Welcome to the 2019 888poker LIVE Barcelona €1,100 Main Event
At 6 p.m. local time, poker enthusiasts from near and far will head to one of the hotbeds of poker in Europe, the Casino Barcelona. For more than a decade, some of the biggest poker festivals have taken place right next to the beach and the 2019 888poker LIVE Barcelona Festival will join the list of highly popular events in the Spanish metropolis and major tourist destination.
The festival already kicked off on May 23rd and the flagship event awaits with the €1,100 Main Event. A total of three starting days provide players plenty of opportunities to take a shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €550,000. The registration remains open throughout the first 12 levels of 45 minutes each and until the cards are back in the air for Day 2. All participants receive 30,000 in chips and unlimited re-entries can be purchased during the registration period.
Day 1 level structure
| Level | Small blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 100 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
Back in 2018, the festival set new records with more than 20 events and 5,144 entries took part. The 2019 edition provides more than €1,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools and all eyes will be set on the Main Event trophy. Who will follow into the footsteps of Romania's Adrian Costin Constantin, who came out on top of a field of 709 entries?
On the way to victory, Constantin also topped the defending champion back then, as Luigi Shehadeh made back-to-back final tables and narrowly missed out on a second 888poker LIVE Main Event trophy. Whether or not Constantin and Shehadeh will join the action again remains to be seen and you can follow all the action right here on PokerNews!
The €2,200 High Roller is in full swing as the registration has closed at the start of Day 2 and several 888poker ambassadors are in action in the secondary tournament area of Casino Barcelona. Among them are Ana Marquez, Chris Moorman and Vivian Saliba, with several other notables in contention.
, Marvin Hannemann and Jean-Pasquale Zuccarelli both invested 1,300 to see the 
on the river and it was Hannemann that led for 3,700. Zuccarelli called and Hannemann rolled over 
for trips sevens.
and reluctantly also revealed the 
for the worse kicker to lose a decent chunk of his stack early on.
flop. The 
on the turn was checked through and a bet of 3,100 by Zuccarelli on the 
river followed.
for a flush.
, Francesco Di Profio bet 2,000 and faced a check-raise to 4,700 by Ariel Faskowicz. Di Profio called and that forced out Salvatore Camarda on the button. On the 
turn, Faskowicz bet 10,700 and Di Profio came along to see the 
on the river.
for the nut flush by Just, mucking his 
for flopped trips fives.
, which was checked through. On the 
