2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 2
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

"Better to be Lucky Than Good"

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

On the turn of a board {K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{J-Spades}, Paraskevas Tsokaridis bet 21,800 and his sole opponent moved all in for 78,400. Tsokaridis called and was shown {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for a set, while Tsokaridis had a straight and flush draw with {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

The {3-Diamonds} fell on the river to improve the Greek and he said "it is better to be lucky than good" while raking in the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Paraskevas Tsokaridis gr
Paraskevas Tsokaridis
295,000 175,000

Tags: Paraskevas Tsokaridis

El Yousfi Continues to Build

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Said El Yousfi was moved tables and now faces the likes of Jan-Eric Schwippert, Gerald Karlic and Dan Colman. El Yousfi was involved in a three-way pot to the {K-Spades}{J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and was the only player to call a bet worth 9,000 by the small blind. On the {9-Clubs} river, the small blind checked and El Yousfi claimed the pot with a bet of 21,500.

Player Chips Progress
Said El Yousfi fr
Said El Yousfi
205,000 15,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
130,000 29,900
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
105,000 -23,800
Dan Colman us
Dan Colman
80,000 21,000

Tags: Alex DiFeliceDaniel ColmanGerald KarlicJan-Eric SchwippertSaid El Yousfi

Munoz Takes from Saleh

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Ramon Miquel Munoz raised from under the gun and picked up two callers including Sadri Saleh. On the {9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop both players checked and Munoz check-called a bet of 5,300 on the {K-Spades} turn.

Munoz led for 14,700 on the {6-Spades} river and Saleh as only remaining opponent gave it some thought before calling. Munoz showed {A-Spades}{9-Spades} and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ramon Miquel Munoz es
Ramon Miquel Munoz
195,000 25,000
Sadri Saleh sn
Sadri Saleh
115,000 70,000

Tags: Ramon Miquel MunozSadri Saleh

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

2015 EPT Barcelona Winner John Juanda Eliminated

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
John Juanda - EPT12 Barcelona Main Event Champion
John Juanda - EPT12 Barcelona Main Event Champion

Nikolaos Triantafyllou raised to 3,500 from middle position and John Juanda defended his big blind. On the {K-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop, Juanda check-called a 4,200 bet from Triantafyllou. The turn was the {J-Spades} and Juanda check-called 12,000, leaving himself with around 25,000.

On the {3-Spades} river, Juanda checked a third time. Triantafyllou emptied the clip and moved all in, and Juanda splashed in his stack after thirty seconds.

Nikolaos Triantafyllou: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
John Juanda: {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

Triantafyllou held the nuts and the 2015 EPT Barcelona Main Event winner was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolaos Triantafyllou gr
Nikolaos Triantafyllou
142,000 82,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: John JuandaNikolaos Triantafyllou

Lejal Busts Troyanovskiy and Politano

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Bruno Politano
Bruno Politano

Vladimir Troyanovskiy shoved for approximately 22,000 and [Removed:43] called from one seat over.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy: {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
[Removed:43]: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The board came {J-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} and Troyanovskiy was sent to the rail.

A few minutes later, Lejal called a raise and Bruno Politano three-bet to 12,000. The initial raiser folded and Lejal called. After the {K-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Spades} flop, Lejal checked and Politano bet 20,000 with around as much behind before calling the shove of Lejal.

Bruno Politano: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
[Removed:43]: {2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}

The {7-Diamonds} turn and {A-Hearts} river were of no help for Politano and he also joined the rail.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:43] fr
[Removed:43]
270,000 138,300
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted
Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
Busted

Tags: Bruno PolitanoVladimir Troyanovskiy