Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2018 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Riverol Doesn't Need the River to Double With Aces
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
John Mark Taylor opened before he called a jam from Alexis Barreto Riverol for a little more than 15 big blinds.
Taylor: 
Riverol: 
Taylor was well behind in the hand but a few outs opened after the flop came 
for him to potentially bad beat his opponent with a straight. However, the 
on the turn and the 
on the river weren't the cards Taylor needed.
Riverol doubled his stack but still has less than a starting stack while Taylor is down to around nine big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | |
|
|
5,500 |
God Loves Three Times
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
Maryna Khatskevich seemed to be in better spirits and shared with PokerNews she was about to get back into the Main Event.
"I came to Barcelona specifically to play the Main Event," shared Khatskevich.
She hopes the third time will bring her luck and that it will also help her have God on her side.
"God loves three-times," explained Khatskevich as she smiled and walked to buy her ticket.
Meanwhile, on the felts, Jon Kyte had his stack go down but it has since recovered. An under-the-gun player jammed for 9,600 with 
and Kyte called from the button with 
. The board was all bricks for Kyte's opponent and his stack was back up to 52,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | -10,500 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
More Bad Luck for Maryna
Level 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
Yesterday we reported in Day 1b how Maryna Khatskevich busted out of the field when her aces were unable to hold against her opponent's kings. Both players spiked a set, however, Khatskevich's opponent wound up improving to quads on the turn.
Khatskevich reentered today and she is out before the dinner break and at the bar washing away her bad luck with a glass of wine. She shared with PokerNews that today was just like yesterday except her pocket queens couldn't hold against her opponent's pocket sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Saliba's Jam Gets Through
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Amit Goldin bet 2,200 into a pot of about 4,000 after the flop came 
. One player folded before Jose Maria Martinez Lazaro called. Another player folded before 888poker Ambassador Vivian Saliba also called.
Goldin and Lazaro both checked after the 
came on the turn. Saliba let her clock wind down before she jammed all in. The dealer counted out the bet and it was for 10,300.
Both players folded and Saliba's stack grew without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
19,000 | -6,500 |
Strike One for Talbot
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
A player opened up from middle position for 1,100 before Manuel Navarro Perez three-bet to 3,200. 888poker Ambassador Parker Talbot looked down at his hand and let his time bank tick down.
As it was approaching zero, he four-bet jammed for around 21,000. The opener folded and Perez snap-called.
Perez:
Talbot: 
Talbot shook his head at his misfortune. He then shook his opponent's hand after the board ran out 
.
Talbot earlier shared he would enter as much as it would take. However, he decided to take a break after his first strike into the tournament didn't go well. He shared with PokerNews that he will likely reenter today but worst case he will get in before the start of tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000 | |
|
Busted |
Sunar Soars
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
With the board reading 
and already 25,000 in the middle, Surinder Sunar fired out for 12,000. Aleksandr Davydov stared down at his chips and eventually made the call.
Sunar turned over and Davydov mucked his hand to give Surinder's stack a boost.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000 | |
|
|
19,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Croitoru Out Flips Stefandidis
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Benjamin Michel Barkay opened for 700 from middle position. Stefanos Stefandidis three-bet to 1,700 from one seat over. The action folded to Mihaita Croitoru on the button.
Croitoru looked at Barkay's stack and asked how much he had. He said out loud, "Looks like about 50,000."
Croitoru four-bet to 5,000 and Barkay quickly folded. Just as quick, Stefandidis five-bet jammed for 21,500 and Croitoru went into the tank and used one of his time bank chips before eventually calling.
Stefandidis:
Croitoru:
Barkay stood up from his chair after the two players turned over his cards and it sounded like he regretted folding if he wasn't Hollywooding.
Stefandidis was slightly ahead and his lead got better after the flop came 
on the flop. He was looking even better after the 
came on the turn.
He then cursed his luck after the came on the river to give his opponent the hand and headed to the rail at least temporarily.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
Busted |