2019 888poker LIVE Festival Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Salamone Takes a Rough Beat; Sowa Busts With Aces

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Gereon Sowa
Gereon Sowa

In a three-way all in, Gereon Sowa ended up all in and had the best of it against two bigger stacks from Italy in Andrea Salamone and Patrick Sanfilippo.

Gereon Sowa: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Patrick Sanfilippo: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Andrea Salamone: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}

The {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop all but sealed the fate of Sowa, while Salamone was on the verge of becoming the new chip leader. However, the {2-Diamonds} turn and {q-Diamonds} river run out gave Sanfilippo an unlikely nut flush and he knocked out Sowa and doubled through Salamone for more than 120,000.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Sanfilippo it
Patrick Sanfilippo
310,000
158,500
158,500
Andrea Salamone it
Andrea Salamone
125,000
-177,500
-177,500
Day 1C Chip Leader
Gereon Sowa de
Gereon Sowa
Busted

Tags: Andrea SalamoneGereon SowaPatrick Sanfilippo

Geller No More

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Maya Geller
Maya Geller

Among others, Maya Geller was eliminated in the first level of the day and she is joined on the rail by Tarmo Tammel and Fabien Motte.

Player Chips Progress
Fabien Motte fr
Fabien Motte
Busted
Jordi Mitjavila Moix es
Jordi Mitjavila Moix
Busted
Ivan Castro es
Ivan Castro
Busted
Tarmo Tammel ee
Tarmo Tammel
Busted
Jose Ignacio Aguilera es
Jose Ignacio Aguilera
Busted
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
Busted
Miguel Martinez Abad es
Miguel Martinez Abad
Busted

Tags: Fabien MotteMaya GellerTarmo Tammel

Assorted Counts

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Vivian Saliba was unable to turn her late entry on Day 2 into a deep run and busted.

Luigi Shehadeh had doubled after joining before the start, but also just headed out of the tournament area.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Demetrio Caminita it
Demetrio Caminita
450,000
24,000
24,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Luca Marchetti it
Luca Marchetti
270,000
37,000
37,000
Italo Martin Palao Modena it
Italo Martin Palao Modena
250,000
-6,500
-6,500
Jesus Cortes es
Jesus Cortes
235,000
16,500
16,500
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
230,000
18,000
18,000
Kully Sidhu gb
Kully Sidhu
180,000
82,000
82,000
Alberto Flores Trujillo es
Alberto Flores Trujillo
160,000
37,000
37,000
Benjamin Barkay il
Benjamin Barkay
150,000
-46,000
-46,000
Fabio Letizi it
Fabio Letizi
140,000
56,000
56,000
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
115,000
-24,500
-24,500
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
100,000
62,500
62,500
Marti Roca de Torres es
Marti Roca de Torres
100,000
-500
-500
Balazs Biri hu
Balazs Biri
65,000
6,000
6,000
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
Busted
Luigi Shehadeh it
Luigi Shehadeh
Busted

Tags: Luigi ShehadehVivian Saliba

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Gregori Wins a Big Pot Off Kooij

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Oriol Gregori
Oriol Gregori

On a flop of {a-Spades}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Oriol Gregori bet 17,500 and Teunis Kooij called on the button. The {7-Diamonds} turn was checked and Gregori then bet the {q-Diamonds} river for 55,000. Kooij used one time bank and called for more than half of his remaining stack to get shown the {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} for top two as the winning hand.

Ferran Corominas doubled with kings versus aces while Jose Jesus Iban, Ricardo Graells and Daniel Rueda Merino all walked out of the tournament area.

"I lost jacks versus aces and then {a-Spades}{9-Spades} against pocket fours, four on the flop," Rueda explained.

Player Chips Progress
Oriol Gregori es
Oriol Gregori
225,000
134,500
134,500
Ferran Corominas es
Ferran Corominas
110,000
66,000
66,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Teunis Kooij nl
Teunis Kooij
30,000
-99,500
-99,500
Jose Jesus Iban es
Jose Jesus Iban
Busted
[Removed:97] ch
[Removed:97]
Busted
Daniel Rueda Merino es
Daniel Rueda Merino
Busted

Tags: Daniel Rueda MerinoFerran CorominasOriol GregoriTeunis Kooij

Johansson Flips Well

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Guillem Marcos ended up all in and at risk preflop with the {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} and had a classic flip against 888poker online qualifier Mikael Johansson, who turned over {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}.

On a board of {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}, neither an ace or a king showed up. Instead, Johansson even spiked a jack on the river to make a set to score the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Mikael Johansson se
Mikael Johansson
205,000
48,500
48,500
Guillem Marcos es
Guillem Marcos
Busted

Tags: Mikael JohanssonGuillem Marcos

Payout Information Released

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A total of 551 entries emerged and the top 56 spots will get paid. The min cash is worth €2,635 and the winner will receive a top prize of €110,000 and the package for the 2019 WSOP Main Event worth $12,600 courtesy of 888poker.

PlacePrize (in EUR)Prize (in USD)
1€110,000$123,121
2€80,000$89,542
3€55,000$61,560
4€35,000$39,175
5€26,000$29,101
6€19,000$21,266
7€14,000$15,670
8€11,000$12,312
9€8,500$9,514
10-12€6,500$7,275
13-16€5,500$6,156
17-20€4,700$5,261
21-24€4,000$4,477
25-32€3,500$3,917
33-40€3,000$3,358
41-56€2,635$2,949

Robbiano Takes a Rough Beat; Barkay Gets Lucky

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Benjamin Barkay
Benjamin Barkay

At almost the same time on different tables, Pietro Robbiano and Benjamin Barkay ended up all in and at risk. The former was left stunned when his aces were called by Silviu Baltateanu, who had {5-}{4-} and hit a four on the flop.

Another four on the turn gave Baltateanu trips and he then said "I thought you have ace-king" in table chat while he dragged in the big pot.

Barkay was all in with {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} against the {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} of Day 1b chip leader Maksims Gorbacs, who had taken chips off the player from Israel previously. This time, the board came {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Barkay voided the elimination in fortunate fashion.

Player Chips Progress
Maksims Gorbacs lv
Maksims Gorbacs
340,000
71,500
71,500
Day 1B Chip Leader
Silviu Baltateanu ro
Silviu Baltateanu
200,000
112,000
112,000
Benjamin Barkay il
Benjamin Barkay
170,000
20,000
20,000
Pietro Robbiano it
Pietro Robbiano
Busted

Tags: Benjamin BarkayMaksims GorbacsPietro RobbianoSilviu Baltateanu