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

Value for Bardon

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

On a flop of {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{5-Spades}, Manuel Bardon checked and called a bet of 1,300 by Domenico D'Amore on the button. Bardon check-called another bet worth 2,100 on the {7-Hearts} turn and the {8-Spades} river brought a bet of 7,000 by the Spaniard.

D'Amore called and mucked the {A-Clubs} when Bardon flashed {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Bardon es
Manuel Bardon
46,000
Domenico D'Amore it
Domenico D'Amore
29,000
-16,000
-16,000

Tags: Domenico D'AmoreManuel Bardon

Cudrinschi Vanishes

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Two players were eliminated on the table of Tuomo Niskanen. The first one lost all but a few chips with ace-king against the {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} of Alejandro Perez Torres and was all in the next hand. All four callers checked down the board {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{K-Spades} and the player at risk showed {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Perez Torres held {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} as the winning hand and finished the job he had started.

Right after, Niskanen won a big pot off Iurie Cudrinschi when he called a raise with {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and flopped top and bottom pair. According to Niskanen, Cudrinschi check-raised the flop and bet the turn and river. Niskanen called and Cudrinschi showed ace-five for inferior two pair on the river.

Cudrinschi had some 15,000 left and busted right after.

Player Chips Progress
Alejandro Perez Torres es
Alejandro Perez Torres
55,000
55,000
55,000
Tuomo Niskanen fi
Tuomo Niskanen
48,000
18,000
18,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Iurie Cudrinschi ro
Iurie Cudrinschi
Busted

Tags: Alejandro Perez TorresIurie CudrinschiTuomo Niskanen

Blumstein Joins the Action

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Scott Blumstein
Scott Blumstein

Fabio Miranda and Scott Blumstein were waiting for more players as they had just registered and a new table opened. Once a third player sat down and Kevin Allen was moved over, the cards were in the air for the 2017 WSOP Main Event champion.

Also in action is High Roller champion Tom Hall, who jumped in at the start of the level and sits next to Luke Haward.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Blumstein us
Scott Blumstein
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Fabio Miranda pt
Fabio Miranda
30,000
30,000
30,000
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
30,000
30,000
30,000
Defending Champion

Tags: Fabio MirandaKevin AllenLuke HawardScott BlumsteinTom Hall

Assorted Counts

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Minesha Lamba in
Minesha Lamba
53,000
8,000
8,000
Henri Vaisanen fi
Henri Vaisanen
50,000
50,000
50,000
Jonathan Schuman gb
Jonathan Schuman
48,000
10,000
10,000
Domenico D'Amore it
Domenico D'Amore
45,000
-9,000
-9,000
William Davies gb
William Davies
43,000
9,000
9,000
Ronit Chamani za
Ronit Chamani
39,000
10,000
10,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
33,000
3,500
3,500
Seung Hun Ko kr
Seung Hun Ko
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Neculai Radu ro
Neculai Radu
19,000
-3,000
-3,000
John Hesp gb
John Hesp
13,000
-37,000
-37,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

First Break on Day 1b

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Just before the end of the third level, Mark Cox was all in and at risk with the {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}. His opponent held the {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and the board of {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts} saw Cox ended up second-best to kings and jacks.

At the end of the level, the players were sent in a 15-minute break and there are 77 players out of 85 entries remaining, which includes five re-entries.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Cox gb
Mark Cox
Busted

Tags: Mark Cox

Sanchez Diaz Off to a Great Start

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Carlos Sanchez Diaz in the £2,200 High Roller
Carlos Sanchez Diaz in the £2,200 High Roller

Carlos Sanchez Diaz final-tabled the £2,200 High Roller and quickly doubled his stack on Day 1b of the £1,100 Main Event also. Just now he added even more chips to his growing tower and appears to be the current chip leader.

With the completed board showing {Q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and 4,000 in the middle, the Spaniard faced a bet of 800 and raised it up to 7,100. Without hesitation, his opponent called and Sanchez Diaz rolled over {Q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for two pair to claim another juicy pot.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Sanchez Diaz es
Carlos Sanchez Diaz
72,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Carlos Sanchez Diaz

Assorted Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Neculai Radu more than made up for his mediocre start and turned a full house with {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} to chip up. One table over, Carlos Citara flopped a set and further improved to quads with pocket fours to shoot up the leaderboard.

Further chip counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Neculai Radu ro
Neculai Radu
45,000
20,000
20,000
Carlos Citara ar
Carlos Citara
42,000
42,000
42,000
Nicholas Lee ca
Nicholas Lee
38,000
8,000
8,000
William Davies gb
William Davies
34,000
34,000
34,000
Manuel Bardon O'Shea
Manuel Bardon O'Shea
30,000
30,000
30,000
Neophytos Neophytou gb
Neophytos Neophytou
30,000
30,000
30,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
29,500
29,500
29,500
Ronit Chamani za
Ronit Chamani
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Luke Haward gb
Luke Haward
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Albert Sapiano gb
Albert Sapiano
29,000
29,000
29,000
Kevin Allen gb
Kevin Allen
27,500
-500
-500
Mark Cox gb
Mark Cox
5,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Carlos CitaraNeculai Radu

Pregowski Wins Another Pot

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Toni Ojala bet the {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{4-Spades} river for 700 and Krzysztof Pregowski raised it up to 3,000. Ojala was in the think tank and used one time bank, while his opponent asked for his nationality and talked through pretty much all possible options.

Eventually, Ojala folded and said he had two pair, mentioned he was from Finland.

"Do you want to see?" Pregowski asked and Ojala nodded. He was shown the {5-Hearts} and asked what the other card may be. Ojala called out an ace and was right, as the {A-Clubs} river for a wheel was also revealed.

John Hesp lost a three-way pot with some 10,000 in the middle when he held {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs} on a board {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}. One player mucked {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and the third player in the hand revealed {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for the better kicker.

"I should have bet," Hesp nodded and remains on a big stack early on Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Pregowski gb
Krzysztof Pregowski
59,000
2,000
2,000
John Hesp gb
John Hesp
50,000
-3,000
-3,000
Minesha Lamba in
Minesha Lamba
45,000
2,000
2,000
Toni Ojala fi
Toni Ojala
38,000
4,000
4,000
Jerome Magnum us
Jerome Magnum
32,000
32,000
32,000
Kevin Allen gb
Kevin Allen
28,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: John HespKrzysztof PregowskiToni Ojala