Main Event Jour 3 | 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

2017-08-25 00:57 UTC+2

Ben Richardson chipleader à 70 left, encore 4 Français dans la course

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Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Alors que le Jour 2 avait vu près de 600 joueurs sauter en 6 niveaux de 75 minutes, il a fallu 3 heures de jeu pour faire tomber le field de 287 à 247 joueurs et entrer dans l'argent de ce Main Event PokerStars Championship Barcelona 2017.

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Le début de Jour 3 a été fatal à Patrick Careriviere et Xuan Nguyen, les deux tricolores présents à l'entame qui n'ont pas atteint l'argent.

Jeff Gross, Steven van Zadelhoff, Per Hildebrand, Joni Jouhkimainen, Mikita Badziakouski et Upeshka De Silva ont fait le Jour 3 sans faire l'argent non plus. Ce sont finalement 19 tricolores qui ont encaissé un minimum de 8740€.

In The Money sur le Main Event PSC Barcelona
Julien Rouxel 90e - 15,490€
[Removed:43] 92e - 15,490€
Christophe Bouziane 98e - 13,380€
Xavier Carriere 105e - 13,380€
Julien Perouse 121e - 11,420€
Aladin Reskallah 131e - 11,420€
Albert Balayn 138e - 11,420€
Gilles Huet 141e - 11,420€
[Removed:413] 145e - 10,270€
Kalidou Sow 157e - 10,270€
Fabrice Maltez 165e - 10,270€
Victor Choupeaux 206e - 9,400€
Jose Astima 219e - 9400€
Arnaud Enselme 239e - 8740€
Jean-Paul Zaffran 247e - 8740€

La bulle a été très longue puisque le main par main a débuté à 254 joueurs restants. Alors qu'ils étaient encore 249, Diego Ventura et Roi Pereira Conde ont sauté sur la même main pour libérer les survivants de ce field de 1682 entrants. La course au premier prix de 1,4 million d'euros pouvait débuter !

Deux niveaux après l'entrée dans l'argent, ils ne sont plus que 70 en lice pour le Jour 4 dont 4 Français.

Les Quatre Qualifiés pour le Jour 4
[Removed:146] 1 552 000 (96 blindes)
Moyenne - 721 000
Quentin Lecomte 558 000 (35 blindes)
Alexis Fleur 466 000 (29 blindes)
Gregory Janin 208 000 (13 blindes)

Tous les survivants sont assurés d'un gain de 18 190€ et le chipleader vient d'Asutralie. Benjamin Richardson a emballé 2,8 millions de jetons alors que la partie reprendra vendredi sur les blindes 8000- 16000 (2000). Il devance le tombeur de Joseph Carlino à la prébulle,le fantasque japonais Tsugunari Toma (2,448,000) et Scott Wellenbach, dernier joueur au dessus des 2 millions avec 2,032,000 jetons. Aleksandr Gofman (1,915,000), Patrick Leonard (1,785,000), Nadia Wanzi (1,657,000), Brian Kaufman Esposito (1,465,000), Albert Daher (1,382,000), Usman Siddique (1,296,000) et Alex DiFelice (865,000) ont un gros tapis mais [Removed:146] est en embuscade avec 96 blindes. Déjà finaliste EPT, le discret tricolore emmène les troupes françaises.

Vainqueur PokerStars Championship à Monte-Carlo, Raffaele Sorrentino est toujours dans la course avec 955 000 alors que le Team Pro PokerStars Andre Akkari (566 000) est toujours dans la course comme le Team Pro Unibet Quentin Lecomte (558 000) et le runner-up du Sismix Alexis Fleur (466 000). Vainqueur du Warm-Up à 500€ à Marrakech, Greg Janin (13 blindes) est lui en mode survie mais toujours vaillant.

Parmi les joueurs éliminés au Jour 3, on notera Sam Greenwood (223e - 9,400€), Dario Sammartino (211e - 9,400€), Thomas Muehloecker (198e - 9,400€), Tobias Peters (148e - 10,270€), Saar Wilf (144e - 10,270€), Govert Metaal (101e - 13,380€), Mihails Morozovs (81e - 15,490€), Dmitry Vitkind (80e - 15,490€), Juha Helppi (79e -
15,490€) ou encore Jussi Nevanlinna (73e - 15,490€).

Reprise du jeu à midi vendredi en direct sur PokerNews avec 5 niveaux de 90 minutes au programme du Jour 4...

Main Event Seat Draw Jour 4

Table	Siège	Nom	Pays	Chips	Blindes
1	1	Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa	Chile	423,000	26
1	2	Benjamin Richardson	Australia	2,804,000	175
1	3	Alexandros Papadopoulos	Greece	425,000	27
1	4	Niek Minten	Netherlands	289,000	18
1	5	Alex Difelice	Canada	865,000	54
1	6	Giuliano Bendinelli	Italy	214,000	13
1	7	Diogo Veiga	Portugal	129,000	8
1	8	Jonathan Proudfoot	United Kingdom	1,173,000	73

2	1	Markus Grabher	Austria	321,000	20
2	2	Nick Petrangelo	USA	576,000	36
2	3	Alan Mehamed	Argentina	247,000	15
2	4	Sebastian Sorensson	Sweden	269,000	17
2	5	Heorhii Doroshev	Ukraine	1,260,000	79
2	6	Liow Ming Kee	Malaysia	362,000	23
2	7	Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	Colombia	1,124,000	70
2	8	David Algarra Vidana	Spain	176,000	11

3	1	Valentin Anghel	Romania	416,000	26
3	2	Jan-Eric Schwippert	Germany	404,000	25
3	3	Andre Akkari	Brazil	566,000	35
3	4	Ricardo Graells	Switzerland	191,000	12
3	5	Nuno Pereira Ascensao	Portugal	252,000	16
3	6	Gregory Janin	France	208,000	13
3	7	Johnny Hansen	Denmark	260,000	16
3	8	Erik Friberg	Sweden	796,000	50

4	1	Lachezar Plamenov Petkov	Bulgaria	525,000	33
4	2	Aleksandr Gofman	Russia	1,915,000	120
4	3	Mykhailo Hladilin	Ukraine	415,000	26
4	5	Brian Kaufman Esposito	Uruguay	1,465,000	92
4	6	George Mcdonald	United Kingdom	483,000	30
4	7	Jackson White	USA	917,000	57
4	8	Arezki Belaidi	Canada	357,000	22

5	1	Jose Latorre	Spain	534,000	33
5	2	Yaron Zeev Malki	Israel	1,100,000	69
5	3	Nadia Wanzi	Netherlands	1,657,000	104
5	4	Martin Prado	Argentina	93,000	6
5	5	Usman Siddique	United Kingdom	1,296,000	81
5	6	Kevin Stani	Norway	381,000	24
5	7	Gabriel Chiva	Romania	210,000	13
5	8	Jamie Whyte	United Kingdom	431,000	27

6	1	Daniel Smiljkovic	Germany	1,068,000	67
6	2	Scott Wellenbach	Canada	2,032,000	127
6	3	Tibor Nagygyorgy	Hungary	965,000	60
6	4	Florian-Dimitrie Duta	United Kingdom	222,000	14
6	5	Kyle Bowker	USA	280,000	18
6	6	Jakub Senk	Czech Republic	346,000	22
6	7	Hugo Gomes Andrade	Portugal	650,000	41
6	8	Rens Feenstra	Netherlands	695,000	43

7	1	Matas Cimbolas	Lithuania	377,000	24
7	2	[Removed:146]	France	1,552,000	97
7	3	Andrew Hedley	United Kingdom	352,000	22
7	4	Albert Daher	Lebanon	1,381,000	86
7	5	Benjamin Rolle	Germany	685,000	43
7	6	Kent Roed	Norway	474,000	30
7	7	Donald Duarte Sierra	Nicaragua	1,000,000	63
7	8	Igor Dubinskyy	Ukraine	942,000	59

8	1	Pim Kuipers	Netherlands	468,000	29
8	2	Victor Ilyukhin	United Kingdom	328,000	21
8	3	Aeragan Arunan	United Kingdom	1,345,000	84
8	4	Paraskevas Tsokaridis	Greece	380,000	24
8	5	Gustavo Mastelotto	Brazil	733,000	46
8	7	Alexis Fleur	France	466,000	29
8	8	James Romero	USA	612,000	38

9	1	Hady El Asmar	Lebanon	177,000	11
9	2	Philippe D'Auteuil	Canada	348,000	22
9	3	Patrick Leonard	United Kingdom	1,785,000	112
9	4	Raffaele Sorrentino	Italy	955,000	60
9	5	Quentin Lecomte	France	558,000	35
9	6	Tsugunari Toma	Japan	2,448,000	153
9	7	Frederico Spilimbergo Volpe	Brazil	597,000	37
9	8	Ramon Miquel Munoz	Spain	725,000	45

Tags: Akin Tuna Albert Daher Alex DiFelice Alexandros Papadopoulos Andre Akkari Asi Moshe Benjamin Richardson Brian Kaufman Esposito Dario Sammartino Diego Ventura Dirk Gerritse Dmitry Vitkind Frederico Spilimbergo Volpe Georges Hanna Govert Metaal Jeff Gross Joni Jouhkimainen Juha Helppi Jussi Nevanlinna Mihails Morozovs Mikita Badziakouski Nadia Wanzi Patrick Leonard Per Hildebrand Rafael Bertani Raffaele Sorrentino Roi Pereira Conde Rosen Angelov Saar Wilf Sam Greenwood Scott Wellenbach Steven van Zadelhoff Thomas Muehloecker Upeshka De Silva Usman Siddique Xavier Carriere

2017-08-25 00:04 UTC+2

Toma and Richardson Lead the Pack

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Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Samuel Vousden was all in for the remainder of his short stack and tabled . Tsugunari Toma in the big blind called and tabled , and the board came .

