Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,157,700
Entries
1,682
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Break
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The Main Event players are on a 20-minute break.
Updated Chip Counts
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,500 | |
|
43,000 | |
|
42,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
33,900 | -1,100 |
|
32,900 | |
|
24,300 | -8,700 |
|
18,300 | 2,300 |
Updated Counts; Smith Enters
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event winner Elliot Smith is among the latest batch to take their seat here in Barcelona. Smith topped the third PokerStars Championship of this year and won HK$2,877,500 (appr. $370,245) by besting a field of 536 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 48,000 |
|
40,000 | -2,300 |
|
40,000 | -2,000 |
|
37,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
33,500 | 3,500 |
|
33,500 | 33,500 |
|
|
33,000 | 33,000 |
|
32,000 | -4,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
|
26,000 | -5,000 |
|
26,000 | -7,000 |
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
18,500 | 18,500 |
|
|
16,000 | -14,000 |
Flush for Reichenstein
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Uri Reichenstein played what looked to be a three-bet pot from under the gun against an opponent in middle position. Both checked the flop and the board read 
. Reichenstein check-called 1,250 and both checked the 
.
Last year's EPT Barcelona runner-up showed down 
for a flush and that was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,200 | 7,200 |
High Rollers Sitting
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Super high roller regs Steve O'Dwyer and Ben Tollerene are among recent entries into the Main Event field. Expect plenty of their peers to join them throughout the day. Since there's a $25K Single-Day High Roller tomorrow, most of the players looking to play big will be taking the opportunity to play Day 1a rather than Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Some Early Shots
Courtesy of Neil Stoddart, PokerStars.
Papazian Slips
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Romania's all-time money leader Alexandru Papazian returns from a hot summer in Las Vegas, where he won his country's first-ever bracelet. Papazian won $888,888, the second largest score of the Romanian's career. His biggest achievement came from 2016 when he topped the EPT12 Monte-Carlo €25,750 High Roller for €1,197,000.
Papazian is off to a rocky start today and already has parted with half his stack. On a 
board, Papazian bet 1,250 and Fabian Mayorga Medina called. The river was the 
and Papazian bet 3,000, which Mayorga snap-called.
Papazian showed 
for a pair of kings but Mayorga tabled 
for two pair to drag the pot.
Not much later, Papazian lost a bit more as he called a check-raise from 500 to 1,600 on 
. He and his opponent checked the 
on the turn and Papazian folded to his opponent's 3,100 bet on the 
river. Papazian continued with 13,625, his opponent flashed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,625 | 13,625 |
Sick Runout Sees Kirsch Eliminate One
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
A player on the button had an all-in shove of 11,000 in front of him when we got to his table, having been faced with a raise to 1,600 from Jeff Kirsch in the small blind. Kirsch thought it over and then tossed in a call, and the all-in shipper immediately stood up and tabled 
, expecting to be heading for the exits.
However, he was ahead as Kirsch held 
. The dealer spread a 
flop.
"Good flop for you," said Mark Teltscher, clearly expecting things were wrapped up.
That would be a natural assumption with Kirsch drawing to runners, but he found a sweat on the turn. The river gave Kirsch kings full to eliminate his unfortunate opponent, who had resumed sitting in expectation of receiving a double and had to get right back up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 |
Former Champion John Juanda Sits Down
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
EPT12 Barcelona Main Event winner John Juanda has taken his seat in the Main Event. In 2015, Juanda topped a field of 1,694 entries in the Casino Barcelona to become an EPT-champion. The poker icon from Indonesia, ninth on the all-time money list with over $20 million (!) in lifetime winnings, won €1,022,593 after defeating Steve Warburton heads-up.
In one of his first pots of the day, Juanda bet 300 on a 
flop and his opponent check-called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. On the river, Juanda bet 650 and his opponent quickly check-called. The Indonesian showed and won the hand when his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |