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

Vogelsang's Radar is Tuned Right

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The following hand occurred before the break and dragged about four minutes into the respite.

With {4-Spades}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades} on the board, Shiguang Zeng bet 35,000 into a pot that looked to contain around 100,000. He was in the small blind and induced a fold from the big blind, but Christoph Vogelsang was slower. A lot slower, as in he would use two time extensions as he reasoned out what to do.

"What can you have?" he wondered as players filtered out of the room, leaving just a few curious spectators. "King-ten? Nine-ten?"

Eventually, Vogelsang decided to call, and Zeng could only muster {a-Spades}{3-Clubs} for the nut blocker and ace-high. Vogelsang showed {j-}{9-} with one spade and took it down.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
216,000
128,800
128,800
Shiguang Zeng cn
Shiguang Zeng
90,600
-20,600
-20,600

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang

Durnegger Pacing the Field

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
622,000
192,000
192,000
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
400,000
160,000
160,000
Linus Loeliger ch
Linus Loeliger
350,000
75,800
75,800
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
320,000
253,000
253,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
222,000
60,400
60,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Papazian ro
Alex Papazian
151,000
19,000
19,000
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
138,000
-36,000
-36,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
117,500
6,000
6,000
PokerStars
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
100,000
-48,600
-48,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
50,500
37,200
37,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
35,500
-99,700
-99,700
WSOP 1X Winner

Kitty Kuo Is "Going Crazy"

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Kitty Kuo
Kitty Kuo

Twitter-star Kitty Kuo, who finished 6th in last year's €10,300 kick off tournament for €101,500, was involved in three-way action with around 60,000 in the pot.

With the board reading {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}, Anton Wigg checked, Kuo bet 27,000, the player on the button called, and Wigg called as well.

The river was the {9-Hearts} and Wigg checked. Kuo bet 65,000, to which the button snap-folded. Wigg used one of his time bank chips before folding as well.

Kuo showed {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for the bluff, which received an appreciative chuckle from Wigg.

Steffen Sontheimer took a stroll earlier and just got back at the table when the cards were shown.

"I walk off the table and you go crazy!" said Sontheimer. Kuo laughed and stacked up the sizable pot to put her above 400k.

Player Chips Progress
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
430,000
235,000
235,000
Natural8

Tags: Kitty KuoAnton Wigg

Recent Eliminations

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Viktor Blom is among the latest batch of players that have run out of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Marcelo Bonanata ar
Marcelo Bonanata
Busted
Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Julien Alberola fr
Julien Alberola
Busted
Simon Burns gb
Simon Burns
Busted
Adolfo Vaeza uy
Adolfo Vaeza
Busted
Kevin Stani no
Kevin Stani
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Bahram Chobineh ir
Bahram Chobineh
Busted
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
Busted
Leo Nordin se
Leo Nordin
Busted
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
Busted
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
Busted
Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
Busted
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Busted
Nabil Cardoso es
Nabil Cardoso
Busted
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
Busted
Artan Dedusha gb
Artan Dedusha
Busted
Ghattas Kortas se
Ghattas Kortas
Busted
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
Busted
Diego Bittar br
Diego Bittar
Busted
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
Busted
Dmytro Shuvanov ua
Dmytro Shuvanov
Busted
Jeffrey Hakim lb
Jeffrey Hakim
Busted
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Samu Riihela fi
Samu Riihela
501,000
287,000
287,000
Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
453,500
13,500
13,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
453,000
73,000
73,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
413,000
143,000
143,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
244,000
228,500
228,500
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
232,000
-3,000
-3,000
WPT 1X Winner
David Lopez Llacer es
David Lopez Llacer
228,000
-93,000
-93,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
200,000
75,500
75,500
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
187,500
187,500
187,500
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
114,000
-90,500
-90,500
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
83,000
-1,300
-1,300
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
40,500
-252,400
-252,400

Liberto Pays Nuutinen

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Justin Liberto defended big blind from a Jorma Nuutinen hijack open and check-called 8,500 on a {5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop. Both players checked when the {7-Hearts} put a four-straight on board, and the river made the board even juicier as it paired with the {4-Hearts}. Liberto checked and called 23,500 but mucked upon seeing {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for a boat.

Player Chips Progress
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
117,000
-74,800
-74,800
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
68,000
-32,000
-32,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Justin LibertoJorma Nuutinen

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Alvarado Takes Down Daurov

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In a three-bet pot between JC Alvarado in the cutoff and Aslan Daurov in the small, action was on the latter on a {3-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} flop. Daurov bet 19,000 and Alvarado called. On the {6-Clubs} turn, Daurov bet 49,000 and Alvarado called again.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and Daurov checked. Alvarado slid 125,000 forward, a substantial part of his stack and enough to cover Daurov's stack of 105,000. The Russian used up one of his time bank chips before making the call.

JC Alvarado: {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Aslan Daurov: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}

Alvarado's rivered flush had cracked Daurov's aces and the Russian smashed his cards across the felt before making his exit.

Player Chips Progress
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
450,000
206,000
206,000
Aslan Daurov ru
Aslan Daurov
Busted

Tags: JC AlvaradoAslan Daurov