Welcome to Day 2 of the 888Live Easter Edition from Aspers Casino in London. 303 players put together a prizepool of over £100,000 and today the 76 remaining from the four day one flights reconvene to try and get one step closer to grabbing a slice of the action.
Current chip leader is Dan Wicks who completed Day 1b of this event with 382,000, but there are plenty of other players close to him such as Million Yosief with just under 380,000.
Tournament officials haven't announced how many levels will be played today, but stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates, and to see how 888 Ambassadors Sofia Lovgren and Chris Moorman get on.
Midway through the first level of the day, there are still 12 players still in the field who qualified through 888. One of them is the current chip leader Million Yosief, who qualified for just $12 through 888.
On a board Terry Jordan watched his opponent bet 18,500 and Jordan called quickly. The river was the .
Both players checked and Jordan showed for a set of fives. His opponent looked at his cards for a long time, before slamming his chips on the table and folding.
"I did not like that river," said Jordan, whose stack is now nearly 500,000 chips, "I did not like that river at all..."
A player in middle position raised to 7,000. Sofia Lovgren called from the cutoff, as did the player in the small blind. Julian Hazelhof was seated in the big blind and he three-bet to 25,000.
All three of the other players in the hand folded. Hazelhof showed with a smile, and took down the pot.
Julian Hazelhof raised to 20,000 from the cutoff. Dan Wicks three-bet to 47,000 from the big blind. Hazelhof then four-bet to 120,000 and Wicks called.
The flop came .
Wicks checked, Hazelhof jammed for 297,600 and Wicks snap-called.
Wicks:
Hazelhof:
The turn was the . The river was the , giving Hazelhof the flush and crippling his opponent.
"I apologise," said Hazelhof who had jumped to his feet after clinching the pot, "That was the last hand I put you on Sir."
"I got greedy," said Wicks as the chipleader at the start of the day counted out his opponent's double up, "I thought I was getting the lot."
Erika Scesnaviciene moved all in from middle position for her last 31,000. It folded to Maria Kozak in the big blind who moved a bigger stack into the middle to raise. The big blind folded.
Scesnaviciene:
Kozak:
The board ran out and Scesnaviciene was eliminated.
The tournament is now on the bubble and play is hand-for-hand.
Kanan Farzaliyev opened to 11,000. Gary Miller and the player in the big blind both called and the flop was . The big blind checked to Farzaliyev who bet 17,000. Miller raised to 34,000. The big blind folded and Farzaliyev called.
The turn was the . Farzaliyev checked and Miller bet 58,000. Farzaliyev moved all in for 250,000 and Miller called.
Miller:
Farzaliyev:
The river was the and Farzaliyev was eliminated, albeit with a consolatory pair of headphones from 888.
Mark Harding limped from middle position and Million Yosief three-bet all in for his remaining 56,000. It folded back to Harding who called.
Harding:
Yosief:
The day 2 chipleader had gotten it in good, but the ace on an flop turned the tables. The turn was the and the river the and Yosief hit the rail in 29th.
board Terry Jordan watched his opponent bet 18,500 and Jordan called quickly. The river was the 
.
for a set of fives. His opponent looked at his cards for a long time, before slamming his chips on the table and folding.
with a smile, and took down the pot.
. The river was the 
, giving Hazelhof the flush and crippling his opponent.
and Scesnaviciene was eliminated.
. The big blind checked to Farzaliyev who bet 17,000. Miller raised to 34,000. The big blind folded and Farzaliyev called.
. Farzaliyev checked and Miller bet 58,000. Farzaliyev moved all in for 250,000 and Miller called.
and Farzaliyev was eliminated, albeit with a consolatory pair of headphones from 888.
and the river the 
