2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 4
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
Total Entries
1,682
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left 1 / 1,682
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Giuliano Bendinelli Eliminated

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

From middle position, Niek Minten opened for 35,000. His neighbor Alex Difelice called and the player next to him, Giuliano Bendinelli, shoved for 279,000. Action folded around to Minten who instantly folded as well. Difelice tanked for a bit and called.

Giuliano Bendinelli: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Alex Difelice: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}

When asked by Difelice, Minten admitted having folded an ace. Another player claimed to have folded an ace as well, but still, an ace appeared on the flop: {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}. Bendinelli couldn;t believe it, said "Wow!" a couple of times and fist bumped Difelice to congratulate him winning.

Tags: Giuliano BendinelliNiek MintenAlex DiFelice

Matas Cimbolas Eliminated

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Matas Cimbolas (small blind) got it in with {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} up against the {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs} of Igor Dubinskyy (button). Cimbolas repeatedly said that he was ahead, playing with the cameras that swarmed around. Cimbolas asked for a {5-} and a sweat for Dubinskyy.

Unfortunately for Cimbolas, no {5-} would come and Dubinskyy did hit. With the board reading {A-Spades}{8-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{10-Spades}, Cimbolas said his goodbyes with a smile.

Tags: Matas CimbolasIgor Dubinskyy

Grabher and Graells Eliminated

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Markus Grabher moved all in for 196,000 from the small blind and Nick Petrangelo called in the big blind. The camera crews rushed to the table to film the following showdown:

Markus Grabher: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Nick Petrangelo: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

After the board of {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} the kicker played and Grabher was eliminated.

Only one moment later over on table three, a short-stacked Ricardo Graells pushed from under the gun and Valentin Anghel called on the button.

Ricardo Graells: {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Valentin Anghel: {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}

The board came {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and Graells was also eliminated. "What can you do, I had no chips," the Swiss said in French on his way out.

Tags: Markus GrabherNick PetrangeloValentin Anghel

Senk Eliminates Bowker

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Kyle Bowker in the cutoff and he pushed for his last 188,000. The button, Jakub Senk, repushed for 294,000 total and both blinds got out of the way.

Kyle Bowker: {8-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Jakub Senk: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

Bowker flopped a flush draw on {5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades} but would not improve beyond that. The {K-Diamonds} on the turn paired Senk and the {2-Clubs} on the river did nothing.

Tags: Jakub SenkKyle Bowker

Akkari Wins a Big Flip to Bust Friberg

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Erik Friberg
Erik Friberg

Andre Akkari has been thriving early on and he just added even more chips to the growing stack after sending Erik Friberg to the rail in a big flip.

Akkari opened the action with a raise to 35,000 and Friberg moved all in from the big blind. Akkari asked for a count and the shove was for 404,000 in total, which the PokerStars Team Pro called.

Erik Friberg: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Andre Akkari: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The Swede was ahead on the {8-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} flop and the {2-Hearts} turn, but Akkari got there than ks to the {Q-Hearts} river to boost his stack further.

Tags: Andre AkkariErik Friberg

Duarte Four-Bet Folds; Andrade Two-Outers Nagygyorgy

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

After a raise by Donald Duarte Sierra, Igor Dubinskyy three-bet to 105,000 from one seat over. Duarte Sierra four-bet to 222,000 and Dubinskyy moved all in to force a reluctant fold.

Soon after, Hugo Gomes Andrade open-shoved for 556,000 and Tibor Nagygyorgy in the big blind tanked before calling with the superior stack.

Hugo Gomes Andrade: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Tibor Nagygyorgy: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The Portuguese sank his head down, but saw the board run out {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{A-Hearts} to get there on the turn for a big double.

Tags: Donald Duarte SierraHugo Gomes AndradeIgor DubinskyyTibor Nagygyorgy

Kaufman Down Lots

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Brian Kaufman Esposito opened under the gun for 35,000 and big blind Ramon Miquel Munoz defended. Munoz check-called a bet of 33,000 on {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}{8-Spades} before they both checked the {3-Diamonds} on the turn. Munoz bet 47,000 on th river {7-Clubs} and Kaufman called. Munoz showed {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Kaufman mucked.

While this pot wasn't huge, Kaufman still down almost 700,000 for the day.

Tags: Brian Kaufman EspositoRamon Miquel Munoz

A Whole Lot of Doubles

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Diogo Veiga doubled with {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} versus {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and then chopped twice to remain in contention.

Patrick Leonard opened to 35,000 and Alexis Fleur three-bet all in for 353,000 from the hijack. James Romero four-bet all in from the cutoff and Leonard folded.

Alexis Fleur: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
James Romero: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The board came {Q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}{Q-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Fleur doubled with a full house.

Daniel Smiljkovic opened from under the gun and called the shove of Florian-Dimitrie Duta for 206,000.

Florian-Dimitrie Duta: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Daniel Smiljkovic: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

The board came {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and the Romanian secured the double.

Last but not least, Alexandros Papadopoulos shoved the button and Niek Minten called all in from the small blind for 265,000 with {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. Papadopoulos only had {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and the board came {A-Clubs}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{K-Spades}{2-Spades}.

Tags: Alexandros PapadopoulosAlexis FleurDaniel SmiljkovicDiogo VeigaFlorian-Dimitrie DutaJames RomeroNiek MintenPatrick Leonard

Petrangelo Doubles Sorensson

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Nick Petrangelo on the button and he shoved by pushing a big stack of 25,000-chips to the middle. The small stack in the small blind folded but big blind Sebastian Sorensson was happy to call for 229,000 total.

Nick Petrangelo: {K-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Sebastian Sorensson: {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}

The board came {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Sorensson doubled.

Tags: Sebastian SorenssonNick Petrangelo

Vidana Eliminated

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Small blind David Algarra Vidana committed his last 110,000 with {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Hijack Heorhii Doroshev looked him up with {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. The board came {8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} Vidana exited.

Tags: David Algarra VidanaHeorhii Doroshev