: Dario SammartinoJimmy Guerrero

Paloniemi Over 100K

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Alex Papazian opened for 2,200 under the gun and got action from both blinds. On the {7-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades}, the blinds did not check to the raiser. Far from it, as Jukka Paloniemi bet 1,600 and the big blind raised to 6,400. Papazian mucked, and Paloniemi called. The Fin then check-called another 23,000 on the {2-Hearts} turn. The {7-Hearts} brought a pair of quick checks, and Paloniemi tabled {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for sixes full to win it.

Player Chips Progress
Jukka Paloniemi fi
Jukka Paloniemi
119,000

Tags: Jukka Paloniemi

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Adalfer Morales Gamarra co
Adalfer Morales Gamarra
165,000
55,000
55,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
79,100
27,100
27,100
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
73,000
23,000
23,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
67,000
42,500
42,500
David Peters us
David Peters
61,100
-6,400
-6,400
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
57,500
23,500
23,500
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
49,500
-500
-500
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
46,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
John Juanda id
John Juanda
41,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
38,500
3,500
3,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
31,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Peters Eliminates Collins

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
David Peters
David Peters

From middle position, David Peters opened for 1,400. Jonathan Collins on the button called and the player in the big blind called as well.

The big blind checked on {9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} and Peters bet 2,400. Collins called, the big blind folded.

Peters checked once the {6-Diamonds} hit the turn and Collins bet 5,000. Peters called.

The {Q-Spades} completed the board and Peters checked again. Collins shoved for 21,000 and Peters called quickly, showing {A-Spades}{10-Spades} for the nuts. Collins tabled {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and made his way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
67,500
25,500
25,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings
Jonathan Collins gb
Jonathan Collins
Busted

Tags: David PetersJonathan Collins