Who Will be Crowned Champion of the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event?
Only 21 players out of 656 entries remain in the hunt for the trophy and the first-place payout of £121,000 in the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event at the Aspers Casino at Westfield Stratford City. The lion's share of the £649,440 prize pool is still up for grabs and all remaining finalists have £6,100 locked up for their efforts thus far, but all eyes are set on the victory and bragging rights that come along with it.
At the top of the leaderboard, Antoine Labat has already enabled quite a gap with a stack of 2,825,000, and he is followed by Christos Xanthopoulos (1,680,000) and Hak-Hyun Lee (1,555,000). The 888poker.es ambassador Fernando Pons is one of four further players with a seven-figure stack and will enter the final day with 1,050,000. Other notables still in contention include Lam Van Trinh (910,000), Philippe Souki (890,000), Antonios Onoufriou (795,000), Christopher Kyriacou (500,000) and Kelly Saxby (365,000).
888poker LIVE London £1,100 Main Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Entries | Survivors | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | November 29th 2018 | 18:00 | 97 | 23 | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1b | November 30th 2018 | 13:00 | 128 | 39 | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1c | November 30th 2018 | 18:00 | 140 | 41 | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1d | December 1st 2018 | 13:00 | 208 | 64 | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1e | December 1st 2018 | 19:00 | 66 | 27 | Play 12 levels of 20 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 2 | December 2nd 2018 | 14:00 | 639 | 194 | Registration closes at start; 10 levels of 60 minutes each scheduled |
| 3 | December 2nd 2018 | 14:00 | 656 | 21 | Play down to a champion; live stream with hole cards |
The action will recommence at 2 p.m. local time with blinds of 15,000/25,000 and a big blind ante of 25,000. Three tables of seven players each remain and the tournament will play down a winner tonight. After the first break of the day upon completion of the first two 60-minute levels, the live stream with hole cards displayed will get underway on the 888poker Twitch channel. From there on out, all PokerNews updates will be published according to the 30-minute security delay.
Main Event Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mark Yi | Singapore | 875,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 2 | Fernando Pons | Spain | 1,050,000 | 42 |
| 1 | 3 | Hak-Hyun Lee | Sweden | 1,555,000 | 62 |
| 1 | 4 | Martyn Duell | United Kingdom | 525,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 5 | Kelly Saxby | United States | 365,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 6 | Christos Xanthopoulos | Greece | 1,680,000 | 67 |
| 1 | 7 | Derek Lawless | United Kingdom | 1,410,000 | 56 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Hopkins | United Kingdom | 865,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 2 | Antoine Labat | France | 2,825,000 | 113 |
| 2 | 3 | Antonios Onoufriou | Cyprus | 795,000 | 32 |
| 2 | 4 | Philippe Souki | United Kingdom | 890,000 | 36 |
| 2 | 5 | Christopher Kyriacou | United Kingdom | 575,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 6 | Dinh Le | United Kingdom | 315,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 | [Removed:208] | Serbia | 410,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | James Williams | United Kingdom | 1,365,000 | 55 |
| 3 | 2 | Helmut Hauser | Germany | 470,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | Lam Van Trinh | United Kingdom | 910,000 | 36 |
| 3 | 4 | Craig Sweden | United Kingdom | 540,000 | 22 |
| 3 | 5 | Arkadi Kilman | Russia | 465,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 6 | Fuad Serhan | Jordan | 415,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 7 | Aleem Kanji | United Kingdom | 1,290,000 | 52 |
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (in GBP) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £121,000 | $154,269 |
| 2 | £85,000 | $108,371 |
| 3 | £57,140 | $72,851 |
| 4 | £41,000 | $52,273 |
| 5 | £31,000 | $39,523 |
| 6 | £25,000 | $31,874 |
| 7 | £20,500 | $26,136 |
| 8 | £16,000 | $20,399 |
| 9 | £12,500 | $15,937 |
| 10-12 | £9,000 | $11,475 |
| 13-15 | £8,000 | $10,200 |
| 16-18 | £7,000 | $8,925 |
| 19-21 | £6,100 | $7,777 |
and Duell was eliminated in 21st place for £6,100.
flop favored Williams, but Kilman picked up some outs on the 
turn. However, it wasn't meant to be, as the 
river was a blank to send Kilman to the rail in 20th place for £6,100.
and 888poker online qualifier Hauser was eliminated in 18th place for £7,000.
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flop was no threat yet, but Lee picked up some further outs with the 
turn. The 
and Labat check-shoved into the continuation bet of Le, who called it off for what appeared to be 515,000 in total.
and Lee improved to a set to deal the final blow to the 888poker.es ambassador. Pons has been eliminated in 13th place and takes home £8,000.