Play at the 888Live room at Aspers will continue until approximately 3:30 a.m. With top stacks around the 300,000 mark they still have some way to even get close to the Day 1a chip leader Jamie Spencer who finished on 1,083,000 way ahead of his second placed rival Paul Bahbout on 489,000.
There were 21 players who bagged up chips on Day 1a from the 182 entries.
As play neared the end of Day 1b there were 243 entries with 117 still in but entries and re-buys are still available.
It’s going to be a very busy Saturday at Aspers with a Turbo Satellite to the Opening Event starting at 12 p.m. and Day 1c starting at 2 p.m. The final chance to make Day 2 is the 6 p.m. Turbo Day 1d.
Full Day 1b chip counts will posted here after the conclusion of play with coverage of Saturdays events resuming at 2 p.m.
Tiffany Michelle, actress presenter and poker player will be joining the 888Live London Festival next week for the Main Event and the Ladies Event that features a $13,000 package to the WSOPE Main Event.
Michelle is best know in the poker world for being the "Last Woman Standing" at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event where she finished 17th for $ 334,534.
Check the lobby online for Satellites as well as the Festival schedule for your chance to win a seat for a fraction of the cost.
The 888Live London Festival at Aspers enters its second day today with Day 1b of the £220 buy-in £120,000 guaranteed Opening Event.
Today will feature a large number of 888Poker online qualifiers who have won their £220 seat for as little as $1 as well as an increased number of local poker players who flock to the 888Live branded poker room for a Friday night of cards and chat.
Yesterday Jamie Spencer ended up as the runaway chip leader bagging 1,083,000 after 13 levels of play. That was over twice as many chips as second placed Paul Bahbout (489,000) with Abu Hamza Khalek in third on (476,500).
Spencer was one of 21 players who made it through to Day 2 on Sunday from a total number of 182 entries.
Cards are in the air again at 6 p.m. with 13 scheduled levels of play. The first 6 levels will be 30 minutes and the remaining 7 40-minutes long. Play is due to end at some time past 3 a.m.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action from the Festival so why not come along and get involved? There are 10 trophies to be won with tournaments to suit all pockets and a number of cheap satellites. You can find the full schedule here.