£1,100 Main Event
Day 1bc Started
2019 888poker LIVE Festival London
£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
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
203
Players Left
73
Two Chances to Reach Day 2 at the 2019 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event
The 888poker LIVE Festival London takes place for the fourth time and the flagship £1,100 Main Event at the Aspers Casino at the Westfield Stratford in London comes with a guaranteed prize pool of £500,000, the winner also takes home a package for the 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas worth $12,500.
Since 2015, the Aspers Casino has been a fixture on the yearly 888poker LIVE schedule for the Local Series and Main Event. Previous champions include Ka Li in 2016, Tom Hall in 2017 and James Williams in 2018.
One year ago, cash game specialist Williams topped a field of 656 entries and defeated Derek Lawless in heads-up to secure the biggest slice of the £649,440 prize pool, banking a payday of £121,000 and a package for the 2019 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.
Hall and Lawless already entered yesterday's first flight which attracted a total of 58 entries but they were not among the 13 survivors. Of the 888poker ambassadors, only Martin Jacobson jumped into the action after busting before the money £2,200 High Roller and made it through to Day 2 with 60,000.
Fellow 888poker ambassadors Sofia Lovgren, Vivian Saliba, £2,200 High Roller champion Chris Moorman, Kara Scott, and Ana Marquez are all expected to join in one of the remaining flights within the next two days. 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. The tournament also features the popular big blind ante format and a 30-second shot clock with four 30 time bank extensions per day is in play for the entirety.
Main Event Day 1b and 1c 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: 58 entries, 13 survivors
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 25-minute break every three levels and the action for today will wrap up in the early morning hours. The PokerNews updates for the day will focus on Day 1b as of 1 p.m. local time and the chip counts and a brief recap for Day 1c will be published he following morning.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The First Day 1b Entries
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Among others, Kim Johansson and Neophytos Neophytou have sat down on the first two tables to kick off the action with 10 playes and the field is expected to grow significantly in the hours to come. The late registration and unlimited re-entries are available throughout the entire day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Up to 18 Entries
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Local legends Ali Zihni and Albert Sapiano are both seated on table three along with Leon Louis and that bings up the field size for Day 1b to 18 entries.
Also in contention ae James Mitchell, James Millman, Victor Hairapetyan and Eleni Dyche.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Small Pot for Millman
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Eleni Dyche check-called a bet of 400 by James Millman on the 
flop and they then checked the 
turn and 
river. Millman tabled the 
and Dyche mucked 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
Big Pot to Sapiano
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Following a raise to 300, Leon Louis three-bet to 1,000 from one seat over and Albert Sapiano cold-called on the button, as did the initial raiser. The 
flop was checked to Sapiano and he bet 3,000, only Louis check-called. The followed on the turn and Louis check-folded to a bet worth 8,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
Johansson Takes From Zhang
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Kim Johansson and Bojia Zhang invested 600 each on the 
flop and Johansson bet the 
turn for 600, Zhang called. Both checked the 
river and Johansson tabled for a flush, Zhang mucked 
fo trips aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
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28,000 | -2,000 |
Top Set for Farzaiyev
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Justin Scicluna received a one hand penalty after he bet out of turn in a bigger pot versus Kanan Farzaliyev and even worse was the fact that he paid off the 7,000 bet of Farzaiyev on the 
river. Farzaliyev tabled 
for top set and Scicluna mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
18,000 | -12,000 |
Three New Notables in Action
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Charlie Combes, former football striker Jimmy Kebe and 888poker ambassador Sofia Lovgren are now all seated to bring the field up to 26 entries. The tables four and five are prepared and ready for new entries while a satellite is still running with 20 entries and 13 rebuys.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |