2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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

"€500 is a Fair Price"

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jasper Meijer van Putten / Jake Cody
Jasper Meijer van Putten / Jake Cody

Noticing PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody is down to just one time extension — and perhaps trying to lighten things up on the bubble — Jasper Meijer van Putten has begun bantering with Cody to try to negotiate a selling price for one of his own extensions since he has three.

"Five hundred?" the Dutchman asked. "Five hundred is a fair price. I think it's a bargain. When you make the final table..."

Tags: Jake CodyJasper Meijer van Putten

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Dinner Break Counts (full)

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
WSOP 2X Winner
1,492,000 642,000
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
Day 2 Chip Leader
1,400,000
Joaquin Walter uy
Joaquin Walter
970,000 45,000
Sergio Cabrera es
Sergio Cabrera
910,000 78,000
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
825,000 93,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
712,000 237,000
Frank Williams us
Frank Williams
650,000 90,000
Marc-Olivier Perrault ca
Marc-Olivier Perrault
650,000 -30,000
Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
WSOP 2X Winner
625,000 105,000
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
604,000 -66,500
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
WSOP 1X Winner
600,000 95,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
542,000 -28,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
540,000 90,000
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
530,000 140,000
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard ca
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard
520,000 -38,000
Luis Rodriguez Cruz es
Luis Rodriguez Cruz
WPT 1X Winner
518,000 127,000
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
490,000 -90,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
488,000 53,000
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
484,000 204,000
Francois Evard ch
Francois Evard
450,000 169,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
448,000 -362,000
Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
440,000 43,000
Rafael Moraes br
Rafael Moraes
435,000 25,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
435,000 -14,500
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
420,000 -54,000

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Kaiser Eliminates Mizrachi

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ronny Kaiser opened under the gun and then tanked a bit before calling the shove of Robert Mizrachi, who had 209,000 on the button. They flipped over {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} and {a-}{k-} respectively before the dealer quickly turned them back over. The players milled about waiting for hands on other tables to complete. Kaiser appeared confident he would find a queen, given how hot he's been running.

When it was finally time, Kaiser was proven right as a queen hit the flop. A jack turn gave Mizrachi some extra outs but he couldn't improve on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
Day 2 Chip Leader
1,400,000 100,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Robert MizrachiRonny Kaiser

Jorma Nuutinen Eliminated

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

During the double hand-over-hand phase, Jorma Nuutinen was the first to bust out. Nuutinen was all in for his last 25,000 and got called in two places. On the {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades} flop, Ben Tollerene bet Raul Martinez out of the hand.

Jorma Nuutinen: {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Ben Tollerene: {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Nuutinen was drawing dead after a blank turn, bringing the field down to 82.

Before the hand-over-hand, Kitty Kuo, Darrell Goh, and Isaac Haxton also busted.

Player Chips Progress
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
Busted
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
Busted
Darrell Goh at
Darrell Goh
Busted
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Ben TollereneJorma Nuutinen

Updated Chip Counts

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Frank Williams us
Frank Williams
560,000 140,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
449,500 49,500
Rafael Moraes br
Rafael Moraes
410,000 17,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
372,500 102,500
Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
311,000 36,000
Emin Aghayev az
Emin Aghayev
299,500 124,500
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
282,000 2,000
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
270,000 -110,000
Alexander Roumeliotis se
Alexander Roumeliotis
264,000 51,000
Jasper Meijer van Putten nl
Jasper Meijer van Putten
260,000 15,000
Ionut-Flavius Voinea ro
Ionut-Flavius Voinea
257,000 112,100
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
236,000 101,000
Christian Jeppsson se
Christian Jeppsson
233,500 -326,500
Shiguang Zeng cn
Shiguang Zeng
226,500 10,000
Samu Riihela fi
Samu Riihela
219,000 -282,000
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
214,000 79,800
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
159,500 29,500
Tomi Brouk fi
Tomi Brouk
WSOP 1X Winner
150,000 -220,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
124,000 -61,000
Christopher Chaudey fr
Christopher Chaudey
122,500 -67,500

Updated Chip Counts

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sergio Cabrera es
Sergio Cabrera
832,000 232,000
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
732,000 92,000
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
670,500 -119,500
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
435,000 324,900
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
431,500 -170,500
Francois Evard ch
Francois Evard
281,000 87,900
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
260,000 15,000
Raul Martinez es
Raul Martinez
203,000 -78,500
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
199,000 -1,000
Sergey Tikhonov ru
Sergey Tikhonov
178,000 23,000
Omar Lakhdari dz
Omar Lakhdari
170,500 52,600
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
120,500 -35,500
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
92,500 -45,500
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
48,500 -5,800
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
23,000 -94,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Joaquin Walter uy
Joaquin Walter
925,000 265,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
570,000 -50,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
474,000 114,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
450,000 20,000
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
390,000 35,000
Terry Schumacher be
Terry Schumacher
375,500 334,500
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
WSOP 3X Winner
218,000 -76,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
180,500 -125,500
Jens Lakemeier at
Jens Lakemeier
WSOP 1X Winner
169,000 119,100
Rui Neves Ferreira pt
Rui Neves Ferreira
141,500 60,800
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
126,500 55,500
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
119,000 -31,000
Michal Ozimek pl
Michal Ozimek
105,500 11,200
Pascal Pflock de
Pascal Pflock
105,000 55,000
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 -60,600

Kaiser Delivers Brutal Beat; Soars Over Million

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Five places before the money, table chipleader Ronny Kaiser opened to 15,000 in middle position and Jakub Michalak called from the hijack.

Ryan Yu three-bet to 58,000 on the button and Kaiser paused. He used a time-bank chip, then shrugged and moved all in, covering both players. Michalak quickly folded but Yu called all in for 420,000 to create the largest pot of the tournament so far.

Ronny Kaiser: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Ryan Yu: {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

Yu was in excellent shape to catapult to the chip lead, while Kaiser needed an eight to win. The Swiss picked up more outs after the {6-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts} flop. The {K-Diamonds} on the turn was safe for Yu, keeping his jacks in the lead.

The {5-Spades} on the river, however, sunk Yu's hopes just shy of the money. Kaiser scooped up the gigantic pot and now has over a million in chips, Yu was left with nothing.

Player Chips Progress
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
Day 2 Chip Leader
1,300,000 660,000
Ryan Yu ca
Ryan Yu
Busted

Tags: Ronny KaiserRyan Yu