"Good for the game? I'm good for any game." Alec Torelli lights up the felt on Day 1c.
Alec Torelli is one of several players looking to make their tournament experience count at this stage, as with one level to go before the dinner break, he is up to a whopping 117,000. That's over double the 50,000 average stack.
Others are not faring as well. Stacy Matuson has called this tournament "A good warm up for the World Series of Poker" but she'll definitely be looking to run better in Vegas.
"I was moved to this table with 80,000. I lost 36,000 in a pot where it came on the flop and I called his all-in with and missed. A little while later, I called off 10,000 from my opponent on the turn after it came when I had pocket sevens."
Matuson has dropped from 80,000 to just 11,500 - 11.5 big blinds.
Sofian Benaissa and Francois Evard are on table three, and Ramon Miquel Munoz was there for less than 10 minutes after having busted, re-entered and busted again.
Sebastian Tusal is among the chip leaders on that table after he just sent a short stack to the rail. Tusal raised for 2,000 on the button and the big blind shoved for 11,300. Tusal called and the big blind joked "good bye" even before the cards were tabled.
Big blind:
Sebastian Tusal:
The flop gave Tusal trips and the whole table including the big blind chuckled, while the turn and river completed the board.
With 183 players remaining from today's 315 entries in the €500,000 guaranteed Main Event here in Barcelona as part of the 888Live Festival, what does it all mean, numbers-wise? We thought we'd let you know all you need to at this stage.
The 500 total entries needed to make the €500,000 guarantee are long since reached, with the current total entries sitting pretty on 591. There have already been 84 players who made Day 2 from Day 1a and Day 1b.
Oh, and in 20 minutes, the hour-long dinner break will take place and some very hungry poker players will be refueled for the last three levels of action!
Fraser MacIntyre has been eliminated and Catalin Pop stacked far more chips, the Romanian then confirmed what happened. According to Pop, he raised to 2,500 and MacIntyre defended the big blind before check-calling a bet for 4,500 on the flop. After the turn, MacIntyre check-raised all in for 35,000 with ace-king and Pop snap-called with a set of sixes.
Chud Khuu defended his big blind against a raise by Jorge Ruiz Garcia and the board eventually ran out and Khuu checked. Ruiz Garcia bet 15,000 and Khuu just called, then also mentioned in table chat after that he was afraid of a possible full house.
Ruiz Garcia tabled and Khuu had that beat with for the nut flush on a paired board.
Cristian Ciuperca was not afraid of an opening bet or a three-bet when he made it 7,000 to go pre-flop from the small blind. He was folded to, and keen to show the table that he had the goods. Ciuperca flipped over .
There are just a few minutes to go in this level before players take a full dinner break of one hour. They'll return to blinds of 600/1,200/200, which would give them an average of 43 big blinds, so there is still plenty of play across Day 1c. With 182 players still in seats, the battle for a Day 2 place is real.
In the last hand before the break, Harcharan Dogra Dogra raised and then called the shoves of Juan de Diego Salcedo on the button and [Removed:204] in the small blind.
[Removed:204]:
Juan de Diego Salcedo:
Harcharan Dogra Dogra:
An eight on the flop was followed by a queen on the turn and de Diego Salcedo tripled up, while Facundo was left with a tiny side pot.
on the flop and I called his all-in with 
and missed. A little while later, I called off 10,000 from my opponent on the turn after it came 
when I had pocket sevens." 
flop gave Tusal trips and the whole table including the big blind chuckled, while the 
turn and 
river completed the board.
flop. After the 
turn, MacIntyre check-raised all in for 35,000 with ace-king and Pop snap-called with a set of sixes.
and Khuu had that beat with 
for the nut flush on a paired board.
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