Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Buddhism and Poker with Scott Wellenbach
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Updated Chip Counts
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
||
|
46,600
46,600
|
46,600 |
|
35,600
-14,400
|
-14,400 |
|
|
||
|
30,400
-14,600
|
-14,600 |
|
||
|
18,400
-4,600
|
-4,600 |
|
||
|
17,300
-32,700
|
-32,700 |
|
|
||
|
16,400
-33,600
|
-33,600 |
|
||
|
11,100
-38,900
|
-38,900 |
|
|
||
Good Turn for Talbot
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Parker Talbot checked in the small blind on a 
flop, and Luke Brereton bet 1,500 from the big blind. Talbot called, and when the 
turn double-paired the board, he came out betting with 2,200. Brereton called. On the 
river, Talbot bet 4,250. Brereton nodded and called in short order.
Talbot showed 
for nines full. Brereton flashed the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
32,600 | |
Photos: PokerStars Championship Barcelona €10,300 High Roller Day 1
Photos by Carlos Monti
Greenwood Takes From Jacobson
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
With four players to a 
flop, Luc Greenwood bet 2,500, Zachary Korik, Ryan Riess folded, Martin Jacobson check-raised to 7,000, and Greenwood called.
The 
turn and 
river got checked down. Jacobson showed 
for the busted double belly buster, giving Greenwood the winner with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
27,000
-3,400
|
-3,400 |
|
|
||
Counts
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
||
|
75,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
Weis Tumbles
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Oliver Weis was facing a 24,800 all-in bet from Nicolas Cardyn on a 
board. Weis made the call for more than half his stack and received the bad news when Cardyn showed him 
for the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
20,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
How to Play Poker Effectively
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
While Hungover.
Break; Tollerene is in
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are on their second 20-minute break of the day. The field is already up to 358 hopefuls, with Ben Tollerene among them. Late last night, Tollerene chopped the second €25,500 Single-Day High Roller with Pavel Plesuv and walked away €406,300 richer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |