2017 888Live Easter Edition London

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 888Live Easter Edition London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
52
Prize
£21,118
Event Info
Buy-in
£440
Entries
303
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Dan Wicks Leads Day 1b of 888Live London Easter Edition

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Day 1b Chip Leader Dan Wicks
Day 1b Chip Leader Dan Wicks

In almost a mirror image of yesterday's 90 players, 92 players entered flight 1b of the 888Live London Easter Edition, and by the end of the day's ten levels it was Dan Wicks who leads the 20 remaining players with a monster stack of 382,000.

This is over 100,000 chips more than yesterday's chip leader Hoa Quan, who finished with 256,200. Other big stacks in the room include Egidijus Alsauskas (297,500), Ali Zihni (237,000) and Chris Moorman (241,500).

The day started quickly, with more than 60 players registered by the first break. The day would continue with players such as Kelly Saxby and 888Poker Ambassador Chris Moorman taking their seats in the Main Event, the latter of whom stated on Twitter that he was aiming to beat his fellow ambassador Sofia Lovgren's stack of 250,600 which was good enough for second in chips in Day 1a.

The remaining 20 will join the 22 from Day 1a in Day 2 on Sunday. Before then there are two more flights. Flight 1c gets underway at 13.00 on Saturday, with Flight 1d being a special Turbo edition taking place from 18.00 on Saturday. The Turbo flight consists of half the level times, and will be players' last chance to grab their place in Day 2 and to get that little bit closer to securing a slice of the £100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

888 Ambassador Chris Moorman Eliminates a Player

Level 5 : 200/400, 75 ante
Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman

A player opened to 1,000 from middle position, and Chris Moorman three-bet from the small blind to 2,900. The initial raiser called and the pair went heads-up to a flop of {q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Moorman check-called a bet of 4,000 from his opponent and the turn was the {6-Diamonds}.

Moorman checked and his opponent bet 6,500. The 888Poker Ambassador then raised to 15,000 and the other player three-bet all in for 32,225. Moorman shrugged and called showing {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for two pair, and he was ahead of his opponent's {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. The river was the {a-Spades} and Moorman raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
85,000 53,000

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888Live Easter Edition Day 1b Gets Underway at 6 p.m.

888Live Easter Edition from Aspers London
888Live Easter Edition from Aspers London

With 26 players already assured of a place in Day 2 of the 888Live London Easter Edition Main Event, tonight sees players' second chance to lock up a seat and a potential share of £100,000 in guaranteed prize money.

Play is scheduled for six 40-minute levels, followed by four 60-minute levels. The buy-in is £440 and each player is allowed to re-enter twice per flight.

Yesterday saw 888Poker Ambassador Sofia Lovgren take to the felt, and she finished the night second in chips behind Hoa Quan. It remains to be seen whether anyone can come close to his total, but we'll have to wait until roughly 3 a.m. to find out.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates live from Aspers Casino in London.