2018 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€114,025
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000
Entries
709
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000

Martinelli Doubles Off Shehadeh

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Corrado Martinelli
Corrado Martinelli

Joel Isla raised from the cutoff to 160,000 with {q-Clubs}{j-Spades} and Luigi Andrea Shehadeh called from the button with {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}/

Corrado Martinelli jammed from the small blind for 1,100,000 with {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}. Isla folded and Shehadeh called.

Martinelli's hand held up with the board running out {q-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and doubled up to 2,400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Isla es
Joel Isla
Day 2 Chip Leader
7,600,000 -200,000
Corrado Martinelli it
Corrado Martinelli
2,400,000 1,000,000
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh it
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh
2,300,000 -300,000

Tags: Corrado MartinelliJoel IslaLuigi Andrea Shehadeh

Shehadeh Second Barrel Takes the Pot

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh

Joel Isla raised to 160,000 from early position with {9-Hearts}{9-Spades} and Luigi Andrea Shehadeh called from late position with {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}.

Isla checked the {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} flop before he called a bet for 150,000 from Shehadeh.

The {5-Clubs} opened flush draw outs and wheel outs for Shehadeh. Isla checked again and Shehadeh bet 485,000. Isla let his time clock wind down before he folded.

Isla is still easily the chip leader but he lost a couple of small pots before this one and is down to 7.8 million.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Isla es
Joel Isla
Day 2 Chip Leader
7,800,000 -600,000
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh it
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh
2,600,000 100,000

Tags: Luigi Andrea ShehadehJose Isla

Isla Over 9 Million

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Jose Isla
Jose Isla

Manuel Navarro Perez opened from early position to 175,000 with {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Joel Isla called from the cutoff with {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

Navarro Perez fired out a continuation bet for 175,000 on the {9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{k-Spades} flop and Isla called.

The {6-Clubs} appeared on the turn and Navarro Perez checked. Isla bet 600,000 with top pair and got a call from his opponent.

Both players checked after the {7-Clubs} completed the board on the river and Isla scooped up a 2.4 million pot to push his stack up to 9.2 million.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Isla es
Joel Isla
Day 2 Chip Leader
9,200,000 1,300,000
Manuel Navarro Perez es
Manuel Navarro Perez
1,900,000 -800,000

Tags: Manuel Navarro PerezJose Isla

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Isla Wins a Two Small Pots

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Joel Isla has been playing far more hands than he has been folding. With a few short stacks on the table, he has been able to take control and has grown his stack to 7.9 million.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Isla es
Joel Isla
Day 2 Chip Leader
7,900,000 900,000

Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel Eliminated in 9th Place (€9,530)

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel
Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel

Joel Isla opened from early position to 125,000 with {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}. Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel, who just found himself low on chips, jammed the button for 595,000 with {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The players in the blinds folded and Isla called.

Chmiel went out in ninth place for €9,530 after the board ran out {6-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{5-Spades}. Meanwhile, Isla extended his chip leading stack to 7 million.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Isla es
Joel Isla
Day 2 Chip Leader
7,000,000 300,000
Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel pl
Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel
Busted

Tags: Joel IslaTomasz Aleksander Chmiel

Rusu Doubles Off Chmiel

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Cosmin Rusu
Cosmin Rusu

The action folded around to Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel in the small blind. He shoved with {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for 1.1 million. Cosmin Rusu called with {q-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for his remaining stack of eight big blinds with {Q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}.

Chmiel looked safe on the {6-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop to eliminate his opponent. However, the {7-Hearts} paired up Rusu on the turn. The {3-Spades} didn't change Chmiel's fortune and he became the short stack while Rusu doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Cosmin Rusu ro
Cosmin Rusu
1,400,000 740,000
Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel pl
Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel
650,000 -750,000

Tags: Tomasz Aleksander ChmielCosmin Rusu

Isla Flops Two Pair

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Joel Isla
Joel Isla

Manuel Navarro Perez opened from the hijack with {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} to 120,000 before Joel Isla three-bet to 360,000 from the button with {j-Spades}{7-Spades}. The players in the blinds folded and Navarro Perez called.

Isla flopped two pair on the {j-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Hearts} flop and bet for 350,000 when the action was checked to him.

Navarro Perez called and checked again after the {k-Diamonds} appeared on the turn.

Isla bet 1,100,00 and Navarro Perez quickly folded.

Isla's stack after the hand moved up to 6.7 million or about one-third of the chips in play.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Isla es
Joel Isla
Day 2 Chip Leader
6,700,000 800,000
Manuel Navarro Perez es
Manuel Navarro Perez
2,700,000 -745,000

Tags: Joel IslaManuel Navarro Perez

Small Ball

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

It's been slow ball thus far at the final table with players taking down pots preflop or a single bet post flop. The chip leader Joel Isla, has a few more chips than he started the table with and has 5.9 million.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Isla es
Joel Isla
Day 2 Chip Leader
5,900,000 175,000
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