€888 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2024 888poker LIVE Barcelona
€888 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 888poker LIVE Barcelona
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€369,450
Entries
476
Level
32
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
86
Players Left
27
The 888poker LIVE Tour continues today with the first of four starting flights in the €888 Main Event here at Casino Barcelona. The festival here has been ongoing for five days and a mix of professionals, live satellite winners and online qualifiers are expected for Day 1a of the Main Event.
888poker LIVE last visited Barcelona in 2023, where Tero Laurila emerged triumphant over a field of 369 entrants to take home the top prize of €64,000 after a heads-up deal.
2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona €1,100 Main Event Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tero Laurila | Finland | €64,000* |
| 2 | Nils Lechner | Germany | €46,000* |
| 3 | Albert Grane | Spain | €33,000 |
| 4 | Tullio Bertoli | Venezuela | €26,000 |
| 5 | Pekka Ikonen | Finland | €20,000 |
| 6 | Juri Mereu | Italy | €15,000 |
| 7 | Lin Xia | Italy | €12,000 |
| 8 | Nuno Duarte | Portugal | €9,300 |
| 9 | Sergi Alonso | Spain | €7,120 |
*Denotes Heads-Up Deal
The Main Event features an identical structure for the first three starting flights. Players will start with 50,000 chips and play ten 45-minute levels. Day 1d follows the same structure but with 20-minute levels. The fields combine on Sunday, May 19 for Day 2 before a winner will be crowned on May 20. The event features unlimited reentries and late registration will close just before the first hand is dealt on Day 2.
888poker ambassadors and stream team members expected to attend include Ian Simpson, Vivian Saliba, Lucia Navarro and Nick Eastwood.
Day 1a kicks off at 3:00 p.m. local time. Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will follow all the action until a champion is crowned here in Barcelona.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
With the tournament clock showing 12 entrants to start the day, cards are in the air for Day 1a of the Main Event.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
With two players seeing a board of Q?7?4? and about 2,500 in the middle, Lucas Garces checked from the cutoff and Daguang Lin bet 800 from the button. Garces made the call.
Lin fired a second barrel for 2,200 when checked to on the 9? turn and was once again called by Garces.
Both payers checked the 3? river. Garces table Q?8? for top pair which was good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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56,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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47,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 2
: 200/400, 400 ante
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Level 2
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Cyril Saroufim had opened from the hijack only for Juan Vazquez to three-bet to 2,500 from the button. Kristian Larsson then four-bet to 7,000 from the s mall blind and Saroufim put in a five-bet to 25,000. Vazquez got out of the way before Saroufim moved all in for a bit under 50,000. Larsson, who had Saroufim covered, made the call.
Cyril Saroufim: K?K? 
Kristian Larsson: A?A?
Saroufim had run kings into aces and couldn't catch up on the Q?Q?4?2?A?, resulting in his elimination while Larsson dragged in a pot worth nearly 250 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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108,500
58,500
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58,500 |
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45,600
-4,400
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-4,400 |
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Busted |
Level 2
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
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