2016 888Live Poker Festival London

£220 Opening Event
Day: 2
1a1b1c2
Event Info

2016 888Live Poker Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠10♥
Prize
£16,440
Event Info
Buy-in
£220
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

£220 Opening Event

Day 2 Started

Fletcher Leads Final Day of Opening Event at 888Poker London Live

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton

After three Day 1 flights, Arron Fletcher remains the leader after his Day 1a stack of 535,000 kept him ahead of all challengers across the Day 1 fun and 700 entries.

With £138,600 now in the prize pool, play begins at 1pm local time here in Stratford at Aspers Casino. With 40 minute levels throughout, we'll play to a winner.

Although Fletcher leads they way, he'll have some serious competition for the title. Irish Open winner James Mitchell has 512,000 and will be tough to stop, while Graham Hawkes has 515,000 and every chance. Big name pros such as Charles Chattha (180,500) and Steve Watts (255,000) wait in the chasing pack, looking to strike whenever they have the chance.

Here are all the chip counts as we head back to action:

Day 2 Chip Counts:

PlayerChips
Arron Fletcher535000
Graham Hawkes515000
James Robert Mitchell512000
Paul Skipper438500
Mihai-Ovidiu Pop412500
Reza Fazeli400000
Artan Dedusha343000
Gary Dallison327500
Charles Akadiri312000
Paul Tirnovean298500
Paul Whyman260000
Steven Watts255000
Andy Wool242000
Shlomo Dubnov241500
Ion Albu235000
Lotfi Boughanmi229500
Lee Champion220500
Michael Harb218000
Michael Benson217000
David Gassian215000
Edgaras Vaisvilas212500
Marios Nicolaou208500
Dan Moldovan207500
Money Singh204500
Petrit Papushi203000
Christoph Kochy202500
Neil Barron201000
Bradley Joyce198000
Thomas Pedersen196000
Joseph Prince192500
Jose Luis Lopez Acebes184500
Charles Chattha180500
Farhaan Khan180500
Paul Muehlthaler179000
Thomas Hughes178000
Longbo Mi165500
Sorie Kamara161500
Joseph Grech161000
Parvez Ahmed161000
Noel Jayapaul155000
Ivelin Ganev155000
Amedeo Pollicardo153500
Hristo Georgiev149500
Emilio De Angelis149500
Lynford Pinnock149500
Axat Mawji149000
Ian Adair146500
Jozsef Pager145000
Svetlin Ivanov143000
Mohammed Ullah142000
Ali Zihni141000
John Ventre138500
Trevor Bulless137500
Thissa Desilva135000
Saif Jiwa135000
Andrzej Dubaj132500
John Scanlon132000
Leon Campbell130000
Janos Toth129000
Nicola Montalbano127000
Jerome Bradpiece 
Timotheos Timotheou126000
Sakis Nicolaou123000
Danito Salvatore Carlucci118000
Mark Davey117000
David Barrow116500
Rodney French116500
Stefan Bratanov114000
Akshay Reddy114000
James Manlove109000
Yimin Yang109000
Ciprian Paunescu107000
Kelly Ann Saxby106000
Paul Hunt104000
Marios Andreas103500
Paul Hizer103000
Demetrios Kounni102000
Amanmitrasingh Daby100000
Leo Madden100000
Paul Gould99000
Carlos Gonzalez98000
Vitalii Seman96000
Aleksandrs Brics95500
David Corkett94500
Gladys Long91000
Matteo Ferrero84500
Ricardo Auguste83000
Daniel Dolan82500
Thomas Drew81500
Shangzhi Zhou79500
Andriy Sokolyk75000
Marius Zalpys72500
[Removed:242]71000
Chuc Khuu70000
Peter Saunders68000
Berivan Dag67500
John Curtis66500
Ka Him Li63500
Warren Tolentino63000
Benedetto Passantino60500
Edward Barton57000
Stephen Nimako56000
Hosein Akbari52000
Joseph Chacholiades50500
Ronald Blank49500
Stephen Bussutil39500
Andrew Campbell35000
Gholam Torshizi33000
Simon Luke33000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Shuffle Up and Deal!

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton

We're back under way as the remaining 109 players fight for the title.

With 40 minute levels throughout, we'll see a winner crowned and they will win £24,000 and an £880 ticket to the 888Poker London Live Main Event taking place from Tuesday.

Table Match-Ups

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton

We have some interesting players battling each other at the same table.

Chip leader Arron Fletcher (535,000) takes on Chaz Chattha (180,500) from the off, while Steve Watts (255,000) takes on fellow Londoner Joe Grech (161,000). Reza Fazeli (400,000) takes on Marios Andreas (103,500) and Charles Akadiri (312,000).

Blank at the Double

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton
Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ronnie Blank raised to 16,000 from early position and called the shoved over the top from late position, turning over {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}, which was well ahead of his rival's {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. Blank was all-in for roughly 45,000 chips.

The board of {2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Spades}{J-Hearts} saw Blank double up to around 90,000

Wool Up and Down as Yang Bluffs "Like a Boss"

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton
Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Yimin Yang and Andy Wool are sat right next to each ther, with the former enjoying position on his rival. Yang, who began the day on 109,000, raised on a board of {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} after Wool bet 7,200. Yang made it 16,500 and when Wool folded, Yang revealed his hand - {2-Spades}{3-Hearts}.

"Three-high like a boss!" cheered Yang.

"You want to go to war, that's fine by me." said Wool, who was all-in in the next hand.

Gholamreza Mozaffari-Torshizi moved all-in for just 45,000 with {7-Spades}{4-Spades} in late position and Wool shoved for a lot more in the small blind with {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} . The board of {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} saw Wool eliminate Mozaffari-Torshizi and leap back up to 240,000.

"It's been a rollercoaster so far." said Wool.

Player Chips Progress
Yimin Yang gb
Yimin Yang 		456,000 236,000
Andy Wool
Andy Wool 		240,000 240,000
Gholamreza Mozaffari-Torshizi
Gholamreza Mozaffari-Torshizi
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Harb Traps Kamara

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton
Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Michael Harb opened to 11,000 pre-flop from middle position and was called by Kam Kamara in the cut-off. The flop of {9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} saw Harb check, and Kamara shoved all-in. Harb snap-called, and cards were on their backs.

Michael Harb: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Kam Kamara: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}

Bad news for Kamara, and there was no miracle for him as the turn {6-Hearts} and river {5-Hearts} ended his hopes of making the money. Just twenty players need to bust before the bubble bursts.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Harb
Michael Harb 		354,500 354,500
Kam Kamara
Kam Kamara
Busted

Nimako Calling for Cards

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton
Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Stephen Nimako moved all-in over the top of Paul Muehlthaler's opening bet of 14,000 to get his micro-stack of 32,000 into the middle. It was folded round to Muehlthaler, who called off the spare and way was ahead.

Paul Muehlthaler: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Stephen Nimako: {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

Nimako was on his feet before the dealer fanned the flop, but the board played out {2-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{J-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Nimako sat back down, with Paul Muehlthaler still shaking his head.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Muehlthaler
Paul Muehlthaler 		72,000
Stephen Nimako
Stephen Nimako 		69,500 19,500
12345…8