€888 Main Event
Day 3 Started
2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid
€888 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€800,000
Entries
1,067
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Left
1
A long day of poker awaits for all those seeking to lift the winner trophy in the first major live poker event at the Casino Gran Via right in the heart of Madrid's city centre, as 66 players out of a 1,067 entry strong field remain in the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid €888 Main Event.
After the late bubble rush cut the field into half in the final hour of play on Day 2, the leaderboard saw several players jump into a big stack and Italy's Marco D'Amico will return as the chip leader with 4,590,000, while Spain's Alvaro Puchol is not far behind with 4,230,000.
Arguably the biggest name remaining among the finalists is however former WSOP Main Event finalist Fernando Pons, who sits in third place with 3,470,000 and will aim to keep the trophy on home soil.
It won't be an easy ride for any of the contenders as the blinds will recommence at 25,000-50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000, and the levels will last 50 minutes each for the remainder of the tournament. Some of the notables seeking victory in Madrid are Alex Montgomery (2,780,000), Ran Shahar (2,270,000), Adrian State (2,000,000), Bruno Hormigo (1,955,000), Daniyar Aubakirov (1,825,000), Claudio Di Giacomo (1,405,000), Stephen Elliott (1,305,000), Ignacio Lopez De Maturana (1,000,000), Antonios Onoufriou (710,000), and Miguel "Gandalf" Riera (540,000).
All players have €2,400 locked up as return for their investment thus far, but the top prize of €150,000 awaits to the eventual champion. Furthermore, event sponsor 888poker will also award a package worth $12,500 for the 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas to the winner.
The action is set to resume at 2 p.m. local time in the side room of the poker floor which also hosts the live stream table, which will broadcast on a security delay of 30 minutes and hole cards displayed via the 888poker social media channels. For all the outer table action, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start-to-finish.
2020 888poker LIVE Madrid Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | Khalil Youssafi | Germany | 1,100,000 | 22 |
| 16 | 2 | Paolo Boi | Italy | 550,000 | 11 |
| 16 | 3 | Alessandro Campedelli | Italy | 780,000 | 16 |
| 16 | 4 | Pere Llopis Ordines | Spain | 220,000 | 4 |
| 16 | 5 | Manuel Borges | Portugal | 2,320,000 | 46 |
| 16 | 6 | Carlos Marina | Spain | 1,730,000 | 35 |
| 16 | 7 | Reinaldo Perdomo | Spain | 1,700,000 | 34 |
| 16 | 8 | Krasimir Kirilov | Bulgaria | 1,475,000 | 30 |
| 17 | 1 | Gilad Yam-Hod | Israel | 1,180,000 | 24 |
| 17 | 2 | Abraham Serrano | Spain | 700,000 | 14 |
| 17 | 3 | Luis Falcon | Spain | 2,075,000 | 42 |
| 17 | 4 | Gleb Novik | Russia | 920,000 | 18 |
| 17 | 5 | Amihai Necman | Israel | 1,140,000 | 23 |
| 17 | 6 | Bruno Hormigo | Portugal | 1,955,000 | 39 |
| 17 | 7 | Daniel Rodriguez | Spain | 520,000 | 10 |
| 17 | 8 | Mario Melis | Italy | 1,700,000 | 34 |
| 17 | 9 | Carlos Herraiz Morales | Spain | 850,000 | 17 |
| 18 | 1 | Lin Ruida | China | 2,530,000 | 51 |
| 18 | 2 | Daniel Tafur | Spain | 1,800,000 | 36 |
| 18 | 3 | Stephen Elliott | United States | 1,305,000 | 26 |
| 18 | 4 | Miguel Riera | Spain | 540,000 | 11 |
| 18 | 5 | Aaron Rivero Daly | Spain | 430,000 | 9 |
| 18 | 6 | Marcos Rocha | Portugal | 430,000 | 9 |
| 18 | 7 | Juan Francesco Vega Quintana | Spain | 1,010,000 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | Ruben De Pedro | Spain | 3,000,000 | 60 |
| 18 | 9 | Federico Anselmi | Italy | 495,000 | 10 |
| 19 | 1 | Marco D'Amico | Italy | 4,590,000 | 92 |
| 19 | 2 | Alvaro Puchol | Spain | 4,230,000 | 85 |
| 19 | 3 | Fernando Pons | Spain | 3,470,000 | 69 |
| 19 | 4 | Pablo Paez | Spain | 1,600,000 | 32 |
| 19 | 5 | Salvador Soria | Spain | 210,000 | 4 |
| 19 | 6 | Petru Tarlev | Spain | 885,000 | 18 |
| 19 | 7 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Spain | 580,000 | 12 |
| 19 | 8 | Antonio Smeraglia | Italy | 910,000 | 18 |
| 20 | 1 | Selim Souissi | Tunisia | 1,700,000 | 34 |
