Main Event | 2017 888Live Easter Edition London

04-17-2017 20:00 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	6,000,000 300,000	300,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,600,000 300,000	300,000
Ciprian Paunescu	1,200,000 200,000	200,000

Cautious Start to Three-Handed Play

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	5,700,000 320,000	320,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,900,000 40,000	40,000
Ciprian Paunescu	1,400,000 425,000	425,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

04-17-2017 19:33 UTC

Deal Agreed

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

The players went away on break and when they came back, they asked to look at the potential ICM deal figures considering the lopsidedness of the stack sizes.

The ICM numbers came out as follows, with 10% remaining up top for the winner:

Ciprian Paunescu: £15,219
Krzystof Pregowski, £15,516
Terry Jordon: £20,660

The three talked back and forth and agreed that each would get a flat amount, with the change going to the winner in addition to the 10% that has to go to the winner. The agreed chop numbers look like this:

Ciprian Paunescu: £15,000
Krzystof Pregowski: £15,000
Terry Jordon: £21,000
Winner: £6,118

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	5,380,000 480,000	480,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,940,000 40,000	40,000
Ciprian Paunescu	1,825,000 375,000	375,000

04-17-2017 19:14 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	4,900,000 300,000	300,000
Ciprian Paunescu	2,200,000 580,000	580,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,900,000 750,000	750,000

04-17-2017 18:59 UTC

Krzystof Pregowski Doubles Through Terry Jordon

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Terry Jordon's chip stack had grown since they had started three-handed play, but here he got it in with Krzystof Pregowski.

Krzystof Pregowski:
Terry Jordon:

"Four-ball," said Jordon, but the board ran out and Pregowski doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	4,600,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Krzystof Pregowski	2,650,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

04-17-2017 18:46 UTC

Lop-sided Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	5,900,000 100,000	100,000
Ciprian Paunescu	1,620,000 120,000	120,000
Krzystof Pregowski	1,550,000 250,000	250,000

04-17-2017 18:44 UTC

Robert Lim Eliminated in 4th Place (£8,855)

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Terry Jordon raised to 110,000 from the button. Robert Lim moved all in for 1,195,000 from the small blind. Ciprian Paunescu folded his big blind.

"If you got it, you got it," said Jordon, "But I'm not folding." He called and showed . Lim held .

The board ran out and Lim was eliminated in 4th place. Terry Jordon now has 53% of the chips in play three-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	5,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Robert Lim	Busted

04-17-2017 18:33 UTC

888 Qualifier Mark Harding Eliminated in 5th Place (£6,645)

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

On a Krzystof Pregowski checked to Terry Jordon who bet 75,000. Mark Harding then raised, Pregowski folded and Jordan called.

The turn was the and Jordon led for 200,000. Harding got to his feet as if he had a decision.

"You got a ten?" asked Jordon.

"Yeah," replied Harding, "But I'm thinking about King-Ten."

Harding then moved all in and Jordon snap-called showing . Harding nodded and showed . The river was the .

Harding, a regular qualifier on 888, qualified for this event in a $12 satellite and he has now turned it into a £6,645 payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Jordon	4,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Mark Harding	Busted

04-17-2017 18:23 UTC

Mark Harding Getting Short

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Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

888 Qualifier Mark Harding has been getting short as the levels tick by. Now we're into the 25,000/50,000 blind level, he was situated in the big blind.

Krzystof Pregowski limped in from the button, and Terry Jordon called from the small blind.

"Here we go," said Harding, before moving all in. Both Pregowski and Jordon folded and Harding took a small but meaningful boost to his stack.