Break
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The players are on their final 20-minute break of the night. Two more levels of 60 minutes before chips are bagged and tagged.
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Vieira Gets Big Value
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Joao Vieira bet 13,500 in the small blind on a board of 
, and an opponent in the cutoff called after using a time extension. On the 
river, Vieira had to pause when his foe piped up.
"I am not going for flush," the player said. "You think I'm on a flush draw, I'm not. I will pay you."
Vieira took up the challenge and fired 28,000. His opponent again used a time extension.
"You show me?"
"No."
Vieira tabled 
and his opponent pounded the table in submission.
"Good answer," he said. "I had the nine."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
148,600
|
148,600 |
|
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Ruzicka Takes From Foxen
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Alex Foxen raised to 2,200 from the cutoff and Vojtech Ruzicka called on the button. Foxen then check-called 2,600 from Ruzicka on the 
flop and 4,800 on the turn.
Both players snap-checked the 
on the river. Foxen showed 
for ace high, Ruzicka quickly showed 
for tens and sixes to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
33,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
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Kolinkovskyi Doubles Through Lakemeier
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
After an early open to 2,200, Jens Lakemeier repopped to 5,800 in the next seat. The next player to act, Pavlo Kolinkovskyi, shoved all in for 18,400, and action folded back to Lakemeier. He called after getting a count.
Kolinkovskyi: 
Lakemeier: 
Lakemeier outflopped his foe when 
hit. However, the 
arrived on the turn. Kolinkovskyi wasn't out of the woods yet as the 2017 bracelet winner picked up a flush draw, but the 
was a brick river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | |
|
26,000 | |
|
|
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Updated Chip Counts
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
217,400
165,400
|
165,400 |
|
213,800
71,800
|
71,800 |
|
173,700
118,700
|
118,700 |
|
161,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
145,000 | |
|
145,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
127,000 | |
|
81,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
55,000 | |
|
|
||
|
38,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
25,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Day 1 Photos
Photos by Carlos Monti / PokerStars.
Updated Counts
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
108,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
100,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,000 | |
|
55,000
-17,200
|
-17,200 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
40,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
Busted | |
Haxton vs. Lewis
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With slightly under 30,000 in the pot, Romain Lewis and Isaac Haxton saw a 
turn together. The Frenchman checked, Haxton bet 16,000, and Lewis called.
The on the river got checked by both players. Lewis showed 
for a rivered flush, Haxton nodded and mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
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Leonard Loses Heaps
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Patrick Leonard, who got eliminated on Day 4 of the Main Event earlier today, was all in for three-quarters of his stack against Aleksandar Tomovic in a big blind versus button situation.
Leonard held and was up against Tomovic' 
for the 125k pot. The 
flop brought a jack but more help didn't arrive, leaving Leonard with 20 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | |
|
20,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
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Riess Bluffs Off to Luca
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ivan Luca checked and was facing a bet of 9,000 from Ryan Riess on a board of . Luca was in the cutoff and used a time extension but then called. He checked the river and Riess bet 25,000. It looked like enough to put Luca all in, or very close. The Argentinian decided to call it off.
Riess tabled 
for an airball, and Luca showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,700
36,700
|
36,700 |
|
|
||
|
75,900
-29,100
|
-29,100 |
|
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