Live Tournament Updates
Players Return From Dinner
Level 20: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
Players have just returned from dinner to finish the second half of Level 20 with blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante.
Sorted In: Casino Barcelona, WPT Spanish Championship, Season VII12:33 PM, 05/26/08
75-Minute Dinner Break
Level 20: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
The final 11 players take a 75-minute dinner break, which coincides with the dinner break of the other tournament in the room. Play will resume about 9:30 pm local time (3:30 pm ET; 12:30 pm PT).
Sorted In: Casino Barcelona, WPT Spanish Championship, Season VII11:20 AM, 05/26/08
Andreas Vidal Doubles Through Erik Friberg
Level 20: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
Andreas Vidal moves all in and Erik Friberg calls.
Vidal: K
K
Friberg: AA
Board: 10
83K10
Vidal spikes a king on the turn to stay alive and doubles up to 220,000.
11:18 AM, 05/26/08
Casper Hansen Doubles Through Fares Hassan
Level 20: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
Casper Hansen gets it all in with AK against Fares Hassan's AQ. The board comes J4264, and Casper's A-K holds up.
11:03 AM, 05/26/08
Blinds Increase
Level 20: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
The field advances to Level 20, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 1,000 ante. Play continues without a break, but there will be a one-hour dinner break in about 15 minutes.
Sorted In: Casino Barcelona, WPT Spanish Championship, Season VII10:48 AM, 05/26/08
Thiago Nishijima vs. David Zenou
Level 19: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante
Thiago Nishijima raises from the small blind to 24,000, and David Zenou calls from the big blind. The flop comes 10103, Nishijima bets 25,000, and Zenou calls. The turn card double-pairs the board with the 3, and both players check.
The river card is the 4, Nishijima bets 70,000, and Zenou quickly calls with 53 for a low full house, threes full of tens. But Nishijima shows J10 to win the pot with a higher full house, tens full of threes.
10:33 AM, 05/26/08
Andreas Vidal Doubles Through Erik Friberg
Level 19: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante
Erik Fribeg raises to 25,000 from the cutoff and Andreas Vital moves all in for a total of 94,000. Friberg calls.
Vital: QQ
Friberg: 108
Board: 766105
Friberg makes a pair of tens on the turn but it is not enough. Andreas Vital doubles up with a pair of queens.
09:54 AM, 05/26/08
Official Chip Counts & Seating
Level 18: 3,000-6,000, 500 ante
Here are the official chip counts from the break. With 17 players remaining, the average count is about 223,000. There will be a one-hour dinner break around 8:00 pm local time (2:00 pm ET; 11:00 am PT). TABLE 2 Seat 1. Atanas Gueorguiev - 171,000 Seat 2. Tore Lagerborg - 143,000 Seat 3. Mikhail Sionov - 164,000 Seat 4. Raul Mestre - 167,000 Seat 5. Stefan Mattsson - 170,000 Seat 6. Thiago Nishijima - 296,000 Seat 7. David Zenou - 453,000 Seat 8. Erik Friberg - 401,000 Seat 9. Andreas Vidal - 96,000 TABLE 3 Seat 1. Karsten Johansen - 214,000 Seat 2. Hassan Fares - 143,000 Seat 3. Guy Sitbon - 339,000 Seat 4. Jean-Pierre Grieze - 298,000 Seat 5. Paul Hersleth - 98,000 Seat 6. Martin Lundenius - 352,000 Seat 7. Casper Hansen - 120,000 Seat 8. Seat 9. Nordine Bouya - 131,000
Sorted In: Casino Barcelona, WPT Spanish Championship, Season VII09:43 AM, 05/26/08
Casper Hansen Doubles Up Just Before the Break
Level 18: 3,000-6,000, 500 ante
In the last hand before the break, Paul Hersleth raises to 17,000 and Casper Hansen moves all in for 54,500. Hersleth calls and shows A10, Casper is ahead with the AK.
The board comes Q32KQ and Casper doubles up to 120,000.
09:41 AM, 05/26/08
15-Minute Break
Level 18: 3,000-6,000, 500 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break. The tournament staff will be coloring up the white (500) chips during the break. When they return the blinds will be 4,000/8,000 1,000 ante.
Sorted In: Casino Barcelona, WPT Spanish Championship, Season VII09:37 AM, 05/26/08
