Main Event
Dia 1a Iniciado
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
Main Event
Dias: 1a
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€584,640
Entradas
609
Nível
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the 888Live Barcelona Main Event!
We're here in the stunning Catalan capital of northern Spain, Barcelona, where players will take to the felt for the first flight of the €500,000 guaranteed Main Event. With huge fields and massive top prizes in previous 888Live events in London and Rozvadov, Barcelona is expected to once again fill the tables and give players from across the world all the fun of 888Live events with the chance of bagging a major title all for just €1,000+100 entry.
Each level lasts 45 minutes on Day 1, so we expect to see plenty of players taking no time at all in pushing for an early lead. With play due to begin at 6.00pm, here are the levels players will play across Day 1a, with an hour-long after Level 6.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Ante | Small Blind | Big Blind |
| 1 | 50 | 100 | |
| 2 | 75 | 150 | |
| 3 | 25 | 100 | 200 |
| 4 | 50 | 150 | 300 |
| 5 | 75 | 200 | 400 |
| 6 | 75 | 250 | 500 |
| 7 | 100 | 300 | 600 |
| 8 | 100 | 400 | 800 |
| 9 | 100 | 500 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 200 | 600 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 200 | 800 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 200 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
With unlimited re-entries until the first hand of Day 2, plenty of big names will be expected to fall out of the High Roller and into the Main Event, with 31/65 players still remaining. Catalin Pop, the defending champion from 88Live's Rozvadov Main Event, at King's Casino is still in with a chance of winning that event before taking to the felt in the Main Event.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Kellner Stalls His Start
Nível 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Kelly Kellner has made an effort to win the first pot of this €500,000 guarantee Main Event at the 888Liver Main Event here in Barcelona, but he's run into trouble. Opening to 375 in first position, Kellner got a call only from the gentleman in the next seat.
The flop of 
saw Kellner lead out for 775, getting a quick call. On the turn of 
he bet 1,775 and again got a call. But the biggest bet was saved for the river. That fell the and Kellner bet 5,000 chips. He was called, however and while Kellner was bluffing with 
, his opponent turned over 
for the winning hand.
"Nice hand, nice flop for you too." said Kellner, who will need to recover. He - like every other player - has the opportunity of unlimited re-entries on Day 1, however.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Somodi Has Blockers
Nível 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Pre-flop, a raise from Balazs Somodi on the button was called by Ange Besnainou early position.
The flop of 
saw Somodi checked to by his opponent, so he made it an extra 800 to see a turn. Besnainou called. The turn was the 
saw both men checked and they did the same on the 
river.
At showdown, Somodi held 
and Besnainou grinned ruefully as he showed 
.
"You needed one of my queens." said Somodi, pulling the pile of chips towards him. Not strictly true, but he had Besnainou roadblocked on his route to Broadway.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
31,300
31,300
|
31,300 |
|
28,700
28,700
|
28,700 |
Three Barrels Good Enough for Sanchez
Nível 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We joined the action at another Main Event table with Manuel Sanchez c-betting the flop of 
to the tune of 225. His heads-up opponent in the hand, Mette Puromaeki, called.
The turn of 
saw Puromaeki check-call anther bet, this time 675 chips. The river came the 
, however, and when Sanchez made it 1,500, Puromaeki let it go.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
30,900 | |
|
29,100 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Szaszko Bouncing Back
Nível 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Bence Szaszko drove the action in the latest pot at Table 4, with Level 2 under way in the Main Event. He opened to 300 in the cutoff and was called by Simen Gulbrandsen on the button and another player in the big blind.
On the flop of 
, Szaszko made it 650 to continue and was only called by the player in the big blind. The turn of 
saw both players check but on the 
river, Szaszko's bet of 825 got a fold. While Szaszko has stablised, he got off to a tough start and now has over half a starting stack.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000 |
Kellner Folds to Kurko
Nível 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Kimmo Kurko was in the process of firing out a bet of 2,500 into a pot of at least three times that on the river of a board showing 
.
Kurko's opponent n the hand was none other than Kelly Kelner, whose promise of 'Kellstermania' has so far led to him taking an active part in most pots and engaging the table in friendly chat in order to "bring the fun back to poker". It's in no way sarcastic to suggest it's working and his table are having a great time, with more talk and laughter coming from the eight that share his felt than anywhere else in the 888Live tournament room.
Kelner, who folded his 
after some thought, was shown Kurko's winning hand of 
.
"I'm not ashamed of my hand." he said, to more laughter. When we counted his chips, he told us that "I got it all back and more." That story checks out, with Kellner now leading the way in the room.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,800
18,800
|
18,800 |
|
|
25,000
-4,100
|
-4,100 |
Nível: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25