Main Event Day 1a | 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

08-21-2017 17:12 UTC+2

Simao Soulreads Klann

mnuwwarah

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Joao Simao opened for 800 in the cutoff and got three-bet to 2,000 by Paul Klann, who was in the big blind with a huge stack. Simao came back with 3,800 and the two took in a flop for that price. Simao bet 4,200 and received a call. Both checked the , and Klann bet out 7,250 on the .

Simao immediately grabbed chips and eyeballed his foe, then splashed in a call. Klann rolled over for an airball, and Simao showed for just ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Klann	60,000
Joao Simao	48,500	18,500

Tags: Joao Simao Paul Klann

08-21-2017 17:02 UTC+2

Gaelle Baumann Eliminated

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Gaelle Baumann has made an early exit from the PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event. According to the French reporter that was on hand, Hans Sybrandi raised to 700 and Nick Petrangelo called. From the big blind, Gaelle Baumann three-bet to 2,600, Sybrandi called, and Petrangelo called as well.

The flop was and Baumann continued with 3,300. Sybrandi made the call, while Petrangelo opted to fold. The turn brought the and Baumann shoved 14,000, which got snap-called by Sybrandi.

Gaelle Baumann:
Hans Sybrandi:

The river wasn't the ace or six Baumann needed to fill up and she was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Sybrandi	80,000	80,000
Gaelle Baumann	Busted

Tags: Gaelle Baumann Hans Sybrandi

08-21-2017 16:50 UTC+2

Almost 20,000 Goes in Pre

mnuwwarah

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

A player in middle position opened for 700, and Stefan Schillhabel made it 2,500 to go on the button. Big blind Paul Ephremsen reraised to 6,000, and the opener cold-called both raises. Schillhabel asked to see Ephremsen's stack and then made it three to a flop. Ephremsen shoved all in for about 18,000 or so and got two snap-folds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Schillhabel	29,000	-3,000

Tags: Paul Ephremsen Stefan Schillhabel

08-21-2017 16:46 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Schwippert	55,000
Moritz Dietrich	47,000
Joao Simao	30,000
Jonathan Karamalikis	28,300

08-21-2017 16:33 UTC+2

Early Exit For Corouge

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Roman Emelyanov raised to 700 from under the gun and Nick Petrangelo called in late position. After the small blind called as well, Francois Corouge committed his last 2,950 from the big blind. Emelyanov called and the others folded.

Francois Corouge:
Roman Emelyanov:

Corouge tapped the table and bowed out after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Petrangelo	65,000
Roman Emelyanov	37,000
Francois Corouge	Busted

Tags: Francois Corouge Roman Emelyanov

08-21-2017 16:29 UTC+2

Van Zadelhoff Back At Starting Stack

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Steven van Zadelhoff raised to 700 from under the gun and got calls from Igor Yaroshevskyy, Sachin Joshi, and Michael Kane. On the flop, Van Zadelhoff bet 1,500, which got called by Yaroshevskyy and Joshi. All players checked the on the turn.

The river brought the and Van Zadelhoff bet 2,200. Yaroshevskyy snap-folded, Joshi quickly called. Van Zadelhoff showed for aces up and won the hand to get back up to 30,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Joshi	65,000	65,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	30,000	5,700
Igor Yaroshevskyy	28,000	28,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Michael Kane Sachin Joshi Steven van Zadelhoff

08-21-2017 16:24 UTC+2

De Silva Pushing into Early Lead

mnuwwarah

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	85,000	45,000
Luc Greenwood	60,000
Yigit Aktulga	48,000	8,000
Ben Heath	39,000
Sylvain Loosli	36,000	6,000
Shawn Buchanan	31,500	1,500
Javier Zarco	27,400
Manig Loeser	20,500
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	15,000
JC Alvarado	14,500

08-21-2017 16:11 UTC+2

Loeliger Takes On Morgenstern

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, who sat down with PokerNews yesterday, was tangling with Germany's Anton Morgenstern.

After preflop action, the flop came down and Loeliger checked to Morgenstern. The German bet 3,200, Loeliger check-raised to 7,500, and Morgenstern called. On the turn, Loeliger shoved around 16,000 and Morgenstern snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linus Loeliger	35,000	5,000
Anton Morgenstern	24,000	24,000

Tags: Anton Morgenstern Linus Loeliger

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

08-21-2017 16:03 UTC+2

Updated Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody is in the field on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tatiana Barausova	74,000	74,000
David Laka Calzada	72,000	72,000
Nick Petrangelo	65,000	25,000
Daan Mulders	35,000	35,000
Quan Zhou	35,000	9,000
Kenny Hallaert	35,000	-5,000
Stephen Chidwick	32,000	-1,900
Thor Hansen	29,000	29,000
Uri Reichenstein	27,000	-6,400
Jimmy Guerrero	26,000	-16,000
Jake Cody	25,000	25,000