Main Event Day 1b | 2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksims Gorbacs	268,500 268,500	268,500

Frederik De Linde Farrington	245,500 245,500	245,500
Luca Marchetti	233,000 -37,000	-37,000
Andrei Iordache	204,000 14,000	14,000
Christos Anagnostopoulos	199,500 199,500	199,500
Ricardo Pinto	197,500 197,500	197,500
Benjamin Barkay	196,000 1,000	1,000
Simone Rosano	183,000 3,000	3,000
Samuel Hernandez	146,000 146,000	146,000
Jai Saha	135,000 -45,000	-45,000
Teunis Kooij	129,500 -30,500	-30,500
Salvatore Camarda	126,500 11,500	11,500
Giovanni Valen za	123,500
Erik Ostergaard	119,000
Ankit Mehta	116,500 26,500	26,500
Luca Rosa	108,500
Werner Lootsma	106,000 6,000	6,000
Mohsen Borhani	105,500
Dmitrii Kulyshev	105,500 75,500	75,500
Salvatore Ritrovato	105,000 60,000	60,000
Pietro Piraino	102,500 27,500	27,500
Marcello Miniucchi	100,500 -9,500	-9,500
Giuseppe Carbone	100,000 -50,000	-50,000
Marius Stancescu	97,000 97,000	97,000
Stefano Schiano	90,500 -49,500	-49,500

Player

Chips

Progress

Maksims Gorbacs

268,500

Frederik De Linde Farrington

245,500

Luca Marchetti

233,000

-37,000

Andrei Iordache

204,000

14,000

Christos Anagnostopoulos

199,500

Ricardo Pinto

197,500

Benjamin Barkay

196,000

1,000

Simone Rosano

183,000

3,000

Samuel Hernandez

146,000

Jai Saha

135,000

-45,000

Teunis Kooij

129,500

-30,500

Salvatore Camarda

126,500

11,500

Giovanni Valen za

123,500

Erik Ostergaard

119,000

Ankit Mehta

116,500

26,500

Luca Rosa

108,500

Werner Lootsma

106,000

6,000

Mohsen Borhani

105,500

Dmitrii Kulyshev

105,500

75,500

Salvatore Ritrovato

105,000

60,000

Pietro Piraino

102,500

27,500

Marcello Miniucchi

100,500

-9,500

Giuseppe Carbone

100,000

-50,000

Marius Stancescu

97,000

Stefano Schiano

90,500

-49,500

The second of three starting days of the 2019 888poker LIVE Barcelona €1,100 Main Event is in the books and attracted a field of 163 entries. After 12 levels of 45 minutes each, that number has been whittled down all the way to just 45 survivors and Maksims Gorbacs from Latvia topped the counts when all players had bagged and tagged their chips at Casino Barcelona.

In a tight race for the Day 1b lead, Gorbacs claimed 268,500 to his name, edging past Frederik De Linde Farrington (245,500) and Italy's Luca Marchetti (233,000). Especially Marchetti seemed poised to take the chip leader honors after spending the last few levels of the night on the same table as fellow big stacks Simone Rosano (183,000) and Giuseppe Carbone (100,000), but fell short and had to settle for the third-biggest stack.

Another player that surged towards the top of the leader board at the very end was Romania's Andrei Iordache, who advanced to Day 2 with a very healthy stack of 204,000. Iordache won a big flip with jacks against ace-king suited to knock out a player in the penultimate level of the night and added more chips with ace-queen to earn himself a top 10 stack on Day 1b.

Other notables that secured their seats for Day 2 already include Samuel Hernandez (146,000), Teunis Kooij (129,500), Salvatore Camarda (126,500), Marcello Miniucchi (100,500), Marius Stancescu (97,000) and 2018 888poker LIVE London finalist Christos Xanthopoulos (52,500).

Estonia's Siiri Saar, who is usually part of the live stream crew, won the Ladies Event in Bucharest and earned a Main Event package for Barcelona that way. Despite being down to as low as 5,000 mid-way through the day, Saar also advanced to Day 2 and may have to postpone her work commitments by turning 87,500 chips after Day 1b into another cash of the popular mid-stakes circuit.

Another big name that will be back for Day 2 is Fernando Pons. The Spaniard came to fame back in 2016 when he reached the final table of the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas and scored a $1,000,000 payday for his 9th place finish. Pons quickly doubled his stack in the first levels of the day and cruised with an above-average stack for most of the day. However, he experienced a setback in the last level when his gutshot straight flush draw was unable to crack pocket aces. Nonetheless, Pons secured made it through and bagged up 80,000.

Other notables were less fortunate and will have to take another shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €550,000 in the final starting day such as Antonin Teisseire, Sergio Alonso, Francois Evard, Tom-Aksel Bedell, Silviu Baltateanu, €2,200 High Roller runner-up Sonny Franco, Diego Gomez, Claudio Di Giacomo and Carmen Zainescu.

In the final levels of the night, Evard first busted when he jammed with king-nine on the button into the pocket tens of online qualifier Daniel Constantinescu in the big blind. The Swiss returned for another shot and flopped top pair with jack-ten, however, Erik Ostergaard turned a wheel with ace-deuce.

The third and final flight is expected to be the biggest and kicks off at 3 p.m. local time. Expected to be among those to take part are the 888poker ambassadors Martin Jacobson and Kara Scott, defending champion Adrian Costin Constantin and plenty of other poker enthusiasts from near and far. They all have another incentive to enter the tournament, as the winner can also look forward to a package for the 2019 WSOP Main Event worth $12,600, courtesy of WSOP sponsor 888poker.

After the first break of Day 1c, the action will also be streamed on the 888poker YouTube channel and Facebook page with hole cards displayed on a security delay of 30 minutes. The PokerNews team will provide all the action from the floor here at Casino Barcelona until a champion is crowned on Monday, June 3rd, 2019.

Tags: Andrei Iordache Antonin Teisseire Carmen Zainescu Christos Xanthopoulos Claudio Di Giacomo Daniel Constantinescu Diego Gomez Erik Ostergaard Fernando Pons Francois Evard Frederik De Linde Farrington Luca Marchetti Maksims Gorbacs Salvatore Camarda Sergio Alonso Siiri Saar Simone Rosano Sonny Franco