Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid
€888 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
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
Entries
180
Players Left
93
Late Day 1a Pictures
Roller Coaster for Mehta
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Facing a cutoff raise to 3,500 and a cold-call on the button, Vikram Mehta jammed the last 35,500 out of the small blind and the button was the only caller.
Mehta had one overcard with 
against 
and got there on a board of 
.
In the next hand he raised the button to 4,000 and Adrian Govea defended the big blind. Govea check-called a triple barrel on the 
board for 6,500, 12,000 and 22,500. On the turn and river, Govea used one time bank extension each and was good as Mehta only had 
, Govea's 
had the better pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
|
32,000 | 32,000 |
Does Pro Martin Jacobson Have Poker Superstitions???
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
2014 WSOP Main Event Champ Martin Jacobson admits that 2019 was the worst year of his poker career, and shares his mindset and plans for approaching 2020... PLUS admits his biggest poker superstition!
Ivgi More Than Triples
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Alessandro Borsa opened the action with a min-raise to 3,200 and he was called by Vincenzo Pinna. Kfir Ivgi in the cutoff jammed the last 11,600 and the big blind called. Borsa reraised to 35,000, which got everyone else out of the way.
Kfir Ivgi: 
Alessandro Borsa: 
On a board of 
, Ivgi made tens and treys to more than triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
235,000 | 25,000 |
|
39,000 | -41,000 |
Late Chip Counts on Day 1a
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Vivian Saliba busted for a second time and re-entered, Kfir Ivgi has also been spotted in the field again for his second bullet.
Francis Foord-Brown chipped up, as did Vincenzo Pinna with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 100,000 |
|
180,000 | 50,000 |
|
125,000 | 75,000 |
|
100,000 | -15,000 |
|
90,000 | -35,000 |
|
88,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
|
40,000 | -15,000 |
Bubble Time in the €2,200 High Roller
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
While the Main Event has entered the penultimate level for the night, the €2,200 High Roller is down to the final 12 players and on the money bubble. Carl Shaw was left short and busted not long ago, Chris Moorman suffered the same fate. Others still in contention are Sofia Lovgren, Sergio Alonso, Ignacio Molina, and Sonny Franco.
The blinds will go up shortly and reduce the big blind average to fewer than 40, which remains insanely deep for this stage of the tournament.
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Chaparro Pena Eliminated
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jose Luis Rodrigues Garrido had two players at risk as Alberto Blanco and David Chaparro Pena had gotten their stacks in.
David Chaparro Pena:
Alberto Blanco: 
Jose Luis Rodrigues Garrido: 
Chaparro Pena came up blank on a 
board while Blanco nearly tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 43,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -65,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Corzo Wins Three-Way Pot
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Iaron Lightbourne in the small blind called an open-raise and big stack Rodrigo Corzo came along out of the big blind to see the flop that was checked through. After the turn, Lightbourne bet 2,800 and was called, the preflop raiser upped it to 10,000 and was called both ways.
The 
then fell on the river and that slowed things down, not a single further chip went into the middle. Lightbourne was first to show and flashed the 
for a pair of fours, which Corzo had beat holding 
. That won the pot and Lightbourne nodded "why you are so good."
During the hand, Lightbourne had jokingly said he will be playing tomorrow, taking advantage of the re-entry and multi flight entry chance, and even hoped that Corzo would win the pot. At least one of the two things happened, and Corzo joined the bigger stacks towards the end of Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 300,000 |
|
47,000 | -18,000 |