888Live London Festival Opening Event
Day 1a Started
2017 888Live Poker Festival London
888Live London Festival Opening Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 888Live Poker Festival London
Buy-in
£220
Prize Pool
£120,000
Entries
771
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000
Day 1a Opening Event Kicks off 888Live London Festival at Aspers
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Today sees the official start of the 888Live London Festival at Aspers Casino, London’s best casino, for 12 days of non-stop poker action from October 5th to 16th.
A huge $800,000 in guaranteed prize pools will be offered over the course of the festival including the £2,200 buy-in High Roller with a £50,000 GTE, and the £1,100 buy-in Main Event with a £400,00 GTE.
Both tournaments will be utilizing the 888 Action Clock to keep the action flowing and a high number of hand per hour.
Qualifiers are running right now online at 888Poker where you can win a seat from as little as 1c. There are also several £30 Live Turbo Satellites running at Aspers to the £220 Opening Event which has a juicy £120,000 Guarantee.
Players from all over the world including 888 Ambassadors will be converging on Aspers over the next 12 days so make sure you don’t miss out. Check out the full schedule of events and how you can get involved here.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will bring you all the action on and off the felt from the 888Live London Festival kicking off today with cards in the air at 6 p.m. or the Day 1a of the opening event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air and the 888Live London Festival Opening Event 2017 is underway.
Today's Schedule
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Players start with a 30,000 stack and are permitted 2 re-entries.
Play is scheduled to last 13 levels in total with the first 6 levels at 30 minutes and the next 7 at 40-minutes.
Terry Jordon Fires Three Streets
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Terry Jordon was involved in a pot with five callers preflop.
The flop was 
.
Jordan said he liked the look of that and bet 1,000 and got two callers.
The turn was the 
and Jordon bet 3,000 with just one caller this time and Jordon asked him, “You got a piece to that?”
The river was the 
and a 5,000 bet from Jordon got a call again.
Jordon showed 
which was good as his opponent showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Familiar Faces
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Terry Jordon Has It Again
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
There is no doubt which table is the action table at Aspers and it will come as no surprise to hear that it is Teyy Jordon who is in the thick of it.
With blinds at 100/200/25 it was a standard for the table 5,000 preflop with 4 callers.
The flop was 
with one player checking, Jordon betting 5,000 and getting one call. The player who checked then moved all in and Jordon called.
His opponent had 
but Jordon had him with 
to bust him and extended his early chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Over 100 Entries
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Approaching level 3 there are now 106 entries for Day 1a.
Late registration is open until that start of Day 2 on Sunday.