Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€584,640
Entries
609
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
You C-Bet Too Much
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Dominik Nitsche breaks down a hand from the High Roller.
Pop and MacIntyre Meet Again
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Maya Geller called a raise by Catalin Pop from late position and Fraser MacIntyre also called in the big blind to see a flop of 
. All three players checked and the 
came on the turn. MacIntyre's check was followed by a bet worth 4,100 by Pop and a fold by Geller, MacIntyre called.
The 
river went check, check, and MacIntyre turned over 
, which Pop had beat 
. Both know each other quite well after spending a lot of time at the same time during the €2,200 High Roller here at Casino Barcelona: Pop won, MacIntyre came second.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
56,200
|
56,200 |
|
33,500
-28,500
|
-28,500 |
More for Cernadas Tierra
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Fernando Cernadas Tierra in the cutoff and Pedro Miguel Giminez in the big blind both invested 7,000 each and saw a flop of 
. Giminez continued for 7,000, which Cernadas Tierra called. The turn paired the board and Giminez slowed down. Cernadas Tierra bet 14,000 and that was enough to end the hand right there.
Cernadas Tierra flashed 
before raking in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
43,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Kellner On Fire but Kiefel Krushing
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
An interesting two hands emerged from a fun table wihch features the newly-re-entered Cate Hall, everyone's favourite travelogue-posting high stakes cash game strategy whizz and Kelly Kellner who, and let's be clear about this, is one heck of a passionate Canadian.
A situation developed at the table which led to a poser from Torelli, but before that, let's rewind to the start of the hand with Kellner's tale of what happened.
"I had King-Jack, and called a bet in late position, I think it was 1,800. The flop came [Kc-Qc-Jh] with two clubs, I had no clubs, so he bet 3,500 and I called. The turn was the and he bet 7,500 so I called again. On the 
river, he bet 12,000, about half his stack, so I moved in and started singing the Canadian National Anthem."
Wait, what? Yep, it's true. Kellner began the Canadian National Anthem, a full rendition of it. He's where Torelli comes in. He pitched the question to Twitter.
Guy stands up and starts singing the Canadian national anthem after being ALL-IN on the river. Do you... @888poker #888livebarcelona
— Alec Torelli (@AlecTorelli)
Proving that while we count chips while you riffle them, we can call a situation and voted a). Fortunately for the Canadian player, Kellner's opponent went with b), paying Kellner off and busting the tournament.
"He called me, showed a king and walked off. I got right to the end of the anthem too, and it's a long one, maybe two minutes. It's a Canadian crush."
Kellner also took part in the next hand, which was bumped to 2,500 pre-flop. The bet was made by a gentleman in middle position, and called not only by Kellner but raised to 7,500 by Philipp Kiefel in the big blind. Both opponents called.
On the flop of 
, the gentleman in middle position open-shoved for 3,100. Kellner called that bet, but open-folded to Kiefel's re-shove. He was right to do so, with Kiefel's 
way ahead of his opponent's 
. The turn 
and river 
kept it that way, and good humour between Kellner and Kiefel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Rotko Departs from the Feature Table
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
A preflop raising war ended up in the all in of Max Rotko and the reshove of Benjamin Garcia Rivera, who isolated successfully.
Max Rotko: 
Benjamin Garcia Rivera:
The board came 
and Garcia Rivera turned a set to eliminate Rotko.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Counts
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
80,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
36,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
11,100
-9,900
|
-9,900 |
|
||
|
8,100
8,100
|
8,100 |
Small Pot for MacIntyre
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The €2,200 High Roller reunion continues over on table 12 as Peter Jaksland also arrived and raised to 1,800. MacIntyre in the small blind and the big blind called. Both the 
flop and the turn were checked through. On the 
river, MacIntyre and the big blind checked and Jaksland bet 3,500.
MacIntyre was having none of it and check-raised to 12,000, which claimed the pot without further resistance or showdown. Daragh Davey is no longer featured on that table as he has busted not long ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
41,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
Busted |
Lovgren and Saaskilahti Back; Kassouf Runs Good
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
William Kassouf knocked out a short stack with 
versus over on the feature table after the board provided plenty of diamonds. It appears that the Brit moved up to more than double the average and is back at his usual table talk as well when involved in hands.
Lauri Saaskilahti re-entered and so did Sofia Lovgren, who now sits next to Valerie Ross in the main tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
32,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
||
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100