€10,300 High Roller | 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

2017-08-27 11:58 UTC+1

Maltez Doubles Through Talbot

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Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Fabrice Maltez was moved tables and shoved from the button. Parker Talbot in the small blind asked for a count and, once it was deemed to be for 113,000, the Canadian called.

Fabrice Maltez:
Parker Talbot:

Maltez spiked an ace on the flop, but Talbot picked up a flush draw on the turn. The river was a blank and Maltez let out a relieved "yesss."

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Parker Talbot	920,000 -180,000	-180,000

Fabrice Maltez	260,000 76,000	76,000

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2017-08-27 11:55 UTC+1

Kruk Busts Buchanan

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Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Boris Kolev on the button opened and small blind Christopher Kruk and big blind Shawn Buchanan both called. The blinds checked to the initial raiser on and a continuation bet of 48,000 followed. Kruk check-raised to 145,000 and big blind Buchanan shoved for 326,000. Kolev gave up, Kruk reluctantly called after having received a complete count.

Shawn Buchanan:
Christopher Kruk:

"How is my ace not live?" Kruk said seconds before the dealer burned and turned the .

Kruk didn't need the ace anymore and the on the river was inconsequential.

"I thought people were gambling big on the Mayweather fight!" table mate Sam Grafton said.

"I didn't, just so I could blast off today," Kruk snap replied.

"You were a bigger underdog than McGregor mate, just a gutshot!" Grafton said with a big smile before their table was broken.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Christopher Kruk	1,100,000 590,000	590,000
Shawn Buchanan	Eliminado

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2017-08-27 11:51 UTC+1

Bouchard Next to Bust

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Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Christoph Vogelsang opened to 45,000 from the button and Francis-Nicolas Bouchard moved all in from the small blind for 170,000. Vogelsang asked for a count and called with five seconds to spare on his shot clock.

Francis-Nicolas Bouchard:
Christoph Vogelsang:

The board came and Vogelsang flopped a jack to send the French-Canadian to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Christoph Vogelsang	900,000 161,000	161,000
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard	Eliminado

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2017-08-27 11:49 UTC+1

Sotiropoulos Doubles Through Alvarado

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Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jens Lakemeier raised to 45,000 and Joaquin Walter three-bet to 130,000 from the cutoff. Lakemeier moved all in and Walter folded.

Over on table three, Ihar Soika raised to 43,000 and picked up three callers in Ronny Kaiser, JC Alvarado in the cutoff and Georgios Sotiropoulos in the big blind. The flop fell and the action checked to Alvarado, who bet 90,000. Sotiropoulos check-raised all in and it folded back to Alvarado who asked for a count. The shove was for 452,000 and Alvarado called.

Georgios Sotiropoulos:
JC Alvarado:

The turn filled up Sotiropoulos to a full house and the river was already meaningless.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Georgios Sotiropoulos	1,100,000 602,000	602,000

Jens Lakemeier	750,000 55,000	55,000

Joaquin Walter	460,000 -130,000	-130,000
JC Alvarado	350,000 -490,000	-490,000

Tags: Ihar Soika JC Alvarado Jens Lakemeier Joaquin Walter Ronny Kaiser Georgios Sotiropoulos

2017-08-27 11:45 UTC+1

Talbot Doubles Walter

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Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Parker Talbot opened the cutoff and saw his neighbor Joaquin Walter shove from the button for 271,000. As soon as the blinds folded, Talbot called instantly.

Parker Talbot:
Joaquin Walter:

The flop came , hitting Walter. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Talbot started stacking off some chips to hand to Walter.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Parker Talbot	1,100,000 -258,000	-258,000

Joaquin Walter	590,000 280,000	280,000

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2017-08-27 11:42 UTC+1

Margolin Busts to Marchi

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Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Davide Marchi raised and called the shove of Timur Margolin out of the big blind.

Timur Margolin:
Davide Marchi:

Margolin's jacks were ahead until the river of a board , but Marchi got there to improve and send Margolin to the rail in 34th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Davide Marchi	1,000,000 284,000	284,000
Timur Margolin	Eliminado

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2017-08-27 11:39 UTC+1

Changes to the Structure

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Nível 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Because of the huge turnout, the tournament has a little too many people still in with 34. The projections from the tournament organization predicted that this tournament wouldn't finish in time.