| 20 | 2 | Alex Martinez Tormos | Spain | 2,280,000 | 46 |
| 20 | 3 | Cristinel Costin | Romania | 800,000 | 16 |
| 20 | 4 | Aleksandr Sazhinov | Russia | 780,000 | 16 |
| 20 | 5 | Marco Biavaschi | Italy | 875,000 | 18 |
| 20 | 6 | Bruce Fishman | United Kingdom | 1,675,000 | 34 |
| 20 | 7 | Miguel Tejero | Spain | 1,735,000 | 35 |
| 20 | 8 | Juan Carlos Martin | Spain | 860,000 | 17 |
| 21 | 1 | Pablo Osuna | Spain | 820,000 | 16 |
| 21 | 2 | Emil Westman | Sweden | 700,000 | 14 |
| 21 | 3 | Antonios Onoufriou | Cyprus | 710,000 | 14 |
| 21 | 4 | Alex Montgomery | United Kingdom | 2,780,000 | 56 |
| 21 | 5 | Liangle Ni | China | 645,000 | 13 |
| 21 | 6 | Antonio Romero | Spain | 1,220,000 | 24 |
| 21 | 7 | Alberto Blanco | Spain | 2,515,000 | 50 |
| 21 | 8 | Alejandro Sanchez | Spain | 2,005,000 | 40 |
| 22 | 1 | Lotfi Boughanmi | France | 515,000 | 10 |
| 22 | 2 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 1,405,000 | 28 |
| 22 | 3 | David Gonzalez Delgado | Spain | 3,200,000 | 64 |
| 22 | 4 | Adrian State | Romania | 2,000,000 | 40 |
| 22 | 5 | Alessandro Borsa | Italy | 615,000 | 12 |
| 22 | 6 | Meir Avigal | Israel | 525,000 | 11 |
| 22 | 7 | Daniyar Aubakirov | Kazakhstan | 1,825,000 | 37 |
| 22 | 8 | Ignacio Lopez De Maturana | Spain | 1,000,000 | 20 |
| 23 | 1 | Ran Shahar | Israel | 2,270,000 | 45 |
| 23 | 2 | Juanba Martin | Spain | 1,875,000 | 38 |
| 23 | 3 | Xiaozhe Liu | China | 1,670,000 | 33 |
| 23 | 4 | Israel Avraham | Israel | 1,000,000 | 20 |
| 23 | 5 | Jose Luis Garrido | Portugal | 430,000 | 9 |
| 23 | 6 | Israel Marmoles | Spain | 375,000 | 8 |
| 23 | 7 | Tomasz Brzezinski | Poland | 600,000 | 12 |
| 23 | 8 | Juan Jose Marfil Perez | Spain | 350,000 | 7 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Moments into the day it was Claudio Di Giacomo that looked up the shove of Lotfi Boughanmi and was way ahead with 
versus 
. The board came 
and that spelled the end for Boughanmi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Miguel Riera was the first casualty of the day and soon after, Juan Jose Marfil Perez followed. He jammed under the gun and fellow short stack Jose Luis Garrido on the button went over the top.
Juan Jose Marfil Perez: 
Jose Luis Garrido: 
The 
board kept the nines ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
875,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
A classic flip decided over the fate of Meir Avigal who was all-in against Daniyar Aubakirov.
Meir Avigal: 
Daniyar Aubakirov: 
"Give it to me," Avigal demanded but the board of 
brought no help for Avigal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,450,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Xiaozhe Liu raised to 110,000 and eventually called the shove of Emil Westman for 725,000.
Westman was ahead with versus 
and had little to fear on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
900,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
There is a new big stack in the field after the elimination of Selim Souissi, as Alex Martinez Tormos dealt the final blow to the player from Tunisia.
Souissi was playing a big pot with 
for top pair on the flop but Martinez Tormos had the straight with 
as soon as the fell on the turn. A blank came on the river and that sent Souissi out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
1,720,000
|
1,720,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Aaron Rivero Daly was all-in with the against the of Lin Ruida and the board came 9s4h9dAdKh] to send Rivery Daly to the rail.
It wouldn't take long for Federico Anselmi to bow out, too, as the showdowns keep coming literally every minute on one of the tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,200,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Pablo Osuna was one of the latest casualties when he flipped with 
against the 
of Alex Montgomery as the board came 
. Montgomery climbed up the leaderboard while only moments later, another three players were already on the way to the payout desk.
One of them was Carlos Herraiz Morales, who failed to get there with against the of Luis Falcon on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000
820,000
|
820,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
