Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
2016 888Live Poker Festival London
£220 Opening Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 888Live Poker Festival London
Buy-in
£220
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Ivanov Overtakes Dedusha
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
James Mitchell made it 120,000 to play from the cut-off. Artan Deusha called in the big blind, but Svetlin Ivanov made it 520,000 from the big blind. Only Dedusha called.
The flop of 
saw Ivanov lead for 800,000. Dedusha reluctantly let it go, and was shown 
.
A quick chorus of 'Nice hand, nice bet' and we were onto the next hand with the chip lead having swapped place between the two players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,200,000 | 745,000 |
|
4,100,000 | -850,000 |
Michael Benson Eliminated in 9th Place (£2,000)
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Michael Benson moved all-in for 770,000 with 
and was called by Michael Harb in the next seat with 
.
There was little chance for Benson from the flop, as the board ran out 
and he departed with £2,000 and a ticket for the 888Poker London Live Main Event later in the week. A decent weekend's work!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,965,000 | 770,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Final Table Chip Counts
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
We've reached the final table, with our nine players lining up as follows:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
| Seat 1 | James Mitchell | 1,545,000 |
| Seat 2 | Artan Dedusha | 4,950,000 |
| Seat 3 | Vitalli Seman | 1,230,000 |
| Seat 4 | Svetlin Ivanov | 4,450,000 |
| Seat 5 | Longbo Mi | 575,000 |
| Seat 6 | Neil Barron | 2,040,000 |
| Seat 7 | Michael Benson | 770,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jose Luis Lopez | 1,060,000 |
| Seat 9 | Michael Harb | 1,195,000 |
Three Bust in One Hand to Create Final Table!
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
A four-way all-in madhouse erupted on the second table as we lost three players and one went into a massive chip lead in the tournament.
First, Arron Fletcher shoved his eight big blind stack into the middle and was called by Artan Dedusha in the cut-off after a long think and then Paul Whyman on the button, who only had four big blinds. When it came to Graham Hawkes (pictured) in the big blind, he sensationally moved all-in for 1.6m, and Artan Dedusha called it off!
Arron Fletcher: 
Paul Whyman: 
Graham Hawkes: 
Artan Dedusha: 
The board of 
kept Dedusha in front the whole way and he leaps to chip leader with a stack of 4.95 million chips. Paul Whyman busted in 12th place for £1,890, Arron Fletcher in 11th for the same and Graha Hawkes in 10th for the same amount too.
We have our final table!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,950,000 | 4,292,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Mihai Pop Eliminated in 13th Place (£1,515)
Level 23
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Mihai Pop has been eliminated in 13th place, after shoving and being called by 
He was unable to catch up and crashes out of the 888Poker London Live Festival opening event. But there is also an all-in and a call at the other table...followed by another all-in...!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Mitchell Gets It All Back
Level 23
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
James Mitchell and Arron Fletcher have clashed again, and this time, Mitchell came out on top in what was an odd hand.
With 1.2m at the start of the hand, Fletcher called a min-raise to see a flop of 
with his hand of 
. On the turn of he bet half of his remaining stack, and James Mitchell moved all-in. Fletcher called and Mitchell had 
. He had to miss a world of outs on the river, but he did so and moved up to around 1.6m after the hand. Fetcher is now very short-stacked with around eight big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 700,000 |
|
|
420,000 | -1,430,000 |
Harb Days Night as Watts and Singh Eliminated in 14th & 15th Place
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Michael Harb is on a rush as he's eliminated Steve Watts just moments after Money Singh left us in 15th place.
First, Harb moved all-in with 
and Watts called it off with . Harb flopped a seven and held. Watts was left crippled stack-wise, losing that 1.3m-chip pot, and got his last in with against Harb's .
The flop of 
put Watts ahead, the turn of kept him there, but the on the river gave Watts two-pair but Harb the gut-shot straight.
Harb has 1.5 million, both Watts and Singh will wait to get their revenge in other tournament going on this week as the London Live Festival continues for another eight days of action!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000 | -250,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000