We've lost another, and Jose Luis Lopez can consider himself unlucky. From second in chips to out in two hands is always cruel, but especially with the pay jumps so brutal at this stage.
Lopez first lost a big pot when shoved from the button with and was called by Artan Dedusha, who doubled up his 2 million chip stack when his pocket nines call in the big blind held.
Lopez then made the move all-in with and Longbo Mi called it off with in the big blind. The run-out of 7s5hJd4dAd] saw Lopez out in sixth place and we have a final five.
There are five players left, and here are their chip stacks to return with. The remaining players will sit down to blinds of 80,000/160,000/20,000 for the next forty minutes.
Artan Dedusha was only chip leader at the final table a short while ago, but he misses out on four-handed play after two hands did for his tournament.
First, Dedusha opened to 400,000 from the cut-off and called off Neil Barron's all-in from the big blind for 2.66m. Barron held and declared that he's "never behind, always ahead". He was this time, anyway, as Dedusha turned over and could not spike an ace across the board.
Finally, Dedusha was short, down to just eight big blinds. He called two of those to see a flop against two players in Longbo Mi and Svetlin Ivanov and on , got his stack of 1.12m into the middle with . He was called by Ivanov alone with and that held through the turn and river to send Dedusha home.
Neil Barron has departed the Opening Event, after moving all-in pre-flop with four-handed. James Mitchell called on the button with and the board of saw Barron exit fourth.
James Mitchell has finished our valiant runner-up here in East London as Svetlin Ivanov has become champion of the Opening Event of the 888Poker London Live Festival!
The last hand was almost immediate as heads-up lasted only a couple of hands. Mitchell moved all-in over the top of Ivanov's opening 400,000 bet and Ivanov called it off.
James Mitchell:
Svetlin Ivanov:
The board of saw Ivanov's ten kicker play and he took the title and £16,440. James Mitchell wins £14,295 after the four-handed deal saw all four of the final players bank a great amount for a £220-entry tournament. All nine final table received an £880 ticket to this week's 888Poker London Live Main Event, too!
and was called by Artan Dedusha, who doubled up his 2 million chip stack when his pocket nines call in the big blind held. 
and Longbo Mi called it off with 
in the big blind. The run-out of 7s5hJd4dAd] saw Lopez out in sixth place and we have a final five.
and declared that he's "never behind, always ahead". He was this time, anyway, as Dedusha turned over 
and could not spike an ace across the 
board. 
, got his stack of 1.12m into the middle with 
and that held through the 
turn and 
and the board of 
saw Barron exit fourth.
