2018 888poker LIVE Festival London

£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info

2018 888poker LIVE Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
£121,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£649,440
Entries
656
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000

Two Chances to Secure a Seat for Day 2 of the 888poker LIVE London £1,100 Main Event

Tom Hall and Matas Cimbolas topped the £2,200 High Roller
Tom Hall and Matas Cimbolas topped the £2,200 High Roller

The flagship event of the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London is off to a decent start thanks to 97 entries on the first starting day and two further chances await for players to secure their seat for Day 2 and have a shot at the six-figure prize pool at the Aspers Casino in the Westfield Stratford City. The £1,100 Main Event comes with a guaranteed prize pool of £400,000 and that number is likely to be surpassed by quite some margin.

Defending champion of this event is UK's Tom Hall, who came close to winning another 888poker LIVE trophy last night and chopped heads-up with Matas Cimbolas in the £2,200 High Roller at 2.30 a.m. local time. Whether or not Hall will already take a shot at defending his title today or joins the action on the last two starting days on Saturday, December 1st, 2018, remains to be seen.

Leading the 23 survivors thus far is 2018 WSOP Main Event 9th place finisher Antoine Labat with 300,500. All those that want to take over chip lead will need to turn their starting stack of 30,000 into more than ten times of that. There are 12 levels of 40 minutes each scheduled for today's flights with a break every three levels.

888poker LIVE London £1,100 Main Event at a Glance

DayDateTimeEntriesSurvivorsFurther Information
1aNovember 29th 201818:009723Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available
1bNovember 30th 201813:00tbatbaPlay 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available
1cNovember 30th 201818:00tbatbaPlay 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available
1dDecember 1st 201813:00tbatbaPlay 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available
1eDecember 1st 201819:00tbatbaPlay 12 levels of 20 minutes each, re-entry available
2December 2nd 201814:00tbatbaRegistration closes at start; Level duration 60 minutes
3December 2nd 201814:00tbatbaPlay down to a champion; live stream with hole cards

Day 1b kicks off at 1 p.m. local time and Day 1c gets underway as of 6 p.m. local time, wrapping up close to 3 a.m. the next morning. Re-entries are available throughout each Day 1 and the registration closes at the start of Day 2. The event also features two recent innovations that have become quite popular at poker tournaments all over the world: A 30-second Action Clock and the big blind ante. All players have 30 seconds to act when it is their turn and will receive four 30-second time banks that automatically go into play once the time of consideration is up.

Main Event Day 1b and 1c Blind Level Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindBig Blind Ante
1401001000
2401002000
340100200200
440200300300
540200400400
640300500500
740300600600
840400800800
9405001,0001,000
10406001,2001,200
11408001,6001,600
12401,0002,0002,000

The winner of the £1,100 Main Event Main Event here in London can not only look forward to the trophy and the bragging rights that come along with it, but a 2019 WSOP Main Event package is also up for grabs on top of it. As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to cover all the action. Today's updates will focus on Day 1b and the chip counts of 1c will be published the next morning.

Tags: Antoine LabatMatas CimbolasTom Hall