2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€987,043
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,157,700
Entries
1,682
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Hands #115-118: Petkov Plays the Hero

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Hand #115: Sebastian Sorensson completed the blind with {q-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Raffaele Sorrentino checked with {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}. The board was {3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} on the turn and Sorensson check-folded to 1 million.

Hand #116: Sorensson raised to 2.6 million with {7-Clubs}{5-Spades} and got folds, including Lachezar Petkov mucking an ace.

Hand #117: Petkov completed with {k-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Sorensson checked with {10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Both missed the {5-Clubs}{j-Spades}{3-Spades} and a {10-Hearts} fell. Sorensson put in a bet of 2.1 million that Petkov check-called. On the {6-Spades} river, Petkov checked. Sorensson bet 5.2 million and Petkov tanked a few minutes before calling with king-high, mucking when the tens and sixes were shown to him.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
26,500,000
8,825,000
8,825,000
Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
14,300,000
400,000
400,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov bg
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov
9,600,000
-9,225,000
-9,225,000

Tags: Lachezar Plamenov PetkovSebastian SorenssonRaffaele Sorrentino

Deal Agreed

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

A deal has been agreed between the three final players. The numbers are as follows:

Lachezar Petkov: �917,347
Sebastian Sorensson: �887,043
Raffaele Sorrentino: �850,110

There will be �100,000 left for the winner to play for.

Deal Talk

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

"It's like a Spin & Go," said Sorrentino as the three players are discussing a potential deal.

Although the three want to keep playing, the shallow stacks and big payjumps are making it a high-variance proposition to continue without a deal.

Level: 38

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 100,000

Hands #110-114: Nearly Equal Stacks Into The Break

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 100,000 ante

Hand #110: Raffaele Sorrentino completed {A-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Lachezar Petkov checked {A-Hearts}{4-Hearts}.

Petkov picked up a flush draw on the {3-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop. Sorrentino bet 600,000 and the Bulgarian called. Sorrentino kept firing on the {7-Diamonds} turn, betting 1,200,000. Petkov, with flush and straight draws, called a second time.

Both players checked the {2-Diamonds} on the river and both players chopped up the pot.

Hand #111: Petkov completed {4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Sebastian Sorensson checked {J-Spades}{5-Clubs}. Both players missed the {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop and Petkov took it with a bet of 600,000.

Hand #112: Petkov raised {A-Hearts}{9-Spades} to 1,300,000 on the button and won the hand.

Hand #113: Sorrentino completed {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} in the small blind. Petkov raised to 1,700,000 with {A-Spades}{8-Spades} from the big blind, and Sorrentino bought a flop.

Sorrentino hit top pair on a {J-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop and checked. Petkov bet 1,100,000, Sorrentino responded by shoving 10,400,000 Petkov quickly flung his hand in the muck.

Hand #114: Sorrentino raised to 1,300,000 with {K-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} on the button. Petkov called {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} from the small blind. Sorensson put in a three-bet to 3,250,000 with a mere {J-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, which got through as both players folded.

Petkov will enter the break as the chipleader, although all stacks are extremely close.

Player Chips Progress
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov bg
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov
18,825,000
-2,255,000
-2,255,000
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
17,675,000
675,000
675,000
Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
13,900,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
Day 5 Chip Leader

Tags: Raffaele SorrentinoLachezar Plamenov PetkovSebastian Sorensson

Hands #104-109: Sorrentino Getting Shippy

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 100,000 ante

Hand #104: Raffaele Sorrentino completed with {j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Lachezar Petkov checked {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}. Sorrentino bet the {5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Hearts} flop and Petkov called. Sorrentino checked the {4-Spades} turn and Petkov bet 900,000. Sorrentino gave it up.

Hand #105: Petkov completed with {5-Spades}{4-Spades} and Sebastian Sorensson check {q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. The {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} flop prompted a bet from Petkov of 600,000. Sorensson dropped in a raise to 1,850,000 and immediately took it down.

Hand #106: Petkov called on the button with {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Sorrentino woke up with {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and an all-in shove in the big blind. He won the pot right there.

Hand #107: Petkov received a walk.

Hand #108: Sorrentino ripped it in with {6-Spades}{6-Clubs} on the button and won it in short order.

Hand #109: Petkov again had {9-Spades}{6-Spades} and called on the button. Again, Sorrentino woke up with a big one: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. He jammed and won again.

Player Chips Progress
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov bg
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov
21,080,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
17,000,000
320,000
320,000
Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
12,550,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
Day 5 Chip Leader

Tags: Lachezar Plamenov PetkovRaffaele SorrentinoSebastian Sorensson

Hands #97-103: Jacks for Petkov

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 100,000 ante

Hand #97: Lachezar Petkov opened with {k-}{9-} on the button and folded to a three-bet from Sebastian Sorensson, who had {a-}{q-}.

Hand #98: Petkov got a walk.

Hand #99: Petkov completed with {k-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Sorensson held {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and fired in a raise to win the pot.

Hand #100: Petkov called on the button with {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. Raffaele Sorrentino checked his option with {k-Diamonds}{6-Spades}. Sorrentino checked the {10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop and called 700,000 from his in-position foe. The turn was a {3-Diamonds} and Petkov delivered a second barrel of 2.1 million. That earned him the pot.

Hand #101: This hand had unknown action but Sorensson appeared to have won the pot.

Hand #102: Sorrentino called on the button with {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. Petkov fired in a big raise to 2.4 million with {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. That earned him the pot.

Hand #103: Petkov raised to 1.3 million with {5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} on the button. Sorensson made it 3.3 million in the small blind and took it down.

Player Chips Progress
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov bg
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov
22,280,000
19,995,000
19,995,000
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
16,680,000
5,280,000
5,280,000
Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
11,450,000
-6,150,000
-6,150,000
Day 5 Chip Leader

Tags: Lachezar Plamenov PetkovRaffaele SorrentinoSebastian Sorensson

Brian Kaufman Eliminated in 4th Place (�402,000)

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 100,000 ante
Brian Kaufman
Brian Kaufman

Hand #96: Brian Kaufman moved all in first to act for 4.7 million with {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts} and got called by Sebastian Sorensson, who had {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} and a covering stack in the big blind.

The {4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop was a whiff for Kaufman. A {5-Hearts} turn brought a pile of outs in the form of hearts for Kaufman. A {10-Spades} river was a brick, though.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
11,400,000
6,325,000
6,325,000
Brian Kaufman Esposito uy
Brian Kaufman Esposito
Busted

Tags: Brian KaufmanSebastian Sorensson

Andre Akkari Eliminated in 5th Place (�319,760)

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 100,000 ante
Lachezar Petkov and Andre Akkari
Lachezar Petkov and Andre Akkari

Hand #95: In the first hand after the blinds went up, Lachezar Petkov open-shoved from the small blind. Andre Akkari called all in for his last 7,775,000 from the big blind.

Lachezar Petkov: {A-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Andre Akkari: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}

The Bulgarian and Brazilian rail got on their feet to cheer for their respective champions. The {6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop kept Akkari in the lead but Petkov picked up some counterfeit outs. The {Q-Spades} turn was safe for Akkari as well. Petkov needed an ace, queen, nine or five on the river to win.

The river was the {5-Clubs} and the Bulgarian rail exploded. Akkari's deep run finally came to an end in fifth place. The popular Team PokerStars Pro said his goodbyes as he walked off the stage.

After receiving support from his countrymen, Akkari headed for the payout desk to collect �319,760 in winnings. With the cash, Akkari surpassed fellow Team PokerStars Pro Felipe Ramos on the Brazilian all-time money list.

Lachezar_Petkov
Player Chips Progress
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov bg
Lachezar Plamenov Petkov
2,285,000
-12,315,000
-12,315,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
Busted

Tags: Andre AkkariLachezar Plamenov Petkov