Chung Van Hoang faced the jam of George Demetriou on the 
river with 23,000 in the middle and 17,000 behind. Van Hoang called and Demetriou tapped the table and mucked his cards with the words "good call" as Van Hoang held 
for eights and treys.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Christos Xanthopoulos jammed for 2,100 first to act and Justin Scicluna called out of the big blind.
Xanthopoulos had the 
and Scicluna tabled 
for two live cards. The board came 
and the nine on the flop all but sent the Greek to the rail but he rivered a king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
5,000
2,900
|
2,900 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
58,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
54,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
48,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
39,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
36,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
14,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
10,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Pavlos Xanthopoulos won the second-ever WSOP bracelet for Greece in 2015 and Christos Xanthopoulos reached the final table of the 888poker LIVE London in 2018 after qualifying online on 888poker. Christos busted and re-entered but things are looking grim on the second bullet also while Pavlos dropped to around half the starting stack, too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
|
|
2,100
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
|
||
Aleem Kanji has re-entered and invested more than 9,000 already to see the 
turn, on which George Demetriou moved all in. Kanji gave it some thought and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
There are 56 unique entries on Day 1b thus far of which 51 players remain and an additional five re-entries were purchased thus far. New entries include Max Deveson and 888poker ambassador Ana Marquez, while Alexander Schechter has also bought back in. James Walsh has been eliminated for now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted | |
Yimin Yang had won a bigger pot off George Demetriou and the latter claimed those chips back by sending Artan Dedusha to the rail.
Dedusha was at risk with 
versus 
and found no help on a board of 
, which gave Demetriou a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
80,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Busted |
Ali Zihni was all in for 22,200 before the flop and his 
was trailing the 
of Jason Chamberlain.
On a board of 
, Zihni flopped a set and doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
46,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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