2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona

€2,200 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€40,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€134,400
Entries
70
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

High Roller Guarantee Crushed; Sergi Escote Bags Lead After Day 1 in Barcelona

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Sergi Escote leads after Day 1 of the High Roller
Sergi Escote leads after Day 1 of the High Roller

After 10 levels of 45 minutes each, the 2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona €2,200 High Roller generated a total of 65 entries and 31 hopefuls bagged up chips. More than half of the field left the Casino Barcelona empty-handed and five players fired a second bullet, while Hubert Stachowski even bought in for a third time without advancing to the final day.

Sergi Escote ended up as the dominating chip leader with 811,000 and Ema Zajmovic described him as "terminator, he busted like eight players on this table" when the time for bagging and tagging came. Escote established a decent lead over second-placed Peter Jaksland (475,500) and Aleksei Istomin (441,000), while the two Scotsmen Fraser MacIntyre (426,000) and Gordon Huntly (405,000) round up the top five overnight. MacIntyre, CEO of MainEventTravel.com, arrived late and immediately more than doubled up in the very first hand in a three-way pot before cruising through the rest of the day.

888Live Rozvadov Main Event champion Catalin Pop advanced to Day 2 with a very healthy stack of 353,000 and Ema Zajmovic also made it through with more than average, claiming 238,500 to her name. Other notables that bagged up include Daragh Davey (158,000), Josep Maria Galindo Lopez (112,500), Guillem Cusco Bach (100,000) and Harcharan Dogra Dogra (100,000), while Kimmo Kurko (95,500) and Aku Joentausta 70,500) are among the short stacks.

888poker was represented by two ambassadors. Nicolau Villa-Lobos busted early in the day when he was all in short with jack-eight suited and didn't hols up against eight-five off suit. Bruno "Foster" Politano had a roller coaster day. The Brazilian lost a massive pot in a three-way all in with kings versus ace-queen suited and jack-ten suited, then doubled up his short stack twice and advanced to Day 2 with 114,500.

Among the big names and notables to fall on Day 2 were William Kassouf, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Patrik Antonius, Sebastian Langrock, Kelly Kellner, 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons and local legend Sergio Alonso Camunas. Mizrachi joined half way through the day, at almost the same time as Antonius, and lasted all but one hour. Kassouf was sent to the rail in a memorable hand with Ema Zajmovic when he three-bet pocket queens preflop, bet a ten-high flop and jammed when a jack appeared on the turn, having claimed to have top pair and a redraw on the flop. Zajmovic called with exactly that combo, tabling king-queen suited for the nut straight and flush draw, and Kassouf's queens were no good anymore.

Ema Zajmovic Busts William Kassouf

Patrik Antonius ran up a big stack until the end of level nine, but lost several pots in the last level of the night before falling in the second-last hand. On a three-way ace-high turn, he shoved with king-five suited for second pair and was called two ways. Sergi Escote eventually ended up as the winner with ace-jack for top pair and Antonius will have to re-enter for a share of the juicy prize pool.

All players that busted throughout the first 10 levels can still re-enter before the first card is dealt on Day 2 as of 5 p.m. local time at Casino Barcelona, and they will receive 20 big blinds worth when the action resumes at blinds of 2,500/5,000 with a running ante of 500.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor tom provide all the action until a winner is crowned, and Day 1a of the €500,000 guaranteed Main Event kicks off one hour later as of 6 p.m. local time.

2017 888Live Barcelona €2,200 High Roller Seat Draw Day 2

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
421Peter JakslandDenmark475,500
422Enrico CamosciItaly96,000
423Daniel Gomez AnadonSpain231,000
424Aku JoentaustaFinland70,500
425Francois EvardSwitzerland90,500
426Bruno PolitanoBrazil114,500
427Valerie RossCanada149,000
     
431Israel Oliver CarriazoSpain128,500
432Ema ZajmovicCanada238,500
433Carl OhlundSweden140,500
434Guillem Cusco BachSpain100,000
435Gordon HuntlyUK405,000
436Ramon Miquel MunozSpain325,500
     
441Fraser MacIntyreUK426,000
442Oleg EgorovRussian Federation341,000
443Josep Maria Galindo LopezSpain112,500
444Federico CirilloItaly81,500
445Sergi EscoteSpain811,000
446Kimmo KurkoFinland95,500
     
451Sergio Fernandez BernalSpain133,000
452Harcharan Dogra DograSpain100,000
453Xavier Riera TayedaSpain170,000
454Carlos Egea HernandezSpain237,500
455Michael MatsioukkouAustralia122,000
456Aleksei IstominRussian Federation441,000
     
461Kim SanchezSpain112,500
462Marti Roca de TorresSpain84,500
463Catalin PopRomania353,000
464Francesc Xavier Guixeras GinerSpain97,500
465Hampus PerssonSweden69,500
466Daragh DaveyIreland158,000

Tags: Aku JoentaustaAleksei IstominBruno PolitanoCatalin PopDaragh DaveyEma ZajmovicFernando PonsFraser MacIntyreGordon HuntlyHarcharan Dogra DograHubert StachowskiJosep Maria Galindo LopezKelly KellnerKimmo KurkoMichael MizrachiPatrik AntoniusPeter JakslandSebastian LangrockSergio Alonso CamunasWilliam Kassouf