Main Event Jour 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

2017-08-23 21:00 UTC+2

Une vingtaine de Français en piste à la bulle

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Niveau 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Une dizaine de joueurs ont décidé de s'inscrire à la dernière minute pour porter l'affluence du Main Event PokerStars Championship Barcelona à 1682 entrants. Ils sont 287 à l'issue du Jour 2 qui s'est déroulé sur 6 niveaux de 75 minutes, mercredi au Casino Barcelona.

Le coverage du Main Event

Le prizepool de 8,1 millions d'euros sera partagé en 247 places payées, la bulle va donc vite arriver lors du Jour 3, jeudi à partir de midi. Comme 500 autres concurrents, Bertrand Grospellier, Sylvain Loosli, Dan Colman, Nicolas Chouity, Dominik Nitsche, Dabid Peters, Isaac Haxton, Ivan Luca, Uri Reichenstein, Sebstian Malec, Paul Guichard, Ari Engel, François Tosques, Jack Salter ont chuté et ne sont plus dans la course au premier prix de 1,4 million.

Le prizepool complet

La partie reprendra sur les blindes 2000-4000 (500) avec une moyenne à 40 blindes. Mauricio Sanchez s'est installé en tête du classement avec 507 000 jetons. Rosen Angelov (497k), Belaidi Arezki (431k), Patrick Leonard (394k), Sergey Sergeev (470k), Tsugunari Tuma (311k), Dario Sammartino (350k), Raffaele Sorrentino (285k), Fred Volpe (471k) ont monté de gros tapis tout comme quelques Français : Julien Rouxel (344k), [Removed:413] (260k), Kalidou Sow (240k), Julien Perouse (256k), [Removed:43] (227k), Christophe Bouziane (230k), Aladin Reskallah (248k), Medbah Guerfi (247k) Quentin Lecomte (208k), Xavier Carrière (200k) et Victor Choupeaux (170k).

20 Français au Jour 3

Albert Balayn (169k), Gilles Huet (118k), Alexis Fleur (118k), José Astima (85k), Jean-Paul Zaffran (75k), Xuan Nguyen (90k), Christophe Carerivière (47k), Arnaud Enselme (48k) et Gregory Janin (120k) sont toujours là aussi pour former un bataillon tricolore d'une vingtaine de joueurs. La journée de jeudi s'annonce explosive avec l'arrivée très rapide de la bulle. 247 joueurs repartiront avec un minimum de 8074€.

Chipleader à l'entame du Jour 2, José Angel Delatorre termine avec 232k. Sam Greenwood (105k), Nick Petrangelo (80k), Tobias Peters (230k), Andre Akkari (110k), Matas Cimbolas (70k), Ricardo Graells (91k), Mihail morozovs (190k), Maria Lampropoulos (200k), Jonas Lauck (197k) et le Belge Anthony Chimkovitch (240k) seront aussi au rendez-vous du Jour 3 qui sera à suivre en streaming sur PokerStars Live et en direct sur PokerNews.

Chipcount & SeatDraw Day 3

Tags: Andre Akkari Bertrand Grospellier Bruno Lopes Bruno Politano Bryn Kenney Daniel Colman David Peters Didier Mazairac Dominik Nitsche Felipe Ramos Isaac Haxton Ivan Luca Jake Cody Jeff Gross John Juanda Jussi Nevanlinna Kimmo Kurko Kyle Bowker Marcin Horecki Mark Roovers Nicolas Chouity Nikolaos Triantafyllou Paraskevas Tsokaridis Patrick Leonard Sebastian Malec Sergio Aido Tobias Peters Uri Reichenstein Vladimir Troyanovskiy Zinan Xu

2017-08-23 18:22 UTC+2

Defending Champion Sebastian Malec Eliminated

zedmaster84

Niveau 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The camera crews rushed to the table of Sebastian Malec after the defending champion announced all in out of the blinds. Zinan Xu took a long time before opting to call and Malec turned over . Xu only had but spiked a jack on the turn to eliminate Malec in the penultimate level of Day 2.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Zinan Xu	110,000	6,900
Sebastian Malec	Eliminé

Tags: Sebastian Malec Zinan Xu

2017-08-23 16:13 UTC+2

2015 EPT Barcelona Winner John Juanda Eliminated

KaleGozer

Niveau 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

John Juanda - EPT12 Barcelona Main Event Champion

Nikolaos Triantafyllou raised to 3,500 from middle position and John Juanda defended his big blind. On the flop, Juanda check-called a 4,200 bet from Triantafyllou. The turn was the and Juanda check-called 12,000, leaving himself with around 25,000.

On the river, Juanda checked a third time. Triantafyllou emptied the clip and moved all in, and Juanda splashed in his stack after thirty seconds.

Nikolaos Triantafyllou:
John Juanda:

Triantafyllou held the nuts and the 2015 EPT Barcelona Main Event winner was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nikolaos Triantafyllou	142,000	82,000
John Juanda	Eliminé

Tags: John Juanda Nikolaos Triantafyllou

2017-08-23 16:10 UTC+2

Lejal Busts Troyanovskiy and Politano

zedmaster84

Niveau 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy shoved for approximately 22,000 and [Removed:43] called from one seat over.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
[Removed:43]:

The board came and Troyanovskiy was sent to the rail.

A few minutes later, Lejal called a raise and Bruno Politano three-bet to 12,000. The initial raiser folded and Lejal called. After the flop, Lejal checked and Politano bet 20,000 with around as much behind before calling the shove of Lejal.

