2017 888Live Poker Festival London

888Live London Festival Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2017 888Live Poker Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
£78,888
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£427,730
Entries
427
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
2,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Robert Lim gb
Robert Lim
115,000
40,000
40,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
110,000
73,000
73,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
95,000
54,000
54,000
Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
73,000
11,000
11,000
Chris Pregowski gb
Chris Pregowski
70,000
18,000
18,000
Giovanni Rizzo it
Giovanni Rizzo
70,000
40,000
40,000
John Hesp gb
John Hesp
65,000
-30,000
-30,000
Chuc Khuu gb
Chuc Khuu
65,000
-5,000
-5,000
Jonathan Bowers gb
Jonathan Bowers
63,000
11,000
11,000
Kara Scott ca
Kara Scott
45,000
30,000
30,000
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Steven Game gb
Steven Game
38,000
-24,000
-24,000
Andrew Christoforou gb
Andrew Christoforou
37,000
7,000
7,000
Natalie Hof de
Natalie Hof
33,000
7,000
7,000
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Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
31,000
4,000
4,000
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
28,000
Steven Iglesias no
Steven Iglesias
26,500
8,500
8,500
Elizabeth Cape gb
Elizabeth Cape
18,000
-8,000
-8,000
Tiffany Michelle us
Tiffany Michelle
13,000
-21,000
-21,000

Kara Scott Eliminated

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Kara Scott
Kara Scott

Team 888Poker Ambassador Kara Scott has just been eliminated and she gave us the gory details moments later.

Scott raised from under the gun with {a-}{a-} and a player in mid position min-raised. The blinds folded and Scott called from a 26 big blind stack.

The flop was {7-}{j-}{3-} and Scott check-called a big bet.

On the turn her opponent bet out of turn and with not much more behind Scott moved all in. Her opponent had {7-}{7-} for a flopped set and called.

Player Chips Progress
Kara Scott ca
Kara Scott
Busted
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Natalie Hof Eliminated

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Natalie Hof
Natalie Hof

Not long after Scott was eliminated Natalie Hof was out too and she had a similarly grisly tale to tell.

Starting with around 36 big blinds there was an open from the button and Hof three-bet to 6,200 from the big blind.

Her opponent jammed and Hof called.

Hof had {k-}{k-} and her opponent {j-}{j-} but went on the hit a one card flush to bust Hof who immediately exercised her options to re-enter.

Player Chips Progress
Natalie Hof de
Natalie Hof
30,000
-3,000
-3,000
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Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Time Bank Bounty Chips?

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
3 Seconds to Act
3 Seconds to Act

The use of the 888Poker Shot Clocks has mostly been judged a success at the High Roller and Main Event with very few complaints but some interesting suggestions.

Chuc Khuu thought that two 60-second time bank chips were not enough and suggest four for a nine hour tournament.

One of the dealers, who are charged with the task of keeping an eye on the timer, thought a beep at 10 seconds would help them as it can be difficult to watch the action and the clock at the same time.

Another player who was enjoying the shot clock today suggested that if you bust a player you should win their time bank chips as well, then at the final table it would create an added dimension and dynamic depending on who had the most time available to make tough decisions.

This has been a test run for 888Poker and Aspers with a lot of useful feedback. Is the shot clock here to stay? Only “time” and the players will tell.

It's a Numbers Game

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The clock is showing 196 unique and 45 re-entries for a total of 241 entries.

As the penultimate level draws to a close there are 112 players at the tables.

At the end of this level they will have a 20-minute break before playing out the last level when the survivors will bag up their chips to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 60