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Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€369,000
Total Entries
369
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
180
Players Left
73
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Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action folded to Ricardo De Dios in the cutoff who raised to 2,000. The button three bet to 6,400.
The blinds folded and action was back on De Dios and he four bet shoved for 32,400 effective. His opponent wasn't ready to call for his tournament life and quickly folded as the chips went to De Dios.
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
There was 16,100 in the pot heading to the turn. Ricardo De Dios was under the gun aginst Eduardo Reigo in the big blind.
The board read 9♥5♠3♦3♣ and Reigo bet 8,000. De Dios called.
The 4♣ was the river and Reigo moved all in for 38,500 effective covering De Dios. De Dios went deep into the tank and stared down Reigo from behind the dealer from seat 1 to seat 8. The clock was eventually called on De Dios after a few minute and he made the call.
Reigo turned over 5♦3♠ for a full house to take down the pot and eliminate his opponent as De Dios's AxAx were no good.
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The floor has announced that five more hands will be played before players bag and tag at the end of Day 1c.
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
There was around 45,000 in the pot. Chaofei Wang was in the small blind against his opponent in middle position.
The bord read K♦10♠3♦4♣6♥. Wang bet 16,000 and was quickly called by his opponent. Wang tabled K♠Q♠ for top pair which was enough to take down the pot as his opponent mucked.
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Play has concluded for Day 1c of the 888Poker Barcelona Main Event. Stay tuned for the end of day counts and an end of day recap.
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Jordi Escriba leads the pack after an intense day of poker action where 73 players of the 180 entrants survived the ten levels of play. Escriba bagged 209,400 for the chip lead but was followed closely behind by fellow Spanairds Jorge Diego (182,900) and Eduardo Riego (160,400).
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1c
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds Day 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordi Escriba | Spain | 209,400 | 175 |
| 2 | Jorge Diego | Spain | 182,900 | 152 |
| 3 | Eduardo Riego | Spain | 160,400 | 134 |
| 4 | Helma Weber | Germany | 157,500 | 131 |
| 5 | Alessandro Pichierri | Italy | 150,000 | 125 |
| 6 | Iker Aranzegi | Spain | 145,000 | 121 |
| 7 | Albert Grane | Spain | 141,100 | 118 |
| 8 | Toni Aguera | Spain | 135,500 | 113 |
| 9 | Anton Johnson | Sweden | 135,000 | 113 |
| 10 | Marti Roca | Spain | 133,500 | 111 |
Other notable who secured a bag included Italians Alessandro Pichierri (150,000) and Davide Suriano (91,700) as well as 888poker ambassadors Alexandre Mantovani (80,200), Ricardo Mateus (55,900) and Ian Simpson (36,500). Alexandra Botez fired two bullets in today's flight but was eliminated both times however her father Andrei Botez managed to secure 94,600 chips.
It wasn't 888poker streamer Nick Eastwood's day as the Brit was sent to an early bath before the first break. Presenters Josh Denzel and Jack Dean were also in action but both failed to secure a bag for Day 2.
Notable hands from the day included Simpson losing with pocket queens after his opponent called off his five-bet shove with ace-jack in a big pot early on.
Other big hands included Nicolae Suciu coolering his opponent, his set of nines ran into his set of kings to give him a big pot early in the day.
After the dinner break, Eduardo Riego couldn't believe his luck after his opponent called his four-bet only to triple barrel into his quad fives to become one of the biggest stacks in the room. It wouldn't be the last time Riego hit a big hand as towards the end of the day, heturned a full house to eliminate Ricardo De Dios who called off for his tournament life with pocket aces.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow with coverage of Day 2 which kicks off tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. local time where the 130 survivors will be joined by the survivors of Day 1d to play eight 60-minute levels. PokerNews will continue with the live reporting until a champion is crowned on Monday 22nd May 2023.
€1,100 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
