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

Altman Busted

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante

Brian Altman checked in middle position on a board of {9-Hearts}{k-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and called 3,300 from Boris Kolev, who had the button. Altman checked the {3-Spades} river and Kolev put him all in for 14,125 after some thought. It was nearly all of Kolev's own stack. Altman used a time extension and eventually called.

Kolev tabled {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for trips, and Altman could only muster {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
Busted
WPT 3X Winner

Tags: Boris KolevBrian Altman

Counts Before Dinner

Level 6 : 300/600, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
165,000
66,500
66,500
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
152,000
66,400
66,400
Vlado Banicevic me
Vlado Banicevic
90,000
-10,000
-10,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
85,000
16,600
16,600
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
70,000
20,000
20,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
63,000
-17,000
-17,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
60,000
37,000
37,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
55,000
25,000
25,000
Winamax
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
46,000
-4,000
-4,000
Bryan van Rijsbergen nl
Bryan van Rijsbergen
42,000
-8,000
-8,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

PokerStars Team Pros Daniel Negreanu and Felipe Ramos have joined the field.

Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
157,000
68,000
68,000
Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
151,300
101,300
101,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
125,000
39,200
39,200
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
82,200
40,200
40,200
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
73,200
23,200
23,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
70,000
20,000
20,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
69,500
63,000
63,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
64,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
50,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
50,000
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
39,200
-10,800
-10,800
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
36,800
-23,200
-23,200
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
16,200
-18,800
-18,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
9,000
-8,300
-8,300
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Moorman Shoves

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

In one of the first hands after the dinner break, Chris Moorman bet 6,000 on a {5-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{7-Hearts} board and received a call from his left-hand neighbor.

The river was the {K-Clubs} and Moorman shoved his last 13,600. His opponent thought better of it and folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
35,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Chris Moorman

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
55,000
-5,000
-5,000
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Alex Komaromi uy
Alex Komaromi
53,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Mike WatsonAlex Komaromi

"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
46,200

Tags: Francois Billard