2018 888poker LIVE Festival London

£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1de
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 Starting Days Remain in the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event

Tournament Room
Tournament Room

Three of the five starting days of the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event have concluded and a field of 365 entries has emerged thus far at the Aspers Casino at Westfield Stratford City hus far. There is little doubt that the guaranteed prize pool of £400,000 will be met, but easily surpassed by quite some margin as another two flights will take place today.

Day 1d will kick off at 1 p.m. local time and feature 12 levels of 40 minutes each with a break every three levels. The final starting day will then get underway at 7 p.m. local time with reduced level times of 20 minutes each. All survivors will combine with the 103 players that already secured their seats for Day 2.

Frenchman Antoine Labat remains the current chip leader with an impressive stack of 300,500, while Thomas Muehloecker topped the 1b counts with 253,000. In the early morning hours, it was Finland's Tuomo Niskanen (275,000) that claimed the honors of 1c chip leader, followed by Fernando Pons (217,000) and Parviz Siabi (230,500).

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 201813:0012839Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available
1cNovember 30th 201818:0014041Play 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

The tournament features the popular big blind ante structure and a 30-second Action Clock, which gives all players 30 seconds to act. On top of that, everyone receives four 30-second time banks that will go in play automatically. The time banks will be topped up before the start of Day 2 and the final table.

Day 1 Blind Level Structure

Main Event Day 1b and 1c Blind Level Structure

LevelDuration 1d/1eSmall BlindBig BlindBig Blind Ante
140/201001000
240/201002000
340/20100200200
440/20200300300
540/20200400400
640/20300500500
740/20300600600
840/20400800800
940/205001,0001,000
1040/206001,2001,200
1140/208001,6001,600
1240/201,0002,0002,000

PokerNews will be your one-stop shop from start to finish for this tournament with updates for Day 1d and a brief recap of Day 1e, along with the final chip counts for both flights.

Tags: Antoine LabatFernando PonsThomas MuehloeckerTuomo Niskanen

Amos Doubles; Ringe Leads the Pack

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Gerald Ringe in the High Roller
Gerald Ringe in the High Roller

The current chip leader towards the end of the third level of the day appears to be Gerald Ringe, who sent Ian Hunter to the rail.

Just prior to that, Steven Amos was also at risk at the very same table and shoved for 9,500 on a {J-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop. Elias Christodoulou reluctantly called with {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and Amos held the {K-Spades}{J-Clubs}. The board completed with the {5-Spades} turn and the {3-Diamonds} river and Amos remained in contention.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gerald Ringe gb
Gerald Ringe
95,000
56,000
56,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Elias Christodouiou gb
Elias Christodouiou
27,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Steven Amos gb
Steven Amos
19,400
19,400
19,400
Profile photo of Ian Hunter gb
Ian Hunter
Busted

Tags: Elias ChristodoulouGerald RingeIan HunterSteven Amos

Roller Coaster Ride for Basdeo

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Ramlal Basdeo
Ramlal Basdeo

Artjoms Skvarkovskis sent Krzysztof Pregowski to the rail and Ramlal Basdeo also boosted his stack again after a roller coaster ride to start the day. Basdeo quickly went up to 50,000, then lost twice with flush versus full house before just now winning a flip to bust an opponent with {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} against pocket sevens on a board {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Ramlal Basdeo
70,000
57,000
57,000
Profile photo of Artjoms Skvarkovskis ru
Artjoms Skvarkovskis
70,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Krzysztof Pregowski gb
Krzysztof Pregowski
Busted
Profile photo of David Nevill gb
David Nevill
Busted

Tags: Artjoms SkvarkovskisKrzysztof PregowskiRamlal Basdeo

Sapiano Can't Catch a Break

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Albert Sapiano
Albert Sapiano

Daniel Hopkins raised to 1,200 and Albert Sapiano three-bet all in for 11,900 from the button, Hopkins called.

Albert Sapiano: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
David Hopkins: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} flop was devastating for Sapiano, who was already on his third bullet of the day and started cursing. "All day long, absolutely unbelievable," were just some of the words that could be heard. Neither the {K-Clubs} turn nor the {J-Spades} river gave Sapiano any help and he busted once more.

The table also features Thomas Hunter and Fraser MacIntyre.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Hunter gb
Thomas Hunter
55,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Daniel Hopkins gb
Daniel Hopkins
46,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Albert Sapiano gb
Albert Sapiano
Busted

Tags: Albert SapianoDaniel HopkinsFraser MacIntyreThomas Hunter

MacIntyre Downed Again

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Fraser MacIntyre
Fraser MacIntyre

A five-bet jam with {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} came at the worst possible time for Fraser MacIntyre, as he ran straight into {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} and found no help on the board {6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}. He then started a massage once more, the last one had lasted 10 minutes before he was knocked out on the first bullet.

Sure enough, history repeated itself, as MacIntyre was all in for the last 11,800 with {K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} versus {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and ended up drawing dead on the turn of a board {A-Spades}{J-Spades}{4-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
Busted

Tags: Fraser MacIntyre

Sweden Pays Off Poulengeris

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Craig Sweden
Craig Sweden

With the turn showing {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and 9,000 in the middle, Mark Shepherd checked out of the blinds and so did Craig Sweden. Antonis Poulengeris bet 2,000 and was called both ways. After the {Q-Hearts} river, it again checked to Poulengeris made it 5,100 to go, which forced a fold from Shepherd and Sweden leaned back in his seat, stared at Poulengeris.

Eventually, Sweden called and shook his head after being shown the {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}.

"You lucky man, seriously" Sweden added. In the next hand, Sweden opened to 1,300 and Vladislav Sarunov called in the cutoff. Sweden bet the flop right away and Sarunov folded as quickly.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Adrian-Zoltan Kuba hu
Adrian-Zoltan Kuba
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Mark Shepherd gb
Mark Shepherd
60,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Antonis Poulengeris gb
Antonis Poulengeris
46,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Vladislav Sarunov gb
Vladislav Sarunov
25,000
-25,000
-25,000
Profile photo of Craig Sweden gb
Craig Sweden
14,000
-36,000
-36,000

Tags: Antonis PoulengerisCraig SwedenMark ShepherdVladislav Sarunov

Miquel Munoz Eliminated by Kamel

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Ramon Miquel Munoz
Ramon Miquel Munoz

Down to around 9,000, Ramon Miquel Munoz ended up all in with the {A-Spades}{5-Hearts} and was called by Tamer Kamel with the {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}. The board came {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{8-Clubs} and the Spaniard missed out on the overcard and gutshot to hit the rail.

Craig Sweden and Kalidou Sow have also been eliminated, the latter opted to re-enter into 1d.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
48,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
30,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Ramon Miquel Munoz es
Ramon Miquel Munoz
Busted
Profile photo of Craig Sweden gb
Craig Sweden
Busted

Tags: Craig SwedenKalidou SowRamon Miquel MunozTamer Kamel

Ringe Eliminated

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

Will Kassouf raised to 3,000 and Ramon Miquel Munoz called in the cutoff. Gerald Ringe shoved for 20,800 in the small blind to force out Kfir Ivgi in the big blind and Kassouf tossed his cards into the muck as well, Miquel Munoz snap-called.

Gerald Ringe: {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Ramon Miquel Munoz: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

Ringe had one overcard and clubs but found no help on the {4-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} board.

"I had four deuce," Ivgi exclaimed. The Brit clashed soon after with Miquel Munoz and jammed the {J-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Spades} river. Miquel Munoz reluctantly folded and was shown {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a bluff.

Player Chips Progress
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Ramon Miquel Munoz
115,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Will Kassouf
Will Kassouf
59,000
-18,000
-18,000
Profile photo of Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
50,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kfir Ivgi gb
Kfir Ivgi
37,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Gerald Ringe gb
Gerald Ringe
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Gerald RingeKfir IvgiRamon Miquel MunozWill Kassouf