Main Event
Day 3 Started
2018 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,000
Entries
709
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000
Jose Isla Kicks Off the FInal Day of the Main Event in the Chip Lead
Welcome to the final day of the 2018 888poker LIVE Barcelona €1,100 Main Event at Casino Barcelona.
The event generated 709 entrants to create a massive €709,000 prize pool or more than 40 percent more than the €500,000 guarantee. Today, the final 27 players will compete until a winner is declared.
All players are guaranteed a healthy payout of at least €4,750 with the winner slated to win €140,550 top prize, a sizeable increase of the €110,000 won last year by Italy's Luigi Andrea Shehadeh. The Italian has a chance to become a back-to-back champ in Barcelona as he is still in the field bringing forth a 10th place chip stack of 953,000 into the final day tomorrow.
Spain's Joel Isla kicks off the action in the chip lead with 2,015,000 in chips. Regardless of where Isla finishes the event, he will at least double his career cashes according to The Hendon Mob.
On Isla's tail are Spain's Adria Diaz Dalmau (second - 1,662,000), French Day 1a chip leader Gianny Dominique Morano (third - 1,466,000), American Mark Max McMillin (fourth - 1,413,000), and Canadian poker streamer Courtney Gee (fifth - 1,385,000).
Level 22 with blinds at 12,000/24,000 with an ante of 3,000. As was the case pm Day 2, blind levels go up slowly with increases taking place every hour of play.
Speeding up the action is a 30-second shot clock. Once the shot clock has expired, a player has to automatically fold their hand unless they used a time bank chip.
A feature table and the final table will be streamed all day long where you can view the action on a 30-minute delay by clicking on the Live Stream tab. We will be covering the final table on the delay as to not give away any spoilers.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the conclusion of the 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event.
*Image courtesy of Gema Cristobal.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1 | Adrian Costin Constantin | 1,200,000 | 50 |
| 50 | 2 | Gianny Dominique Morano | 1,466,000 | 61 |
| 50 | 3 | Alexey Golodyaev | 354,000 | 15 |
| 50 | 4 | Francois Max Evard | 288,000 | 12 |
| 50 | 5 | Gonzalo Pro Fernandez | 318,000 | 13 |
| 50 | 6 | Corrado Martinelli | 597,000 | 25 |
| 50 | 7 | Cosmin Rusu | 268,000 | 11 |
| 50 | 8 | Tomasz Aleksander Chmiel | 1,115.000 | 46 |
| 50 | 9 | Adria Diaz Dalmau | 1,662.000 | 69 |
| 51 | 1 | Leonardo Berti | 391,000 | 16 |
| 51 | 2 | Marc Gonzalez Valls | 225,000 | 9 |
| 51 | 3 | Manuel Navarro Perez | 792,000 | 33 |
| 51 | 4 | Sergiu Sirbu | 552,000 | 23 |
| 51 | 5 | Philippe Noble | 355,000 | 15 |
| 51 | 6 | Benjamin Michel Barkay | 567,000 | 24 |
| 51 | 7 | Mark Max Mcmillin | 1,413,000 | 59 |
| 51 | 8 | Netanel Minyan | 1,035,000 | 43 |
| 51 | 9 | Luigi Andrea Shehadeh | 953,000 | 40 |
| 52 | 1 | Surinder Sunar | 276.000 | 12 |
| 52 | 2 | Dominique Jean Terzian | 360,000 | 15 |
| 52 | 3 | Stian Knutsen | 738,000 | 31 |
| 52 | 4 | Ovidiu Chirieac | 650,000 | 27 |
| 52 | 5 | Aneris Adomkevicius | 212,000 | 9 |
| 52 | 6 | Courtney Gee | 1,385,000 | 58 |
| 52 | 7 | Joel Isla | 2,016,000 | 84 |
| 52 | 8 | Patrick James West | 1,140,000 | 48 |
| 52 | 9 | Oscar Casado Diaz | 936,000 | 39 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Cards are in the Air
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The final day has just kicked off with blinds at 12,000/24,000 with an ante of 3,000.
Gonzalez Ships it on the Turn
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh opened the button for 40,000 and got calls from Marc Gonzalez on the button and Sergiu Sirbu from the small blind.
All three players checked the 
flop before Gonzalez jammed for 159,000 after the 
appeared on the turn when the action was checked around to him.
Sirbu folded, while Shehadeh used a bit of his clock before tossing in a time bank chip. He asked for a chip count before he eventually folded.
Gonzalez smiled and showed he had the 
for second pair at a minimum.
At the same time on another table, Surinder Sunar was the first elimination of the day in 27th place for €4,750.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000 | -53,000 |
|
300,000 | 75,000 |
|
Busted |
Shehadeh Eliminates Noble
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Philippe Noble jammed for about 13 big blinds with 
and got called by Luigi Andrea Shehadeh with 
.
Noble took the lead after a ten spiked the flop. It was short lived after a king appeared on the turn and Noble was eliminated in 25th place for €4,750 after the river blanked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | 350,000 |
|
Busted |
Adomkevicius Can't Believe He Was Sucked Out on With Queen-Four
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Aneris Adomkevicius open jammed 
from late position and was called by Stian Knutsen who held . The board ran all blanks and Adomkevicius was eliminated in 22nd place for €4,750.
After the hand, Adomkevicius said, "I love this hand, I don't know what happened."
He then added with a smile, "I can't believe I was sucked out on."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | 262,000 |
|
Busted |
Isla Pads His Stack
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The action folded around to Courtney Gee in the small blind who limp-called a bet from Joel Isla for 55,000.
Gee check-called a bet of 55,000 from Isla after the flop came [as8ch4]. She check-called again, this time for 200,000 after the 
appeared on the turn.
The 
paired the board on the river and Gee checked for a third time. Isla fired out for 350,000. Gee let some of her time bank wind down before she made the call.
Gee had 
for two pair. However, Isla had 
for a better two pair and won a huge pot off of Gee.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000 | 784,000 |
|
900,000 | -485,000 |
Six Early Eliminations
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
There have already been six eliminations early on and the field is down to just 21 players. Some of the eliminations took place early on the feature table, which you can watch by clicking on the Live Stream tab.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |