Main Event
Day 1c Started
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
Welcome to Day 1c of the 2018 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event
Welcome to the third and final opening flight of the 888poker LIVE Barcelona €1,100 Main Event.
The 888poker LIVE Barcelona festival boasts a plethora of tournaments from May 24 to June 4 with a total of $1 million in guaranteed prize pools. More than half of this, or €500,000 is guaranteed for the Main Event alone.
With two days in the books, it appears likely the guarantee will be smashed. Day 1a attracted 168 entrants with 43 survivors while Day 1b attracted 214 entrants with 59 survivors.
Currently, four of the survivors have amassed at least 300,000 in chips. Day 1b chip leader Orpen Kisacikoglu, thus far leads the pack with 381,900 in chips. On his tails are Day 1a chip leader Gianny Dominique Morano with 363,000, Jhen Siang Jian with 333,500, and Joel Isla Gonzalo with 323,900.
Among the many players expected in the Day 1c field to grab the chip lead out of Kisacikoglu's hands are the many of the 888poker Ambassadors in attendance.
Players that entered previous flights can also join today's field and unlimited reentries are permitted up until the start of Day 2 on June 3. Players bagging chips and surviving tomorrow's Day 2 action will play until a champion is crowned on Day 3 on June 4.
The structure for Day 1c is identical to the two previous opening flights with players starting off with 30,000 in chips, blinds increasing every 45 minutes, and 12 blind levels.
The structure of the Main Event will be deeper on Day 2 and beyond with blinds increasing every hour.
888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Day 1c Blind Structure
| Level | Small blind | Big blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 | |
| 2 | 75 | 150 | |
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 4 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 7 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 8 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 9 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 10 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 11 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 200 |
| 12 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 300 |
In addition to the Main Event, Casino Barcelona and 888poker Live are hosting a €110 Main Event satellite at 12 p.m. and the €150 Pot Limit Omaha €10,000 Gtd at 5 p.m.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will bring you the biggest hands and bad beats from the Main Event until the winners are crowned with coverage beginning today when the first cards are in the air at 3 p.m.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up & Deal
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Cards are now in the air. There are already 93 players in the field with many more expected to take their seats in the opening blind levels.
Late registration and reentries are open throughout the final opening flight and up until the start of Day 2 tomorrow.
Kyte Off to a Hot Start with a Straight
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Jon Kyte fired two bullets yesterday and he is hoping a third time entering the Main Event is a charm. So far he is off to a good start.
In a recent hand, Daniel Martin Cabrera raised to 300 from under the gun. The action folded to Luca Marchetti, who called from the small blind before Kyte called from the big blind.
Both Marchetti and Kyte checked the 
flop before Cabrera bet 1,000. Marchetti called and Kyte raised to 3,000. Cabrera three-bet to 6,000 and Marchetti folded.
Kyte then jacked it up to 16,000. Marchetti went into the tank before Kyte asked if he had aces. Marchetti signaled he did and he folded. Kyte then smiled and flashed his opponent that he had the nuts with 
for a straight with a flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
|
28,500 | |
|
23,600 |
My Stack Activated
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Hof and Saliba in the Field
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There are many 888poker Ambassadors in Barcelona including Fernando Pons, Sofia Lovgren, Parker Talbot, Martin Jacobson, Natalie Hof, and Vivian Saliba.
Jacobson already bagged a stack on Day 1a, so we won't see him back in action today. The remaining five mentioned players are all likely to play today.
Thus far, we have noticed Hof and Saliba not waiting to late register and already in action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Kyte Takes Out Two
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Jon Kyte is well-known in Norway and now throughout Europe as a tough action player. He wasted no time getting involved in a hand we already reported earlier and just a few minutes ago, he took out two players in one hand during the first blind level.
The action began with a short-stacked Luca Marchetti getting it all-in for 300 from under the gun. Kyte called from one seat over before Daniel Martin Cabrera to Kyte's left, three-bet to 1,000.
Kyte called and the flop came 
. Kyte led out for 2,000 before Cabrera raised to 7,000. Kyte three-bet all-in covering the around 15,000 Marchetti had behind and his opponent snap called.
Kyte: 
Cabrera: 
Marchetti: 
.
When the cards were turned over, Kyte looked shocked and said, "Jacks, really?"
Kyte's top pair wasn't going to help but he still had a flush draw. The 
on the turn completed that draw and he scooped up a big pot after the 
completed the board on the river.
Kyte then shook Cabrera's hand and the two exchanged pleasantries before Cabrera and Marchetti left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,500 | 24,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Sofia Lovgren & Fernando Pons Join the Field
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Two other 888poker Ambassador were noticed in the field in Sofia Lovgren and Fernando Pons bringing the total number of 888poker Ambassadors in the Day 1c field up to four.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |