£880 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2016 888Live Poker Festival London
£880 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 888Live Poker Festival London
Buy-in
£880
Prize Pool
£228,096
Entries
288
Level
25
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Shah Raza Leads 888Poker London Live Main Event Day 2 After Late Drama!
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
After a long and exciting Day 2 of poker action in the 888Poker London Live Main Even, Shah Raza ended at the top of the leaderboard with just 14 players remaining.
The action was fast and friendly from the kickoff, with players still some way from the 36 money places. Sam Grafton took the most advantage of the early skirmishes as the vivacious personality eliminated Martin Spearing when the latter's ace-king walked into the pocket rockets of Grafton.
The first Team 888Poker ambassador to exit was Natalie Hof when she lost a coin flip. She was followed out of the door by fellow German and three-time WSOP bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche before the bubble was even close.
Arron Fletcher lost a huge half-million-chips pot to Albert Sapiano when the latter shoved all-in with two-pair. Fletcher, who until that point had hardly put a foot wrong in the tournament, believed his opponent was on a flush draw and made the call. Sapiano led after that, but not for long as a series of hands saw him exit soon afterwards. Others such as Chris Da-Silva and Sinem Melin followed, with the unfortunate Melin running pocket kings into a set on the flop to lose a massive half-million chip pot.
When it got to the bubble, the field was a split of strong players with big stacks looking to apply pressure and short stacked players looking to survive it. As it happened, Michael Mizrachi managed to eliminate fellow poker pro Andrew Hulme on the bubble when his two-pair beat Hulme's top pair.
Players such as Daniel James and James Phillips were only too grateful. They cashed but busted soon after and the race to end with the most chips at the closing of the day really began. Enzo Del Piero made a run for the lead when he was all-in and at risk with pocket sevens against two players and over cards, but he survived. Sam Grafton took the captain's armband at the feature table with Mizrachi's own elimination (ace-queen against sevens, no luck), but he would not end with it.
Kara Scott was laying low for the first couple of levels, got unlucky a bit but bounced back in the last level, ending the day with 315,000 in chips.
Shah Raza stayed out of the way of damage for much of the day but made the most of his time at the feature table to end as the only player above a million chips bagging 1,153,000. He'll have a lot of competition on the final day, with Charles Chattha (922,000), Sam Grafton (900,000) and Cristian Mihu (852,000) in particular hunting him down.
It's the impressive Raza who has the lead, and with just five players needing to depart for the final table to be formed, we expect the action to be fantastic when play resumes at 1pm local time here in London on Sunday. The first level on the schedule is 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000-ante. The remaining 14 players are guaranteed £3,010 but are all gunning for that £50,000 ($61,160) first place prize. Here's what's at stake tomorrow:
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | £50,000 |
| 2 | £35,300 |
| 3 | £22,740 |
| 4 | £16,830 |
| 5 | £12,640 |
| 6 | £10,100 |
| 7 | £8,410 |
| 8 | £6,720 |
| 9 | £5,040 |
| 10 - 12 | £3,760 |
| 13 - 14 | £3,010 |
PokerNews will be back to bring you all the drama on what is sure to be a pulsating day of action as an 888Poker London Live Main event champion will be crowned!
While you anxiously await the final day of play, check out Sarah Herrin's interview with Antonio Esfandiari who was invited to London by 888poker:
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Play has finished for the day, with just 14 players left in with the chance of taking down the 888Poker London Live Main Event.
We'll be back in a few minutes with a full recap of the action, but here are how the players stack up ahead of tomorrow's final day, which will kick off at 1pm local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,153,000 | 495,000 |
|
922,000 | 1,000 |
|
900,000 | -10,000 |
|
852,000 | 145,000 |
|
837,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
643,000 | 643,000 |
|
628,000 | 405,000 |
|
554,000 | 463,800 |
|
|
549,000 | |
|
500,000 | -40,500 |
|
317,000 | 79,000 |
|
315,000 | 14,000 |
|
313,000 | 47,000 |
|
|
173,000 | 60,200 |
Kara Scott Doubles Late
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
After enduring a tough level, Kara Scott has bounced back, twice chopping a pot when all-in (once luckier than the other player, once unluckier) and now doubling up.
All-in pre-flop with 
, Scott doubled when her ten four-flushed against her opponent's pocket nines and she is now right back in the hunt for the trophy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
301,000 | 171,000 |
Chattha on the Attack
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Charles Chattha has powered through the final three hands, raising and grabbing some precious chips to finish off a last level in which he has gone from being comfortable in chips to putting his feet up.
In the small blind, Chattha raised to 26,000 and was shoved on by the big blind Kjetil Zove, calling it off.
Chattha held 
against his opponent's 
and held through the nine-high board to bring us down to 15 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
921,000 | 371,000 |
James Parker Eliminated in 19th Place for Cash and a Bounty!
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
James Parker told us about his exit from the 888Poker London Live Main Event, where he knocked out Sofia Lovgren to win the £888 Bounty and the hat proving what he achieved!
"I lost a 300k pot before the break when the other player raised to 25,000 on the button and I called in the big blind with 
. The flop came 
and I called 65,000. The turn of another king saw him bet 150,000 and I called again. The river was a queen, and I called it off. He had Ace-King. I then lost my last 100k to Enzo [Del Piero] when I shoved and couldn't hit against his 
."
It was a great run from James, and as well as cashing for £2,260, he also bumps that up with the £888 Bounty. A great weekend!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Scott and Grafton Chop It Up
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Kara Scott moved in for her remaining 120,000with 
and Sam Grafton called with 
.
The board of 
saw the pair chop up the winnings after flirting with busting the Team 888Poker ambassador after the three on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
910,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 10,000 |
Chattha on the Attack
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Chaz Chattha definitely gave himself a pep talk at the break, as he has come back and is fighting for a big stack. Chattha has a great record of making final table from two tables out, especially in London and has done so twice in big tournaments here at Aspers in recent years. But we still have three tables, and 19 players.
First, Chaz raised all-in over-the-top of an opening bet of 25,000 from Luke Hayward and Hayward ended up folding a 
, Chaz showed a . In the next hand, Chattha was raising again, this time in the cut-off after Ka Him Li's opening bet of 26,000 in the hijack position. Chattha looks determined to head into play with two tables left in good health, chip-wise.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000 | 50,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Players on Final Break
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The remaining 19 players are on their final 15-minute break of the day. They'll be back in action very soon.
In the meantime check out an explosive bluff on bluff hand from Day