Main Event
Day 1a Started
Main Event
Day 1a Started
The inaugural PokerStars Championship Barcelona continues today with its premier event: the €5,300 Main Event. At noon local time (in about 90 minutes), play kicks off in Casino Barcelona. PokerNews will be your one-stop shop for all the live updates, photos, and videos from the Catalonian capital.
The sunny festival in Spain is always a very popular stop with the players, and 2017 is no different. Attendance records have been shattered over the weekend, with a massive 4,557 entries in the €1,100 National Championship, the Estrellas Main Event successor.
Last year, Sebastian Malec bested a field of 1,785 players, taking home €1,122,800. John Juanda, Tim Middleton, Carter Philips and Sebastian Ruthenberg are just some of the other legends that triomphed here in Barcelona.
Day 1A will see eight 75-minute levels on the schedule, with players beginning with 30,000 in tournament chips and the blinds kicking off at 50/100. There will be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6, and play should wrap up around 11:55 p.m. tonight.
The cards will be in the air shortly, so be sure to keep it locked right here to PokerNews.com all day long.
PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event Champions
# | Month | Year | Players | Buy-in | Winner | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | September | 2004 | 229 | €1,000 | Alexander Stevic | Sweden | €80,000 |
2 | September | 2005 | 327 | €4,000 | Jan Boubli | France | €416,000 |
3 | September | 2006 | 480 | €5,000 | Bjørn-Erik Glenne | Norway | €691,000 |
4 | August | 2007 | 543 | €8,000 | Sander Lyloff | Denmark | €1,170,700 |
5 | September | 2008 | 619 | €8,000 | Sebastian Ruthenberg | Germany | €1,361,000 |
6 | September | 2009 | 478 | €8,000 | Carter Phillips | United States | €850,000 |
7 | November | 2010 | 757 | €5,000 | Kent Lundmark | Sweden | €825,000 |
8 | August | 2011 | 811 | €5,000 | Martin Schleich | Germany | €850,000 |
9 | August | 2012 | 1,082 | €5,000 | Mikalai Pobal | Belarus | €1,007,550 |
10 | September | 2013 | 1,234 | €5,000 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | €942,000 |
11 | August | 2014 | 1,496 | €5,000 | Andre Lettau | Germany | €794,058 |
12 | August | 2015 | 1,694 | €5,000 | John Juanda | Indonesia | €1,022,593 |
13 | August | 2016 | 1,785 | €5,000 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | €1,122,800 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
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 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Peter Turmezey | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Fatima Moreira de Melo | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Christoph Vogelsang | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Aku Joentausta | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Vitaly Lunkin
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Juha Helppi
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Mark Teltscher
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Scott Margereson
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Orpen Kisacikoglu
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Rifat Palevic
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Leo Margets
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Frank Williams | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Shawn Buchanan
|
30,000 | |
Pascal Hartman | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Paul Newey | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Dimitar Danchev
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
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 flop. Zizic bet big with 3,550, and Margereson stuck around. Both checked the to see a complete the board. Zizic bet 5,000 and Margereson folded right away.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Margereson
|
25,000 | -5,000 |
We came upon a board of , 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 fall. Proudfoot checked and didn't take too much time before calling 4,525 more.
Macnamara showed for the nut straight, leading the PokerStars qualifier to reveal he'd taken a rough beat with , getting his set cracked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tomas Macnamara | 44,000 |
Luca Giovannone and Ofer Glazer had already build a decent-sized pot on a board, when action was on the latter. Glazer bet 3,600 and Giovannone check-called the bet.
The river was the and the Italian flicked a single T-5,000 chip in. Glazer called and Giovannone showed for a flopped two pair. The Israeli nodded and mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Luca Giovannone | 40,000 | |
Ofer Glazer
|
20,000 |
From the button, Valerii Lubenets opened for 250 and big blind Fatima Moreira de Melo called. Both of them checked and the hit the turn. Moreira de Melo checked and called as her opponent bet 250. The river came the and Fatima checked again. Lubenets instantly checked behind.
Moreira de Melo showed a winner with as Lubenets open mucked .
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 | 34,000 | 4,000 |
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