2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

€25,500 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€690,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€2,744,000
Entries
112
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Up to Almost 100 Entries

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

According to the screens there are 93 entries and that number is rising consistently. Gerard Pique busted on his first entry and re-entered, as did Dominik Nitsche. New entries include Oleksii Khoroshenin, Ben Tollerene and Pete Chen.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
100,000 100,000
Gerard Pique es
Gerard Pique
100,000 64,000
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
100,000
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
100,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
EPT 1X Winner
100,000

Tags: Ben TollereneDominik NitscheGerard PiqueOleksii KhorosheninPete Chen

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Schwartson Eliminated

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mortan Holm Schwartson open shoved for 30,500 from the cutoff. Small blind Dan Colman called but gave up as big blind Kenneth Smaron reshoved for 136,500.

Mortan Holm Schwartson: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Kenneth Smaron: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Schwartson hit the rail. "Rebuy," he said with a smile, "one more try."

Player Chips Progress
Kenneth Smaron us
Kenneth Smaron
201,500 101,500
Mortan Holm Schwartson fo
Mortan Holm Schwartson
Busted

Tags: Daniel ColmanKenneth Smaron

Luc and Sam Greenwood Eliminated

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Luc Greenwood lost the remainder of his short stack to Koray Aldemir while his brother busted in a battle of the blinds against Sergi Reixach.

Reixach wanted to raise by far more but grabbed the wrong chips, min-raising to 6,000 from the small blind. He then burst out laughing when he noticed the mistake and Greenwood replied "whatever it is, I call," with very few chips behind in the big blind.

On the {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop, Reixach checked and instantly called all in to see Greenwood turn over {Q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Reixach had {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and the {2-Clubs} turn and {A-Diamonds} river were both blanks.

Player Chips Progress
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
290,000 185,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
278,000 48,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
Busted

Tags: Koray AldemirLuc GreenwoodSam GreenwoodSergi Reixach

Gonzalez Takes from Troyanovskiy

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

There weren't many chips in the pot in a hand between Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the cutoff and Fabrizio Gonzalez on the button, as both players invested 11,000 each on the {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop. The {8-Hearts} turn was checked and Troyanovskiy also checked the {8-Spades} river.

Gonzalez bet 75,000 and the shot clock ran down to just two seconds before Troyanovskiy tossed in a single chip for the call. Gonzalez turned over {K-Spades}{9-Spades} for a full house and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
400,000 236,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
100,000 -110,000

Tags: Fabrizio GonzalezVladimir Troyanovskiy

Derwiche Doubles With the Best Hand

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

As we arrived, the board read {10-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} and Sam Greenwood (big blind) had a bet of 12,000 in front of him. Imad Derwiche (hijack) had shoved for 59,500. Greenwood tanked, used a time bank, and called with only a couple of seconds left of his second 30 seconds.

Sam Greenwood: {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Imad Derwiche: {Q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The {8-Hearts} on the turn was one of the cards Greenwood was looking for, but it wasn't enough as the {2-Clubs} on the river improved both to a flush with the better one belonging to Derwiche.

Player Chips Progress
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
139,000 139,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
13,500 -106,500

Tags: Sam GreenwoodImad Derwiche

Haxton Shoves Into Pique

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A big pot had already emerged between Gerard Pique in the small blind and Isaac Haxton from under the gun. The board showed {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Pique bet 21,000 before Haxton asked for his stack behind and called.

Pique then checked the {J-Diamonds} on the river and Haxton bet 70,000. That more than covered Pique's remaining stack and the Spanish football star sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
275,000 80,000
Gerard Pique es
Gerard Pique
36,000 -64,000

Tags: Gerard PiqueIsaac Haxton

Loeser Triples With King-High

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Action folded to Manig Loeser on the button and he shoved for 20,500. Small blind Luuk Gieles called, big blind Sergey Lebedev followed with a call as well.

With Loeser all in, Gieles and Lebedev checked down the board of {6-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Loeser showed {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and that won him the pot as Gieles tabled {10-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and Lebedev revealed {K-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
156,000 11,000
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
75,000 -44,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
65,500 45,000

Tags: Luuk GielesManig LoeserSergey Lebedev

Nitsche Eliminated

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Wei Lin was first to act and opened for 9,000. Action folded to big blind Dominik Nitsche and he shoved all in for an undisclosed amount in the neighborhood of 50,000. Lin was there with a call immediately.

Wei Lin: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Dominik Nitsche: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Nitsche made his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Lin cn
Wei Lin
130,000 30,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Dominik NitscheWei Lin