2016 888Live Poker Festival London

£220 Opening Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2016 888Live Poker Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
£16,440
Event Info
Buy-in
£220
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Carlucci Cut Down by Rockets

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

Danilo Carlucci moved all-in pre-flop for his last 67,000 and was called by the re-raise all-in from Noel Jayapaul, which was folded to by everyone who was yet to act.

Carlucci was in serious trouble, holding {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} to Jayapaul's {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and he never got close to catching up across the board which read {K-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs} . Jayapaul moves up to 190,000 and with the bubble just 15 places away, that's a stack that looks good to survive it.

Player Chips Progress
Noel Jayapaul
Noel Jayapaul
190,000
35,000
35,000
Danito Salvatore Carlucci
Danito Salvatore Carlucci
Busted

Fletcher Busts Another But Hawkes is Tops

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

Arron Fletcher was on of four callers to an opening bet of 14,000 pre-flop before seeing the dealer fan {J-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} . The player in the small blind moved all-in and Fletcher was the only caller and had flopped the flush with {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

The turn of {2-Spades} and river of {3-Diamonds} kept him ahead and he moved to 660,000. That seems a lot, but Fletcher is actually a chunk behind the monster chip leader in the room, Graham Hawkes. He has 930,000 chips, a serious improvement on the 515,000 stack he began with. James Mitchell has 480,000 after dropping a few but then climbing back into the Top Ten.

Player Chips Progress
Arron Fletcher gb
Arron Fletcher
660,000
110,000
110,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Watts Winning as Bubble Nears

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

Steve Watts has been on a charge as the bubble draws closer and closer with just 75 players left in play here on Day 2.

He's just called the all-in from Thissa De Silva on button, De Silva moving for 80,000 with {K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Watts calling it off with {A-Clubs}{4-Spades} .

The board of {J-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs} gave De Silva more hope with every street, but he ended with the roundest number of all and joins the expectant rail.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
481,000
191,000
191,000
Thissa De Silva
Thissa De Silva
Busted

Blank Bubbles as Fletcher Straights

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Ronnie Blank has become our unfortunate 'Bubble Boy' here at Aspers Casino in Stratford as everyone who remains in the Opening Event of this 888Poker London Live Festival is in the money and fighting for their share of the £138,600 prize-pool.

Arron Fletcher has dominated every table he's been at from the start of Day 1a to this point, and he opened to 18,000 from the hijack position, with Blank electing to call and leave himself 50,000 chips behind from the big blind.

The flop of {A-Spades}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades} saw both men check, but on the {J-Hearts} turn, Blank moved all-in.

"I'm sorry." said Fletcher, before calling and showing {4-Spades}{2-Spades}. Blank wasn't drawing dead, however, having flopped the set with pocket threes.

The river was the {K-Hearts} and that ended Blank's chances and put the field in the money. Fletcher is popular with the other players right now....and has 740,000 chips with which to continue his efforts at winning the title.

Player Chips Progress
Arron Fletcher gb
Arron Fletcher
740,000
80,000
80,000
Ronnie Blank
Ronnie Blank
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Watts Climbs Into Top 5 Counts

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Steve Watts
Steve Watts

The more experienced tournament players are definitely starting to rise to the top of the chip counts here in London as Aspers Casino and the Opening Event of the 888Poker London Live Festival heats up!

Steve Watts has raised more pots than he's folded over the past orbit or so and it is clearly working. The latest effort to accumulate chips was when he raised to 22,000 from the dealer button with {2-Spades}{2-Clubs} and was called by the player in the small blind. However, after the flop fell {4-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, Watts laid down his deuces face-up to the small blind's all-in move!

Watts is still up to 700,000.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
700,000
219,000
219,000

Fletcher Finds the Call

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Arron Fletcher has made yet another good call here on Day 2 as he continues to eat into Graham Hawkes' lead at the top of the chip counts.

Fletcher made it 24k from the cut-off pre-flop and only the big blind called. The flop of {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades} saw Fletcher and his opponent both check, as they did on the turn of {5-Diamonds}. But on the river card of {6-Clubs} , the big blind player led for 32,000. Fletcher called and was shown his opponent's {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Fletcher had {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and scooped the pot. He's up to 740,000 and in cruise control.

Player Chips Progress
Arron Fletcher gb
Arron Fletcher
720,000
-20,000
-20,000

Yang Flushes Two Away!

Yimin Yang has punched the air in delight after busting two players in the biggest pot of the tournament so far here in London.

We joined the action at the post-flop stage where three players were all-in, with Farhan Khan committed from pre-flop with {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and up against an unknown player with pocket aces who went all-in on the flop. Yang himself held {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} with the flop showing {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

Yang openly called for a diamond, and the dealer found it, dropping {10-Diamonds} on the turn to a whoop from Yang and extreme disappointment from the gentleman with aces. Khan still had a chance at finding the full house on the river, but missed his four outs.

Yimin Yang now has 901,000 and a real shot at the title!

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