2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1b
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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
Total Entries
551
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Left 1 / 551
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Value for Carbone

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

On the river of a board {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, Giuseppe Carbone made it 11,000 to go and picked up the call he wanted, flipping over the {3-Spades}{3-Hearts} for a turned set. Further assorted counts can be found below.

Tags: Giuseppe Carbone

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Barkay Busts Robbiano; Balzano Falls to Camarda

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Pietro Robbiano
Pietro Robbiano

Ali Polat was missing from table 16 as Salvatore Camarda occupied his seat and another two players would bust in consecutive hands soon after Camarda had been moved there.

Pietro Robbiano opened and picked up a caller in Benjamin Barkay on the button. Robbiano bet the {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop for 3,000 and Barkay raised to 9,000, which Robbiano called. On the {6-Clubs} turn, Robbiano check-shoved for more than 45,000 and Barkay reluctantly called after nearly two minutes.

Pietro Robbiano: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Benjamin Barkay: {k-Spades}{10-Spades}

The {10-Diamonds} river further improved Barkay to a full house and he won the big pot.

"Snap call?!" Silviu Baltateanu said in table chat while the chips were pushed to the Belgian, who finished 16th in this very event one year ago.

In the next hand, Ivan Balzano pushed for the last 7,000 from under the gun and Salvatore Camarda called in the big blind.

Ivan Balzano: {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Salvatore Camarda: {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The board came {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and that was it for Balzano.

Tags: Ali PolatBenjamin BarkayPietro RobbianoSalvatore CamardaSilviu Baltateanu

Small Pots for Evard and Kanaan

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Francois Evard has chipped up above the current average with 108 players out of 162 entries remaining. The Swiss check-raised a {k-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop from 1,600 to 4,800 and that's all it took to claim the pot right there.

One table over, Ali Kanaan raised in the cutoff and all three players behind called. They checked down the board {a-Spades}{j-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and the small blind flipped over {8-}{7-}. The big blind had {10-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Kanaan held the best hand in {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}.

"I wish you would have raised me," Kanaan said and the big blind replied with a "you would have lost. Not the best flop for you." Kanaan nodded and started stacking his chips.

Tags: Ali KanaanFrancois Evard

Franco Eliminated for Now

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Sonny Franco
Sonny Franco

Luca Marchetti opened to 1,600 and fellow countryman Salvatore Ritrovato three-bet to 4,200, which Fernando Pons called. Sonny Franco called all in for just 1,100 in the big blind and Marchetti also called. All remaining active players checked down the board {k-Spades}{j-Spades}{5-Spades}{8-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and Marchetti tabled {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}.

Ritrovato was one better with {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, while Pons mucked {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Franco had {10-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and hit the rail, but will re-enter shortly.

"It's okay, I can re-enter," the Frenchman said. He can certainly afford to do so after his runner-up finish in the €2,200 High Roller last night.

Tags: Fernando PonsLuca MarchettiSalvatore RitrovatoSonny Franco

Assorted Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Rosano and Saha in the Lead

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Simone Rosano
Simone Rosano

Jan Teunis entered and barely played for 10 minutes when he was eliminated. Just prior to that, Jai Saha had rivered the nut straight with {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and scored a knockout.

It would continue even better for Saha, who knocked out two players with {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}. One of them was Gabriel Podovei with {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, the other a shorter stack with {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}.

Joining Saha at the top of the leaderboard is Simone Rosano, who just flopped quads against Victor Aubeso Blancas. The latter was unfortunate enough to turn a full house with pocket eights to find himself drawing dead in the showdown.

Tags: Gabriel PodoveiJai SahaJan TeunisSimone RosanoVictor Aubeso Blancas