Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
A big pot was building from the flop over on the outer table in the Main Event here on Day 1b in Barcelona's 888Live Festival.
On a flop showing ![]()
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, the initial raiser made a c-bet of 2,000 from the big blind and was called by Thierry Gogniat in the next seat as well as two others including Daragh Davey in middle position. The turn card of
saw Gogniat take over the betting lead when checked to, as he fired out 2,700. this time, only Davey called.
On the river of
, Gogniat made it 7,800, but when Davey moved all-in for a shade over 20,000 chips, Gogniat went into the tank, emerging only to find that he had to fold to preserve the 25,600 chips he still had behind. Davey had won a fine pot, and without going to showdown to boot. The Irishman is on the charge.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,100
23,100
|
23,100 |
|
|
25,600
25,600
|
25,600 |
Sebastian Langrock and Fernando Pons are the two big stacks at their table while Sergi Escote arrived not long ago. Escote and Pons called a raise to 1,050 and saw a flop of ![]()
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. The initial raiser bet 1,600 and Pons as well as Escote called.
After the
turn, the second barrel was for 3,000 and Pons folded, Escote called, then folded the
river to a bet of 4,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
66,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
[Removed:312] scored a full double against Marc Rosell Agraz when he rivered a straight on the board ![]()
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with the ![]()
.
Rosell Agrez then doubled with ![]()
versus ![]()
before doubling for 6,250 with ![]()
himself. The latest hand was against Yana Punchuk, and the Spaniard continues a wild ride that may see him get back to starting stack or on the rail at any time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
41,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
13,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
On the ![]()
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flop, Bence Szaszko in the big blind and Daniel Gomez Anadon on the button invested 2,300 each. Szaszko then fired the
turn for 4,200 and was called before making it 8,200 to go on the
river.
Gomez Anadon eventually called and Szaszko flashed ![]()
for a bluff, which the Spaniard had beat with ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
15,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
With some 13,000 in the middle and the board showing ![]()
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, Joan Antoni Sanchez Adell bet 4,200 out of the big blind. Initial raiser Haykel Cherif Vidal from early position opted for a smooth raise to 40,000 with around 32,000 behind and that left Sanchez Adell with two choices only: Call all in or fold.
Sanchez Adell eventually mucked and Cherif Vidal raked in another pot, he already tripled up the stack in the first half of Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Among those to bust recently were also Hampus Persson and Somar Al-Darwich, Manuel Torrents Avalos has also been eliminated as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Huge Pereira made it 1,300 to go from first position but was raised to 4,500 by Jose De Oliveira. Pereira called and saw a flop of ![]()
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, whereupon De Oliveira bet 6,400, getting a very quick fold.
Despite winning that hand, Pereira still has a slight lead over De Oliveira. Both men have well over the average stack of 33,00 chips with the dinner break approaching.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,600 | |
|
|
64,400 |
Mladen Ivanov has been eliminated from table 14 and Dominik Maska took his seat. The former big stack of Haykel Cherif Vidal has been reduced to just the starting stack once again after Francisco Jose Garcia Martin doubled through him.
On the ![]()
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flop, Cherif Vidal check-called a bet worth 7,500 by Garcia Martin and the
turn was checked. After the
river, Cherif Vidal check-called the shove of Garcia Martin for 11,700 and mucked the
as his opponent had ![]()
for the nut flush.
Table chip leader is now Sergio Alonso Camunas, who knocked out an opponent with pocket aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
60,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
32,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Players are on break for an hour. We're off to refill and we'll be back to see the players get back to it here on Day b in Barcelona.