Bruno Politano:
[Removed:43]:

The turn and river were of no help for Politano and he also joined the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
[Removed:43]	270,000	138,300
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Eliminé
Bruno Politano	Eliminé

Tags: Bruno Politano Vladimir Troyanovskiy

2017-08-23 16:05 UTC+2

Stuer Set Up; Leonard Cracks Aces

zedmaster84

Niveau 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Julian Stuer and Andreas Allsalu got their stacks in after a flop of and Stuer found himself on the wrong end of a set-over-set scenario with . Allsalu had and held up thanks to the turn and river.

The hand was barely over when Stuer was in the next pot already and raised to 3,500. Patrick Leonard three-bet and Sachin Joshi four-bet to 23,800. Stuer quickly folded while Leonard called. On the flop, Leonard moved all in and Joshi quickly called for what appeared to be 48,000.

Sachin Joshi:
Patrick Leonard:

The turn was a blank, but Leonard got there thanks to the on the river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Patrick Leonard	280,000	70,000
Andres Allsalu	93,000	10,500
Julian Stuer	27,000	-53,000
Sachin Joshi	Eliminé

Tags: Andres Allsalu Julian Stuer Patrick Leonard Sachin Joshi

2017-08-23 14:24 UTC+2

Mateos Chips Up Through Soika

zedmaster84

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ihar Soika raised to 3,000 and Adrian Mateos from one seat over in the cutoff three-bet to 9,000, which Soika called. On the flop, Soika checked and called a bet of 7,500 by Mateos.

The same action repeated on the turn for 25,000 before the river went check, check. Soika rolled over and Mateos claimed the pot with . The Spaniard just signed up before the start of Day 2 and has ran up quite an impressive stack already.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Adrian Mateos	195,000	112,500
Ihar Soika	95,000	-18,500

Tags: Adrian Mateos Ihar Soika

2017-08-23 12:39 UTC+2

Latorre Smashes Through 400k

KaleGozer

Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Start-of-the-day chipleader Jose Angel Latorre blasted out of the gates in a massive confrontation that left Tomi Brouk empty-handed after the dust had settled.

Latorre raised to 2,000 from under the gun, Tomi Brouk three-bet to 7,000 in middle position, Latorre four-bet to 23,000, and Brouk called. The flop was and Latorre continued with 19,500. Brouk took some time before making the call.

On the turn, Latorre cut out a bet of 44,000 and Brouk went deep in the tank. After several minutes, he cut out the calling chips and bolstered the pot to more than 100k.

The river was the and Latorre moved all in. Brouk sighed deep, as if he felt what was coming, and flicked in a calling chip to call off his last 70,000.

Jose Latorre:
Tomi Brouk:

Brouk's gut feeling was right, as Latorre had rivered the higher set to knock him out. Just like that, the Finn, who started the day with 160,800, was gone. Latorre is now swinging almost twice the stack of his nearest challenger.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jose Latorre	410,000	166,200
Tomi Brouk	Eliminé

Tags: Jose Angel Latorre

2017-08-23 12:30 UTC+2

Jake Cody Eliminated

zedmaster84

Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Vitor Peixoto Moreira raised to 2,200 from under the gun and Didier Mazairac called on the button. Jake Cody moved all in for 21,100 out of the big blind and that forced out Moreira, while Mazairac gave it some thought and called.

Jake Cody:
Didier Mazairac:

The board came and Cody joined the rail early on Day 2.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Didier Mazairac	58,000	23,500
Jake Cody	Eliminé

Tags: Didier Mazairac Jake Cody Vitor Peixoto Moreira

2017-08-23 10:34 UTC+2

Get Ready For Day 2 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event

KaleGozer

Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari had a strong showing on Day 1b

After two starting days, a bumper field of 1,670 players has been trimmed down to about half its original size. 852 players will be back at noon local time to play the second day of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event in the packed Casino Barcelona. Late registration will be open up until the start of Day 2, and several more players are expected to take a shot at the already smashed €7 million guaranteed prize pool.

Leading the way is Spain's Jose Angel Latorre with 243,800 in chips. The 32-year old high-stakes Sit & Go specialist, who relocated to London to play in the shared liquidity player's pool on PokerStars, claimed the chip lead on Day 1b after a late-night surge. In close contention are Xavier Carriere (205,700), Vladimir Geshkenbein (200,000), Adalfar Morales Gamarra (192,900), and Usman Siddique (191,000).

A lot of notables are still left in the field, including Team PokerStars Pro's Andre Akkari (123,300), Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (57,700), Felipe Ramos (41,300), Jeff Gross (40,700), Jake Cody (22,000), and Marcin Horecki (15,300). Sebastian Malec, who won last year's EPT Barcelona Main Event, bagged 61,000 and is still in contention for another title bid.

Day 2 will feature six levels of 75-minutes each, with a 20-minute break after every two levels. The blinds will resume at 500/1,000 with a running ante of 100. Play will be suspended around 8:20 p.m. local time when chips will be bagged and tagged for the night. Follow PokerNews throughout the day for all the updates from the vibrant Spanish city.

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
9	75 min	500	1,000	100
10	75 min	600	1,200	200
11	75 min	800	1,600	200
12	75 min	1,000	2,000	300
13	75 min	1,200	2,400	400
14	75 min	1,500	3,000	500