2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
53
Prize
€110,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€551,000
Entries
551
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Bedell the "Lucky Guy"

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

With 13,800 in the middle and the flop showing {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, Tom-Aksel Bedell was all in from the button for 20,100 and his opponent made the call with the superior stack and {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. Bedell was in need of help, as he only held {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}.

The {4-Spades} on the turn indeed provided some hope and Bedell said "give him an eight." Instead, the Norwegian spiked the {3-Clubs} river and doubled through.

"Lucky, lucky guy. What should I say, I am always lucky!" he exclaimed while raking in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
53,900
-1,100
-1,100

Tags: Tom-Aksel Bedell

No Post Flop Poker With Giraldez

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Daniel Rueda Merino
Daniel Rueda Merino

Sofia Lovgren opened to 1,800 and was called by Martin Jacobson and Ionut Berbec. Out of the blinds, Santiago Giraldez jammed in for just over the starting stack and that forced out all opponents.

No longer featured on said table is Casey Kastle, while Marvin Hannemann has taken over the role of biggest stack.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Hannemann de
Marvin Hannemann
95,000
40,000
40,000
Santiago Giraldez es
Santiago Giraldez
43,000
43,000
43,000
Ionut Berbec
Ionut Berbec
40,000
40,000
40,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
40,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
21,000
6,000
6,000
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
Busted

Tags: Casey KastleMartin JacobsonMarvin HannemannSofia LovgrenSantiago Giraldez

Delfoco Among the Chip Leaders

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Francesco Delfoco
Francesco Delfoco

On a flop of {10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, Marc Gonzalez Valls checked in early position and called a bet of 7,000 by Francesco Delfoco on the button. The {5-Diamonds} turn was checked by Gonzalez Valls and Delfoco waved with his hand to see the stack of his opponent before he ended up checking behind.

The {k-Clubs} river was the final community card and Gonzalez Walls check-called another bet of 9,000, but mucked his cards in disgust when Delfoco turned over the {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} for top pair and top kicker on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
140,000
110,000
110,000
Marc Gonzalez Valls es
Marc Gonzalez Valls
13,000

Tags: Francesco DelfocoMarc Gonzalez

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Assorted Counts

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mikael Johansson se
Mikael Johansson
94,000
4,000
4,000
Isidre Just es
Isidre Just
90,000
10,000
10,000
Francesco Di Profio it
Francesco Di Profio
85,000
-25,000
-25,000
Tal Mor il
Tal Mor
85,000
40,000
40,000
Marti Roca de Torres es
Marti Roca de Torres
80,000
-5,000
-5,000
Sergio Alonso es
Sergio Alonso
75,000
20,000
20,000
Evgenii Cherniak ru
Evgenii Cherniak
75,000
-5,000
-5,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
67,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
David Hu nl
David Hu
65,000
30,000
30,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
46,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
41,000
11,000
11,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
13,000
-7,000
-7,000
Jean-Paul Adolle fr
Jean-Paul Adolle
Busted
Raul van Boxtel nl
Raul van Boxtel
Busted

Geller Busts Menhardt

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Maya Geller
Maya Geller

Down to just a handful of big blinds, Julian Menhardt was at risk preflop with {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}. He had the best of it against the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} of Maya Geller when the chips went in, but that changed dramatically on the {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{5-Hearts} flop, on which Geller hit trips.

Menhardt picked up some miracle outs on the {q-Hearts} turn, however, the {9-Clubs} river was a blank.

Player Chips Progress
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
53,000
3,000
3,000
Julian Menhardt at
Julian Menhardt
Busted

Tags: Julian MenhardtMaya Geller

Lovgren and More on the Rise

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Not long ago, Sofia Lovgren was below 10 big blinds but that has since changed dramatically and the 888poker ambassador from Sweden has jumped above the average with just shy of the half the field remaining in level seven.

One table over, an even bigger stack belongs to Tal Mor, who just knocked out his table neighbor. Both had an overpair to the {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop and Mor held the best of it with {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} versus {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. The {10-Spades} turn and {3-Diamonds} river changed nothing whatsoever and Mor claimed a decent pot with the nutflush.

Player Chips Progress
Tal Mor il
Tal Mor
95,000
10,000
10,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
65,000
44,000
44,000

Tags: Sofia LovgrenTal Mor

Giraldez Doubles Through Hannemann

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Rueda Merino
Daniel Rueda Merino

With some 18,000 in the middle and the completed board showing {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{k-Clubs}, Santiago Giraldez moved all in and table neighbor Marvin Hannemann gave it some consideration in a battle of players in late position.

Eventually, Hannemann called and Giraldez flipped over {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for a turned full house. Hannemann only had the {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a straight and had to fork over 36,300 to forfeit a decent portion of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Santiago Giraldez es
Santiago Giraldez
95,000
Marvin Hannemann de
Marvin Hannemann
40,000
-55,000
-55,000

Tags: Santiago GiraldezMarvin Hannemann

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Aces for Giraldez

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In the final hand of the previous level, Sofia Lovgren opened to 2,200 and was called by Francesco Di Profio on the button and Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz in the small blind. Santiago Giraldez three-bet to 9,500 and Di Profio was the only caller. On a flop of {k-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}, a quick continuation bet did the trick for Giraldez and he flashed the {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}.

Di Profio claimed the chips and some more back after sending Ramlal Basdeo to the rail and Stefano Schiano departed moments later from one table over.

Player Chips Progress
Santiago Giraldez es
Santiago Giraldez
105,000
10,000
10,000
Marvin Hannemann de
Marvin Hannemann
75,000
35,000
35,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
60,000
-5,000
-5,000
Francesco Di Profio it
Francesco Di Profio
55,000
-30,000
-30,000
Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz es
Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz
25,000
-3,000
-3,000
Ramlal Basdeo tt
Ramlal Basdeo
Busted
Stefano Schiano it
Stefano Schiano
Busted

Tags: Francesco Di ProfioJordi Ribatallada RuizRamlal BasdeoSofia LovgrenStefano SchianoSantiago Giraldez