2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€987,043
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,157,700
Entries
1,682
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Loeliger, Zhou and Hallaert Among Recently Seated

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, who was profiled yesterday here on PokerNews, and Quan Zhou, who also spoke with us, have taken their seats. Belgian crusher Kenny Hallaert, who has been absolutely on fire since making the 2016 November Nine, is also in the field.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
30,000 -5,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
30,000 -3,000
Linus Loeliger ch
Linus Loeliger
30,000

Tags: Quan ZhouKenny HallaertLinus Loeliger

Rough Start for Riess

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Ryan Riess bet 1,000 in a pot of 1,650 and was facing a raise from Erik Friberg in the cutoff, to 4,000. The community read {5-Spades}{9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, and Riess threw in what looked like a frustration call. Friberg rolled over {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} for the nut pair, and the 2013 WSOP Main Event champ winged his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Friberg se
Erik Friberg
48,500
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
16,800 -13,200

Tags: Ryan Riess

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PokerNews My Stack App

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Kicker Plays

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From the button, Valerii Lubenets opened for 250 and big blind Fatima Moreira de Melo called. Both of them checked {K-Clubs}{A-Spades}{J-Hearts} and the {3-Diamonds} hit the turn. Moreira de Melo checked and called as her opponent bet 250. The river came the {4-Clubs} and Fatima checked again. Lubenets instantly checked behind.

Moreira de Melo showed a winner with {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} as Lubenets open mucked {K-Diamonds}{8-Spades}.

Moments before, Moreira de Melo had received a walk in the big blind from her neighbor Matthew Moss. Moreira de Melo showed pocket aces and playfully punched Moss as she wasn't too happy not getting action on her big hand.

Player Chips Progress
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
34,000 4,000

Tags: Fatima Moreira De MeloValerii LubenetsMatthew Moss

Giovannone Takes From Glazer

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Luca Giovannone and Ofer Glazer had already build a decent-sized pot on a {10-Spades}{A-Spades}{4-Hearts}{J-Hearts} board, when action was on the latter. Glazer bet 3,600 and Giovannone check-called the bet.

The river was the {5-Clubs} and the Italian flicked a single T-5,000 chip in. Glazer called and Giovannone showed {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for a flopped two pair. The Israeli nodded and mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Giovannone it
Luca Giovannone
40,000
Ofer Glazer il
Ofer Glazer
20,000

Tags: Luca GiovannoneOfer Glazer

Macnamara Gets a Friendly Turn

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

We came upon a board of {2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{j-Spades}, with Jonathan Proudfoot in the cutoff and Tomas Macnamara on the button. Proudfoot checked and called a sizable bet of 2,050, and they saw a {4-Clubs} fall. Proudfoot checked and didn't take too much time before calling 4,525 more.

Macnamara showed {k-Spades}{10-Hearts} for the nut straight, leading the PokerStars qualifier to reveal he'd taken a rough beat with {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}, getting his set cracked.

Player Chips Progress
Tomas Macnamara gb
Tomas Macnamara
44,000

Tags: Tomas Macnamara

Margereson Plays a Four-Bet Pot

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

With play three-handed at the table in the corner of the room, Scott Margereson raised to 850 in the big blind after Tatjana Zizic made it 250 in the small blind. Zizic came back with 1,925, and Margereson peeled to see {5-Spades}{10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop. Zizic bet big with 3,550, and Margereson stuck around. Both checked the {q-Spades} to see a {2-Diamonds} complete the board. Zizic bet 5,000 and Margereson folded right away.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
WPT 1X Winner
25,000 -5,000

Tags: Scott Margereson

Some Familiar Names to Enter Early

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

A couple minutes after 12, the shuffle up and deal was announced. Here are some of the players that were right there from the start.

Player Chips Progress
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
30,000 30,000
Peter Turmezey hu
Peter Turmezey
30,000 30,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
30,000 30,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
30,000 30,000
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
30,000 30,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000 30,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
30,000 30,000
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
EPT 1X Winner
30,000 30,000
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
WPT 1X Winner
30,000 30,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0