€220 Opening Event
Dia 1b Terminado
2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona
€220 Opening Event
Dias: 1b
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
Noble Claims Lead After Day 1b; Another Strong Turnout in the Opening Event
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Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The 2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona saw yet another strong turnout for the €220 Opening Event as 202 entries including 33 re-entries took part on Day 1b, boosting the overall attendance for the first flagship tournament of the 12-day festival at Casino Barcelona to 396 entries for now.
The second of four starting days may have attracted even more players if it wasn't for the €80+8 "The Thunder" Side Event that kicked off two hours later. Initially set with a guarantee of €10,000, the tournament saw incredible 235 entries create a prize pool of €18,800 and the top 27 spots earned at least €150. The bubble burst at 3.50 am local time and the tournament was still going on at the time of writing.
After 14 levels of 30 minutes each, Day 1b of the €220 Opening Event saw its field reduced to just 40 survivors and Philippe Noble narrowly missed out on the overall lead by just two big blinds after claiming 443,000. Noble started building his stack in a three-way showdown in level six with pocket tens versus ace-queen and king-queen, and the Frenchman consistently built his stack from there. On his way to the chip lead, former big stack Joan Fabregas Capellas fell victim of Noble's hot run when pocket nines failed to hold against jack-ten suited.
Joachim Lob had a roller coaster day and was all but gone in the last two levels of the night, getting it in with king-queen for top pair on the flop. His opponent had pocket aces and a queen appeared on the turn to save the Swiss. Lob then played another huge pot in the last level of the night to river a flush against Nicola Grieco and bagged up 405,000.
Top 5 Chip Counts Day 1b
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippe Noble | France | 443,000 |
| 2 | Joachim Lob | Switzerland | 405,000 |
| 3 | Ignasi Cabrera Rogent | Spain | 319,500 |
| 4 | Jordi Marcos Fernandez | Spain | 273,500 |
| 5 | Nil Micola Benaiges | Spain | 272,000 |
All remaining players in the top 10 of Day 1b are from Spain with Ignasi Cabrera Rogent in third place (319,500), and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez (265,000) is among the notables that made it through with twice the average. Kaido Koorits (140,500) and [Removed:400] (137,500) are in the middle of the pack while Stefan van der Pol (58,500), Aleksei Istomin (45,500) and Guillem Cusco Bach (43,000) will need plenty of run-good early on Day 2 as of 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, May 14th.
Among those that failed to bag up chips for Day 2 just yet were Sally Stephens, Douglas Weathland, Thomas Elder, Thomas Groven, Stephan van den Wyngaert, Luka Cencelj and Jamali Razavi to name just a few. They all have another shot, or two, at the juicy prize pool, as Saturday features the remaining two starting days at the Casino Barcelona.
Day 1c will kick off at 2 p.m. local time with the usual 30-minute structure, while the Turbo Heat 1d has 15-minute levels and gets underway at 8 p.m. local time. Both flights will finish at a similar time, and another one-day event is scheduled for 8 p.m. local time also. "The Breeze" features a buy-in of €100+10 and a guaranteed prize pool of €20,000, the levels last 25 minutes each and the starting stack is 15,000. It would be no surprise to see that number crushed based on the action thus far here in Barcelona.
Tune back in tomorrow for more action, as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor throughout the festival in sunny Barcelona. 888poker is taking back the game to the players and at least €700,000 of guaranteed prize pools await until May 22nd.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (Completo)
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
443,000 | -7,000 |
|
405,000 | 5,000 |
|
319,500 | 49,500 |
|
|
273,500 | 23,500 |
|
|
272,000 | 272,000 |
|
265,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
219,000 | 149,000 |
|
205,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
194,500 | 194,500 |
|
|
181,000 | 181,000 |
|
|
178,500 | 178,500 |
|
178,000 | 178,000 |
|
158,000 | 158,000 |
|
157,000 | 157,000 |
|
|
155,500 | 62,500 |
|
144,500 | 69,500 |
|
140,500 | 55,500 |
|
|
137,500 | -7,500 |
|
|
127,500 | 59,500 |
|
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
|
123,000 | 123,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 12,000 |
|
118,500 | 76,500 |
|
|
118,000 | -36,000 |
|
|
115,000 | 30,000 |
Day 1b Done and Dusted
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
According to the screens, there are 41 players remaining and they bagged up for the night, joining the survivors from the first flight. Assorted chip counts as well as a recap of today's action are to follow.
Grieco Missing as Lob Becomes Contender for the Lead
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Nicola Grieco's seat is empty and in front of Joachim Lob was a massive stack. The Swiss confirmed that he had knocked out Grieco in a big pot when he called a raise to 15,000 and the flop showed 
. Grieco bet 40,000 and Lob called before a 
on the turn triggered the shove of the Italian.
Lob called with 
and Grieco flashed 
for two pair, before another heart on the river gave Lob the winning flush.
While this massive pot boosted the Swiss to more than 400,000, it appears that Philippe Noble remains in the top spot with even more chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
400,000 | 200,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Siang Jian Eliminated
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
During the last hands of the night, Jhen Siang Jian raised from under the gun and called the shove of Pedro Timiraos Paz out of the big blind. Siang Jian tabled 
and Paz was ahead with 
, the board came 
and king-high secured the double for 62,700.
Jian had some 25,000 left and busted soon after.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Late Pictures from Day 1b
Last Four Hands
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
There are 44 players remaining according to the screens, and the clock was stopped with less than 10 minutes left on the level. Four hands were drawn and that stands between the remaining players and bagging up chips for Day 2 on Sunday.
Lob Scores Lucky Double
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Stefan van der Pol jammed for 42,200 and showed 
, claiming the blinds and antes without showdown. Guillem Cusco Bach is also among the short stacks, and the same applied to Joachim Lob. That was, before the Swiss secured a lucky double in a three-bet pot.
On the 
flop, Lob got his last 61,900 in with got his 61,900 in with 
and ran straight into 
. However, lady luck smiled on Lob as the turn and 
river completed the board to provide two pair for Lob.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | 115,000 |
|
55,000 | 15,000 |
|
50,000 | 20,000 |
Crespo Triples Up
Nível 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
David Crespo, who had previously lost the massive three-way all in with pocket aces, just shoved for 51,700 and his table neighbor jammed for 1,500 more. Kaido Koorits in the big blind called both all ins with the biggest stack and the cards were turned over.
Crespo had 
, the second player in the hand held 
and Koorits had them covered with 
. The board ran out 
and Crespo tripled up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
158,000 | 158,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 85,000 |