Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 75
2016 888Live Poker Festival London
£220 Opening Event
Day: 1b
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
Easy Money
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
Terry Jordon often starts tournaments in top gear, flying into pots and playing a high variance game in order to chip up early or rebuy should problems occur. It's the former that is happening so far here on Day 1b, and he just won another pot to reach over 50,000 chips.
Raising to 1,200 from early position, Jordon got three callers to a flop of 
. He continued the betting, leading for 2,600 and this time, only one caller came along for the ride in the big blind. The turn of 
led to to two checks, as did the river of 
, whereupon Jordon turned over 
. That was good enough, and as his opponent mucked his cards, Jordon quipped: "Easy money. Easy chips, there."
While Jordon is at the upper end of the chip counts, he's not at Oscar Kirby's level. the young man who dropped below starting stack early has almost quadrupled his stack in Level 4, and approaching the break is leading the way on 86,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
51,200
51,200
|
51,200 |
First Break
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
Players are on a break for the next 20 minutes, and with 200 of them in the room, the bar could be busy! We'll be back as soon as the players are in their seats for Level 5.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Flushed Away
Level 5
: 300/600, 100 ante
Kaveh Kiavand needed help when he was all-in on the flop with slightly more chips than his opponent. 45,000 chips in the middle at blinds of 300/600/100 and Kiavand held 
against 
on a flop of 
.
The turn of 
gave Kiavand instant pay-off, and his opponent was already a few metres away from the table after the river fell .
We've had 251 entries so far today (including re-entries) on Day 1b, with 217 players still in seats. An incredible turn-out, and along with the roaring cash game trade that Aspers is famous for on a Friday night, there are simply no available seats in the vast 888Live Poker Room! Alternate numbers are being taken...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,600 |
New Entries
Level 5
: 300/600, 100 ante
With players still taking tickets for an alternate seat, that puts pressure on those already in seats.
While some are thriving, such as Oscar Kirby (90,000 and our current chip leader), others such as Steven Game (6,500) have work to do to stay involved without a re-entry. Kirby shares his table with Daiva Baruskaite (33,000 and climbing) and Glen Kiddle, who just made the correct call on a tricky-looking 9-high board to scoop a decent pot. Kiddle is up to 40,000 and looking very comfortable.
Players only have six levels and the break which follows the next level to either re-enter or buy-in for the first time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
12,400
|
12,400 |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
33,000 | |
|
|
6,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Kiddle and Kirby
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
Glen Kiddle has momentum at his table, and has taken a few thousand chips from now-former chip leader Oscar Kirby at their table.
Pre-flop, Kiddle raised to 2,000 from the cut-off and was called in two spots, Kirby making it up from the big blind. The flop of 
saw Kiddle continue to 2600 and only Kirby followed him to a turn of 
. Kiddle continued for 3,000 and Kirby called. The river of saw both men check, and Kiddle's 
was good enough. The Braintree-based player is up to 48,800 and Kirby has dropped back a little this level to 72,100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,100
-17,900
|
-17,900 |
|
|
48,800
8,800
|
8,800 |
Pop is Tops but Tadj-Saadat is Challenging
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
Mihai Pop has the chip lead on Day 1b after making the most of his table to move to 103,000. He's followed fairly closely in the chip counts by Raheem Tadj-Saadat, who just eliminated a player to make it up to 96,800 chips.
After the initial three-bettor to 8,000 saw Tadj-Saadat shove all-in for around 65,000, a short-stacked player called the all-in for their 15,000 stack and they folded, claiming that they had pocket tens. Tadj-Saadat turned over 
and he was well ahead of the short stack's 
. He stayed there on the board of 
and hit the nut flush by the river, but you can imagine what the player who apparently folded pocket tens thought as first flop and then river would have given him quads.
"Maybe you should have called, young man." said Tadj-Saadat in his usual understated manner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
103,000 | |
|
|
96,800 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100