2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

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

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
84
Prize
€406,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Entries
66
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Pique Scores With Aces Versus Kings

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

Gerard Pique raised to 10,000 on the button and Stefan Schillhabel defended his big blind. On the {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop, Schillhabel checked, Pique bet 15,000, Schillhabel check-raised all in, and Pique called it off for 33,000 more.

Stefan Schillhabel: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Gerard Pique: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}

All players at the table let out a healthy laugh upon seeing the showdown, and Pique locked it up after the {5-Clubs} on the turn for the double.

Player Chips Progress
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
295,000
75,000
75,000
WPT 1X Winner
Gerard Pique es
Gerard Pique
130,000
30,000
30,000
PokerStars

Tags: Gerard PiqueStefan Schillhabel

Sekularac Rivers Behbehani

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

In a button against blind situation, Salman Behbehani was all in and at risk against Ognjen Sekularac for around 80,000.

Salman Behbehani: {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Ognjen Sekularac: {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{A-Hearts} and Sekularac spiked an ace on the river to send Behbehani to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
270,000
110,000
110,000
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
Busted

Tags: Ognjen SekularacSalman Behbehani

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Seidel Out A Second Time

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Erik Seidel's didn't fare much better on his second bullet, as he ran out of chips again. The super high roller, who already amassed an astonishing $32 million dollars in lifetime winnings, was facing an all in shove from Plesuv on an {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} board.

Seidel had 63,000 behind and called after considering it briefly. Plesuv showed {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a queen-high flush and Seidel mucked {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
340,000
240,000
240,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Busted
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Erik SeidelPavel Plesuv

Zoufri Scores A Big Double

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Hakim Zoufri
Hakim Zoufri

With around 65,000 in the pot, Rocco Palumbo bet 20,000 on an {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop. Hakim Zoufri went all in for 165,000 and Polumbo called after some hesitation.

Rocco Palumbo: {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}
Hakim Zoufri: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}

Zoufri was freerolling with the flush draw and hit it directly on the {Q-Clubs} turn, rendering the {J-Diamonds} river moot.

Player Chips Progress
Hakim Zoufri nl
Hakim Zoufri
400,000
230,000
230,000
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
20,000
-125,000
-125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Hakim ZoufriRocco Palumbo

Bonanata Takes Nearly All Of Thorel

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The board was reading {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and the action wasn't really clear but it appeared Jean-Noel Thorel had bet 30,000. Marcelo Bonanata raised all in for 180,000 and Thorel called directly.

Marcelo Bonanata: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Jean-Noel Thorel: {J-Spades}{9-Spades}

Thorel was drawing dead with his pair of jacks against Bonanata's Broadway and was left with 8,000 after the {5-Spades} river.

Player Chips Progress
Marcelo Bonanata ar
Marcelo Bonanata
450,000
270,000
270,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
8,000
-332,000
-332,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelMarcelo Bonanata