2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

�10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Ronny Kaiser
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€735,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€5,402,900
Entries
557
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Maltez Doubles Through Talbot

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Fabrice Maltez was moved tables and shoved from the button. Parker Talbot in the small blind asked for a count and, once it was deemed to be for 113,000, the Canadian called.

Fabrice Maltez: {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Parker Talbot: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

Maltez spiked an ace on the {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop, but Talbot picked up a flush draw on the {5-Hearts} turn. The {K-Clubs} river was a blank and Maltez let out a relieved "yesss."

Player Chips Progress
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Parker Talbot
920,000
-180,000
-180,000
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Fabrice Maltez
260,000
76,000
76,000

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Kruk Busts Buchanan

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Boris Kolev on the button opened and small blind Christopher Kruk and big blind Shawn Buchanan both called. The blinds checked to the initial raiser on {5-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and a continuation bet of 48,000 followed. Kruk check-raised to 145,000 and big blind Buchanan shoved for 326,000. Kolev gave up, Kruk reluctantly called after having received a complete count.

Shawn Buchanan: {K-Spades}{5-Spades}
Christopher Kruk: {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

"How is my ace not live?" Kruk said seconds before the dealer burned and turned the {4-Diamonds}.

Kruk didn't need the ace anymore and the {9-Spades} on the river was inconsequential.

"I thought people were gambling big on the Mayweather fight!" table mate Sam Grafton said.

"I didn't, just so I could blast off today," Kruk snap replied.

"You were a bigger underdog than McGregor mate, just a gutshot!" Grafton said with a big smile before their table was broken.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Kruk
1,100,000
590,000
590,000
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Shawn Buchanan
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

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Bouchard Next to Bust

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Christoph Vogelsang opened to 45,000 from the button and Francis-Nicolas Bouchard moved all in from the small blind for 170,000. Vogelsang asked for a count and called with five seconds to spare on his shot clock.

Francis-Nicolas Bouchard: {K-Spades}{9-Spades}
Christoph Vogelsang: {J-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

The board came {J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Vogelsang flopped a jack to send the French-Canadian to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Christoph Vogelsang
900,000
161,000
161,000
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Francis-Nicolas Bouchard
Busted

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Sotiropoulos Doubles Through Alvarado

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jens Lakemeier raised to 45,000 and Joaquin Walter three-bet to 130,000 from the cutoff. Lakemeier moved all in and Walter folded.

Over on table three, Ihar Soika raised to 43,000 and picked up three callers in Ronny Kaiser, JC Alvarado in the cutoff and Georgios Sotiropoulos in the big blind. The flop fell {A-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Spades} and the action checked to Alvarado, who bet 90,000. Sotiropoulos check-raised all in and it folded back to Alvarado who asked for a count. The shove was for 452,000 and Alvarado called.

Georgios Sotiropoulos: {A-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
JC Alvarado: {J-Spades}{10-Spades}

The {A-Spades} turn filled up Sotiropoulos to a full house and the {2-Hearts} river was already meaningless.

Player Chips Progress
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Georgios Sotiropoulos
1,100,000
602,000
602,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Jens Lakemeier
750,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joaquin Walter
460,000
-130,000
-130,000
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JC Alvarado
350,000
-490,000
-490,000

Tags: Ihar SoikaJC AlvaradoJens LakemeierJoaquin WalterRonny KaiserGeorgios Sotiropoulos

Talbot Doubles Walter

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Parker Talbot opened the cutoff and saw his neighbor Joaquin Walter shove from the button for 271,000. As soon as the blinds folded, Talbot called instantly.

Parker Talbot: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Joaquin Walter: {A-Clubs}{5-Hearts}

The flop came {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, hitting Walter. The {8-Spades} on the turn and {2-Clubs} on the river were blanks and Talbot started stacking off some chips to hand to Walter.

Player Chips Progress
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Parker Talbot
1,100,000
-258,000
-258,000
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Joaquin Walter
590,000
280,000
280,000

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Margolin Busts to Marchi

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Davide Marchi raised and called the shove of Timur Margolin out of the big blind.

Timur Margolin: {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Davide Marchi: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

Margolin's jacks were ahead until the river of a board {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, but Marchi got there to improve and send Margolin to the rail in 34th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Davide Marchi
1,000,000
284,000
284,000
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Timur Margolin
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Changes to the Structure

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Because of the huge turnout, the tournament has a little too many people still in with 34. The projections from the tournament organization predicted that this tournament wouldn't finish in time.

The remaining players were presented with 2 options to combat this. Either play 50-minute levels throughout today instead of 60, or 60-minute levels for the first 6 levels and 45-minute levels thereafter. The majority choose the latter option so levels will remain 60 minutes till the 7th level of the day starts.

Besides this option, breaks have been reduced from 20 minutes long till 15 minutes long and the dinner break is now just 30 minutes long. Players still active in the tournament do get a ticket for the buffet so there's an option closeby where players will be able to get dinner in time.

Players at the final table will get an extra time bank.

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Who Will be Crowned Champion in the �10,300 High Roller in Barcelona?

PokerStars Pro Jake Cody Still in Contention for High Roller title
PokerStars Pro Jake Cody Still in Contention for High Roller title

The 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona �10,300 High Roller attracted a field of 557 entries including 431 unique players and just 34 of them remain for the final day with the lion's share of the juicy �5,402,900 prize pool still up for grabs. The top 79 spots were paid and all Day 3 players have �25,380 locked up for their efforts, while the elusive High Roller trophy and �1,036,800 first prize awaits for the winner.

Leading the field into Day 3 is 27-year-old Ronny Kaiser, who took down the EPT8 Tallinn Main Event for �275,000. Kaiser established a solid lead over the rest of the field after bagging up 2,696,000 last night. Luis Rodriguez sits in second place 1,893,000 and the Spanish pro is known on the virtual felt by his moniker "Turko_man" on PokerStars, belonging to the exclusive 12-member group of two-time Sunday Million champions.

Other big stacks and notables still in contention in a field filled with the biggest names of poker in Europe and worldwide are Boris Kolev (1,370,000), Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (1,358,000), the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event third place finisher Benjamin Pollak (1,353,000), Quan Zhou (1,189,000), PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody (1,080,000), JC Alvarado (840,000), Christoph Vogelsang (739,000), Sam Grafton (658,000) and Jakub Michalak (579,000) to name just a few.

The action resumes at 12.30 p.m. local time with level 21 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a running ante of 3,000. All levels last 60 minutes each, but may be shortened in the later stages of the night depending on the progress of the tournament. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the action from the floor until a champion is crowned.

Tags: Benjamin PollakBoris KolevChristoph VogelsangJake CodyJakub MichalakJC AlvaradoLuis RodriguezParker TalbotQuan ZhouRonny KaiserSam Grafton

Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatNameCountryChipsBig Blinds
11Sergio CabreraSpain846,00042
12Benjamin PollakFrance1,343,00067
13Davide MarchiItaly716,00036
14Quan ZhouChina1,189,00059
15Marc-Olivier PerraultCanada375,00019
16Conor BeresfordUnited Kingdom1,033,00052
18Timur MargolinIsrael255,00013
      
21Joaquin WalterUruguay310,00016
22Jakub MichalakPoland579,00029
23Christoph VogelsangGermany739,00037
24Francis-Nicolas BouchardCanada157,0008
25Jens LakemeierGermany695,00035
27Parker TalbotCanada1,358,00068
      
31Ihar SoikaBelarus824,00041
32Ronny KaiserSwitzerland2,696,000135
34JC AlvaradoMexico840,00042
35Stefan SchillhabelGermany230,00012
36Markus DurneggerAustria1,258,00063
37Georgios SotiropoulosGreece498,00025
38Tomi BroukFinland747,00037
      
41Jake CodyUnited Kingdom1,080,00054
42Nicolas ChouityLebanon381,00019
44Alexandre ReardFrance340,00017
45Oliver WeisGermany806,00040
46Luis Rodriguez CruzSpain1,893,00095
47Pascal HartmannGermany531,00027
48Emil PatelFinland1,222,00061
      
51Christopher KrukCanada510,00026
52Shawn BuchananCanada383,00019
53Marius GierseGermany1,292,00065
55Franz DitzGermany605,00030
56Fabrice MaltezFrance184,0009
57Sam GraftonUnited Kingdom658,00033
58Boris KolevBulgaria1,370,00069