While Toma has a ton of chips, there is always one with more. Benjamin Richardson knocked out Rosen Angelov and Dirk Gerritse in a big pot. According to Richardson, he raised to four times the big blind and Angelov called all in for less from one seat over. Gerritse in the small blind reshoved for 600,000 with pocket tens and Richardson snapped him off with kings, Angelov only had pocket eights.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Benjamin Richardson	2,700,000	300,000
Tsugunari Toma	2,400,000	901,000
Samuel Vousden	Eliminé
Rosen Angelov	Eliminé
Dirk Gerritse	Eliminé

Tags: Benjamin Richardson Dirk Gerritse Rosen Angelov Samuel Vousden Tsugunari Toma

2017-08-25 00:01 UTC+2

Helppi Busts to Rolle

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Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Juha Helppi has been eliminated from the Main Event here at Casino Barcelona.

Helppi moved all in for 88,000 and Benjamin Rolle called from two seats over.

Juha Helppi:
Benjamin Rolle:

The board ran out and Helppi, who had already left his chair on the flop despite improving his hand, headed to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Benjamin Richardson	2,400,000	550,000
Benjamin Rolle	410,000	-90,000
Juha Helppi	Eliminé

Tags: Benjamin Rolle Juha Helppi

2017-08-24 22:18 UTC+2

Sorrentino and Helppi Rising

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Niveau 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Raffaele Sorrentino raised to 22,000 and Erik Friberg made it 60,000 to go from one seat over, which the Italian called. On the flop of , Sorrentino checked and called a bet of 55,000 by Friberg before the turn and river were checked through. Sorrentino showed for a set and won the pot.

Juha Helppi also bumped his stack up nicely. It started rather innocent with a raise by Dirk Gerritse from under the gun and a call by Rosen Angelov on the button, as well as a call by Helppi from the big blind. By the time the turn showed , Helppi checked and Gerritse bet 80,000. Rosen called and Helppi then check-shoved for 231,000 to force folds from both opponents,

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rosen Angelov	1,150,000	200,000
Dirk Gerritse	1,000,000	160,000
Raffaele Sorrentino	735,000	215,000
Erik Friberg	550,000	100,000
Juha Helppi	530,000	110,000

Tags: Dirk Gerritse Erik Friberg Juha Helppi Raffaele Sorrentino Rosen Angelov

2017-08-24 21:26 UTC+2

Wanzi Busts Moshe

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Niveau 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded to Asi Moshe in the cutoff and he shoved for 215,000. Her neighbor, Nadia Wanzi, pondered for a bit, said "21 big blinds, huh?" and called. Both blinds quickly released.

Asi Moshe:
Nadia Wanzi:

The board came and Moshe hit the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nadia Wanzi	1,280,000	238,000
Asi Moshe	Eliminé

Tags: Asi Moshe Nadia Wanzi

2017-08-24 18:36 UTC+2

Belaidi Flushes Pautrot and Wilf

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Niveau 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

[Removed:413] moved all in for 126,000 on top, which Arezki Belaidi called from one seat over. Saar Wilf shoved for another 180,000 on top and Belaidi called to put two players at risk.

[Removed:413]:
Saar Wilf:
Arezki Belaidi:

The board came and the two pair of Pautrot were doomed by the flush of Belaidi, who sent two players to the rail and joined the chip millionaire club.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Arezki Belaidi	1,150,000	438,000
[Removed:413]	Eliminé
Saar Wilf	Eliminé

Tags: Arezki Belaidi Saar Wilf

2017-08-24 17:50 UTC+2

Hanna Makes a Move with Eight-Four, Busts

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Niveau 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Georges Hanna opened from middle position and Frederico Spilimbergo Volpe in the cutoff and Dimitrios Michailidis in the big blind both called.

The flop came and Michailidis checked. Hanna bet 25,000 and Volpe called, Michailidis folded.

With the landing on the turn, Hanna checked. Volpe bet 75,000 and Hanna check raised to 200,000. Volpe called.

The completed the board and Hanna announced all in, shoving for about 400,000. Volpe asked for confirmation that his opponent was indeed all in, and called upon getting confirmation. Since Volpe had 425,000 behind at that point, Hanna was the one all in.

Hanna hit the table with his fist, reason enough for Volpe to know for sure his was good. Hanna mucked, but the dealer revealed his hand to be .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Frederico Spilimbergo Volpe	1,319,000	619,000
Georges Hanna	Eliminé

Tags: Frederico Spilimbergo Volpe Georges Hanna

2017-08-24 15:37 UTC+2

Tuna's Sixes Claim a Massive Pot to Bust Bertani

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Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

A massive pot was brewing and the river showed . Rafael Bertani bet 85,000 out of the small blind with a total stack of 220,000 and Akin Tuna asked for his count before moving all in. Bertani called and Tuna immediately said "good call," before turning over and assuming he had lost a big pot.

However, Bertani only turned over and headed to the rail. According to Tuna, Jaromir Hanel had raised and Tuna as well as Bertani called. On the flop, the action checked to Tuna and just Bertani called the bet of the German while Hanel said he folded ace-queen. The same action repeated on the turn for 32,000 before the clash ended with a bang.

Soon after, Tuna dragged in another decent pot when he bet the river for 50,000. Gabriel Subirana Lopez called and mucked when being shown for a set. "You can stay here," Tuna joked and his stack skyrocketed to 1.1 million.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Akin Tuna	1,100,000	480,000
Gabriel Subirana Lopez	130,000	-101,000
Rafael Bertani	Eliminé

Tags: Akin Tuna Gabriel Subirana Lopez Jaromir Hanel Rafael Bertani

2017-08-24 15:20 UTC+2

Roi Pereira Conde Bubbles the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event

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Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Alexandros Papadopoulos opened late position and big blind Roi Pereira Conde called.

The flop came and Conde checked. Papadopoulos bet 13,000 and Conde check-raised to 80,000 with 23,500 behind. Papadopoulos tanked for a fair bit before moving in and Conde committed his last 5 big blinds as well.

Alexandros Papadopoulos:
Roi Pereira Conde:

The on the turn did nothing effectively and the on the river made both players a flush and burst the bubble. Roi Pereira Conde, who was down to 4,000 in the previous level (a single big blind) worked his stack back up but eventually did bubble the Main Event. The remaining players are all in the money and guaranteed €8,740.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexandros Papadopoulos	230,000	142,000
Roi Pereira Conde	Eliminé

Tags: Alexandros Papadopoulos Roi Pereira Conde

2017-08-24 10:30 UTC+2

Who will Reach the Money on Day 3 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event?

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Monte Carlo champion Raffaele Sorrentino among big stacks heading into Day 3

Only 287 players out of a 1,682-entry strong field remain for Day 3 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €5,300 Main Event and they all eye the trophy and first-place payout of €1,410,000 that comes along with it in the annex of Casino Barcelona. However, the first goal for today is securing a portion of the prize pool of €8,157,700 as just the top 247 spots will guarantee at least €8,740 for the efforts.

Leading the field of survivors into money day is Colombia's Mauricio Salazar Sanchez with 507,000, closely followed by Rosen Angelov (497,500) and Sergey Sergeev (470,500). Other big stacks include World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Asi Moshe (411,500), Mark Roovers (406,500), Jussi Nevanlinna (394,000), Patrick Leonard (394,000), Kyle Bowker (392,500), Dario Sammartino (355,500) and Juha Helppi (335,000). Raffaele Sorrentino, who took down the 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino before the summer break, is also still in contention with a big stack of 300,000.

The last ever European Poker Tour Main Event champion Jasper Meijer van Putten made it through with 242,500 while two PokerStars Team Pros advanced in Andre Akkari (202,500) and Jeff Gross (29,000). Action will resume at 12 p.m. local time with level 15 and blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500. At least five levels of 90 minutes with a break after each level are scheduled for Day 3 and the money bubble is expected to burst in the first two levels of the day before the field will get cut down further.

Day 3 Level Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
15	90 min	2,000	4,000	500
16	90 min	2,500	5,000	500
17	90 min	3,000	6,000	1,000
18	90 min	4,000	8,000	1,000
19	90 min	5,000	10,000	1,000

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action, and you can also follow the live stream of the feature table as well.

Tags: Andre Akkari Asi Moshe Dario Sammartino Jasper Meijer van Putten Jeff Gross Juha Helppi Jussi Nevanlinna Kyle Bowker Mark Roovers Mauricio Salazar Sanchez Patrick Leonard Rosen Angelov Sergey Sergeev