Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
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.
The prizepool for the 888Live Easter Edition has been confirmed shortly before play got underway for Day 2. The winner of the event will get £26,563, with a min-cash worth £815.
36 players will be paid from a total field of 303. For making the final table, a player will be assure of £2,650. Click on the Payouts tab above for a full list of the prizes on offer.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Enzo Del Piero raised from the button and Sofia Lovgren defended her big blind.
The flop came and Lovgren led for 4,000 and Del Piero called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Sofia moved all in for over 200,000, covering her opponent.
Del Piero thought for a while, before folding whilst showing the .
A short while later, he bust when he bricked a straight draw versus a different opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sofia Lovgren | 290,000 | 39,400 |
Enzo Del Piero | Busted |
Ramsey Ajram raised from middle position. Kelly Saxby called from the button and Daniel Levy defended his big blind.
The flop came . It checked to Ajram who bet 6,000. Saxby folded and Levy called.
On the turn Levy checked to Ajram who bet 10,500. Levy called.
The river was the and Levy moved all in for 99,600, covering his opponent. Ajram went into the tank.
He thought for a while, checking his hole cards, and his stack. He checked his phone, saying "I wanted to stay a little longer. Good bet, a very good bet."
There was silence before Levy piped up: "If you haven't snapped me off you are losing."
Eventually Ajram called. "House," announced Levy, showing . Ajram showed for a flush and headed to the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Levy | 230,000 | 105,600 |
Ramsey Ajram
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Busted |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Million Yosief | 390,000 | 10,200 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Neil Barron | Busted | |
Tong Zhang
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Busted | |
Artur Gjoka | Busted | |
Peter Saunders | Busted | |
Charles Akadiri | Busted | |
Scott Henry
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Busted | |
Mark Shepherd | Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Here are some updated chip counts from the field, including a huge surge for Andrew Christoforou, who doubled through Julian Hazelhof earlier with queens vs ace king. Hazelhof has since recovered.
In other news 888 Ambassador Chris Moorman has overtaken fellow ambassador Sofia Lovgren in the '888 Battle Royale' as we're going to call it. He tweeted that he took down a big pot when he turned the nuts on hand one!
Day2 of the @888poker live £100k guarantee. I'm already off to a good start after turning the nuts on hand one. 280k at 2kbb 75 players left
— Chris Moorman (@Moorman1)
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dan Wicks
|
410,000 | 28,000 |
Million Yosief | 400,000 | 10,000 |
Chris Moorman
|
340,000 | 98,500 |
Sofia Lovgren | 300,000 | 10,000 |
Robert Lim | 290,000 | 69,400 |
Terry Jordon | 230,000 | -58,800 |
Krzystof Pregowski | 175,000 | 59,600 |
Andrew Christoforou | 150,000 | 110,000 |
Caglar Genc | 145,000 | -10,600 |
Julian Hazelhof | 106,000 | 35,800 |
Mark Harden
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105,000 | 105,000 |
Kelly Saxby | 93,000 | -28,000 |
Gladys Long | 25,000 | -2,200 |