2019 888poker LIVE Festival London

£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1de
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 1de
Entries
245
Players Left
98

Kassouf Busts Dudakov

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Dmitri Dudakov got his short stack in for 15,800 and William Kassouf looked him up from one seat over in the cutoff as he moved all in over the top.

Dmitri Dudakov: {10-Spades}{9-Spades}
William Kassouf: {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}

On a board of {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, the jack was enough for Kassouf to claim the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
65,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Dmitri Dudakov ru
Dmitri Dudakov
Busted

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Ilyukhin Doubles Through Vahdat

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Arvin Vahdat
Arvin Vahdat

With 32,000 in the middle and the flop showing {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades}, Victor Ilyukhin Senior jammed for 62,100 and Arvin Vahdat called from one seat over for most of his chips.

Victor Ilyukhin: {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Arvin Vahdat: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The {8-Diamonds} turn changed nothing but the {6-Clubs} river improved Ilyukhin to a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Victor Ilyukhin Sr ru
Victor Ilyukhin Sr
150,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Arvin Vahdat ir
Arvin Vahdat
16,000
-64,000
-64,000

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Saxby Busts; Last Two Hands

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Kelly Saxby got her short stack in with pocket fours and her opponent called with jacks. A four on the flop gave a reason for hope but running queens delivered a set on the board and the jacks had the superior full house.

Right after, the clocks were stopped and the final two hands of the night were announced.

Player Chips Progress
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Kelly Saxby
Busted

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Demetriou Doubles; Bertram Does Too

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

George Demetriou was all in for the last few big blinds with {6-Spades}{3-Spades} and picked up a call by an opponent with {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Demetriou spiked a seven-high straight on the turn and climbed back above the starting hand.

One table over, Sang Leung raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Tamer Kamel called on the button. Gary Bertram jammed the big blind and Leung reshoved, Kamel folded.

Gary Bertram: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Sang Leung: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

The {q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts} board improved Bertram to queens and sixes.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sang Leung gb
Sang Leung
100,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
60,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Gary Bertram gb
Gary Bertram
43,000
43,000
43,000
Profile photo of George Demetriou gb
George Demetriou
31,500
1,500
1,500

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Day 1d Completed

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Fewer than 80 players have bagged up for the night on Day 1d while the turbo heat 1e is nearing the final half an hour of play with 27 players out of 41 entries remaining. The full chip counts for the final two flights and a recap of today's action are to follow.

End-of-Day 1d Chip Counts (full)

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nikolay Ponomarev gb
Nikolay Ponomarev
222,500
7,500
7,500
Day 1D Chip Leader
Profile photo of Matthew Anderson (UK) gb
Matthew Anderson (UK)
221,500
221,500
221,500
Profile photo of Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
192,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Craig Smith us
Craig Smith
191,500
169,500
169,500
Profile photo of Anthony Andreou gb
Anthony Andreou
171,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Edward Overall gb
Edward Overall
166,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Victor Ilyukhin Sr ru
Victor Ilyukhin Sr
153,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Adrian Constantin ro
Adrian Constantin
147,500
27,500
27,500
Profile photo of Nguyen Le gb
Nguyen Le
142,000
142,000
142,000
Profile photo of Daria Antonova ru
Daria Antonova
139,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of Lee Whiddett gb
Lee Whiddett
131,500
11,500
11,500
Profile photo of Richard Kellett gb
Richard Kellett
128,500
-21,500
-21,500
Profile photo of Jacek Skiscim pl
Jacek Skiscim
125,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Raafat Sharawi gb
Raafat Sharawi
123,500
123,500
123,500
Profile photo of Savvas Mitsikouridis gb
Savvas Mitsikouridis
122,500
122,500
122,500
Profile photo of George Achillea gb
George Achillea
114,500
-5,500
-5,500
Profile photo of Giulio Mascolo it
Giulio Mascolo
111,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Lee ca
Nicholas Lee
106,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Alexander Donev fr
Alexander Donev
105,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Georges Georgiou gb
Georges Georgiou
104,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of Daniel Habib gb
Daniel Habib
101,500
-28,500
-28,500
Profile photo of Christopher Yong gb
Christopher Yong
101,000
-64,000
-64,000
Profile photo of Sang Leung gb
Sang Leung
99,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Catalin Dumitrascu ro
Catalin Dumitrascu
97,500
67,500
67,500
Profile photo of Jose Echevarne Gomez es
Jose Echevarne Gomez
91,500
91,500
91,500

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MARTIN JACOBSON ANSWERS YOUR GOOD (AND BAD) QUESTIONS

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Do you think 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Martin Jacobson still works on his game? What about if you met him face-to-face at the poker tables, would he take all your money? We gave our social media audience the chance to ask the WSOP Champ ANYTHING and here's what you (and he) had to say!

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End-of-Day 1e Chip Counts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There were a total of 38 unique players and three re-entries, and 19 players bagged and tagged in the turbo heat 1e.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antonis Poulengeris gb
Antonis Poulengeris
124,000
124,000
124,000
Day 1E Chip Leader
Profile photo of Jose Planells es
Jose Planells
116,500
116,500
116,500
Profile photo of Neophytos Neophytou gb
Neophytos Neophytou
106,000
106,000
106,000
Profile photo of Stephen Buxton gb
Stephen Buxton
96,500
96,500
96,500
Profile photo of Paul Grummitt gb
Paul Grummitt
94,000
94,000
94,000
Profile photo of Mohammed Ifzail gb
Mohammed Ifzail
86,000
86,000
86,000
Profile photo of Christopher Rowlands gb
Christopher Rowlands
70,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
68,500
68,500
68,500
Profile photo of Jonathan Lemon gb
Jonathan Lemon
68,000
68,000
68,000
Profile photo of Brandon Sheils gb
Brandon Sheils
59,500
59,500
59,500
Profile photo of Alexandru-Bogdan Bouru ro
Alexandru-Bogdan Bouru
58,000
58,000
58,000
Profile photo of Christophe Panetti ch
Christophe Panetti
53,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Ioannis Kateinas gr
Ioannis Kateinas
42,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Endrit Geci gb
Endrit Geci
39,500
39,500
39,500
Profile photo of Carl Shaw gb
Carl Shaw
37,500
37,500
37,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Masoud Etemadiherisi gb
Masoud Etemadiherisi
37,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Shaun Decesare gb
Shaun Decesare
31,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Charles Akadiri gb
Charles Akadiri
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Tore Pedersen no
Tore Pedersen
13,500
13,500
13,500
Profile photo of Albert Sapiano gb
Albert Sapiano
Busted
Profile photo of Sebastian Gohr gb
Sebastian Gohr
Busted
Profile photo of Sami Bedhouafi fr
Sami Bedhouafi
Busted
Profile photo of Roberto Forestiero it
Roberto Forestiero
Busted
Profile photo of Paulus Vanbragt nl
Paulus Vanbragt
Busted
Profile photo of Matteo Diana it
Matteo Diana
Busted

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Ponomarev Tops Day 1d; Poulengeris Bags the Most on Day 1e

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Day 1d Nikolay Ponomarev
Day 1d Nikolay Ponomarev

The final two starting days of the 2019 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event have wrapped up at the Aspers Casino at Westfield Stratford City and the field size has increased to 506 total entries thanks to the far-biggest flight for the flagship tournament of the festival.

After three previous starting days, 261 entries had set the event on track to meet the £500,000 guarantee and Day 1d turned out to attract 165 unique players. Along with 39 re-entries, an additional 204 were added to the equation and the final turbo heat 1e pushed it up further thanks to 38 unique players and three re-entries.

The five starting days at a glance

DayUnique PlayersRe-EntriesTotal EntriesSurvivors
1a5265813
1b62147624
1c1111612749
1d1653920479
1e3834119
2?Total506184

Following the trend of the previous flights, Day 1d bagged up slightly more than one-third of the field as 79 hopefuls punched their tickets for Day 2. Nikolay Ponomarev came out on top with 222,500 but Matthew Anderson trailed him by fewer than one big blind with a stack of 221,500. Third in chips is Frenchman Maxime Chilaud (192,000), a single chip ahead of Craig Smith (191,500).

Ponomarev had already tried his luck in previous flights without success and Day 1d turned out to be the charm. In the penultimate level of the night, Ponomarev sent Serkan Ersoy to the rail who flat-called a raise and then four-bet jammed for almost 80 big blinds with pocket sixes. He was called by Ponomarev with pocket eights and neither player hit anything on the board.

Chilaud won the second-biggest pot of the day just before heading into the final break of the night at the end of level nine. In a three-bet pot he flopped top pair with ace-queen and fired three barrels to get hero-called eventually by Richard Kellett with pocket tens. Kellett dropped to half the starting stack but still made it through to Day 2 thanks to a late surge, as he claimed 128,500 to his name.

Top five counts after Day 1d

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Nikolay PonomarevRussia222,500
2Matthew AndersonUnited Kingdom221,500
3Maxime ChilaudFrance192,000
4Craig SmithUnited Kingdom191,500
5Anthony AndreouUnited Kingdom171,000

Other notables from Day 1d with a big stack include Anthony Andreou (171,000), Victor Ilyukhin Sr (153,000), Adrian Constantin (147,500), Nicholas Lee (106,000), Christopher Yong (101,000), Sang Leung (99,000), Vamshi Vandanapu (87,500) and William Kassouf (76,500) to name just a few.

The long list of casualties, unfortunately, included the 888poker ambassadors Kara Scott and Ana Marquez, the former came up short on the live stream table. Furthermore, James Mitchell, Kelly Saxby, Alexios Zervos, Sebastian Gohr, Natalia Breviglieri, Javier Zarco, Ryan Mandara, Kevin Allen and Brandon Shiels were all eliminated.

Feature Table
Feature Table

Local legend Albert Sapiano was the center of chip changes throughout the day as he took several attempts in order to run up a stack. His wild roller-coaster ride brought massive swings in quick succession and he would not bag up chips in either Day 1d and 1e respectively.

With regards to the final turbo heat, a moderate field of 41 total entries was cut down to 19 survivors in 11 levels of 20 minutes each. Antonis "Tony" Poulengeris more than quadrupled his starting stack to claim the honors of Day 1a chip leader with a stack of 124,0000. Neophytos Neophytou (106,000), former football striker Steve Watts (68,500), Brandon Sheils (59,500) and Carl Shaw (37,500) used their last chance.

Top five counts after Day 1e

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Antonis PoulengerisUnited Kingdom124,000
2Jose PlanellsSpain116,500
3Neophytos NeophytouUnited Kingdom106,000
4Stephen BuxtonUnited Kingdom96,500
5Paul GrummittUnited Kingdom94,000

The field size is not set yet as the late registration and re-entry period remains open until the cards go back in the air for Day 2 as of 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, December 1st, 2019. The money bubble will be reached and the field is expected to get whittled down to the final three tables or fewer as the level duration increases to 60 minutes each for the remainder of the tournament.

A live stream with hole cards displayed on a 30-minute security delay will be available on the 888poker YouTube channel after the first break of the day and the PokerNews team will provide all the action from the tables until the 888poker LIVE circuit has crowned a new champion.

Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Jaime Rueda SampedroSpain40,00020
12Samuel KerrUnited Kingdom137,50069
13Paul GrummittUnited Kingdom94,00047
14Stefanita-Catalin BuzatuRomania65,50033
15Jacek SkiscimPoland125,00063
16Jamie MunroUnited Kingdom56,50028
17Kenny LimUnited Kingdom55,00028
18Jurij KolesnikovLithuania33,00017
19Lukas GloorSwitzerland221,500111
      
21Borja PiconSpain38,00019
22Boris VelevBulgaria31,50016
23Jonathan LemonUnited Kingdom68,00034
24Reza MovasatUnited Kingdom26,00013
25Carl-Fredrik TingvallSweden37,50019
26Sam AcheampongUnited Kingdom46,50023
27Getnet KassaUnited Kingdom52,50026
28Ion AlbuRomania79,00040
29James WilliamsUnited Kingdom64,50032
      
31Isabelle TsaplinaFrance40,50020
32Catalin DumitrascuRomania97,50049
33Rahnaz RehmanUnited Kingdom58,00029
34Tom WinstoneUnited Kingdom22,50011
35Riyazur SamadUnited Kingdom37,00019
36Joseph BodnerUnited Kingdom85,00043
37Freddy MoutousamyUnited Kingdom37,00019
38[Removed:321] UsmaniUnited Kingdom33,00017
39Lee MulliganUnited Kingdom60,50030
      
41Simon Abou ZakiUnited Kingdom71,00036
42Atanas PavlovBulgaria25,00013
43Carlos GutierrezSpain83,00042
44Neil van der MerweUnited Kingdom92,00046
45Dino BrivatiUnited Kingdom137,00069
46Sang LeungUnited Kingdom99,00050
47Michael PanteliUnited Kingdom102,50051
48Nikolay PonomarevRussia222,500111
49Christophe PanettiFrance53,00027
      
51Tore PedersenNorway13,5007
52Joseph ParsonsUnited Kingdom96,50048
53Ionut DragomirRomania52,00026
54Bojia ZhangUnited Kingdom122,50061
55Manuel BuenoSpain103,50052
56Andy AchilleaUnited Kingdom47,00024
57Raafat SharawiUnited Kingdom123,50062
58Eric Le GoffFrance24,50012
59Damian BellUnited Kingdom33,50017
      
61Jose Echevarne GomezSpain91,50046
62Gary BertramUnited Kingdom43,00022
63Alexander DonevFrance105,00053
64Vikrum MehtaUnited Kingdom160,00080
65Alexandru TorneaRomania70,00035
66Edward OverallUnited Kingdom166,00083
67Artan DedushaUnited Kingdom72,00036
68Martin JacobsonSweden60,00030
      
69Michele DenuzzoItaly24,50012
71Malcolm MckinlayUnited Kingdom36,50018
72Guillaume ChironFrance89,50045
73Mohammed ZahourUnited Kingdom84,50042
74Nicholas LeeAustralia106,00053
75Tobias RevenasSweden104,00052
76Richard KellettUnited Kingdom128,50064
77Renee XleChina53,00027
78Katie LindsayUnited States39,00020
79Mohammed IfzailUnited Kingdom86,00043
      
81Maria LampropulosArgentina21,50011
82Craig SmithUnited Kingdom191,50096
83Thomas BerendsUnited Kingdom118,00059
84Arvin VahdatIran35,50018
85Francisco Jesus CamposSpain123,50062
86Tsvetelin GoranovUnited Kingdom14,0007
87Tony PoulengerisUnited Kingdom124,00062
88Chris MoormanUnited Kingdom82,00041
89James MillmanUnited Kingdom41,00021
      
91Bobby JamesUnited Kingdom235,000118
92Sanjay PatelUnited Kingdom72,00036
93Kasim OzUnited Kingdom59,00030
94Mark WongUnited Kingdom93,50047
95Christopher RowlandsUnited Kingdom70,00035
96James WalshUnited Kingdom53,50027
97Tamer KamelUnited Kingdom59,00030
98Stephen MilesUnited Kingdom48,50024
      
101Josep VivesSpain53,50027
102Daniel HabibUnited Kingdom101,50051
103William MiskellyUnited Kingdom160,00080
104Abdullah AtshantiUnited Kingdom39,50020
105Richard WattsUnited Kingdom82,50041
106Kfir IvgiUnited Kingdom419,000210
107Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom144,00072
108Stephen SmithUnited Kingdom29,50015
      
111Sinead PriestleyUnited Kingdom83,50042
112Kim JohanssonSweden82,50041
113Andrew ConnellUnited Kingdom72,50036
114Juan BautistaSpain52,00026
115Anthony AndreouUnited Kingdom171,00086
116Catherine HannaUnited Kingdom40,00020
117Shaun DecesareUnited Kingdom31,00016
118Stefan DimitrovBulgaria77,50039
      
121Neophytos NeophytouUnited Kingdom106,00053
122Vivian SalibaBrazil78,00039
123Egidijus AlsauskasUnited Kingdom107,50054
124Jimmy KebeFrance37,00019
125Colin MacandrewUnited Kingdom54,50027
126Alexander SchechterUnited Kingdom179,50090
127Alexander ZeligmanUnited Kingdom80,00040
128Maxime ChilaudFrance192,00096
      
