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

Louis Busts Chamani

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Leon Louis in the hijack raised it up to 1,300 and Ronit Chamani moved all in from one seat over. Louis asked for a count and called when it was deemed to be for around 16,000.

Chamani had the {A-Spades}{6-Spades} and held one overcard and live suit against the {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} of Louis. The board came {K-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Chamani was eliminated for the second time on Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Leon Louis gb
Leon Louis
63,000
20,000
20,000
Ronit Chamani za
Ronit Chamani
Busted

Tags: Leon LouisRonit Chamani

A Double for Muehloecker

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Thomas Muehloecker in the High Roller
Thomas Muehloecker in the High Roller

Joining the action on the {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Clubs} turn, Glen Garaway bet 8,000 and Thomas Muehloecker called from one seat over. The {A-Diamonds} came on the river and Garaway moved all in. Muehloecker double-checked his cards and called all in for 20,500.

Garaway turned over the {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Muehloecker had rivered a full house with the {A-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} to double.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
60,000
43,000
43,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Glen Garaway gb
Glen Garaway
13,000
-26,000
-26,000

Tags: Glen GarawayThomas Muehloecker

Miranda Doubles; Basdeo Takes From Niskanen

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The cards of Huseyin Houssein were already in the muck while he paid off the 23,200 of Fabio Miranda. The Portuguese held the winning hand with {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs} on a board of {10-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and confirmed that it had been a flip against ace-king.

The same table also features Andrew Hulme, who was not unhappy to be seated with Terry Jordon.

One table over, Tuomo Niskanen and Ramlal Basdeo battled with the former check-calling a bet on the {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} flop. Niskanen bet the {J-Clubs} turn for 5,000 and Basdeo raised big to more than 23,000. Niskanen was covered by that and folded. Basdeo flashed the {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades} with the words "that was a bad turn card, I wanted the two of spades."

Player Chips Progress
Tom Winstone gb
Tom Winstone
80,000
12,000
12,000
Fabio Miranda pt
Fabio Miranda
50,000
22,000
22,000
Ramlal Basdeo tt
Ramlal Basdeo
42,000
2,000
2,000
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
35,000
35,000
35,000
Tuomo Niskanen fi
Tuomo Niskanen
18,000
-5,000
-5,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Huseyin Houssein gb
Huseyin Houssein
15,000
-28,000
-28,000
Tomas Karlo hr
Tomas Karlo
Busted

Tags: Andrew HulmeFabio MirandaHuseyin HousseinRamlal BasdeoTerry JordonTuomo Niskanen

Lightbourne Chips Up Further

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

In a four-bet pot with 30,000 in the middle, Iaron Lightbourne and his opponent from Croatia invested another 10,500 on the {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop. Akinnugba checked the {9-Clubs} out of the blinds and his opponent checked back to see the {J-Clubs} on the river. Lightbourne now bet 34,000 and his opponent reluctantly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Iaron Lightbourne gb
Iaron Lightbourne
95,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Iaron Lightbourne

Day 1c Underway; 1b field is growing

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Dominik Nitsche and Chris Moorman were among the big names to jump into Day 1c and the current chip leaders are Raul Martinez and Domenico D'Amore. The latter won a massive pot against Manuel Bardon to get up to a six-figure stack.

Nine tables remain on Day 1b and another 60 players have already taken a seat in 1c with Conor Beresford among the notables.

Player Chips Progress
Domenico D'Amore it
Domenico D'Amore
115,000
90,000
90,000
Raul Martinez es
Raul Martinez
110,000
110,000
110,000
Jonathan Schuman gb
Jonathan Schuman
33,000
-15,000
-15,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
32,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
29,000
29,000
29,000
Manuel Bardon es
Manuel Bardon
20,000
-26,000
-26,000
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
19,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Chris MoormanDomenico D'AmoreDominik NitscheManuel BardonRaul MartinezConor Beresford

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Paunescu in the Lead

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Raul Martinez is no longer the chip leader as he sent over a big chunk of his stack to Ciprian Paunescu. The Romanian was kind enough to provide the details, as he doubled through Martinez and sent short stack Seung Hun Ko to the rail.

According to Paunesco, he raised the button to 1,700 and Martinez called, Ko jammed only 3,600 in the big blind. Paunescu reraised to 7,600 and Martinez clicked it back top 22,600, which Paunescu called. On a {A-}{Q-}{4-} flop, Martinez bet 9,000 and Paunescu called.

The {3-Clubs} came on the turn and Martinez checked the stack of his opponent, then moved all in for effectively 45,000. Paunescu used two time banks and called with {K-}{Q-}, Martinez only had {Q-}{J-} and Ko showed {9-}{3-}. A blank river kept the Romanian in the lead and he skyrocketed into the big stack.

"I used two time banks! Damn, what a call," he said, all smiles before taking a short break from his table.

Player Chips Progress
Ciprian Paunescu ro
Ciprian Paunescu
157,000
87,000
87,000
Minesha Lamba in
Minesha Lamba
60,000
7,000
7,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
50,000
21,000
21,000
Kevin Allen gb
Kevin Allen
38,000
10,500
10,500
Raul Martinez es
Raul Martinez
35,000
-75,000
-75,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
12,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Seung Hun Ko kr
Seung Hun Ko
Busted

Tags: Ciprian PaunescuRaul MartinezSeung Hun Ko

Jordon From Hero to Zero

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Terry Jordon raised big to 3,000 and Fabio Miranda three-bet to 6,000, which Jordon called. On the {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} flop, Jordon shoved for 14,000 and Miranda called with the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} for top pair. Jordon had some outs with his {8-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, but bricked off on the {K-Clubs} turn and {J-Clubs} river.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Citara ar
Carlos Citara
90,000
35,000
35,000
Fabio Miranda pt
Fabio Miranda
55,000
5,000
5,000
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
42,000
7,000
7,000
Terry Jordon gb
Terry Jordon
Busted

Tags: Fabio MirandaTerry Jordon

Ojala Gets Big

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

In a three-way pot that also included the two Finns Toni Ojala on the button and Tuomo Niskanen in the big blind, the latter check-folded a bet on the {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop. On the {9-Hearts} turn, the stacks of the remaining two players went in and Ojala found himself behind with the {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, as his opponent had flopped the wheel with ace-five.

Ojala spiked the {3-Hearts} on the river to improve to a full house and soon after Ojala sent another player to the rail to boost his stack further. Among the other current big stacks is also Sebastian Jancso, who sits a few tables over with Dominik Nitsche and Sofia Lovgren.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Jancso gb
Sebastian Jancso
135,000
135,000
135,000
Toni Ojala fi
Toni Ojala
100,000
63,000
63,000
Benjamin Winsor gb
Benjamin Winsor
50,000
22,000
22,000

Tags: Dominik NitscheSebastian JancsoSofia LovgrenTuomo NiskanenToni Ojala

Hu Busts Lovgren

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Sofia Lovgren
Sofia Lovgren

Down to around 16,000, Sofia Lovgren ended up all in and at risk before the flop with the {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and she was called by Yangshou Hu with the {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}. Lovgren picked up a straight draw on the {J-Spades}{10-Spades}{7-Spades} flop and the {A-Hearts} turn was not much of a change. The river was a blank and the 888poker team pro was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Yangshou Hu cn
Yangshou Hu
48,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
Busted

Tags: Sofia LovgrenYangshou Hu

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