2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Cheong Induces the Bluff

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Lee Hon Cheong checked from the small blind in a bloated pot with a straight on the board: {9-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. His opponent in early position slid in 40,000. Cheong asked if the player was all in. Informed he wasn't, Cheong called off his stack of 26,250.

Cheong: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

Cheong had the higher straight and doubled through.

Player Chips Progress
Lee Hon Cheong hk
Lee Hon Cheong
80,000

Tags: Lee Hon Cheong

Selbst To The Rail

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

Near the end of the previous level, Vanessa Selbst has been eliminated from the 1,000+ field here in Barcelona. The Team PokerStars Pro got it in on the turn with {A-Spades}{10-Spades} and two spades on the board. However, her opponent Luca Falco had a full house and Selbst was left empty-handed.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
Busted

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Metaal Makes a Thin Call

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a completed board of {10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, Govert Metaal checked in middle position and Ashkan Fattahi bet 10,500, most of his remaining chips. Metaal thought briefly and called. Fattahi tossed {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} into the middle for an airball, and Metaal showed {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
55,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Govert Metaal

Quenneville Bluffs it Off

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

We found Troy Quenneville pushing all in for his last 7,500 into a pot of about 11,000. The Canadian was in middle position and had been checked to by big blind Andrei Konopelko on a {k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades} board. Konopelko stood up and slapped in a call. Quenneville flicked {8-Spades}{7-Spades} into the middle for a worthless eight-high, and Konopelko showed {k-Spades}{6-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Troy Quenneville ca
Troy Quenneville
Busted

Tags: Andrei KonopelkoTroy Quenneville

One For Felipe

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Felipe Ramos
Felipe Ramos

On a {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} flop, the big blind checked to Felipe Ramos, who bet 2,100. The big blind called and checked the {J-Diamonds} turn, which Ramos checked behind.

The big blind bet 4,700 on the {K-Clubs} river and Ramos called after mere seconds with {K-Spades}{10-Spades}. The big blind mucked and the Team PokerStars Pro added some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
25,000

Tags: Felipe Ramos

Van den Bijgaart Gets Some Back

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Joep Van Den Bijgaart (middle) and Lukas Splettstosser (right)
Joep Van Den Bijgaart (middle) and Lukas Splettstosser (right)

EPT Finalist Joep van den Bijgaart and Lukas Splettstosser were tangling earlier, with Splettstosser getting the best of it. This time, it was Van den Bijgaart who got some chips back from his left-hand neighbor.

Van den Bijgaart raised to 1,200 from the cutoff, Splettstosser three-bet to 2,500 on the button, and Van den Bijgaart called. Both players checked the {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop. Van den Bijgaart check-called 1,700 on the {2-Hearts} turn, then led out 3,200 on the {10-Hearts} river.

Splettstosser made the call with {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs} but the Dutchman showed the winner with {A-Diamonds}{9-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
62,000
42,000
42,000
Lukas Splettstosser de
Lukas Splettstosser
25,000
-15,500
-15,500

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartLukas Splettstosser

Reichard Ships on Malec

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Josh Reichard opened second to act for 1,200. Sebastian Malec made it 4,000 to go after getting a count of Reichard's big chips — he had three. The American responded with an all-in shove after about 30 seconds. Malec got a count of 21,975 and folded after a minute or so.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Malec pl
Sebastian Malec
40,800
-21,200
-21,200
Defending Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Josh Reichard us
Josh Reichard
27,000
-2,500
-2,500

Tags: Josh ReichardSebastian Malec