2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Di Profio Takes From Sanfilippo

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Francesco Di Profio limped in and one player raised to 1,200, which Patrick Sanfilippo and Di Profio called. On the {q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop, action checked to Sanfilippo and he bet 2,000 to pick up a single call by Di Profio. On the {7-Spades} turn, Di Profio checked and called another bet 0of 5,500 before doing so for the third street in a row on the {q-Hearts} river.

This time, Sanfilippo had bet 10,000 and Di Profio was a none-believer.

"Nada," Sanfilippo announced and turned over his {j-Spades}{10-Spades}, which Di Profio had beat with {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Francesco Di Profio it
Francesco Di Profio
85,000
8,000
8,000
Patrick Sanfilippo it
Patrick Sanfilippo
50,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Francesco Di ProfioPatrick Sanfilippo

Ritrovato Doubles

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

On a flop of {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}, Salvatore Ritrovato got his last 11,000 in with the {k-Spades}{j-Clubs} and Jose Maria Lamarca Capa called with {k-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. The minor kicker advantage would play a crucial role, as the {10-Hearts} turn and {a-Clubs} river completed the board to let the Italian double.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Maria Lamarca Capa es
Jose Maria Lamarca Capa
34,000
34,000
34,000
Salvatore Ritrovato it
Salvatore Ritrovato
25,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Jose Maria Lamarca CapaSalvatore Ritrovato

Kanaan Doubles With Aces

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Antonio Perez Vico Barba flopped top pair with {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}, however, that ended up second-best to the {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} of Ali Kanaan on a board of {k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{a-Hearts}. Whether or not the remaining 13,700 of Kanaan went in after the flop or turn, but the German received a full double to jump back above the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Kanaan de
Ali Kanaan
37,000
16,000
16,000
Antonio Perez Vico Barba es
Antonio Perez Vico Barba
35,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Ali KanaanAntonio Perez Vico Barba

Zainescu Busts Once More

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Down to her last 8,000 and on a flop of {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}, Carmen Zainescu moved all in and Luis Alberto De Marco made the call.

Carmen Zainescu: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Luis Alberto De Marco: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

Zainescu was drawing very thing and the {6-Diamonds} turn left her drawing dead. De Marco even improved to a straight for good measure thanks to the {8-Diamonds} river to send Zainescu to the rail for the second time in this event.

Player Chips Progress
Luis Alberto De Marco es
Luis Alberto De Marco
50,000
50,000
50,000
Carmen Zainescu ro
Carmen Zainescu
Busted

Tags: Carmen ZainescuLuis Alberto De Marco

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Gurrutxaga Among the Leaders; Reid Wins Small Pot

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The second bullet for Jon Gurrutxaga appears to run much better than the first one and he has more than tripled his stack already.

One table over, Derek Reid chipped up slightly. In a battle of the blinds he defended against a raise and ultimately bet the {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} river when the small blind checked to him. Reid's 2,000 were called and the Scotsman tabled {10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jon Gurrutxaga es
Jon Gurrutxaga
105,000
75,000
75,000
Tal Mor il
Tal Mor
50,000
20,000
20,000
Derek Reid gb
Derek Reid
46,000
11,000
11,000
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
45,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Salvatore Camarda it
Salvatore Camarda
45,000
15,000
15,000
Erik Ostergaard dk
Erik Ostergaard
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Florin Popa ro
Florin Popa
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Adria Colomina Guitart es
Adria Colomina Guitart
Busted

Tags: Derek ReidJon Gurrutxaga

Marchetti Binks the River

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Luca Marchetti
Luca Marchetti

Guenter Halak defended out of the blinds and check-shoved for the last 13,600 on a {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop. Initial raiser Luca Marchetti called after brief consideration and the following cards were revealed.

Guenter Halak: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Luca Marchetti: {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Halak was ahead with middle pair, but Marchetti had two overcards and a gutshot. The {3-Diamonds} turn bricked, however, the {q-Hearts} river gave Marchetti a winning straight and Halak was gone. Marchetti is not the biggest stack on the table, though, as Yaron Ben Avi has even more than that.

Player Chips Progress
Yaron Ben Avi il
Yaron Ben Avi
95,000
95,000
95,000
Luca Marchetti it
Luca Marchetti
60,000
25,000
25,000
Guenter Halak at
Guenter Halak
Busted

Tags: Guenter HalakLuca MarchettiYaron Ben Avi

Barkay and Podovei Rising

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Not long ago, Gabriel Povodei jammed in a three-way pot to the {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop and forced folds from Claudio Di Giacomo and Alf Martinsson. Di Giacomo was left with around 14,000 and sent those chips over to Podovei, who claimed them with a big smile on the face.

One table over, Benjamin Barkay also chipped up without showdown. The Belgian faced a bet of 7,600 by an opponent in middle position on a {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} river and check-shoved for more than 30,000. His opponent only had 12,500 behind and used his last two remaining time banks before his hand was declared dead.

Sergio Alonso even jokingly wanted to give away his time banks to allow for more time of consideration.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Barkay il
Benjamin Barkay
50,000
5,000
5,000
Gabriel Podovei es
Gabriel Podovei
50,000
35,000
35,000
Alf Martinsson se
Alf Martinsson
36,000
-3,000
-3,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
Busted

Tags: Alf MartinssonBenjamin BarkayClaudio Di GiacomoSergio Alonso

Gomez Borja Doubles With a Sweat

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Jose Gomez Borja
Jose Gomez Borja

Jose Gomez Borja ended up all in after a {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop and his opponent turned over {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} for the nut flush draw. Gomez Borja had {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for a pair and straight flush draw, and improved to a straight on the {3-Hearts} turn. The {j-Clubs} river changed nothing anymore and the Spaniard doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Gomez Borja es
Jose Gomez Borja
38,000
38,000
38,000

Tags: Jose Gomez Borja

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600