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

Ostergaard Flushes Di Giacomo

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Claudio Di Giacomo
Claudio Di Giacomo

A raise to 1,500 was called by big stack Simone Rosano and one further player. Claudio Di Giacomo called in the small blind and Jens Ostergaard moved all in from the big blind. The initial raiser folded and Rosano asked for a count. The shove was deemed to be for 32,000 and that proved to be too much.

Di Giacomo, who had just re-entered a few minutes ago, eventually made the sigh-call.

Jens Ostergaard: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}
Claudio Di Giacomo: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

The {a-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop gave Ostergaard a flush draw, which he immediately completed on the {8-Spades} turn to make the {4-Diamonds} river a formality. Di Giacomo dropped down to just 2,000 and has a mountain to climb in order to avoid another re-entry.

Player Chips Progress
Simone Rosano it
Simone Rosano
85,000
53,000
53,000
Erik Ostergaard dk
Erik Ostergaard
65,000
38,000
38,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
2,000
2,000
2,000

Tags: Claudio Di GiacomoJens OstergaardSimone Rosano

Saar Rising Again

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Siiri Saar
Siiri Saar

Siiri Saar dropped down to just 5,000 after another bluff had gone wrong, but has since doubled up multiple times to jump above the average stack in level seven. On the same table, Ankit Mehta is among the chip leaders and Giuseppe Carbone is also nearing six digits.

For Teunis Kooij, the start into Day 1b after late registration has been mediocre at beast, as the Dutchman lost half of his stack so far.

Player Chips Progress
Giuseppe Carbone it
Giuseppe Carbone
95,000
15,000
15,000
Ankit Mehta be
Ankit Mehta
90,000
50,000
50,000
Siiri Saar ee
Siiri Saar
46,000
22,000
22,000
Teunis Kooij nl
Teunis Kooij
15,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Ankit MehtaGiuseppe CarboneSiiri SaarTeunis Kooij

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.

Player Chips Progress
Simone Rosano it
Simone Rosano
150,000
65,000
65,000
Jai Saha in
Jai Saha
150,000
150,000
150,000
Salvatore Camarda it
Salvatore Camarda
90,000
45,000
45,000
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
41,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
40,000
-6,000
-6,000
Gabriel Podovei es
Gabriel Podovei
Busted
Victor Aubeso Blancas es
Victor Aubeso Blancas
Busted
Jan Teunis nl
Jan Teunis
Busted
Stefan Dan ro
Stefan Dan
Busted

Tags: Gabriel PodoveiJai SahaJan TeunisSimone RosanoVictor Aubeso Blancas

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Assorted Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Simone Rosano it
Simone Rosano
165,000
15,000
15,000
Salvatore Camarda it
Salvatore Camarda
115,000
25,000
25,000
Stefano Schiano it
Stefano Schiano
100,000
100,000
100,000
Giuseppe Carbone it
Giuseppe Carbone
95,000
Francesco Di Profio it
Francesco Di Profio
90,000
5,000
5,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
75,000
35,000
35,000
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
72,000
15,000
15,000
Yaron Ben Avi il
Yaron Ben Avi
70,000
-25,000
-25,000
Sergio Alonso es
Sergio Alonso
65,000
30,000
30,000
Benjamin Barkay il
Benjamin Barkay
65,000
15,000
15,000
Werner Lootsma nl
Werner Lootsma
50,000
20,000
20,000
Jon Gurrutxaga es
Jon Gurrutxaga
45,000
-60,000
-60,000
Teunis Kooij nl
Teunis Kooij
45,000
30,000
30,000
Sergio Hernandez
Sergio Hernandez
17,000
17,000
17,000
Silviu Baltateanu ro
Silviu Baltateanu
Busted
Diego Gomez es
Diego Gomez
Busted
Antonio Perez Vico Barba es
Antonio Perez Vico Barba
Busted
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
Busted

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.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Marchetti it
Luca Marchetti
130,000
70,000
70,000
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
45,000
-27,000
-27,000
Salvatore Ritrovato it
Salvatore Ritrovato
45,000
20,000
20,000
Sonny Franco fr
Sonny Franco
Busted

Tags: Fernando PonsLuca MarchettiSalvatore RitrovatoSonny Franco

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.

Player Chips Progress
Francois Evard ch
Francois Evard
52,000
13,000
13,000
Ali Kanaan de
Ali Kanaan
42,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Ali KanaanFrancois Evard

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