Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
2016 888Live Poker Festival London
£220 Opening Event
Day: 1c
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
First Break of the Day
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
Players are now on a break for 30 minutes in this £100,000 Guaranteed opening event. Can anyone put down a marker in the next few levels for an early chip-lead? We'll find out when they return.
Maria Kozak Rivers Kelly Saxby
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
A blur of pre-flop action saw Maria Kozak open the betting from middle position before Kelly Saxby three-bet. Kozak immediately went all-in for around 17,000 chips and Saxby called it off.
Maria Kozak: 
Kelly Saxby: 
The flop of 
gave Kozak two-pair to Saxby's one and put her well ahead, but the turn of 
gave Saxby the straight. However, the river 
gave Kozak the re-suckout and a full house to see her double up to 37,200. Saxby slips down the pecking order with just 18,400 having been one card from being double the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,200 | |
|
18,400 | -6,600 |
Royal and Bratanov
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Chris Royal was all-in on a flop of 
as we joined the action and Stefan Bratanov had the decision to call it off. Royal was all-in for just 16,500, but Bratanov had well over 50,000 and he made the call quite quickly, turning over 
. He was well behind, however, with Royal flipping 
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"You're not dead yet," Royal told his crestfallen opponent. "A three and a deuce and we chop."
As if by magic, the 
arrived on the turn. Royal suddenly looked a little scared of his own prophecy, saying "OK, I'll shut up now."
Another three, the 
landed on the river, however, to double up Royal to 37,600, just a few chips shy of Bratanov's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
37,600 | 37,600 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 75
Reddy's Revenge
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Having been outdrawn by Vinnie Anderson in the last hand they shared, Akshay Reddy was determined to get those chips back somehow. He's done so in fine style. After seeing Anderson open to 1,000 from the cut-off, Reddy made it 2,600 from the dealer button. There had been a couple of pre-flop limpers, but they got out of the way and sent the action heads-up, so Anderson bet all-in, easily covering Reddy's short stack. Reddy snap-called.
Akshay Reddy: 
Vinnie Anderson: 
The flop of 
gave Anderson hope of a chop pot, with the gregarious regular here at Aspers calling for the dealer to provide "Ten-seven, please."
The turn was the 
, however, and after the meaningless 
river fell, Anderson doubled up his rival.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | -15,000 |
|
28,750 | 15,250 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Anderson Takes Some from Reddy
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Vinnie Anderson took a chunk from Akshay Reddy after what looked an unspectacular flop of 
saw both players check. The turn of 
prompted a bet of 2,500 from Reddy.
"Let's see what he's made of. 5k." announced Anderson, who made it 5,000. Reddy called. The river of saw Anderson ping 10,000 into the middle, which Reddy called. Anderson showed 
for the straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
13,500 | 13,500 |
Wool and Melin Both Bluff the River
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Andy Wool and Sin Melin have both made attempts to bluff on the river to win the pot, with varied results.
Andy Wool had raised pre-flop and then bet each street increasing amounts of 500, 1,100 and 3,000 chips on a board of 
in a bid to take down the pot, and was successful when his opponent folded his hand after serious consideration. Wool showed 
for the bluff...he spun a good yarn.
But on another table, Melin was less successful. She pinged 1,500 into the middle after checking the flop and betting 1,100 on the turn of 
only to be called by a player with 
having declared "Jack-high".
While Melin only has 10,000, Wool is already above average in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
10,000 | -15,000 |
Tadj-Saadat Takes a Small One by Biggest Hand
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Raheem Tadj-Saadat popped out a standard raise in middle position and got a couple of callers, before seeing an exciting-looking flop of 
. At this point, he continued for a very chunky 2,200 and got two quick folds before showing and scooping the pot.
"It was a bad flop for me."
"If that's a bad flop for you, I'd hate to see a good one. You've got top set!" replied a player at his table.
"The flush draw, maybe a straight. I didn't like it!" Tadj-Saadat chuckled.
Plenty of new players have entered the fray, including Andy 'dawhiteninja' Wool and Kelly Saxby
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,600 | |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000 |