131Daniel RuddUnited Kingdom52,50026
132Fraser MacintyreUnited Kingdom57,50029
133Mauro SurianoUnited Kingdom42,50021
134Savvas MitsikouridisGreece122,50061
135Sofia LovgrenSweden41,00021
136Justin TsuiUnited Kingdom85,50043
137Matti KinnunenFinland60,50030
138Scott BerkoUnited Kingdom35,00018
      
141Charles AkadiriUnited Kingdom30,00015
142Lee WhiddettUnited Kingdom131,50066
143Victor Ilyukhin SrRussia153,00077
144Giulio MascoloItaly111,00056
145Nguyen LeUnited Kingdom142,00071
146Christopher YongUnited Kingdom101,00051
147Leon LouisUnited Kingdom92,50046
148Alexandru-Bogdan BouruRomania58,00029
      
151George AchilleaUnited Kingdom114,50057
152Victor HairapetyanUnited Kingdom26,50013
153Iaron LightbourneUnited Kingdom256,000128
154Brandon SheilsUnited Kingdom59,50030
155Vamshi VandanapuUnited Kingdom87,50044
156Christos XanthopoulosGreece139,50070
157Akshay ReddyUnited Kingdom123,00062
158Kanan FarzaliyevUnited Kingdom20,50010
      
161Gladys LongUnited Kingdom29,50015
162Jonathan SchumanUnited Kingdom80,50040
163Enzo Del PieroUnited Kingdom80,00040
164Ronan NallyIreland77,50039
165Chris Da-SilvaUnited Kingdom150,00075
166Pavlos XanthopoulosGreece48,00024
167Gary MillerUnited Kingdom231,500116
168Manh The NguyenVietnam54,50027
      
171Tan LeUnited Kingdom25,00013
172Jose PlanellsSpain116,50058
173Nuno DuarteBrazil80,00040
174Bhavin KhatriUnited Kingdom53,00027
175Charlie CombesUnited Kingdom51,50026
176Abhekesh BasdeoTrinidad and Tobago60,50030
177Stephen BuxtonUnited Kingdom96,50048
178Duc NguyenVietnam74,00037
      
181Neil MccullochUnited Kingdom115,50058
182Masoud EtemadiherisiUnited Kingdom37,00019
183Valdir Cordeiro dos SantosBrazil90,50045
184Firat BasbaydarUnited Kingdom46,00023
185Ben MorrisonUnited Kingdom125,50063
186Justin SciclunaMalta259,000130
187Matthew AndersonUnited Kingdom221,500111
188Irena MacesovicLithuania85,50043
      
191William KassoufUnited Kingdom76,50038
192Francois PiraultFrance54,00027
193Max DevesonUnited Kingdom100,00050
194Sachin JoshiUnited Kingdom93,50047
195Georges GeorgiouUnited Kingdom104,00052
196Ramlal BasdeoTrinidad and Tobago177,50089
197Carl ShawUnited Kingdom37,50019
198Timothee ZogoUnited Kingdom46,00023
      
201Michael IsiguzoUnited Kingdom30,50015
202Teresa PurtSpain25,00013
203Vincent MeliFrance76,50038
204Jean Matthieu ChoyUnited Kingdom49,50025
205Man LukUnited Kingdom86,00043
206Jiaze LiUnited Kingdom71,00036
207Daria AntonovaRussia139,00070
208Ioannis KateinasGreece42,00021
      
211Terry JordonUnited Kingdom200,000100
212Rene LazaroHungary22,00011
213Steve WattsUnited Kingdom68,50034
214Aleksandrs GolubevsUnited Kingdom70,00035
215Adrian ConstantinRomania147,50074
216George DemetriouUnited Kingdom31,50016
217Daria FeshchenkoRussia13,5007
218Conor O'DriscollUnited Kingdom39,50020
      
221Xuan NguyenUnited Kingdom47,00024
222Endrit GeciUnited Kingdom39,50020
223Kully SidhuUnited Kingdom32,00016
224Alexandru VlaicaUnited Kingdom22,00011
225Tony VuUnited Kingdom60,00030
226Paul LintonUnited Kingdom55,50028
227Flaviano CammisuliItaly54,00027
228Usman UlhaqUnited Kingdom26,50013

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£1,100 Main Event

Day 1de Completed