£1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2019 888poker LIVE Festival London
£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2019 888poker LIVE Festival London
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£512,820
Entries
518
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
58
Players Left
13
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2019 888poker LIVE London £1,100 Main Event
The 888poker LIVE series returns to the place where it all started back in January 2015 at the Aspers Casino in Westfield Stratford London. Terry Jordon was the first 888poker LIVE Local London champion after taking down the inaugural £220 Main Event when he came out on top of a field of 609 entries, defeating local legend Ali Zihni in heads-up.
Since then, 888poker LIVE has returned to the Aspers Casino for the flagship festival and the Local Series every year and previous London Main Event champions include Ka Li in 2016, Tom Hall in 2017 and James Williams in 2018. Williams came out on top of a field of 656 entries and defeated Derek Lawless to claim the lion's share of the £649,440 prize pool, taking home £121,000 and a package for the 2019 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.
The fourth edition of the 888poker LIVE £1,100 Main Event in London comes with a guaranteed prize pool of £500,000 and the package for the 2020 WSOP Main Event worth $12,500. Several 888poker ambassadors such as Sofia Lovgren, Vivian Saliba, Martin Jacobson, Chris Moorman, Kara Scott, and Ana Marquez will be taking part in the festival.
There are five starting days in total and all of them play 11 levels on their respective flight. The first four starting days feature levels of 40 minutes each while the turbo heat 1e is the only one with a level duration of 20 minutes. As of Day 2, the blind levels increase to 60 minutes each until the conclusion of the tournament.
Main Event Day 1a Blind Level Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 40 | 100 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 40 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 40 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 40 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 40 | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 40 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 40 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 40 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 40 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 40 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
The five starting days at a glance:
Day 1a: November 28th, 2019, at 6 p.m. local time
Day 1b: November 29th, 2019, at 1 p.m. local time
Day 1c: November 29th, 2019, at 6 p.m. local time
Day 1d: November 30th, 2019, at 1 p.m. local time
Day 1e: November 30th, 2019, at 7 p.m. local time
There is a 15-minute break every three levels and the action will wrap up in the early morning hours. Stay tuned to find out who comes out on top of the 888poker LIVE London Main Event this time as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start-to-finish.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Three Tables in Play
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
First Notables on Day 1a include last year's runner up Derek Lawless, Samuel Mika, 2017 champion Tom Hall and Ramlal Basdeo, among others.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ersoy Chips Up
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Gary Miller opened the action with a raise to 300 and picked up three callers including Serkan Ersoy, Tom Hall and the bi blind. The action checked to Ersoy on the 
flop and he bet 800, only the big blind came along. A second barrel of Ersoy on the 
turn for 1,600 did the trick to shut down all further action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
29,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
|
29,500
-500
|
-500 |
Small Pot for Louis
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
On the river of a completed board of 
, Francois Pirault bet 1,100 into a pot of 1,700 and Leon Louis opted for a raise to 3,600. No call by Pirault followed and the pot was shipped to Louis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Navarro Carral Jams Up Stack
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The floor was called to table three as a player in three-handed action had called out of turn with Juan Pablo Navarro Carral still to act. Ultimately, that created a pot of 20,000 to the 
river and Navarro Carral moved all in for 19,600 with one opponent behind.
No call followed as the opponent mucked the 
face up and Navarro Carral raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
31 Entries in the High Roller
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Day 2 of the £2,200 High Roller is underway with 12 players out of 31 entries remaining and Chris Moorman is the only 888poker ambassador remaining, as Ana Marquez and Martin Jacobson are both on the rail already. The top six spots will get paid at least £5,220 and the winner takes home the top prize of £27,000.
Among others, 2019 WSOP Main Event finalist Nick Marchington, Antoine Saout, Nicholas Lee, Preben Stokkan, Benjamin Winsor, Christopher Yong and Raul Martinez remain in contention as half of the remaining hopefuls will take home a share of the £77,200 in prize money.
More for Gloor
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
With some 21,000 in the middle and the completed board showing 
, Lukas Gloor used a time bank extension and then bet 4,300. His sole remaining opponent on the button called and Gloor rolled over 
for the nut flush in order to claim a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |