Mindaugas Pagareckas moved all in from the button for 750,000 and Josep Valls called from the small blind with a covering stack to put Pagareckas at risk.
Mindaugas Pagareckas: K?Q?
Josep Valls: 7?7?
It was a preflop race that Valls got the better of when the board ran out J?5?5?9?3?to take the pot w hile Pagareckas became the first casualty of the day.
Only 11 players remain from a field of 476 entrants going into the final day of the 888poker LIVE Barcelona €888 Main Event here at Casino Barcelona. All remaining players have locked up at least €4,500 and have the shared goal of claiming the trophy and top prize of €75,000.
Josep Valls leads the field with 4,590,000 after picking up queens to score a pivotal double knockout in the later levels of Day 2. Not far behind him is Gonzalo Mencia with 4,525,000 while Jose Criado rounds out the top three with 3,760,000. Those three are far ahead of the rest of the field with all other competitors having less than 2,000,000 in chips.
Full Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Josep Valls
Spain
4,590,000
77
2
Gonzalo Mencia
Spain
4,525,000
75
3
Jose Criado
Spain
3,760,000
63
4
Scott Fritz
United States
1,830,000
31
5
Daguang Lin
Spain
1,665,000
28
6
Leo Jubien
France
1,630,000
27
7
Mindaugas Pagareckas
Lithuania
1,490,000
25
8
Jose Massa
Spain
1,210,000
20
9
Florens Feenstra
Netherlands
1,170,000
20
10
Fernando Marco
-
1,145,000
19
11
Guillem Morgo
Spain
745,000
12
Florens Feenstra
Also still in contention with 20 big blinds is 2018 WPT Amsterdam champion Florens Feenstra. With just under $1,300,000 in career tournament cashes to his name Feenstra will be a force to be reckoned with should he manage to double up his short stack today.
Play will resume today at 4:00 p.m. local time with the blinds at 30,000/60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante. The action will be streamed on the 888poker Twitch and YouTube channels.
€888 Main Event Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
€75,000
2
€48,000
3
€33,000
4
€24,000
5
€15,000
6
€10,800
7
€8,550
8
€6,900
9
€5,500
10-11
€4,500
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action for the final day of this event until a winner is crowned.
