12 Days, 13 Events: 888poker Makes it Bigger for Barcelona
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Three times is the charm, they say.
The first 888poker “Make it Big” Festival in London was, well, big. The second one in Rozvadov was bigger.
The third will be another record-setter as 888poker will bring its biggest Live Festival ever to Barcelona this May.
It’s one of the top destinations for poker in Europe and it will feature even more tournaments than its predecessors.
The Whale, Hurricane & More
This time around 888poker is bringing the whole range of poker tournaments they have to offer online to the live stage.
The Whale goes live.
That means The Whale, The Hurricane, The Mega Knockout and many more.
From May 11-22 at the Casino de Barcelona you’ll be able to play Hold’em and Omaha with buy-ins starting from €66.
The main event will have a €1,100 buy-in and €500,000 guaranteed — but also watch out for the €2,200 High Roller event where all the celebrities will take part.
The whole team of 888poker ambassadors will be there to greet you.
Dominik Nitsche, Kara Scott, Sofia Lövgren, Chris Moorman and Natalie Hof will all spend some time in Catalonia, but make no mistake – they’ll make it hard for you to advance to the next stage of the tournament.
Online Satellites On Now
You can just buy-in or qualify live on location (see below), but as always you also have the chance to satellite into the festival via online qualifiers.
You can qualify both for the main event and the opening event. Direct satellites for the main are $30 to play while the satellites for the opening event are just $12.
If you want to play for less you can qualify for the direct satellites through the 888poker steps system starting at 1 cent.
If you don’t have an account at 888poker yet, head to the 888poker review page on PokerListings. Download the software and you’ll be good to go within a few minutes with access to our world-best $888 sign-up bonus.
Take a look at these numbers for an idea of what to expect:
| Festival | ME players | ME guarantee | ME prize pool | 1st prize |
| London, October 2016 | 288 | $250,000 | $280,291 | $55,666 |
| Rozvadov, February 2017 | 531 | $320,000 | $439,419 | $80,000 |
| Barcelona, May 2017 | ? | $500,000 | ? | ? |
888poker “Make it Big” Festival: Full Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Event | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 11/5/2017 | 16:00 | Turbo Satellite to Opening Event 1A | 50 EUR |
| Thursday | 11/5/2017 | 18:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival – Opening Event Day 1A | 220 EUR |
| Friday | 12/5/2017 | 16:00 | Turbo Satellite to Opening Event 1B | 50 EUR |
| Friday | 12/5/2017 | 18:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival – Opening Event Day 1B | 220 EUR |
| Friday | 12/5/2017 | 20:00 | The Thunder | 88 EUR |
| Saturday | 13/5/2017 | 12:00 | Turbo Satellite to Opening Event 1C | 50 EUR |
| Saturday | 13/5/2017 | 14:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival – Opening Event Day 1C | 220 EUR |
| Saturday | 13/5/2017 | 18:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival – Opening Event Day 1D TURBO | 220 EUR |
| Saturday | 13/5/2017 | 20:00 | The Breeze | 110 EUR |
| Sunday | 14/5/2017 | 13:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival – Opening Event FINAL | – |
| Sunday | 14/5/2017 | 14:00 | High Noon Turbo | 50 EUR |
| Sunday | 14/5/2017 | 18:00 | The Hurricane | 110 EUR |
| Monday | 15/5/2017 | 20:00 | The Swordfish | 55 EUR |
| Tuesday | 16/5/2017 | 20:00 | The Turbo Deepstack | 77 EUR |
| Wednesday | 17/5/2017 | 18:00 | The Lightning 8-max | 66 EUR |
| Wednesday | 17/5/2017 | 19:00 | Super Satellite to Main Event Day 1A | 110 EUR |
| Wednesday | 17/5/2017 | 20:00 | High Roller Day 1 | 2200 EUR |
| Thursday | 18/5/2017 | 17:00 | High Roller Final Day | 2200 EUR |
| Thursday | 18/5/2017 | 18:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival ME Day 1A | 1100 EUR |
| Friday | 19/5/2017 | 15:00 | Super Satellite to Main Event Day 1B | 110 EUR |
| Friday | 19/5/2017 | 18:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival ME Day 1B | 1100 EUR |
| Friday | 19/5/2017 | 21:00 | The Mega Knockout [50 EUR Bounty] | 115 + 50 EUR |
| Saturday | 20/5/2017 | 12:00 | Turbo Super Satellite to Main Event Day 1C | 110 EUR |
| Saturday | 20/5/2017 | 15:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival ME Day 1C | 1100 EUR |
| Saturday | 20/5/2017 | 20:00 | Omaha Pot Limit | 150 EUR |
| Sunday | 21/5/2017 | 14:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival ME Day 2 | 1100 EUR |
| Sunday | 21/5/2017 | 16:00 | The Whale | 333 EUR |
| Sunday | 21/5/2017 | 19:00 | Ladies Event | 220 EUR |
| Monday | 22/5/2017 | 14:00 | 888Live Barcelona Festival ME Final Day | – |
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