2016 888Live Poker Festival London

£880 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2016 888Live Poker Festival London
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
£45,300
Event Info
Buy-in
£880
Prize Pool
£228,096
Total Entries
288
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 288
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Veselov Vanquished as Dinner Break Begins

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Kara Scott is flying high again at the Dinner Break
Kara Scott is flying high again at the Dinner Break

Andrey Veselov moved all-in and was in bad shape, committed for his tournament life with {J-Diamonds}{K-Spades} and way behind his caller, Luke Hayward, whose {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} was in front. There is stayed and we were down to 26 players. Here are some of the prominent chip-stacks.

We'll be back in an hour when play resumes at 7.50pm local time. We'll have three more hour-long levels before players will be bagging and tagging.

Parkin Busts as Del Piero Booms

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

Graham Parkin has crashed out of the 888Poker London Live Festival in two hands, the second of which has propelled Enzo Del Piero near the top of the chip-counts.

First Parkin was all-in with {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} and was called by Catherine Hanna's {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} which hit a jack. That sent him down to four big blinds, and those were into the middle after little more time. Parkin committed them with {J-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and was raised by another player with {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Enzo Del Piero looked down at {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} and got his stack of 256,000 into the middle.

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{K-Spades}{3-Clubs} to send Parkin home. Del Piero is sure to be a danger now in a month where he already won two High Roller tournaments.

Ringe and Mizrachi Chop It Up

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

Gerald Ringer and Michael Mizrachi got involved pre-flop and before you could say three-bet, four-bet shove, call, the chips were in the middle. Mizrachi had already lost a chunk at the feature table, but his {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} was way ahead of Ringe's {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

The board of {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades} saw the players chop it up on the river. Mizrachi hasn't been the most fortunate during this tournament, which, given his dominance, shows how far he has already gone.

The Sweat Always Ends

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

James Phillips was down to just three big blinds on the bubble and managed to survive to cash for £1,600 thanks to the heroic battle between Andrew Hulme and Michael Mizrachi which ended in Hulme's bust-out.

Phillips may have survived to the money (no mean feat after qualifying online) but he couldn't last much longer. His all-in with pocket jacks was called by two players, who checked down on a board of {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{A-Hearts}{4-Spades}{K-Spades} . Unfortunately for Phillips, both his opponents held a queen and in poker terms, he was kicked to death.

"Poker always has a sting in it's tail, doesn't it?" Phillips remarked after the hand.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Lopez Leading It

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

Jose Lopez ran very deep in the £100,000 guaranteed Opening Event here at the 888Poker London Live Festival. That tournament exceeded its prize-pool and so too has this Main Event, with a £228,096 kitty meaning everyone is desperate to win.

With nine levels due to be played today, the current leader is Lopez, with 645,000. There are some very big stacks in the room, however. We'll have a full chip count for you at the break, but Andrea Volpi and Cristian Mihu are looking very strong too.

Hayward Finds a Lady to Double Through Leo McClean

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

Luke Hayward opened to 10,500 in the hijack position, and when Leo McClean made it 28,500, Hayward was all-in over the top. McClean snap-called.

Leo McClean: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Luke Hayward: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The board was a dramatic one, with it falling {10-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts} to double up Hayward and deny McClean a stack approaching 350,000. Instead, the former 3rd-placed EPT final table player has 110,00 and needs to climb. Hayward had 234,000 and a real shot now at a tournament he was short-stacked in for such a long time.

Hulme Hits the Rail as Bubble Boy

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Michael Mizrachi
Michael Mizrachi

Andrew Hulme and Michael Mizrachi hadn't just been battling all day at the feature table after being together on the outer table they have shared since Day 2 kicked off.

Pre-flop, Mizrachi opened to 10,000 from under the gun. He was called by Hulme on the button and one other player. On a flop of {8-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, Mizrachi made it 16,000 and only Hulme called. The turn was the {K-Diamonds} , and Mizrachi made it 45,000 after Hulme checked.

Hulme made the call, but on the {Q-Clubs} river, Mizrachi's move all-in put him into the tank. With action paused on the other side of the room, everyone inside the 888Live room seemed to hold their breath. Eventually, Hulme called with {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}....but was shown Mizrachi's {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and that was good enough to take it down.

"I got him," said Mizrachi as we spoke to him about the hand afterwards. "He was good. I didn't think he'd bubble. I have 530,000; now I can win."

Mizrachi and Hulme went to war at the felt for most of 24 hours, but one man has prevailed -Michael Mizrachi. He has every chance of taking down this 888Poker London Live Main Event.

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500