High Roller Pictures From Day 1
With the High Roller in full swing and the Day 1a field growing by the minute, let's have a look at some of the shots courtesy of Gema Cristobal / 888poker.
2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€551,000
Entries
551
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Five-Way Pot to Moix
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
On a five-way flop of 
, all five players invested 1,000 each including Gheorghe Podovei in the cutoff, Ramlal Basdeo on the button and Alexandre Mitjavilla Moix in the blinds. Also involved in the action was early big stack Luca Marchetti, but all further action died down as the 
turn and 
river were checked through.
Podovei tabled 
for two pair, Moix had 
for a straight and Marchetti mucked an ace-queen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Martinsson Chips Up
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Raul van Boxtel, a Dutchman with Spanish parent and local resident, has chipped up nicely over on table 11 and just bowed out on the 
turn when facing a bet of 2,200 and a call with Alf Martinsson involved.
The 
on the river brought no further action and Martinsson tabled the 
, which won the pot as his sole remaining opponent mucked 
for a missed gutshot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Just and Alonso Join
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Isidre Just and Sergio Alonso are two local players that can always be found at international events in Casino Barcelona and just joined the action on Day 1a. Alonso had busted the High Roller not long ago and will now try to do better in the Main Event.
There have already been at least three eliminations as well, which includes Alessandro Righetti and Kristian Larsson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Lovgren Enters and Loses a Chunk
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Sofia Lovgren entered Day 1a of the Main Event and immediately three-bet an open raise of Jean-Pasquale Zuccarelli in a battle button versus cutoff. She picked up a call and Zuccarelli check-called a bet of 1,500 on the 
flop. The 
on the turn was checked through and a bet of 3,100 by Zuccarelli on the 
river followed.
Lovgren called and mucked when she was shown 
for a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
23,700 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Di Profio Doubles
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
On the four-way flop of 
, 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.
Faskowicz now bet 5,000 and he called the shove of Di Profio for just 3,600 more to get shown for the nut flush by Just, mucking his 
for flopped trips fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Zainescu Also in the Mix
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Carmen Zainescu has already won two 888poker LIVE Ladies Events and usually joins the action in her home country when the festival take place in Bucharest. However, Zainescu has made the trip to Barcelona and sits one table over from Marti Roca de Torres, and right next to Spanish football player Ferran Corominas.
Corominas has come to fame in India and earned his merits there as one of the best goalscorers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000 | |
|
||
Hannemann Chips Up Further
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
On the heads-up turn of 
, Marvin Hannemann check-raised from 1,500 to 5,800 and that sent his sole remaining opponent into the think tank. After using one time bank, the call followed and the 
on the river killed all the betting action.
Hannemann tabled for a straight while his opponent only had 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Up and Down for Ribatallada
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz defended out of the big blind and check-called bets of 1,000 on the flop and 4,000 on the 
turn. The Spaniard also checked the on the river and Casey Kastle, who was the aggressor in the hand, then fired a bet of 10,000.
Ribatallada Ruiz used two time banks and eventually called to win the pot with 
versus . One hand later, Sofia Lovgren opened to 500 and Jean-Paul Adolle called in the cutoff. Ribatallada Ruiz three-bet to 2,600 in the small blind and Adolle was the only caller. On the 
flop, the Spaniard continued for 1,300 and Adolle came along.
Ribatallada Ruiz then check-called a bet of 5,000 on the turn and used another time bank to check-call a bet of 7,500 on the 
river. He was shown the for two pair and mucked in disgust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
18,500
-5,200
|
-5,200 |
|
14,200
14,200
|
14,200 |