2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1c
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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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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Oghbabian Doubles Through Castells

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The seat of Svitlana Derevlianko is now occupied by Milad Oghabian, who arrived with a short stack. Soon after, Oghabian three-bet all in for 17,600 and initial raiser Roger Castells called.

Milad Oghabian: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Roger Castells: {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

The {5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop gave big stack Castells more outs with an open-ender, but the {k-Clubs} turn and {6-Spades} river were blanks. Also on the table is Kully Sidhu, who has re-entered on Day 1c and has an above-average stack with 100 players remaining.

Tags: Kully SidhuMilad OghabianRoger CastellsSvitlana Derevlianko

Menhardt Eliminated; Jacobson Joins

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A raise in early position to 3,500 saw Julian Menhardt on the button shove for 52,800 and Daniel Rueda Merino in the big blind pushed over the top. The initial raiser folded and the cards were turned over.

Julian Menhardt: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Daniel Rueda Merino: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop left Menhardt in need of running outs, but the Austrian was left drawing dead as soon as the {3-Clubs} followed on the turn. A meaningless {9-Hearts} came on the river and Rueda Merino claimed the pot.

Two seats were open on the table and they were filled with 2017 champion Luigi Shehadeh and 888poker ambassador Martin Jacobson on a late entry.

Tags: Daniel Rueda MerinoJulian MenhardtLuigi ShehadehMartin Jacobson

Big Stack and Big Names

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Chip leader Andrea Salamone was moved over to a new table to balance the action and he found himself up against several notables with solid stack sizes. Jesus Cortes, Gereon Sowa, Vicente Delgago and Jon Gurrutxaga are among them, and Heorhii Doroshev has also already scored a big result on the Spanish poker circuit.

Tags: Andrea SalamoneGereon SowaHeorhii DoroshevJesus CortesJon Gurrutxaga

Gorman Doubles

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A raise to 3,200 vby Albert Gorman was called by Dorde Jovanovic and one further player. The big blind pushed all in for around 60,000 and Gorman called all in for 50,400. Jovanovic asked for a rough count on both and folded, and the big blind ended up heads-up in the showdown with {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} against the {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} of Gorman.

"I folded pocket nines," Jovanovic said and saw the board run out {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} to give Gorman a pair of queens.

Tags: Dorde JovanovicAlbert Gorman

Assorted Counts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Final Break on Day 1c

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

Four levels in a row after the dinner break would have been three hours of play, and that was considered as too long. As a result, a short 10-minute break has been added after the end of level 10 and the screens show 117 players out of 262 entries remaining. Another two 45-minute levels will decide who makes it through to Day 2.

Van Boxtel Busts One

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Raul van Boxtel
Raul van Boxtel

A shorter stack had been already all in and three players remained active. A bet by Raul van Boxtel on the {j-Spades}{9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{6-Spades} river forced folds from Pietro Robbiano and the fourth player in the hand, and van Boxtel turned over {k-Spades}{8-Spades} for the back door flush to secure the knockout, the short stack had {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for top pair.

"Did you see that? He called with king-eight and one spade on the flop," Robbiano said, half in Spanish, half in Italian. Robbiano and van Boxtel are both above the average with fewer than half the field remaining.

Tags: Pietro RobbianoRaul Van Boxtel