Who Will Win the 888Live Barcelona Opening Event?
It will be yet another busy day at the 2017 888Live Poker Festival Barcelona on Mother's Day in sunny Barcelona, as the first flagship event of the 12-day long festival in sunny Spain is set to determine a winner. After four starting days, the €200+20 Opening Event has drawn a field of 720 entries, of which 143 players advanced to Day 2.
The action will resume in two hours from now as of 1 p.m. local time with level 15 and blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a running ante of 500, the average upon restart will be at approximately 25 big blinds and the level duration for Day 2 increases from 30 to 40 minutes each. The prize pool information will be released when the cards are back in the air, and hopefuls are competing for their share of €138,240 as well as the 888Live winner's trophy that comes along with the first-place payout.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Day 1c chip leader Gabriel Pazos de la Torre (470,000), followed by 1a chip leader Sergio Alonso Camunas (455,000), and 1b dominator Philippe Noble (443,000). Joachim Lob (405,000) and Jaime Victor Soler Puig (389,000) round out the top five stacks, while other notables with above average stacks include Andre Filipe Quelhas (341,000), Giovanni Cauteruccio (275,000), Alberto Flores Trujillo (269,000), Yannick Pernot (265,500) and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez (265,000).
Among the familiar faces in need of some early run-good are Marco Della Tommasina (79,500), Aleksei Istomin (45,500) and Guillem Cusco Bach (43,000). Haykel Cherif Vidal will start with 21 big blinds into Day 2, that is if he has already finished the extra day of the €100+10 The Breeze as the second-biggest stack of four players remaining by then. Two other Side Events take place today with the €45+5 High Noon Turbo as of 2 p.m. local time and €100+10 "The Hurricane" as of 6 p.m. local time.
888Live Barcelona Schedule Sunday May 14th
| Local Time | Event | Buy-In | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | The Breeze | Closed | 4/210 remaining, €4,870 up top |
| 01:00 PM | Opening Event Day 2 | Closed | 143/720 remain, play down to winner* |
| 02:00 PM | High Noon Turbo | €45+5 | 10,000 chips, 15 min levels, re-entry |
| 06:00 PM | The Hurricane | €100+10 | 15,000 chips, 20 min levels |
*extra day may be needed
The €100+10 "The Breeze" Side Event saw four players bag up last night and they will return at noon local time to determine a winner with €1,625 already guaranteed and €4,870 up top. Antonio Perez Vico Barba (1,377,000) and Haykel Cherif Vidal (1,200,000) are the two chip leaders, while [Removed:204] (351,000) and Gregoria Herranz Gimenez (231,000) are the short stacks.
Top 10 Chip Counts Day 2 Opening Event
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Pazos de la Torre | Spain | 470,000 |
| 2 | Sergio Alonso Camunas | Spain | 455,000 |
| 3 | Philippe Noble | France | 443,000 |
| 4 | Joachim Lob | Switzerland | 405,000 |
| 5 | Jaime Victor Soler Puig | Spain | 389,000 |
| 6 | Andre Filipe Quelhas | Portugal | 341,000 |
| 7 | Fernando Campomar Concha | Spain | 337,000 |
| 8 | Ignasi Cabrera Rogent | Spain | 319,500 |
| 9 | David Rodriguez Lamas | Spain | 302,500 |
| 10 | Ivan Olivas Uliaque | Spain | 276,500 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned in the Opening Event, and the two other highlights of the poker festival with €700,000 in guaranteed prizes still lay ahead next week with the €2,200 High Roller and the €500,000 guaranteed €1,100 Main Event.