On the button, Luigi Shehadeh raised to 350,000 and Cate Hall moved all in for 1,100,000 from the small blind. Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez in the big blind folded and Shehadeh called.
Cate Hall:
Luigi Shehadeh:
The board came and Hall was eliminated in 4th place for a payday of €35,000. Short stack Carlos Garcia Rodriguez laddered up another spot and already has €50,000 secured.
Carlos Garcia Rodriguez shoved from the button with the and Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez reluctantly folded the in the big blind before open-shoving the small blind the next hand to get his chips back.
Lopez Gonzalez moved up to around 2,800,000 and shoved the button right after, and Luigi Shehadeh snap-called in the big blind.
Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez:
Luigi Shehadeh:
The board came and Shehadeh paired up on the flop to eliminate Lopez Gonzalez in third place for €50,000. Both remaining players embraced and seem to continue shortly with Shehadeh holding a commanding lead.
There were just a few pots in heads up thus far and none of them provided any major action. Then, Carlos Garcia Rodriguez opened to 500,000 with the and Luigi Shehadeh shoved with . Garcia Rodriguez took some time and folded, dropping to 13 big blinds as a result.
With the stacks wildly in favour of Luigi Shehadeh by a ratio of almost 10:1, Shehadeh moved all-in with and Garcia called it off for his tournament life with .
The flop of gave Carlos Garcia Rodriguez genuine hope, but after the turn and river , he was left with nothing and Luigi Shehadeh had become the inaugural 888Live Barcelona Main Event champion.
Just a month ago, Shehadeh took down his biggest ever score of €100,000. Tonight, he's won €110,000 and the golden 888Live trophy to add to his collection. It's a superb result for Carlos Garcia Rodriguez too, who takes home €75,000.
A full write-up of today's thrilling final day action will follow.