Sergi Escote moved all in for 10,700 and was called by Eduard Munoz Martin before Raul Garcia Moreno moved all in from the small blind. Munoz Martin folded and the cards were turned over.
Sergi Escote:
Raul Garcia Moreno:
The jacks held up, not without a sweat though, as the board came , and Escote moved back above starting stack.
Vicente Serra has started to utilize table control with just over two levels left here on Day 1b of the 888Live Barcelona Main Event.
On a board showing , Serra fired 12,500 into a pre-flop boosted pot of 18,500 and managed to take it away. With the current average up to 55,483 (45BB) , Serra has nudged ahead of that amount.
Ramon Miquel Munoz re-entered and just three-bet shoved for 32,000 to force folds all around. Van Hiep Tran also bought back in with a fresh stack while Miquel Munoz' sister Marta just open-shoved for 18,000 from under the gun with . She was called by an opponent with ace-king and flopped two pair.
On the three-way flop of , the action checked to [Removed:312] and he bet 3,600. Haykel Cherif Vidal check-raised to 8,100 and Ramon Miquel Munoz folded. [Removed:313] also sent his cards into the muck and let go.
Soon after, the Lithuanian faced a bet for 3,400 by Jonas Kannosto on the flop and called, while Miquel Munoz folded. The turn saw Kannosto fire 8,000 and [Removed:313] folded, preserving his big stack.
Ramon Miquel Munoz opened from early position and Alberto Flores Trujillo simply shoved from the small blind for effectively 27 big blinds. Miquel Munoz had exactly that left and called with king-queen, and Flores Trujillo showed ace-ten. A king on the flop was followed by an ace on the river an that was it for Miquel Munoz.
Jorge Galino and Helder Da Silva went at pre-flop when Galino opened to 2,500, and then called the raise of 6,000 from Da Silva. The flop of saw Da Silva move all-in and Galino called.
Jorge Galino:
Helder Da Silva:
The turn of led to calls from Da Silva for a a "chop?" but the river came a meaning it was quad sevens to survive for Galino!
Da Silva, suddenly vocal and wishing to discuss how fortunate Galino had been, drops a little but remains ahead of his tablemate. You'd never know it.
According to the screens, there are just 100 players remaining out of 169 entries. Alec Toreli was last spotted with some 25 big blinds, but those have since vanished. Peter Jaksland also stood up from his seat and simply said "queens against ace-king". Whether or not the Dane will re-enter today or get some sleep and attack again on Day 1c tomorrow remains to be seen.