The remaining players were presented with 2 options to combat this. Either play 50-minute levels throughout today instead of 60, or 60-minute levels for the first 6 levels and 45-minute levels thereafter. The majority choose the latter option so levels will remain 60 minutes till the 7th level of the day starts.

Besides this option, breaks have been reduced from 20 minutes long till 15 minutes long and the dinner break is now just 30 minutes long. Players still active in the tournament do get a ticket for the buffet so there's an option closeby where players will be able to get dinner in time.

Players at the final table will get an extra time bank.

Nível: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

2017-08-27 10:25 UTC+1

Who Will be Crowned Champion in the €10,300 High Roller in Barcelona?

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PokerStars Pro Jake Cody Still in Contention for High Roller title

The 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €10,300 High Roller attracted a field of 557 entries including 431 unique players and just 34 of them remain for the final day with the lion's share of the juicy €5,402,900 prize pool still up for grabs. The top 79 spots were paid and all Day 3 players have €25,380 locked up for their efforts, while the elusive High Roller trophy and €1,036,800 first prize awaits for the winner.

Leading the field into Day 3 is 27-year-old Ronny Kaiser, who took down the EPT8 Tallinn Main Event for €275,000. Kaiser established a solid lead over the rest of the field after bagging up 2,696,000 last night. Luis Rodriguez sits in second place 1,893,000 and the Spanish pro is known on the virtual felt by his moniker "Turko_man" on PokerStars, belonging to the exclusive 12-member group of two-time Sunday Million champions.

Other big stacks and notables still in contention in a field filled with the biggest names of poker in Europe and worldwide are Boris Kolev (1,370,000), Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (1,358,000), the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event third place finisher Benjamin Pollak (1,353,000), Quan Zhou (1,189,000), PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody (1,080,000), JC Alvarado (840,000), Christoph Vogelsang (739,000), Sam Grafton (658,000) and Jakub Michalak (579,000) to name just a few.

The action resumes at 12.30 p.m. local time with level 21 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a running ante of 3,000. All levels last 60 minutes each, but may be shortened in the later stages of the night depending on the progress of the tournament. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the action from the floor until a champion is crowned.

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Boris Kolev Christoph Vogelsang Jake Cody Jakub Michalak JC Alvarado Luis Rodriguez Parker Talbot Quan Zhou Ronny Kaiser Sam Grafton

2017-08-27 10:05 UTC+1

Day 3 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Sergio Cabrera	Spain	846,000	42
1	2	Benjamin Pollak	France	1,343,000	67
1	3	Davide Marchi	Italy	716,000	36
1	4	Quan Zhou	China	1,189,000	59
1	5	Marc-Olivier Perrault	Canada	375,000	19
1	6	Conor Beresford	United Kingdom	1,033,000	52
1	8	Timur Margolin	Israel	255,000	13

2	1	Joaquin Walter	Uruguay	310,000	16
2	2	Jakub Michalak	Poland	579,000	29
2	3	Christoph Vogelsang	Germany	739,000	37
2	4	Francis-Nicolas Bouchard	Canada	157,000	8
2	5	Jens Lakemeier	Germany	695,000	35
2	7	Parker Talbot	Canada	1,358,000	68

3	1	Ihar Soika	Belarus	824,000	41
3	2	Ronny Kaiser	Switzerland	2,696,000	135
3	4	JC Alvarado	Mexico	840,000	42
3	5	Stefan Schillhabel	Germany	230,000	12
3	6	Markus Durnegger	Austria	1,258,000	63
3	7	Georgios Sotiropoulos	Greece	498,000	25
3	8	Tomi Brouk	Finland	747,000	37

4	1	Jake Cody	United Kingdom	1,080,000	54
4	2	Nicolas Chouity	Lebanon	381,000	19
4	4	Alexandre Reard	France	340,000	17
4	5	Oliver Weis	Germany	806,000	40
4	6	Luis Rodriguez Cruz	Spain	1,893,000	95
4	7	Pascal Hartmann	Germany	531,000	27
4	8	Emil Patel	Finland	1,222,000	61

5	1	Christopher Kruk	Canada	510,000	26
5	2	Shawn Buchanan	Canada	383,000	19
5	3	Marius Gierse	Germany	1,292,000	65
5	5	Franz Ditz	Germany	605,000	30
5	6	Fabrice Maltez	France	184,000	9
5	7	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	658,000	33
5	8	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	1,370,000	69