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

06-01-2019 16:22 UTC+1

First Bullet No Good for Constantin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The title defense of Adrian Costin Constantin is off to a rocky start as the Romanian was eliminated in the final hand of level three. Down to half the starting stack not long ago, he was involved in a three-way pot and saw a turn.

With more than 12,000 in the middle, Ricardo Graells bet 8,000 and forced one fold. Constantin jammed for little more and was quickly called.

Adrian Costin Constantin:
Ricardo Graells:

Constantin needed a seven or queen, but instead, the river bricked off.

Kara Scott can be found on the same table and has dropped below the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:97]	48,000 17,000	17,000
Kara Scott	22,000 10,000	10,000

Adrian Costin Constantin	Busted

Tags: Adrian Costin Constantin

06-01-2019 16:23 UTC+1

First Break on Day 1c

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

There are 150 players out of 161 entries remaining and they have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

06-01-2019 16:51 UTC+1

More Pictures From Day 1c

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Christian Zetzsche

Courtesy of Gema Cristobal / 888poker.

06-01-2019 16:57 UTC+1

Tastanis Crowned Bounty King

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The €165 Mega Knockout Side Event attracted a big field of 344 entries the previous night and a prize pool of €33,024 emerged. Of the buy-in €100 went to the prize pool and each knockout secured another payday of €50 for the winner of the hand.

Play was halted at around 3 a.m. local time and the final nine players returned to play down to a champion as of 3 p.m. local time. The field was quickly reduced to the final five when Michail Tastanis pushed over the top of a raise by Luis Larrosa and a jam by Juan Batalle. Larrosa as second-biggest stack in the hand called with nines and Larrosa showed . Tastanis only had , but spiked an ace on the flop and river to send two players to the rail.

From there on out, Tastanis had a massive lead and claimed the trophy soon after. The Greek will also be back for Day 2 of the Main Event as he advanced from Day 1a with a big stack of 243,000.

Final Result €165 The Mega Knockout

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (in EUR)	Prize (in USD)
1	Michail Tastanis	Greece	7,450	$8,324
2	Juan Roca	Spain	4,800	$5,363
3	Patrick Scaramozza	Italy	3,300	$3,687
4	Luis Larrosa	Spain	2,224	$2,485
5	Juan Batalle	Spain	1,575	$1,760
6	Pablo Battista	Italy	1,155	$1,291
7	Lorenzo Amadeo	Italy	910	$1,017
8	Nikita Iakushev	Russia	725	$810
9	Alfons Rodergas	Spain	595	$665

Tags: Luis Larrosa Michail Tastanis Juan Batalle

06-01-2019 17:01 UTC+1

Teisseire and Di Profio Start Well

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Francesco Di Profio has now managed to more than double his stack early on each of the three starting days, but failed to bag and tag the previous two days. Whether or not the third time will be a charm remains to be seen, as Di Profio is on the way for a third attempt tight now.

Also at more than two times the starting stack in the poker room is Antonin Teisseire, Carmen Zainescu, Yaron Ben Avi and Silviu Baltateanu have started well, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonin Teisseire	65,000 35,000	35,000

Francesco Di Profio	61,000 31,000	31,000
Yaron Ben Avi	50,000 19,000	19,000
Silviu Baltateanu	42,000 12,000	12,000
Carmen Zainescu	40,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Antonin Teisseire Carmen Zainescu Francesco Di Profio Silviu Baltateanu Yaron Ben Avi

06-01-2019 17:11 UTC+1

Sidhu Takes a Hit

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Gabriel Podovei raised the cutoff and Italo Martin Palao Modena three-bet to 2,000 from the button, which Antonio Perez Vico Barba in the small blind and Kully Sidhu in the big blind called. On the flop, the action checked to Palao Modena and he continued for 4,200 with 10,000 behind.

Vico Barba folded and Sidhu glanced at the stack of his opponent before pushing all in. Podovei let go and the Italian snap-called.

Italo Martin Palao Modena:
Kully Sidhu:

On top of the flush draw, Sidhu picked up even more outs on the turn, but the river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Italo Martin Palao Modena	38,000 38,000	38,000
Antonio Perez Vico Barba	32,000 2,000	2,000
Gabriel Podovei	15,000 15,000	15,000
Kully Sidhu	12,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Antonio Perez Vico Barba Gabriel Podovei Italo Martin Palao Modena Kully Sidhu

06-01-2019 17:16 UTC+1

Shehadeh Joins the Mix

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Defending champion Adrian Costin Constantin has re-entered and his predecessor, the 2017 champion and 2018 finalist Luigi Shehadeh, is now also in contention. Shehadeh shares a table with Sonny Franco and Silviu Baltateanu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Silviu Baltateanu	45,000 3,000	3,000
Luigi Shehadeh	30,000 30,000	30,000
Adrian Costin Constantin	30,000 30,000	30,000

Milad Oghabian	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alexandre Tannouri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sonny Franco	26,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Adrian Costin Constantin Luigi Shehadeh Silviu Baltateanu Sonny Franco

06-01-2019 17:23 UTC+1

Rojas Bows Out on a Flip

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

A raise to 800 was called three ways, which included Carmen Zainescu and Matthijs van den Broek. Pablo Rojas then raised to 5,000 and that forced folds all around. Van den Broek then reraised and Rojas called all in for the last 15,500.

Pablo Rojas:
Matthijs van den Broek: