Day 1c of the Main Event drew by far the largest field of the 888Live Poker Festival London with 242 entries and an eventual 82 survivors packing out the 888Poker room at Aspers Casino, Westfield chasing some of that monster £400,000 guarantee.
Team 888Poker was out in force today with Ambassadors Kara Scott, Natalie Hof and Sofia Lovgren all taking to the felt to represent the badge. It was to be a brutal day for all of them though.
Lovgren was the first one out at the feature table as she called a three-bet from WSOP 2017 sensation John Hesp. Lovgren had ace-jack and Hesp had aces. A deceptively checked ace high flop saw all the money go in on the turn to bust Lovgren.
Scott fell late in the day when she set a trap from a 26 big blind stack with aces but her opponent had pocket sevens and flopped a set.
Hof bust her first bullet all in preflop with kings against her opponent’s jacks who went on to make a flush, and right at the death she lost a flip with sevens to Christopher Yong’s ace-king who then bagged up 153,800.
Some of the other notables who did bag up chips for Day 2 include Steve Watts (134,800), Orpen Kisacikoglu (108,500), John Hesp (86,600), Tiffany Michelle (45,400) and Mr Kara Scott, Giovanni Rizzo (26,000).
John Hesp was playing at the invitation of 888Poker and was on the Feature Table all day, taking it in his stride and sporting his famous colourful outfit and hat. The stream will continue tomorrow with hole cards up and more commentary from David Tuchman and 888Poker Twitch supremo Talbot “Tonkaaap” Parker.
Tune in tomorrow to PokerNews as we bring you Day 2 of the Main Event starting at 2 p.m.
Today will see the 888Poker Ambassadors out in force in an attempt to make Day 2.Chris Moorman, Kara Scott, Sofia Lovgren , Dominik Nitsche and Natalie Hof are all looking forward to a day at the tables and some bragging rights.
Tiffany Michelle is also set to make an appearance today. Michelle is an actress but is best known in the poker world for being the "Last Woman Standing" at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event where she finished 17th for $ 334,534. She will also be playing the Ladies Event which has a £13,000 WSOPE package as the prize.
For the first time in 888Live Tournaments Aspers is using a Shot Clock for the Main Event. The way it works is once the dealer has dealt the last card in a hand they operate the timer and the 'Shot Clock' begins and each player will be given a 30 seconds to act.
If a player is facing a bet or raise, the timer will begin only after their chips are counted and the number of chips required to call are stated. Players also have two Time Bank Chips, each of which will add an extra 60 seconds to the timer in the event that they need more time to reach a decision. You can read more about the Shot Clock here.
So far 53 players have made it through to Day 2 and today is likely to be the busiest day so far but don’t be late as there is a prize give away that should not be missed
888poker in conjunction with Aspers Casino are offering 50 people the chance to win a Kitvision Immerse 360° Video Action Camera to the first 50 players who register for the Main Event. You can read all about the offer and the VR Camera here.
There are 9 one-hour levels scheduled to play today and players get a 30,000 starting stack.
Cards are in the at 3 p.m today and the PokerNews Live Reporting team will bring all the drama from the felt and some stunning photos of the players in action.
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and Scott check-called a big bet.
