Kelly Kellner held the chip lead not long ago, but Teas Hold'em has proved how quickly poker can change yet again here on Day 1a of the 888Live Barcelona Main Event.
Raising pre-flop , Kellner got calls from Marwan Salmoun in the next seat and Lucia Martinez who had limped before Kellner's opening bet.
The flop of saw Kellner move all-in with and he was called by Martinez' , which held when an ace fell on both turn and river. The table just got considerably less animated, but Martinez won't care ajot, moving within range of a six-figure stack with a level to go.
Kelly Kellner has just been unluckily outdrawn by Alessandro Predaroli. The former was all-in with the covering stack, holding against the younger man's . but the board ran out a gut-wrenching to river Predaroli a lifeline in the tournament.
"Still 50,000, it's plenty said Kellner, but the announcement lacked some of the sparkle of earlier chip updates. No-one likes losing in that spot, especially from the turn onwards.
Ema Zajmovic pictured during yesterdays 888Live High Roller
Pre-flop, Israel Carriazo's open to 4,500 from the cut-off was only called by the player who limped from first position, Basem Davas. After the flop of , Ema Zajmovic commented how great it was that "every player is so involved in every hand!" as there was a lot of friendly table talk around the play-out of every pot. While she ordered drinks for the table ("White wine for Canada, red for me"), it was clear that Carriazo and Davas were getting involved in the latest big one.
Post-flop, Carriazo saw Davas bet 2,000 and raised it to 8,000. Davas called. The turn card of prompted an "all-in" from Carriazo, and despite checking his stack and cards several times, Davas let it go.
"Just remember, I'm short-stacked and buying drinks." quipped Ema Zajmovic before the next deal. A fun table looks set for some late Day 1a drama.
Kelly Kellner in action during the High Roller. He's now second in chips in the Main Event.
Kelly Kellner and Javier Sanchez went to war in a battle of the big stacks here late on Day 1a in Level 9 of the Main Event in Barcelona.
Kellner was one of four callers to an opening bet of 2,200 pre-flop, and that came . Kellner led for 5,500 and only Sanchez made the call. On the turn of , both men checked, but on the river of , Kellner bet 11,600. Sanchez thought long and hard, but eventually made the call.
Kellner turned over for the winning hand, but while that vaults him over six figures, Sanchez still has him covered with his chip leading stack.
Harcharan Dogra Dogra doubled back into contention on Day 1a when he moved all-in on the turn of a board showing with and was called by an opponent with . The deuce on the river gave Dogra Dogra trips to more than double to 31,000, just over starting stack but still well behind the average of 49,354 with 62 players left on Day 1a.
Alexandre Flamant was all-in and at extreme risk with the worst hand after turning over and his opponent Jani Haarala showed .
Flamant needed a lot of help, but didn't see much hope on the flop. The turn of gave him the shot of any diamond, however....but despite turning those nine outs, Flamant missed them all when the river fell . He was out of the Day 1a field, but has until the start of Day 2 to re-enter, and with two more Day 1 flights over the next two days he'll have plenty more chances to shoot for glory. Jani Haarala is now well above the average Day 1a stack after eight levels of play.
saw Kellner move all-in with 
and he was called by Martinez' 
, which held when an ace fell on both turn and river. The table just got considerably less animated, but Martinez won't care ajot, moving within range of a six-figure stack with a level to go.
against the younger man's 
. but the board ran out a gut-wrenching 
, Ema Zajmovic commented how great it was that "every player is so involved in every hand!" as there was a lot of friendly table talk around the play-out of every pot. While she ordered drinks for the table ("White wine for Canada, red for me"), it was clear that Carriazo and Davas were getting involved in the latest big one. 
. Kellner led for 5,500 and only Sanchez made the call. On the turn of 
, both men checked, but on the river of 
, Kellner bet 11,600. Sanchez thought long and hard, but eventually made the call. 
for the winning hand, but while that vaults him over six figures, Sanchez still has him covered with his chip leading stack.
with 
. The deuce on the river gave Dogra Dogra trips to more than double to 31,000, just over starting stack but still well behind the average of 49,354 with 62 players left on Day 1a.
and his opponent Jani Haarala showed 
. 
flop. The turn of 