2019 888poker LIVE Festival London

£1,100 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 888poker LIVE Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
£100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£512,820
Entries
518
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
23
Players Left
1

Constantin Doubles Through Echevarne Gomez

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Adrian Constantin
Adrian Constantin

Jose Echevarne Gomez had won a big pot previously and climbed to more than 1.4 million but lost a chunk when he called the shove of Adrian Constantin with the superior hand.

Constantin had open-jammed for 455,000 and the Spaniard called in the small blind.

Adrian Constantin: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
Jose Echevarne Gomez: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The {k-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{a-Spades} board improved Constantin to a set on the turn and locked up the double.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Echevarne Gomez es
Jose Echevarne Gomez
975,000 450,000
Adrian Constantin ro
Adrian Constantin
950,000 290,000

Tags: Adrian ConstantinJose Echevarne Gomez

Mark Yi Eliminated in 13th Place (£5,940)

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Mark Yi
Mark Yi

Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos raised to 65,000 in the cutoff and Nikolay Ponomarev called on the button. Mark Yi in the big blind three-bet for 510,000 and once again left himself 50,000 behind. Cordeiro dos Santos folded and Ponomarev asked for the bet size, then moved all in.

Yi used two time banks while checking the other table as there was a pay jump between 13th and 12th place. Scott Berko jammed against Manuel Bueno, who ended up folding. Yi then called all-in to create the following showdown:

Mark Yi: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Nikolay Ponomarev: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} board left Yi drawing dead on the turn and he headed to the payout desk to collect £5,940 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev gb
Nikolay Ponomarev
Day 1D Chip Leader
1,500,000 575,000
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos br
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos
1,275,000 -225,000
Mark Yi sg
Mark Yi
Busted

Tags: Manuel BuenoMark YiNikolay PonomarevScott BerkoValdir Cordeiro dos Santos

Yi Doubles Through Ponomarev

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Nikolay Ponomarev raised to 50,000 and Mark Yi three-bet to 210,000 in the cutoff with 50,000 behind. Ponomarev let his shot clock run down to two seconds and called, then bet the {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop for 50,000, Yi called all-in.

Mark Yi: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Nikolay Ponomarev: {8-Spades}{7-Spades}

The {q-Spades} turn gave Yi a gutshot and the {k-Spades} river provided the superior pair to secure the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev gb
Nikolay Ponomarev
Day 1D Chip Leader
925,000 -175,000
Mark Yi sg
Mark Yi
585,000 -75,000

Tags: Mark YiNikolay Ponomarev

Gary Miller Eliminated in 14th Place (£5,940)

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Gary Miller
Gary Miller

One hand after losing the big pot, Gary Miller faced the raise to 75,000 by Egidijus Alsauskas and three-bet jammed for 655,000. Manuel Bueno in the small blind asked for a count, then moved all in himself. Alsauskas gave it some thought and folded.

Gary Miller: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Manuel Bueno: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The board came {a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Miller was sent to the rail in 14th place for a payday of £5,940.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Bueno at
Manuel Bueno
3,100,000 700,000
Egidijus Alsauskas lt
Egidijus Alsauskas
1,650,000
Gary Miller gb
Gary Miller
Busted

Tags: Egidijus AlsauskasGary MillerManuel Bueno

Daniel Habib Eliminated in 15th Place (£5,940)

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Daniel Habib
Daniel Habib

In a limped pot to the {5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop, Manuel Bueno checked out of the big blind and Daniel Habib bet 60,000. Gary Miller then raised to 230,000 and Bueno announced all in. Habib called all in for 570,000 and Miller asked for the stack size of Bueno before making the call as the biggest stack of the trio.

Daniel Habib: {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Manuel Bueno: {8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Gary Miller: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

All three players had a flush draw and Miller had a pair to go with it while all three straight draws were alive, too. The {a-Hearts} turn gave Bueno the straight and the {k-Diamonds} river locked up the hand for the German.

Habib was eliminated in 15th place for £5,940 and Bueno got another 275,000 from Miller.

"He limped?" Bhavin Khatri asked and Miller nodded. "Yeah, why the hell did he even look at the charts before," Miller replied, referring to a warning Habib had received while he was checking hand charts as spectator during a previously ongoing hand.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Bueno at
Manuel Bueno
2,400,000 1,525,000
Gary Miller gb
Gary Miller
655,000 -445,000
Daniel Habib gb
Daniel Habib
Busted

Tags: Daniel HabibGary MillerManuel Bueno

Ramlal Basdeo Eliminated in 16th Place (£5,120)

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Ramlal Basdeo
Ramlal Basdeo

Ramlal Basdeo moved all in for 135,000 and he was called by Nikolay Ponomarev in the small blind.

Ramlal Basdeo: {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Nikolay Ponomarev: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

Basdeo had his smartphone out to film the runout and spiked just one eight on the {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{j-Clubs} board to finish in 16th place for £5,120.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev gb
Nikolay Ponomarev
Day 1D Chip Leader
1,100,000 200,000
Ramlal Basdeo tt
Ramlal Basdeo
Busted

Tags: Nikolay PonomarevRamlal Basdeo

Berko Shows a Bluff; Cordeiro Dos Santos Shows a Straight

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Scott Berko had lost some chips before the break and took on Manuel Bueno in a battle of the blinds. With 170,000 in the middle and the {10-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop showing, Berko check-raised from 55,000 to 185,000 and Bueno folded to get shown he {k-Hearts}{7-Spades}.

Over on the other table, Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos defended his big blind against a raise by Nikolay Ponomarev and check-called a bet of 70,000 on the {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades} turn and bet the {8-Hearts} river for 175,000. Ponomarev folded and the table was shown the {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos br
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos
1,500,000 200,000
Nikolay Ponomarev gb
Nikolay Ponomarev
Day 1D Chip Leader
900,000 -600,000
Manuel Bueno at
Manuel Bueno
875,000 -175,000
Scott Berko gb
Scott Berko
800,000 -350,000

Tags: Manuel BuenoNikolay PonomarevScott BerkoValdir Cordeiro dos Santos

Basdeo In the Danger Zone

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ramlal Basdeo defended his big blind against the raise of Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos and they checked through the {9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop. On the {10-Clubs} turn, Basdeo checked and the Brazilian splashed in a random bet of more than 400,000, which had Basdeo covered by far.

"Can I give him a time bank?" Cordeiro dos Santos asked the dealer as Basdeo had none left. Basdeo folded in the allocated 30 seconds.

Player Chips Progress
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos br
Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos
1,300,000 225,000
Ramlal Basdeo tt
Ramlal Basdeo
150,000 -99,000

Tags: Ramlal BasdeoValdir Cordeiro dos Santos

The Final Two Tables

Level 23 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
SeatTable 2Table 3
1Bhavin KhatriAleksandrs Golubevs
2Scott BerkoMark Yi
3Manuel BuenoJose Echevarne Gomez
4Gary BertramAndrew Connell
5Egidijus AlsauskasRamlal Basdeo
6Daniel HabibAdrian Constantin
7Gary MillerValdir Cordeiro dos Santos
8Leon LouisNikolay Ponomarev