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

Nitsche Triples Up

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche

Michael Mizrachi raised to 2,600 and then saw Dominik Nitsche move all in for 16,100. Tom Hall jammed over the top from the cutoff and Daniel Tighe in the small blind reshoved as far biggest stack. Mizrachi folded and flashed the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

Dominik Nitsche: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Tom Hall: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Daniel Tighe: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}

"I really like my hand now. What did you have?" Nitsche asked over to William Davies on the button, who replied "I had a small pair, should have punted for the side pot."

The board came {J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{J-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Nitsche tripled up, Hall chopped the side pot with Tighe.

Three-Way All In
Three-Way All In
Player Chips Progress
Daniel Tighe gb
Daniel Tighe
80,000
80,000
80,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
50,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
35,000
5,000
5,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
26,100
5,100
5,100
Defending Champion

Tags: Daniel TigheDominik NitscheMichael MizrachiTom HallWilliam Davies

Hilaire Triples with Fortunate River

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Aaron Hilaire moved all in for the last 12,000 in the hijack and Tom Winstone called on the button. Olabode Akinnugba in the small blind checked the stack of Winstone and moved all in over the top, Winstone folded.

Aaron Hilaire: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Olabode Akinnugba: {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

On a board of {J-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{10-Clubs}, Hilaire spiked a ten on the river to triple up.

Player Chips Progress
Iaron Lightbourne gb
Iaron Lightbourne
95,000
-5,000
-5,000
WPT 1X Winner
Aaron St. Hilaire gb
Aaron St. Hilaire
40,000
40,000
40,000
Tom Winstone gb
Tom Winstone
31,000
-44,000
-44,000

Tags: Aaron HilaireOlabode AkinnugbaTom Winstone

Basdeo No More

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ramlal Basdeo
Ramlal Basdeo

After a limp by Tom Winstone, Iaron Lightbourne raised and Ramlal Basdeo moved all in to force a fold from Winstone. Lightbourne called with {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and won the flip against the ace-king of Basdeo.

Leon Louis chipped up in a small three-way pot when he invested 7,000 out of the big blind against two opponents including Domenico D'Amore on the {10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} turn. The {J-Spades} river was checked and Louis was first to act, flashing {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for the flush. That was enough to win the pot as he moved back to a stack well above the average.

Player Chips Progress
Iaron Lightbourne gb
Iaron Lightbourne
140,000
45,000
45,000
WPT 1X Winner
Domenico D'Amore it
Domenico D'Amore
110,000
-35,000
-35,000
Leon Louis gb
Leon Louis
90,000
-10,000
-10,000
Ramlal Basdeo tt
Ramlal Basdeo
Busted

Tags: Domenico D'AmoreLeon LouisRamlal BasdeoTom WinstoneIaron Lightbourne

Assorted Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Wenbin Chen cn
Wenbin Chen
190,000
37,000
37,000
Sebastian Jancso gb
Sebastian Jancso
120,000
-20,000
-20,000
Ciprian Paunescu ro
Ciprian Paunescu
120,000
-37,000
-37,000
Toni Ojala fi
Toni Ojala
75,000
-25,000
-25,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
75,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Alejandro Perez Torres es
Alejandro Perez Torres
70,000
15,000
15,000
Minesha Lamba in
Minesha Lamba
65,000
5,000
5,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
53,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jonathan Schuman gb
Jonathan Schuman
50,000
20,000
20,000
Kfir Ivgi gb
Kfir Ivgi
Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Niskanen and Lee Eliminated

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Nicholas Lee
Nicholas Lee

Damian Brookes Bell raised and Nicholas Lee three-bet all in for the last 16,100, which was called by Bell.

Lee turned over the {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds} and had a flip against {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. The board came {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} and Bell got there on the river to send Lee to the rail.

One table over, Iaron Lightbourne raised and Toni Ojala called. Tuomo Niskanen three-bet to 10,500 and that forced out big stack Lightbourne. Ojala had other plans and moved all in, Niskanen called it off in a battle of the Finns.

Tuomo Niskanen: {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Toni Ojala: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The board came {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and the kicker played to eliminate Niskanen.

Player Chips Progress
Toni Ojala fi
Toni Ojala
140,000
65,000
65,000
Damian Bell gb
Damian Bell
130,000
130,000
130,000
Francis Foord-Brown gb
Francis Foord-Brown
Busted
Tuomo Niskanen fi
Tuomo Niskanen
Busted
Day 1C Chip Leader
Nicholas Lee ca
Nicholas Lee
Busted

Tags: Damian Brookes BellNicholas LeeToni OjalaTuomo NiskanenIaron Lightbourne

Muehloecker Takes From Loeser

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Table two features the High Roller regulars Manig Loeser, Thomas Muehloecker and Orpen Kisacikoglu, and the former two just battled in a bigger pot.

In a battle of the blinds, Loeser checked the {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop and called a bet of 5,200 by Muehloecker. After the {2-Hearts} turn, Loeser check-called another 9,700 and then used one time bank on the {8-Spades} river before leading for 24,500. Muehloecker also needed a time bank and called, which prompted Loeser to tap the table in defeat with the words "you are good."

Loeser revealed {A-Spades}{5-Hearts} for a pair of fives and Muehloecker had that beat with {Q-Spades}{7-Hearts} for a pair of sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
250,000
126,000
126,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
38,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Manig LoeserOrpen KisacikogluThomas Muehloecker

Grinding it Up

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Michael Mizrachi
Michael Mizrachi

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has become a hot contender for a big stack after suddenly showing up with more than five times the starting stack over on table three. With now 48 players remaining in the penultimate level of the night, it would not be much of a surprise to see Mizrachi near the top of the counts upon bagging and tagging.

Player Chips Progress
James Parker gb
James Parker
177,000
72,000
72,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
155,000
120,000
120,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Carlos Sanchez Diaz es
Carlos Sanchez Diaz
85,000
2,000
2,000
Francis Foord-Brown gb
Francis Foord-Brown
30,000
30,000
30,000
Ramlal Basdeo tt
Ramlal Basdeo
30,000
30,000
30,000
Kfir Ivgi gb
Kfir Ivgi
Busted
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
Busted

Tags: Michael Mizrachi