We asked Chuc Khuu, one of the players in the tournament, at the last break for his opinion on the Shot Clock that is being used in the Main Event here for the first time.
Khuu thought it was a good idea as it was speeded up the game and is in favour of evolving and speeding up the live game such as the player on the button paying all the antes.
One thing Khuu would change though is the number of Time Bank chips the players are allotted.
“Two seems not enough for a nine hours of play,” Khuu said, “I think four would be better.”
Khuu had already used on of his chips and faced the prospect of 7 more levels of tough poker with just one more extra minute’s thinking time.
At the start of each day all the players will reset to two Time Bank chips.
Nik Persaud has just registered and as fate would have it he has been assigned a seat at the same table as 888Poker Ambassadors Sofia Lovgren and Parker “Tonkaaap” Talbot.
Persaud mentioned that he was feeling tired from playing golf today and Lovgren asked what his handicap was?
“Eighty five,” Persaud said, “Isn’t that that everyone says?”
Lovgren is a keen golfer herself and laughed in recognition as Persaud said, “A lot of poker players play golf. When you get tired of losing money at poker, you can lose money at golf. I only lost five hundred today.”
The 2017 888Live Poker Festival London at Aspers Casino, Westfield comes to an end on Monday 16th October so after today there are just three more days to get your hands on some of the huge guarantees on offer.
As well as two more Day 1s on Saturday there is a Pot Limit Omaha Tournament at 8 p.m..
On Sunday The Whale is at 5 p.m. and the Ladies Event is at 7 p.m.
The festival concludes on Monday with the climax of the Main Event.
888Poker Ambassador Parker “Tonkaaap” Talbot opened the action from the cut-off and got calls from Albert Sapiano in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop was and all three players checked.
The turn was the and a bet of 2,100 from Sapiano took the pot.
Talbot showed his saying, “That’s not the kind of board for that hand.”
In an already lively poker room Christopher Kyriacou has just bought in an the banter is already in full swing and at full volume.
“They act like they won the world cup when they beat me in a hand,” Kyriacou saod.
Kyriacou won the Opening Event at the Festival to start on a high but was a little vexed to fall two short of the money in the high roller. It didn’t take long for the smile to return to his face though and he is currently all smiles.
Kyriacou won’t be playing tomorrow if he fails to bag though as it is his birthday.
“I’m turning thirty….two,” was what Kyriacou would admit to.
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and all three players checked.
and a bet of 2,100 from Sapiano took the pot.
saying, “That’s not the kind of board for that hand.”
