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

Zhou Shoves Into Kenney

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

From under the gun, Quan Zhou raised to 100,000 and the action reached Bryn Kenney on the button, who three-bet to 265,000. "How much do you have behind?" Zhou asked and Kenney replied that he started the hand with 1.6 million. Zhou moved all in and Kenney folded immediately.

Player Chips Progress
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
1,650,000 300,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
1,350,000 -250,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyQuan Zhou

Sergi Reixach Eliminated in 9th Place (€68,600)

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Sergi Reixach
Sergi Reixach

Isaac Haxton, with a total stack of 920,000 opened for 110,000 from middle position. Everyone folded to Sergi Reixach in the big blind and he pushed all in for about 180,000. Haxton called.

Sergi Reixach: {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Isaac Haxton: {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}

The board came {6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Spades} and Reixach hit the rail in 9th place. 8 players remain, all guaranteed €91,940.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
1,160,000 240,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
Busted

Tags: Isaac HaxtonSergi Reixach

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom2,800,00056
2Jan Eric SchwippertGermany690,00014
3Bryn KenneyUnited States1,600,00032
4Igor YaroshevskyyUkraine2,350,00047
5Sergi ReixachSpain190,0004
6Adrian MateosSpain850,00017
7Quan ZhouChina1,350,00027
8Isaac HaxtonUnited States920,00018
9Vladimir TroyanovskiyRussia525,00010
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
2,800,000 -15,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
2,350,000 -250,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
1,600,000 50,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
1,350,000 -130,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
920,000 -180,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
850,000 -561,000
Jan Eric Schwippert de
Jan Eric Schwippert
690,000 -210,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
525,000 125,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
190,000 105,000

Ryan McEathron Eliminated in 10th Place (€56,250)

Level 18 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Ryan McEathron
Ryan McEathron

Action folded to Bryn Kenney in the small blind and he pushed all in. Big blind Ryan McEathron thought about it for a bit and called for around 525,000.

Ryan McEathron: {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Bryn Kenney: {5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}

The board came {3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{7-Clubs} and with the seven on the river, McEathron hit the rail.

Sergi Reixach, on the other table with just 3 big blinds or so, caught a pay jump as the remaining 9 players are now guaranteed €68,600 while McEathron took home €56,250.

Player Chips Progress
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
1,550,000 350,000
Ryan McEathron ca
Ryan McEathron
Busted

Tags: Bryn KenneyRyan McEathron

Level: 18

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Reixach Living on the Edge

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Igor Yaroshevskyy limped the small blind and Sergi Reixach raised to 140,000. Yaroshevskyy quickly moved all in and Reixach leaned over to the other table before calling with a very similar stack size.

Igor Yaroshevskyy: {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Sergi Reixach: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

The board came {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and Yaroshevskyy got there on the river to double for 1,250,000.

Reixach was forced all in the next hand from the small blind for 20,000 and Quan Zhou's raise to 80,000 got everyone else out of the way.

Sergi Reixach: {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Quan Zhou: {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Reixach stayed in.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
2,600,000 1,600,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
1,480,000 130,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
85,000 -1,215,000

Tags: Igor YaroshevskyyQuan ZhouSergi Reixach

Erik Seidel Eliminated in 11th Place (€56,250)

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Bryn Kenney opened under the gun for 85,000. Erik Seidel, seated in the cutoff, shoved all in for 385,000. Stephen Chidwick in the small blind asked for a count and reshoved. The big blind and Kenney both folded.

Erik Seidel: {A-Spades}{7-Spades}
Stephen Chidwick: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The board came {6-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{5-Hearts} doing not much of anything for Seidel and he made his exit in 11th place. With just 10 players remaining, only 1 more players needs to bust before the final redraw of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
2,815,000 565,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Bryn KenneyErik SeidelStephen Chidwick

Zhou and Chidwick Chip Up

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Quan Zhou raised to 90,000 and Sergi Reixach defended his big blind. On the {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop, Reixach checked and called a bet of 90,000 before the {A-Clubs} fell on the turn. Reixach checked and called another bet worth 175,000 before the {8-Clubs} river was checked through. Reixach showed {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Zhou claimed the pot with {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades} while his opponent tapped the table.

Over on the other table, Stephen Chidwick opened to 80,000 and Bryn Kenney called in the cutoff. On a flop of {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, Chidwick continued for 150,000 and was called before the {9-Clubs} turn slowed the Brit down and he checked. Kenney took a stab at the pot by betting 185,000 and Chidwick called.

The {3-Clubs} on the river was checked again and Chidwick rolled over {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a flush to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
2,250,000 400,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
1,350,000 170,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
1,300,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
1,200,000 -450,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyQuan ZhouSergi ReixachStephen Chidwick

Seidel Gives Up

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

As we arrived, Erik Seidel (big blind) and Stephen Chidwick (under the gun plus one/hijack) checked a flop of {4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Spades}. The {5-Diamonds} hit the turn and Seidel checked. Chidwick bet 70,000 and Seidel check-raised to 300,000. Chidwick used a time bank card before he called.

The river {J-Spades} saw Seidel check with about 420,000 behind. Chidwick moved all in and Seidel gave up.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
1,850,000 350,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
420,000 -380,000

Tags: Erik SeidelStephen Chidwick

Manig Loeser Eliminated in 12th Place (€49,400)

Level 17 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Manig Loeser
Manig Loeser

Manig Loeser announced a raise to 400,000 for the vast majority of his stack and Sergi Reixach moved all in from the button. Loeser called it off and was the player at risk.

Manig Loeser: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Sergi Reixach: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

The board came {K-Hearts}{10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Loeser said "Nice hand. You got more?" to which Reixach nodded. Loeser was eliminated in 12th place and Reixach went from last in chips to an above-abverage stack since the last break.

Player Chips Progress
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
1,300,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Manig LoeserSergi Reixach