Shanti Lievré is one of the many women who showed up for today's Day 1 flight and we just saw her rake in small pot on the flop. Lievré raised before the flop to 1,125 and was called by both blinds including Giorgio La Iacona in the big blind.
The flop brought out and both Lievré's' opponent folded when she bet 1,500 after the action was checked to her.
Lievré's' sitting on around 40,000 chips right now and that's a decent stack heading into the night with about five more hours left to play.
Rene van Es just raised before the flop to 1,100 under the gun and no less than four players, including Egi Adriaans in the big blind, made the call.
The flop came down and the first three players checked after which the player in position bet 2,575. Van Es was the only player to call and on the turn, the , and the river, the , the action was checked.
Van Es showed and raked in the pot with a pair of aces.
We just got word of Jorrit van Wijk's elimination and the player in question was kind enough to share the info with us.
Willem Snijder raised before the flop and the player on his left called after which Van Wijk moved all in for 6,500 chips. The action folded back around to Snijder who moved all in for 10,000 and the third player folded after some hesitation.
Van Wijk:
Snijder:
The board ran out and Van Wijk hit the rail despite hitting a pair of aces.
"Dutch people love Barcelona, right?" tournament director Christian Scalzi asked us on the tournament floor.
Dutch people indeed love this Spanish metropole and don't hesitate to travel to it for big poker events. Scalzi made sure to mention that the next big WPT National event will be hosted in Casino Barcelona from October 16 until the 19th.
The Main Event will have a €500+€50 buy in and the same structure as this event. There is also a €1,350+€150 High Roller event in Barcelona to make it into a very nice big poker trip in the Spanish sun. The fall might be well underway, but it's never too late for some hot poker action.
The range of side events in Barcelona is quite extensive, as there's also a €100+€100+€20 Bounty tournament, a WPTN Big Stack for €300+€30, a 8-Max PLO for €150+€20 and two turbo events on the final day.
Upstairs in the cash game area there are still tournament tables in play, and we jus witnessed a huge hand between two familiar faces, Marion Adriaans and Zeus Post.
Adriaans was seated under the gun and raised to 725 and Patrick Renkers called from her immediate left. Another player called before Post three-bet in position to 2,500. Adriaans gave it some thought before ultimately four-betting to 5,525 and both Renkers and the fourth player folded.
Post made the call and on the flop we saw on which Adriaans bet 5,100 and Post called. The turn was the and Adriaans bet 5,500 this time around, which was called by Post with a similar motion again.
The river completed the board with the and Adriaans checked to Post who moved all in about a second later. This move put Adriaans at risk and she started analyzing the hand out loud.
"Do you have queens?" she asked Post repeatedly, who remained silent throughout the entire hand before calling the clock.
"I think it's pretty obvious what I have," Adriaans laughed in disbelief, before ultimately making the call.
Post flipped up and with a set he raked in this pot, and Adriaans later confirmed she had a pair of aces.
We just spotted Dutchman Jorrit van Wijk in the downstairs room, and he's one of the ones to keep an eye on. At the beginning of this year Van Wijk finished runner-up in the Utrecht Series of Poker Main Event for €41,826. Jan Beton managed to win the event and take home the €71,103 first-place prize.
and both Lievré's' opponent folded when she bet 1,500 after the action was checked to her.
and the first three players checked after which the player in position bet 2,575. Van Es was the only player to call and on the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
, the action was checked.
and raked in the pot with a pair of aces.
and Van Wijk hit the rail despite hitting a pair of aces.
on which Adriaans bet 5,100 and Post called. The turn was the 
and Adriaans bet 5,500 this time around, which was called by Post with a similar motion again.
and with a set he raked in this pot, and Adriaans later confirmed she had a pair of aces.