Picking up the action on the flop, Isidre Just Vivancos checked out of the big blind and Giovanni Di Ceglie bet 6,000, which the Spaniard called. After the turn, Just Vivancos check-called another bet worth 17,000 before the fell on the river. Another check of Just Vivancos followed and Di Ceglie eventually moved all in to force a fold.
"Show the bluff," Daniel Soler demanded but Di Ceglie just raked in the pot.
Kiryl Manko lost the vast majority of his stack in the previous hand with and then got the remainder of it in with . Guillem Cusco Bach had an easy call with and made a set of aces on the board .
At the same time one table over, Alina Stefanovitch also busted.
[Removed:312] limped in and Tomas Fara raised to 6,700, which the Lithuanian called. On the flop, both players checked and [Removed:313] then bet the turn for 9,000 with Fara tossing in the chips for the call.
After the river, [Removed:313] checked and called a bet worth 18,000 by Fara to muck once he was shown for trips tens by the Czech.
On the flop of , Marco Regonaschi checked and Oscar Romero bet 16,000. Regonaschi check-raised big to 72,000 for most of his stack and Romero gave it a long time before moving all in for 84,000 in total. Regonaschi called it off and the showdown was as follows.
Oscar Romero:
Marco Regonaschi:
The turn and river were both blanks and Regonaschi was left with dust. He doubled up once and was then all in again shortly after.
Hand 2
Regonaschi three-bet shoved into the raise of Samuel Hernandez and the latter quickly called.
Samuel Hernandez:
Marco Regonaschi:
The Italian had a huge sweat on the board , but ultimately fell short and was sent to the rail while Hernandez and Romero are contenders for the overnight lead.
On the turn, Marco Fontanella, who had just arrived at the table when fellow Italian Marco Regonaschi busted, got his stack in with the for top two. Oscar Romero quickly called with the and the river was a blank.
Hand 2
In the last hand of the night, the flop showed and Samuel Hernandez checked. Oscar Romero on the button bet 16,000 and Hernandez check-raised to 40,000. Rather quickly, Romero folded and flashed the and Hernandez flipped over his . This pot likely vaulted Hernandez into the lead as he raked in the last pot of the night over on table three.
Day 1b of the 888Live Festival Main Event here in Barcelona saw another 172 entries added to Day 1a’s 104 registrations and when the play concluded, it was Samuel Hernandez who led the way with 247,600 chips.
Day 1b welcomed several of 888Poker’s stable of stars into the Main Event, but it was one of the biggest names in the field who would bust early. Cate Hall was gone in Level 2 when she called all-in for her tournament life when she hit her flush on the river, only for that card to give her opponent a full house. She was not the only one heading for an early trip around Barcelona’s many hotspots. Oleg Egorov lost when his two-pair was flushed on the river. High Roller crusher Catalin Pop saw his bubble burst when his ballsy shove with ace-high was called by Tomas Fara, who rivered a full house for good measure.
If the early losers defined the first forays, Tomas Fara dominated the latter levels. We saw William Kassouf come and go very quickly. We witnessed Daragh Davey’s incisive pinning of Thierry Gogniat to rake in a decent stack. But the Czech player Fara was always accumulating chips in the background.
Coming back from the dinner break with an above average 54,000, Fara’s biggest hand took place when he flopped two-pair against a king-high flush draw for Gregor Waltermann. The pair were all-in on the flop and after surviving turn and river, Fara had 200,000 and the chip lead in the room. He would end the day marginally higher on 207,100.
In the end, it was Samuel Hernandez who would take the biggest stack of into Day 2 from Day 1b. There are plenty of talented names in his rear-view, however. Oscar Romero (236,700), Jose Manuel Cesepims (196,100), Jose Manuel Henriques (190,100) and [Removed:312] (188,800) will all feel like they have a great chance of overtaking the chip leader when Day 2 takes place.
Before that, of course, there is tomorrow’s Day 1c, which kicks off at the earlier time of 3.00pm local time. That’s gone down very well with players who took today off, but the efforts of those deep into the night here on Day 1b may see a flurry of late registrations as those who ran out of luck late in the day catch up on some much needed sleep as recourse for a gruelling first day at the felt.
The Pokernews team will be back in action to bring you every bink, bust-out or blow-up from 3pm tomorrow afternoon as we find out which players will make Day 2 and if the €500,000 guarantee is exceeded.
flop, Isidre Just Vivancos checked out of the big blind and Giovanni Di Ceglie bet 6,000, which the Spaniard called. After the 
turn, Just Vivancos check-called another bet worth 17,000 before the 
fell on the river. Another check of Just Vivancos followed and Di Ceglie eventually moved all in to force a fold.
and then got the remainder of it in with 
. Guillem Cusco Bach had an easy call with 
and made a set of aces on the board 
.
flop, both players checked and [Removed:313] then bet the 
river, [Removed:313] checked and called a bet worth 18,000 by Fara to muck once he was shown 
for trips tens by the Czech.
river were both blanks and Regonaschi was left with dust. He doubled up once and was then all in again shortly after.
and the 
river was a blank.
and Samuel Hernandez checked. Oscar Romero on the button bet 16,000 and Hernandez check-raised to 40,000. Rather quickly, Romero folded and flashed the 
and Hernandez flipped over his 
