€220 Opening Event
Dia 1a Terminado
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
€220 Opening Event
Dias: 1a
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
Buy-in
€220
Premiação
€138,240
Entries
720
Nível
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
888Live Barcelona Opening Event off to a Great Start After Big Field on Day 1a
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Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Once the cards went in the air for Day 1a of the 2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona €220 Opening Event, almost 80 players had already taken their seat. In the previous €45+5 Turbo Satellite, another 13 hopefuls earned their entry and further tables were opened quickly. At the end of level 11 when the registration had officially closed, the tournament screens showed 194 entries - which included 35 re-entries - putting the tournament well on track to not only meet but smash the guarantee of €100,000.
After 14 levels of 30 minutes each, that big field was whittled down to just 34 players and Sergio Alonso Camunas ran very hot at the end to bag up 455,000. Jaime Victor Soler Puig claimed 389,000 and Giovanni Cauteruccio avoided an all-Spanish podium at the top of the counts after Day 1a. Other big stacks through to Day 2 include Flavio Damian Ibanoff (260,500), Sergio Costa Carrasco (244,500) and Francois Evard (209,000). Harcharan Dogra Dogra, who finished 7th in the EPT13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event for €230,950 here at Casino Barcelona less than one year ago, bagged up just shy of the average with 163,000.
Notables that were eliminated on the first of four starting days include Nicola Grieco, Ekaterina Kolmakova, Josep Maria Galindo Lopez, Matteo Leoni, Robert Cazali, Jeroen Aarts and Joachim Lob. The latter got it in good with pocket tens versus pocket sevens only to see his opponent flop quads. Galindo Lopez lost a flip with pocket sixes versus ace-king during the last hands of the night and just before that, Kolmakova took two beats to run out of chips. Among the late casualties was also Carlos Avila Ortega, who got it in with ace-jack suited against the ace-queen suited of Christophe Suter on an ace-high flop, and the turn and river changed nothing to let the kicker play.
Jon Ignacio Chipongian was the first player to hit six digits after running extremely well early on and the Spaniard was soon joined by Cauteruccio. Alonso Camunas was below the starting stack mid-way through the day, but then scored two double ups in quick succession before sending several opponents to the rail in the last two levels. Cauteruccio took a beat in level eight after losing a four-way showdown with the best hand preflop, but quickly recovered the losses the next hand after finding pocket jacks in back-to-back hands and busting an opponent with pocket sevens.
After the cards and chips were flying in the last levels of the night, only 34 players bagged up and they will be back on Sunday for Day 2 as of 1 p.m. local time. Another 11 levels of the festival remain in the Spanish metropole and €700,000 in guaranteed prize pools are offered with plenty of big names expected for the €2,200 Main Event and €1,100 High Roller next week.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be the one-stop-shop for all you need to know, so tune back in regularly to find out who shines in sunny Barcelona.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (Completo)
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000 | 155,000 |
|
389,000 | 29,000 |
|
275,000 | -5,000 |
|
260,500 | 75,500 |
|
253,500 | |
|
244,500 | 74,500 |
|
233,500 | -46,500 |
|
219,000 | 154,000 |
|
209,000 | 209,000 |
|
209,000 | 79,000 |
|
206,000 | 206,000 |
|
186,000 | -34,000 |
|
|
178,500 | 68,500 |
|
174,000 | 174,000 |
|
166,500 | 61,500 |
|
163,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
160,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
158,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
152,500 | 152,500 |
|
|
147,500 | 82,500 |
|
139,000 | 4,000 |
|
137,000 | -8,000 |
|
131,000 | 1,000 |
|
129,000 | 129,000 |
|
126,000 | 84,000 |
Late Pictures from Day 1a
Bagging and Tagging
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The tournament screens show 34 players remaining and they are bagging up for the night. Assorted chip counts and a recap of today's action will be available soon.
Cauteruccio Busts Bellini
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Giovanni Bellini moved all in fort his last 40,000 and fellow Italian Giovanni Cauteruccio called from a few seats over, while everyone else got out of the way.
Bellini tabled the 
and Cauteruccio had that dominated with 
, leaving his countryman drawing dead to outright win the pot after a board of 
.
While Cauteruccio won yet another pot, it is Jaime Victor Soler Puig in the lead on this very table during the last hands of the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 | 315,000 |
|
|
280,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
Munoz Bieto Busts Galindo Lopez; Doubles Ribatallada Ruiz
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez three-bet shoved his short stack with the 
and initial raiser Francesc Mateu Munoz Bieto called with 
. The board of 
left Galindo Lopez empty-handed and he will likely be back in action during one of the next three starting days.
In the second-last hand on the same table, Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz three-bet all in for 69,100 out of the small blind. Again it was Munoz Bieto who had raised, this time to 15,000 and he eventually called after having counted his remaining stack carefully.
Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz:
Francesc Mateu Munoz Bieto:
After the 
board, the tens held up and Ribatallada Ruiz doubled.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
253,500 | 253,500 |
|
|
135,000 | 53,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Last Seven Hands
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left on the level and the last hands of the night were draw. A seven was revealed, and as many hands remain for players to run up their stack for Day 2.
Kolmakova No More; Dogra Dogra Gets Lucky
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Harcharan Dogra Dogra three-bet shoved for 45,800 into a raise to 10,000 and a call to claim the pot uncontested. The next hand he shoved from the small blind and the big blind called with 
. Dogra Dogra only had , but got there on a board of 
.
Ekaterina Kolmakova was less fortunate. As per the two Finns Juha Salminen and Tomas Javanainen, she first lost with pocket queens against king-jack suited before also ending up second best with pocket jacks versus ace-six suited.
There are several players in contention for the chip lead, and Sergio Camunas is among them on around 300,000. Early big stack Jon Ignacio Chipongian has dropped some and moved back to the middle of the pack, still above average though.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | |
|
|
280,000 | |
|
|
180,000 | |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
Eliminado |
Oulgasi's Risk Doesn't Pay off
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
There were 40,000 in the middle and the flop showed 
. Younesse Oualgasi pushed for some 95,000 and Giovanni Cauteruccio eventually called with only three big blinds more.
Giovanni Cauteruccio: 
Younesse Oualgasi: 
The board completed with the turn and 
river, and Cauteruccio celebrated briefly before adding some words in Italian about how crazy his table was previously.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | 20,000 |
|
Eliminado |