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

Laka Doubles With A Set

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

With around 21,500 in the pot already, David Laka Calzada bet 16,000 on a {4-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} board. His opponent went in the tank, used one of his time bank chips, then called.

The river was the {K-Hearts} and Laka moved in for 23,500. This time, his opponent snap-called.

David Laka Calzada: {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

Laka's set was best and his opponent was left with a mere 5,000.

Player Chips Progress
David Laka Calzada es
David Laka Calzada
110,000

Tags: David Laka Calzada

Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
EPT 1X Winner
93,900
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
84,000 34,000
Francois Billard ca
Francois Billard
61,800 11,800
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
59,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
51,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
41,000 -9,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
31,000 -19,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
26,000 -24,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
21,200 -35,100
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
17,700 -32,300
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
17,500 -32,500
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
WSOP 2X Winner
17,500 -12,500
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
6,500 -43,500

World Champions Locking Horns

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante
Ryan Riess and Martin Jacobson
Ryan Riess and Martin Jacobson

Over at Table 6, 2013 World Champion Ryan Riess and 2014 World Champion Martin Jacobson are seated together. The two former champions directly locked horns on a {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{K-Spades} board.

With around 3,700 in the pot, Martin Jacobson had 4,000 in front of him. Ryan Riess, who was out of position, had raised to 13,800, and Jacobson folded after some thought, allowing Riess to deliver the first jab.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
50,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
45,000 -5,000

Tags: Martin JacobsonRyan Riess

Papazian Overbets for Value

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

Alex Papazian bet 15,200 from the button and his middle-position opponent was in the tank when we got to his table. The board had come {7-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{k-Spades}{6-Spades}, and there was only about 9,000 in the middle. The middle player used a time extension and then decided to call. Papazian showed {j-Spades}{8-Spades} for a backdoor flush and his opponent flashed the {k-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Papazian ro
Alex Papazian
75,000 25,000

Tags: Alex Papazian

Margereson Stacking Early

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
WPT 1X Winner
87,000 87,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
50,000 50,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
50,000 50,000
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Murad Akhundov az
Murad Akhundov
50,000 50,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Marce-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marce-Andre Ladouceur
50,000 50,000
Chris Frank de
Chris Frank
50,000 50,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Alex Rocha us
Alex Rocha
50,000 50,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Olle Autio fi
Olle Autio
50,000 50,000
Claas Segebrecht de
Claas Segebrecht
50,000 50,000
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
50,000 50,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
50,000 50,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
30,600 30,600

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

Dedusha's Barrels Win

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

A player on the button had a T5,000 chip in front of him on a {q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades} board, and Artan Dedusha had made it 8,000 from under the gun. A middle-position player also had 8,000 in front of him, though it wasn't clear if he had bet and gotten called or cold-called two aggressive moves. The player on the button used a time extensions and folded.

On the {10-Clubs} river, Dedusha quickly bet 12,500, and that was enough to win him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Artan Dedusha gb
Artan Dedusha
76,000

Tags: Artan Dedusha

Early Risers

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Georgios Vrakas
Georgios Vrakas

Among those trending up early is Georgios Vrakas. The Greek is fresh off a victory in the €2,000 PokerStars Championship National High Roller earlier this week, where he conquered a 1,470-strong field to boost his bankroll with a whopping €330,000.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
110,000 60,000
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
105,000 55,000
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
85,000 35,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
80,000 30,000