Main Event
Day 1c Started
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
Welcome to Day 1c of the 888Live Barcelona Main Event
With two Day 1 flights already in the can, we are back in action from 3.00pm local time at the Casino Barcelona for the final Day 1 flight as players take on the €1,000+100 entry Main Event.
We've had 276 entries to date, with 101 players already bagging chips to take through to tomorrow's Day 2. Who can join them today from what is sure to be a star-stacked field? Yesterday saw players such as William Kassouf and Cate Hall register but bust early to leave themselves ready to battle on Day 1c.
Other pros from the 888Poker stable looking to race through to Day 2 will include Bruno Politano and Kara Scott, who arrived yesterday and were part of the Welcome Party where 888Poker pledged to 'Take Back the Game' for the players with a host of new benefits, schemes and bonuses designed to reward players of all levels. Given the huge €500,000 prize-pool on offer here in Barcelona, those players are looking to catch their first reward in the Catalan capital by winning a major trophy and banking a serious sum of money.
The Pokernews team will be around the tables all day to bring you the action from Day 1c of the 888Live Barcelona Main Event from big pots to bust-outs and everything in between. As they say in Spain, Vamos!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Yarovoy Playing Power Poker
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Even in Level 1, with tables yet to fill up, some players are happier passing and others intent on winning every pot. Artur Yarovoy fits into the second group.
Pre-flop, Yarovoy three-bet to 1,100 over an initial raiser made it 450. He got two calls, then on the flop of 
, he made it 1,500 after being checked to by the initial raiser.
That was enough to take down the pot for Yarovoy, and with 150 entries already, we are up to 426 total entries, edging us closer to that €500,000 guarantee for this 888LiveBarcelona Man Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,600 |
The First Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Karlsson Calls to Conquer
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On a board displaying 
, Andrew Hildebrand made it 3,700 from the cut-off with 6,200 in the pot. Sven Karlsson made the call from the button and the two men saw a river of 
.
Hildebrand again led, this time for 5,500 and Karlsson took his time, but called. Hildebrand turned over 
for a rivered two-pair, but Karlsson already had better with 
and he raked in another pot. Karlsson is our early chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | |
|
|
16,600 |
888poker Ambassadors Jump In
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Kara Scott, Natalie Hof and Sofia Lovgren have already been spotted in action and Scott won an early pot without too much hassle. Scott raised to 300 from the cutoff and the big blind called. On a flop of 
, the big blind checked and quickly folded when Scott made it 325 to go.
Below are further notables that jumped (back) into the action too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,500 | 30,500 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Steimer Flushed Away
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Theo Steimer had called the all-in move of Guillermo Cedres Seijas on a board showing 
and when Seijas turned over 
for the nut flush, Steimer's 
were crushed.
Maybe it was due to being stunned, but Steimer sat resolutely in his chair until the dealer burned and turned the inconsequential 
on the river, but Steimer was well covered and Seijas had doubled his starting stack in less than a level. Steimer eventually departed while the other five players at the table picked apart the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Nearing the Guarantee
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
With 201 entries according to the screens, the total field size has grown to 477 entries in total and the guarantee of €500,000 is almost reached. Since the registration remains open all day long and until the first card is dealt on Day 2, yet another guarantee at the 888Live Barcelona festival is determined to be eclipsed.