2017 888Live Poker Festival London

888Live London Festival Opening Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 888Live Poker Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Prize
£20,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£220
Prize Pool
£120,000
Entries
771
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000

Coverage continues with Day 1c tomorrow

Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
888Live London Opening Event
888Live London Opening Event

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.

Vincent Anderson Leads the Way

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Current Chip Leader
Current Chip Leader

Aspers regular Vincent Anderson is leading the way in level 10/13 with 117 remaining.

The average stack is currently 82,840 and Anderson has 245,000.

It can all change in a single hand though. Terry Jordon had 500,000 near the close of play and lost a near million chip pot to Jamie Spencer.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Anderson gb
Vincent Anderson
245,000 100,000

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Terry Jordon Hits the Rail

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante
Terry Jordon
Terry Jordon

Terry Jordon had his stack of around 30,000 in the middle and had been called in 2 spots.

Jordon waited for hi opponents to table first {j-Clubs}{j-Spades} and {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} before he turned over his {q-Spades}{5-Clubs}.

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{k-Spades}.

Jordan called for a five on the river to give him winning trips but there was no “River Jordon” this time and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Terry Jordon gb
Terry Jordon
Busted

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Tiffany Michelle Coming to Aspers

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante
Tiffany Michelle
Tiffany Michelle

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.

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Welcome to Day 1b of the 888Live London Opening Event

Aspers Casino
Aspers Casino

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.

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