2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
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

Shuvanov Doubles Through Reixach

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On a {9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop, Dmytro Shuvanov had 15,000 in front of him and a player had called. Sergi Reixach moved all in for 80,000, Shuvanov called all in for 38,100, and the third player folded.

Dmytro Shuvanov: {7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Sergi Reixach: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Shuvanov needed to spike an eight or four to survive. The {A-Hearts} on the turn didn't help him but the {8-Hearts} on the river was what he needed. With the extra money involved, Shuvanov moved up to over 100,000.

Player Chips Progress
Dmytro Shuvanov ua
Dmytro Shuvanov
110,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
65,000 15,000

Tags: Sergi ReixachDmytro Shuvanov

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

O'Dwyer Doubles Through Stuer in Four-Bet Pot

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

Steve O'Dwyer opened on the button and Julian Stuer three-bet in the small blind to 6,600. O'Dwyer came back with 13,000, and Stuer called. The flop came {8-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{4-Hearts}, and Stuer led out for 5,100. O'Dwyer called without much thought. On the {6-Diamonds} turn, Stuer checked and called 11,000. The German then checked the {5-Spades} and O'Dwyer wasted little time before pushing all in. It was 18,400, and Stuer called before his timer ran down.

O'Dwyer opened {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}, and Stuer mucked {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
100,000 14,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
53,000 -47,000

Tags: Steve O'DwyerJulian Stuer

Big Round From The Field

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
150,000 95,000
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
142,000 -23,000
John Cynn us
John Cynn
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
142,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
140,000 -17,000
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
136,000 41,000
Felipe Darsa Boianovsky br
Felipe Darsa Boianovsky
125,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
118,000 -34,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
107,000 37,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
105,000 43,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
100,000 -30,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
100,000 32,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
85,000 2,800
Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
WSOP 1X Winner
78,000
Dan Colman us
Dan Colman
70,000 42,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
70,000 20,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
70,000 25,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 27,300
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
WSOP 3X Winner
31,000 -19,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
30,000 8,800
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
12,000 -39,000

"Better to Be Lucky Than Good" for Billard

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

A player in middle position bet 3,300 and got two callers on a board of {5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, and Francois Billard woke up with a big raise to 18,000 in the big blind. The bettor folded, a player on the button called, and the small blind mucked. On the {3-Clubs} river, Billard thought until he had a few seconds left and shoved all in. It was 31,200, and eventually, the player on the button called.

Billard opened {7-Clubs}{4-Spades} for a straight. His opponent had {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}.

"I got lucky," he said. "Better lucky than good."

Player Chips Progress
Francois Billard ca
Francois Billard
108,000 46,200

Tags: Francois Billard

Watson Raise-folds

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

On the turn, the board read {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} and three players were active. After Alex Komaromi had checked, a player bet 2,000 into a pot of 10,500. Mike Watson made it 10,000 on the button, Komaromi time-bank shoved 29,300 from the small blind, and the third player folded.

Watson gave it some thought but folded before needing a time bank chip.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
55,000 -5,000
Alex Komaromi uy
Alex Komaromi
WSOP 1X Winner
53,000

Tags: Mike WatsonAlex Komaromi