Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
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
Saxer's Stack is Gone
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
After coming back from the dinner break with a short stack, Thomas Saxer pushed for just 6,600 and Jorge Ruiz Garcia called.
Saxer tabled 
and Ruiz Garcia held 
. The board came 
to see Ruiz Garcia claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hall Bests Jaksland
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Peter Jaksland raised to 2,700 from early position and was called by two players including Cate Hall. On the 
flop the action checked to Hall, who bet 4,000, and just Jaksland called, before the 
turn was checked through.
After the 
river, Jaksland then bet 9,000 and Hall raised to 28,000. Jaksland immediately laughed and called soon after. Hall rolled over 
for a full house sevens over sixes, and Jaksland mucked his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
101,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
26,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
A Look at Some Short Stacks
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
36,900
|
36,900 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
27,000 | |
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Quelhas No More
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Van Hiep Tran raised from late position and an almost even-stacked Andre Filipe Quelhas got his stack in with the 
. Tran called with the 
and the board ran out 
.
Quelhas grabbed his belongings and left the table with a "well done" towards Tran.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Busted |
Matuson Rides the Rollercoaster
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Stacy Matuson has been up among the big stacks down among the shorties and everywhere in between today. It's not been a typical day at the felt for the lady who came 169th in last year's WSOP Main Event for $42,285.
"I've never seen anything like it. I've been so up and down today."
She's not exaggerating. We caught up with Matuson to hear how she span it up from 11,500 to just under 70,000. It turns out that she turned a wheel straight and got it all-in against a player with the high-end open straight draw. Matuson improved to a flush on the river. In the next hand, Matuson held picket aces and improved her stack by another 10,000 chips. And just now, she's busted yet another player to bounce right back up to 120,000 chips, double the average with two levels left.
"I'm used to grinding. Tournament poker isn't usually so up and down all at once." she told us, but if she's putting in the preparation for a long summer grind in Vegas, it could hardly be going better.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Desset Shows a Bluff
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
[Removed:204] tripled up his stack since coming back from dinner and then raised to 2,500 from the button. Harcharan Dogra Dogra in the small blind and Sergi Escote in the big blind called. On the 
flop the action checked to Desset and his bet of 3,200 won the pot.
Desset showed 
for a flush but has plenty of work ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
48,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
18,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Kassouf Finds a Fold
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
William Kassouf bet 6,000 into a pot of around 10,500 after the board had fallen 
until the turn.
Benjamin Garcia Rivera was Kassouf's opponent, and he made it 15,000, prompting some words form Kassouf.
"You got very lucky on the turn."
Luck or not, Kassouf found the fold and that gives Garcia Rivera one of the biggest stacks in the room. Kassouf, while not short at a three-bet more than the average, has work to do to get back to his former position in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
163,800
38,800
|
38,800 |
|
87,600
-32,400
|
-32,400 |
Oualhasi Thriving
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Younesse Oualgasi took back-to-back pots off Roberto Sorzano Torres and bumped his stack to twice the average.
First he bet the 
river for 11,000 and was called, flashing 
for two pair. Sorzano Torres mucked the 
and then faced a raise to 2,500 by Artur Yarovoy. Marco Della Tommasina called and Sorzano Torres raised to 7,000. Oualgasi reraised to 13,500 on the button and just Sorzano Torres called.
On the 
flop, Sorzano Torres checked and folded to the shove of Oualgasi, who flashed the 
.
Della Tommasina busted soon after a few minutes into the new level and sat down at a nearby cash game table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
Busted |