888Live London Festival Opening Event
Day 1b Started
2017 888Live Poker Festival London
888Live London Festival Opening Event
Day: 1b
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
Welcome to Day 1b of the 888Live London Opening Event
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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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Cards Are In the Air!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Action is underway for Day 1b of the opening event with a buzzing Aspers poker room, and with plenty of people queuing at the registration desk it looks set to be a busy day of poker.
Terry Jordon Fires Again
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The room is filling up with 92 players registered so far.
One of them is Terry Jordon who at one point hand 500,000 chips in Day 1a but it went a bit wrong, or as he put it, "Gambled."
Jordon was all in blind on the turn of a board reading 
just now and managed to win that one. It could be gambling time again!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Keith Hoang Looking For 888Live 7th Cash
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Keith Hoang Is a big fan of the 888Live series of events at Aspers and no wonder if you look at his results. Hoang has amassed over £16,000 in winnings across 6 cashes. Who would bet against him cashing again?
27-Jul-2017: 4th place for £6,885
01-Jun-2017: 9th place for £810
25-May-2017: 48th place for £400
05-May-2017: 1st place for £6,180
13-Apr-2017: 14th place for £1,580
02-Feb-2017: 32nd place for £225
Schedule For Today
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Play is set to last 13 levels today. The first 6 levels are 30-minutes long and the last 7 are 40-minutes with play set to finish around 3 a.m.
There is a 15 minute break after 4 levels and then a 10 minute break after level 7 and 10.
Players are permitted two re-buys per Day 1.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Sin Menis Melin Enters
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Sin Menis Melin has joined the throng.
With two levels in the books there are now 140 players and 3 re-buys already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |