€1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€369,000
Entries
369
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
77
Players Left
32
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Norwegian Kristian Larsson leads the pack heading into Day 2 of the 888 LIVE Barcelona Main Event at the gorgeous beachside Barcelona©Casino as he bagged big at the end of Day 1b after ten levels of play.
The day lasted eight hours and of the 77 entrants, 32 players bagged and will join the 17 survivors from yesterday for Day 2 on Saturday 20th May 2023.
It was a head to head race between Nuno Duarte and Fabio Peluso who both had built up huge stacks throughout the day, however Larsson came out of nowhere to steamroll into the chip lead after he eliminated Chaofei Wang in a huge flip, with Larsson's ace king defeating Wang's pocket queens. Larsson managed to bag 206,200 while Duarte and Peluso bagged 187,400 and 151,700 respectively.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1b
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds Day 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristian Larsson | Norway | 206,200 | 172 |
| 2 | Nuno Duarte | Portugal | 187,400 | 156 |
| 3 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 151,700 | 126 |
| 4 | Matteo Ferrara | Italy | 123,200 | 103 |
| 5 | Remi Castaignon | France | 101,000 | 84 |
| 6 | Lin Xia | Spain | 99,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Lauri Saaskilahti | Finland | 92,700 | 77 |
| 8 | Juri Nereu | Spain | 88,000 | 73 |
| 9 | Gordon Paterson | South Africa | 84,800 | 71 |
| 10 | Cedric Garcia | Spain | 83,000 | 69 |
Key highlights throughout the day included 888Poker ambassador Ian Simpson being eliminated after the dinner break when he jammed his combo draw into Matteo Ferrara's top pair on the turn. Simpson's draw didn't get there which ensured his elimination.
However fellow 888Poker ambassadors Vivian Saliba (61,000) and Lucia Navarro (45,400) managed to secure a bag after joining the action after the dinner break.
Navarro was fortunate to survive the day as she check raised her top pair all in on the flop in a three-way hand only to run into Peluso's pocket aces butNavarro managed to find a jack on the river to improve to trips to double up late in the day.
Other big hands included Lin Xia almost tripling up when he got his full house all in against trips and an overpair on the turn to scoop a huge pot before the dinner break. Xia managed to ride the momentum to end the day with a top ten chip stack.
Earlier in the day Wang enjoyed a good moment when he bluffed Simpson in a four bet pot with king high. The board ran out ace high and Wang put Simpson all in on the river. Simpson folded and Wang showed the Brit the king jack offsuit as he scooped in the pot from the dealer.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow with coverage of Day 1c which kicks off tomorrow again at 6:00 p.m. local time where ten 45-minute levels will be played. PokerNews will continue live reporting until a champion is crowned on Monday 22nd May 2023.
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
206,200
206,200
|
206,200 |
|
||
|
187,400
32,400
|
32,400 |
|
151,700
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
||
|
123,200
33,200
|
33,200 |
|
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
||
|
99,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
92,700
47,700
|
47,700 |
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
84,800
84,800
|
84,800 |
|
|
83,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
82,400
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
|
80,700
-29,300
|
-29,300 |
|
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
71,900
71,900
|
71,900 |
|
62,700
62,700
|
62,700 |
|
61,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
||
|
|
59,600
12,600
|
12,600 |
|
59,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
53,000
-25,500
|
-25,500 |
|
|
52,200
52,200
|
52,200 |
|
|
46,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
45,400
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
44,200
-35,800
|
-35,800 |
|
|
39,200
39,200
|
39,200 |
|
37,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Day 1b of the 888 LIVE Barcelona Main Event has concluded with 32 players securing a bag for Day 2 on Saturday. Stay tuned for full end of day chip counts and an end of day recap.
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action was three ways to a flop with 8,000 in the pot.
The flop came J♣10♦3♣ and action checked to Fabio Peluso in early position who bet 2,500. The button called before Lucia Navarro moved all in for 16,300 in the big blind.
Peluso called and the button quickly folded.
Lucia Navarro: J♠5♠
Fabio Peluso: A♥A♦
Navarro saw the bad news as her top pair was dominated by Peluso's aces. The turn was a blank when it came the Q♦ however the river saved Navarro as it came the J♥ to give her trips to double up in the last level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
156,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
43,100
-2,900
|
-2,900 |
|
|
||
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
There was around 37,000 in the pot as the big blind was against Matteo Ferrara on the button.
The flop came 10♥9♥8♥ and the big blind continued for 8,000. Ferrara paused before moving all in for around 45,000. His opponent instantly folded as the chips went to Ferrara.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Lucian Bera raised from the cutoff and was called by Sergio Marquez in the big blind. There was 5,700 in the pot.
Action checked through on the K♥6♣4♦ flop.
The 10♠ was the turn and Marquez quickly check folded once Bera continued for 1,700.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
43,400
|
43,400 |
|
|
43,000
800
|
800 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 9
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Sergio Marquez raised to 1,600 from under the gun. Action folded around to Lauri Saaskilahti in the big blind who three bet to 6,500. Marquez called.
The flop came 6♣4♦4♠ and Saaskilahti continued for 4,500. Marquez conceded which sent the chips to the Finn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
36,600
-23,400
|
-23,400 |
Level 9
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
888Poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro is also in action on Day 1b of the 888Poker Barcelona Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,000 | |
|
|
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