Jamie Lunt is the 2017 888Live London Festival High Roller Champion taking home £34,985.
Lunt came out on top after a marathon Day 2 that finished at 6 a.m. when be defeated Jonathan Bowers in a relatively short heads up after a deal was agreed. Bowers took home £36,115 but Lunt has the trophy and the title,
A total of 69 entries contributed to the guarantee smashing £136,626 prizepool.
Many of the biggest names on the U.K poker scene and beyond turned up for the festival’s High Roller including WSOP Main Event Champ Martin Jacobson, Team 888Poker Ambassador Chris Moorman, Niall Farrell, Ludovic Geilich, Tom Hall, Jack Salter and a brief appearance on Day 2 from another 888 Ambassador Dominik Nitsche.
The Day 2 players were being eliminated at a brisk pace but that slowed down a little as the final table approached and the money bubble loomed.
The Final table of nine looked like this…
Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Final Table
1
Orpen Kisacikoglu
697,000
Final Table
2
Jamie Lunt
652,000
Final Table
3
Ludovic Geilich
1,165,000
Final Table
4
Oliver Price
890,000
Final Table
5
Aymon Hata
571,000
Final Table
6
Johnathan Bowers
630,000
Final Table
7
Fabio Spelling
801,000
Final Table
8
Iaron Lightbourne
1,529,000
Final Table
9
Giovanni Rizzo
365,000
With 8 places paid it was Orpen Kisacikoglu who bubbled when his flopped set lost out to a turned flush of Iaron Lightbourne for all the chips on the river.
From then the payouts came as follows…
Place
Name
Prize
1
Jamie Lunt
£34,985
2
Jonathan Bowers
£36,115
3
Ludovic Geilich
£20,000
4
Iaron Lightbourne
£15,100
5
Oliver Price
£11,000
6
Aymon Hata
8,200
7
Fabio Sperling
£6,220
8
Giovanni Rizzo
£5,000
That concludes coverage of the High Roller but PokerNews will continue to bring you coverage of the 888Live London Poker Festival from Aspers Casino with Day 1b of the Main Event at 6 p.m. Friday 13th October.
The first 100 players to preregister or enter before the end of the first level for the £1,100 Main Event tomorrow, Thursday 13th October, will be eligible to spin the wheel for the chance to win an amazing Immerse 360 Action Camera worth £200.
That's £20,000 worth of giveaways!
The catch? If you are lucky enough to be one of those 100 spinning the wheel, your odds of winning the camera are 52-1 on. That means there are 52 slots on the wheel where you will win the camera and just one losing slot.
Cards are in the air at 6 p.m. with hour long levels so don't be late.
Ludovic Geilich opened and Tom hall called from the small blind.
The flop was and Hall led for 48,000 which Geilich called.
The turn was the and Hall bet again, this time 91,000 Geilich called.
The river was the and a check from Hall saw Geilich bet 118,000.
Hall had around 200,000 behind and at 4 seconds left to act he used a Time Bank chip to get 60 seconds extra. As that ticked down he called and Geilich showed him his .
Hall tossed his cards in the muck and he was eliminated in the next hand in 14th spot.
The 888Live Poker Festival London continues today with Day 2 of the High Roller which will play down to a winner.
Katie Moorman leads the way with 577,400 while Aymon Hata is second on 358,400 and Ludovic Geilich third with 349,000.
There are 32 players left from 59 entries but late registration is open until the end of the first level today.
Also on the schedule at Aspers Casino, Westfield today is Day 1a of the Main Event featuring an amazing giveaway for the first 200 players to register before the end of the first level of the day.
888Poker in partnership has 200 Immerse 360 Action Camera worth £200 as prizes for the lucky first 200 players. They will be given a ticket to spin the Aspers Wheel, and the odds on this occasion are heavily stacked in the players’ favour. There is just one slot where the player loses and 52 winning slots.
That’s and incredible £40,000 of prizes up for grabs at the spin of a wheel at 52-1 on!
Cards are in the air at 6 p.m. with the end of level one at 7 p.m. so don’t miss out.
The shuffle up and deal for the High Roller is at 5 p.m. and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be focusing on that event today bringing you all the big hands and bust outs on the way to crowning a new 2017 888Live London High Roller Champion.
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and Hall led for 48,000 which Geilich called.
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