2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Ronny Kaiser
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€735,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€5,402,900
Entries
557
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Kruk Wins Battles of the Christophs

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Christoph Vogelsang
Christoph Vogelsang

We arrived a bit late with Christoph Vogelsang (small blind) having already had 225,000 committed and just 40,000 behind. Big blind Christopher Kruk was all in.

Presumably, a 3rd player was involved in the pot opening, but by the time we arrived, the action was already back on Vogelsang. He looked around for a bit and eventually called off the remaining 40,000 he had as well.

Christoph Vogelsang: {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Christopher Kruk: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Vogelsang was eliminated in 28th place.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
1,975,000 325,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
Busted

Tags: Christoph VogelsangChristopher Kruk

More for Michalak

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Jakub Michalak raised to 70,000 from the small blind and Christoph Vogelsang called in the big blind. On the {K-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop, Michalak continued for 85,000 and Vogelsang called before calling another 132,000 on the {Q-Diamonds} turn. The {K-Diamonds} river completed the board and Michalak carefully eyed the stack of his opponent before checking. Vogelsang checked behind and mucked when he was shown {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} for trips kings by Michalak.

Player Chips Progress
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
1,800,000 200,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
251,000 -649,000

Tags: Christoph VogelsangJakub Michalak

Schillhabel Doubles Sotiropoulos

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Stefan Schillhabel opened the button for 56,000 and big blind Georgios Sotiropoulos called. Sotiropoulos checked on {4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and saw Schillhabel bet 63,000. Sotiropoulos shoved for 307,000 and Schillhabel beat him into the pot with his chips.

Georgios Sotiropoulos: {5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Stefan Schillhabel: {Q-Spades}{8-Clubs}

"Ah!" Sam Grafton exclaimed, "The classic!"

The {A-Diamonds} on the turn locked in the double for Sotiropoulos, the {9-Hearts} on the river was there just to make it official.

Tags: Georgios SotiropoulosSam GraftonStefan Schillhabel

Walter and Maltez Double

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Joaquin Walter got his last five big blinds in with {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and Jakub Michalak looked him up with the {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}. The board came {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Walter remained in contention.

The same table would provide another all in showdown soon after. On the tail end of the board {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{5-Spades}{10-Clubs}, Marius Gierse bet 150,000 out of the big blind and Fabrice Maltez moved all in for 248,000. "I guess you never bluff there," Gierse sighed and eventually called the few chips more.

Maltez flipped over {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for the rivered nut flush and Gierse mucked {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
1,600,000 220,000
Fabrice Maltez fr
Fabrice Maltez
750,000 330,000
Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
650,000 -550,000
Joaquin Walter uy
Joaquin Walter
220,000 120,000

Tags: Fabrice MaltezJakub MichalakJoaquin WalterMarius Gierse

Another More Than Double for Schillhabel

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Stefan Schillhabel opened under the gun for 55,000 and Tomi Brouk 3-bet to 150,000 from the cutoff. Big blind Sam Grafton cold 4-bet to 370,000 and Schillhabel 5-bet to 589,000 with 30,000 behind. Brouk folded, Grafton called and showed {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, not knowing Schillhabel still had the 30,000 behind.

Grafton bet the 30,000 in the dark and the flop came {2-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}. Schillhabel looked around for a bit, glancing at other tables to see what was going on, and eventually called.

Stefan Schillhabel: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Sam Grafton: {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

The {8-Spades} on the turn and {6-Spades} on the river were blanks and Schillhabel more than doubled up again.

Player Chips Progress
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
WPT 1X Winner
1,428,000 767,000
Tomi Brouk fi
Tomi Brouk
WSOP 1X Winner
1,127,000 -373,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
700,000 -619,000

Tags: Stefan SchillhabelTomi BroukSam Grafton

Weis Uses All But One Time Bank; Doubles

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Alexandre Reard raised to 55,000 on the button and Oliver Weis let the clock run down to just three seconds before announcing a three-bet to 240,000. Luis Rodriguez Cruz asked for the stack of Reard and moved all in, while the Frenchman folded. Weis had not called yet when Rodriguez exposed his {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}.

The Spaniard joked "I guess you are folding?" and turned over his cards again. Weis asked for the timer on the shot clock to be reset and looked around to the other tables. Weis then used one, two and ultimately three time banks before calling all in for 312,000 in total with the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}.

The board of {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} gave Weis a big sweat but he held up and doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Luis Rodriguez Cruz es
Luis Rodriguez Cruz
WPT 1X Winner
2,000,000 107,000
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
690,000 450,000
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
685,000 -95,000

Tags: Alexandre ReardLuis RodriguezOliver Weis

Zhou and Marchi Clash Again

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Not too long ago, Davide Marchi and Quan Zhou clashed in a sizable pot where Marchi eventually walked away a winner.

Just now, we saw the 2 involved in a pot again. This time, though, most of the details are missing unfortunately. We just saw Marchi bet 400,000 on a board of {3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{K-Clubs} from the small blind. Big blind Zhou called and showed {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} for the winning hand as Marchi had {K-Spades}{J-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
1,780,000 884,000
Davide Marchi it
Davide Marchi
431,000 -949,000

Tags: Quan ZhouDavide Marchi

Cabrera Doubles

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Action folded to Sergio Cabrera in the small blind and he limped in. Big blind Benjamin Pollak checked and the 2 took a flop of {2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}. Cabrera bet 25,000, Pollak called.

The {2-Diamonds} hit the turn and Cabrera now bet 110,000. Pollak shoved all in and Cabrera called for his 360,000 total.

Sergio Cabrera: {2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Benjamin Pollak: {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The river {8-Hearts} was a blank and Pollak parted ways with a small portion of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
1,745,000 -405,000
Sergio Cabrera es
Sergio Cabrera
850,000 437,000

Tags: Benjamin PollakSergio Cabrera

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000