2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Pedro Cairat opened for 1.1 million and saw his neighbor Angel Blanco shove for 11,725,000 from the cutoff. Bart Lybaert, on the button, over shoved and the blinds folded. Cairat tanked for a bit but eventually folded, later admitting he had a suited ace.

Angel Blanco:
Bart Lybaert:

The flop came , helping Blanco in the lead but Lybaert had a live flush draw. The on the turn was a blank but the on the river wasn't.

Blanco eliminated in 6th place, the remaining 5 players are guaranteed �165,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	44,000,000 14,000,000	14,000,000
Angel Blanco	Busted

Tags: Bart LybaertPedro CairatAngel Blanco

Action folded to Dylan Kehoe in the small blind and he open-shoved for about 3.5 million. Big blind Bart Lybaert called.

Dylan Kehoe:
Bart Lybaert:

The board ran out and Lybaert collected the chips in the pot.

The remaining 6 players are guaranteed a payday of �127,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	30,000,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Dylan Kehoe	Busted

Tags: Dylan KehoeBart Lybaert

Brian Kaufman was short after the big bluff a couple hands ago failed, and just found his end in a hand against again Marius Gicovanu.

Kaufman opened the hijack for 1 million and big blind Gicovanu 3-bet to 3.3 million. Kaufman called.

Marius Gicovanu:
Brian Kaufman:

Again ace-jack for Kaufman, again a big pair for Gicovanu.

The board ran out and Kaufman exited in 8th place. The remaining 7 players are guaranteed �93,000 from here on out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Kaufman	Busted

Tags: Brian KaufmanMarius Gicovanu

From early position, Bart Lybaert opened for 1.1 million. His neighbor Marius Gicovanu called and small blind Brian Kaufman Esposito squeezed to 4.4 million. The big blind and Lybaert folded, Gicovanu called.

The flop came and Kaufman Esposito bet 3.7 million. Gicovanu called and called the 7 million bet on the turn as well.

With the on the river completing the board, Kaufman Esposito shoved from the small blind. Gicovanu called for 12,175,000 total rather quickly. Kaufman Esposito showed , the monster pot went to Gicovanu who tabled .

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gicovanu	56,550,000 28,825,000	28,825,000
Brian Kaufman	7,300,000 -11,450,000	-11,450,000

Tags: Brian Kaufman EspositoBart LybaertMarius Gicovanu

The �1,100 buy in PokerStars National Championship (single reentry) started August 16th and attracted a massive field of 4,557 players. Coverage of this event was not planned, but with a final table this big going on right now, we've decided to follow the action from here on out.

The day started with still 12 players in contention, all guaranteed �39.110. With Day 4 now underway for a little over 2.5 hours, the tournament is down to the official final table of 8.

Blinds will be 250,000/500,000 with a 50,000-ante.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	35,400,000 35,400,000	35,400,000
Angel Blanco	30,400,000 30,400,000	30,400,000
Marius Gicovanu	27,725,000 27,725,000	27,725,000
Brian Kaufman	18,750,000 18,750,000	18,750,000
Agnius Ismailovas	8,500,000 8,500,000	8,500,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	5,225,000 5,225,000	5,225,000
Dylan Kehoe	5,050,000 5,050,000	5,050,000
Pedro Cairat	4,925,000 4,925,000	4,925,000