The three-way flop showed and Cheng Rui Wong checked to Martin Donoghue, who bet 12,000. Terry Jordon called and Wong then check-raised all in for 68,000. Donoghue reluctantly called, but got out of the way when Jordon moved all in over the top.
Cheng Rui Wong:
Terry Jordon:
"I had jack ten of hearts," Donoghue said in table chat and saw the board complete with the turn and river. Wong essentially more than tripled up, while Jordon continued his roller coaster ride throughout the day.
The second event of the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London follows into the footsteps of the €220 Opening Event and easily surpassed the guaranteed prize pool of £50,000, as Day 1 of the £2,200 High Roller attracted a total of 61 entries. Of those, only 32 players bagged up chips and will return for Day 2 on Thursday, November 29th, 2018, to the Aspers Casino in the Westfield Stratford City.
Leading the field after nine levels of 30 minutes each is UK's Yiqian Song with 433,500, followed by Ajay Kejriwal (407,500) and Gerald Ringe (396,500). Among those to bag and tag for the night were also such notables as , Matas Cimbolas (226,000), 888poker ambassador Martin Jacobson (203,000), 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event champ Jack Sinclair (157,500), Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (148,000), Thomas Muehloecker (114,500), High Roller regular Orpen Kisacikoglu (89,000) and 888poker ambassador Chris Moorman (31,000).
Along with all other events of the festival in London, the £2,200 featured a 30-second shot clock and the tournament also included the very popular big blind ante format. Almost half of the field was eliminated throughout Day 1 including the 2018 WSOP Main Event champion John Cynn and runner-up Tony Miles, Antoine Labat, Enzo Del Piero and the 888poker ambassadors Parker Talbot, Ana Marquez, and Vivian Saliba.
Within just a few minutes into the first level, Terry Jordon had missclicked and became the first casualty of the day, however, the Brit re-entered and advanced with a stack of 116,000. In the second level of the day, Martin Donoghue had sent Harry Lodge and Labat to the rail, Lodge bought back in but didn't find a bag at the end of level nine either.
The 2018 WSOP Main Event final table revival kicked off in the second level when John Cynn sat down at the same table as Tony Miles, and Antoine Labat was eliminated only a few meters away one table over. Miles claimed the stack of Cynn, but also ran out of chips before bagging and tagging.
Team 888poker was represented by Ana Marquez, Vivian Saliba, Parker Talbot, Chris Moorman and 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson. Moorman was two-outed by Terry Jordon in the final level of the night when he failed to hold up with pocket tens versus pocket treys. Talbot, Saliba and Marquez also fell, the latter saw her ace-king end up second-best to the ace-queen of Francis Foord-Brown.
The late registration for the event remains open until the start of Day 2 at 5 p.m. local time and Dominik Nitsche is among those expected to enter the £2,200 High Roller before the cards go back in the air. All new entries will receive 100,000 in chips, 20 big blinds for the restart at blinds of 2,500/5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000. The tournament is scheduled to play down to a champion and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action.
£2,200 High Roller Day 2 Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Vadim Cojocaru
United Kingdom
334,500
67
1
2
Christopher Kyriacou
United Kingdom
220,500
44
1
3
Ryan Mandara
United Kingdom
101,500
20
1
4
Jonathan Clark
United Kingdom
178,500
36
1
5
Ian Hunter
United Kingdom
195,500
39
1
6
Matas Cimbolas
Lithuania
226,000
45
2
1
Chris Da-Silva
United Kingdom
274,000
55
2
2
Zhen Shao
China
77,000
15
2
3
Paul Hizer
United Kingdom
101,000
20
2
4
Chris Moorman
United Kingdom
31,000
6
2
5
Michael Mizrachi
United States
148,000
30
2
6
Francis Foord-Brown
United Kingdom
97,000
19
3
1
Duco Ten Haven
Netherlands
53,000
11
3
2
Tom Hall
United Kingdom
56,000
11
3
3
Terry Jordon
United Kingdom
116,000
23
3
4
Martin Jacobson
Sweden
203,000
41
3
5
Pascal Pflock
Germany
200,500
40
4
1
Jeremy Saderne
France
162,500
33
4
2
Ajay Kejriwal
United Kingdom
407,500
82
4
3
Thomas Muehloecker
Austria
114,500
23
4
4
Vinod Fernandez
United Kingdom
130,000
26
4
5
Cheng Rui Wong
Singapore
226,500
45
5
1
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Turkey
89,000
18
5
2
Morten Christensen
Denmark
200,500
40
5
3
Martin Donoghue
United Kingdom
365,000
73
5
4
Robert Heidorn
Germany
113,000
23
5
5
Gerald Ringe
United Kingdom
396,500
79
6
1
Yiqian Song
United Kingdom
433,500
87
6
2
Maurizio Melara
Italy
242,000
48
6
3
Carlos Sanchez Diaz
Spain
216,500
43
6
4
Florence Allera
France
177,500
36
6
5
Jack Sinclair
United Kingdom
157,500
32
2018 WSOP Main Event champion John Cynn took part on Day 1 of the £2,200 High Roller
and Cheng Rui Wong checked to Martin Donoghue, who bet 12,000. Terry Jordon called and Wong then check-raised all in for 68,000. Donoghue reluctantly called, but got out of the way when Jordon moved all in over the top.
turn and 
river. Wong essentially more than tripled up, while Jordon continued his roller coaster ride throughout the day.
