On the turn, Andrej Desset bet 2,800 and Jordi Llombart Guerrero raised it up to 6,000 from one seat over. Desset moved all in and Llombart Guerrero asked for a count, then called when it was deemed to be 14,700.
Jordi Llombart Guerrero:
Andrej Desset:
The river brought no magic one-outer and Desset was eliminated for now.
Theo Steimer and Peter Jaksland re-entered today while Sergi Escote played on both previous starting days without bagging up chips. Escote is back and sits next to Harcharan Dogra Dogra, who has more than doubled his stack already after four levels of play.
According to the screens, there are 257 entries for Day 1c and that number is certain to grow in the coming hours.
Stacy Matuson hasn't cashed live since last year's infamous WSOP Main Event, where the hand that made William Kassouf the overnight fame-bomb of poker defined her Main Event. She may have folded to Kassouf's "Nine high like a boss", but Matuson then got pretty unlucky to bust soon after and the pair never got the chance to renew acquaintances at that tournament.
Fast-forward 10 months and both players are here on Day 1c of the 888Live Main Event in Barcelona, patched up as they are for 888Poker. Matuson had started steadily in this hand, but by the end of it, she'd talked as much as her pal 'Willy K' from that infamous hand.
The hand Matuson just took part in didn't involve Kassouf, but she kicked off the action by opening to 675 chips from early position. Called in two places, the flop of saw Kaspar Druml bet 3,500 from the small blind. Matuson alone called.
The turn of saw a bet of 10,050 from Druml called by Matuson, but on the river of , Druml moved all-in for 33,000 chips. Matuson only had 20,000 to her name and a massive decision on her hands.
"I don't know how I can fold this." she exalted. "You raised me pre. I need some time, are you guys all right with this?"
The rest of table gave polite nods.
"This could be your big bluff." Matsuon continued.
"You think I'm bluffing. Really?" asked Druml.
"Three sixes? You weren't afraid of the river. Aces is no good, you know that, right? I know you don't have the set."
All right, so she didn't mention monkey nuts or macadamia nuts, but the spirit was there.
Eventually, Matuson called and showed , better than Druml's and good enough for a 76,000-chip pot.
"Woo! Ship it!" Matuson yelled. "I'm fearless, baby. I've done very well in tournaments, look me up."
In a battle of the blinds, Ramon Miquel Munoz checked the flop and Bruno Politano bet 400. Miquel Munoz check-raised to 1,600 and Politano called before the fell on the turn. Politano faced a bet of 2,650 by Miquel Munoz and called, the river then completed the board.
Miquel Munoz bet 20,000 and that had Politano covered, the 888poker ambassador folded.
David Ferris raised from middle position and Natalie Hof moved all in for around 6,000 from the button. Francesc Mateu Munoz Bieto called in the big blind and Ferris folded.
Natalie Hof:
Francesc Mateu Munoz Bieto:
While Hof had gotten it in ahead, the appeared right in the window and the rest of the board ran out to give the Spaniard a full house.
Steven Flacco was the first to raise and picked up two callers in Pawel Zawadowicz and Bruno Politano called out of the blinds. The flop came and Politano bet, both opponents called.
On the turn, Politano and Flacco checked and Zawadowicz bet 8,000, which resulted in a fold from Politano and a call by Flacco. After the river, Flacco bet 11,000 and Zawadowicz had less than that left, called all in. Flacco turned over the for the nut flush and Zawadowicz mucked his cards and headed to the rail.