2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

€888 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
€150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€800,000
Entries
1,067
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
180
Players Left
93

Margolin Takes From Tahiri

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

A three-bet to 2,800 was called two ways including Najib Tahiri and what followed was a reraise to 8,200 by Evgenii Margolin. The cold-caller got out of the way but Tahiri stuck around to see a flop of {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}.

Margolin was first to act and his bet of 8,000 did the trick to end the hand right there.

Player Chips Progress
Evgenii Margolin ru
Evgenii Margolin
87,000
87,000
87,000
Najib Tahiri ma
Najib Tahiri
40,000
-65,000
-65,000

Tags: Evgenii MargolinNajib Tahiri

Updated Counts

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
Vivian Saliba
Vivian Saliba

Vivian Saliba has joined the action after she was eliminated in the High Roller right before the registration had closed.

Luca Sebastiani has also entered and the Day 1a field has all but reached 100 entries, now spreading into a secondary room while several cash game tables are running in the main poker room at the same time.

Player Chips Progress
Yimin Yang gb
Yimin Yang
130,000
38,000
38,000
Lukasz Jochymczyk pl
Lukasz Jochymczyk
115,000
48,000
48,000
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
90,000
Luca Sebastiani it
Luca Sebastiani
88,000
Abdelhadi Kondah ma
Abdelhadi Kondah
85,000
-3,000
-3,000
Meir Avigal il
Meir Avigal
80,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Luca SebastianiVivian Saliba

Up and Down for Laud

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante
Vambo Laud
Vambo Laud

David Chaparro Pena has lost yet another pot as he paid off a bet of 18,000 by Vambo Laud on the {k-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} river. Laud turned over {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} for two pair and Chaparro Pena mucked the {a-Diamonds},

On a three-way flop of {10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} Laud called a bet of 10,000 out of the small blind and they headed three-ways to the {k-Spades} turn. Laud checked and Jose Luis Rodrigues Garrido now bet 13,900 and Laud was the only one to call.

The {2-Spades} river was checked and Laud tabled the {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a pair of tens, which Rodrigues Garrido had beat with the {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} for top pair and top kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Luis Rodrigues Garrido pt
Jose Luis Rodrigues Garrido
100,000
100,000
100,000
David Chaparro Pena es
David Chaparro Pena
72,000
-28,000
-28,000
Vambo Laud ee
Vambo Laud
61,000
61,000
61,000

Tags: David Chaparro PenaJose Luis RodriguesVambo Laud

More for Sazhinov

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot to the {7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, Aleksandr Sazhinov checked out of the small blind and faced a bet worth 5,000 by the hijack. Sazhinov made the call and was shown the {q-Spades}{2-Spades}, which he had beat with the {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}.

While Sazhinov is above the starting stack, he trails current chip leader "Ruben From Peters" by miles.

Player Chips Progress
Ruben De Pedro es
Ruben De Pedro
270,000
270,000
270,000
Aleksandr Sazhinov ru
Aleksandr Sazhinov
95,000
95,000
95,000

Tags: Aleksandr Sazhinov

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Another Pot for Sazhinov

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

With already 32,000 in the middle and three players involved including Aleksandr Sazhinov and Ruben From Peters, the turn showed {q-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and ended up checked through. The {7-Spades} followed on the river and now it was Szahinov in the small blind who bet 9,400. From Peters mucked and was somewhat upset, the third player in the hand also quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Ruben De Pedro es
Ruben De Pedro
245,000
-25,000
-25,000
Aleksandr Sazhinov ru
Aleksandr Sazhinov
120,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Aleksandr Sazhinov

Zhu Among the Bigger Stacks

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

With 6,700 in the middle and the turn showing {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, Junda Zhu made it 2,100 to go and was called by the button to see the {9-Spades} on the river. Zhu now fired a bet of 5,200 and that won the pot uncontested.

He then raised to 800 from under the gun and the big blind three-bet to 1,900, which Zhu called. On a {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} flop, Zhu faced a bet of 6,000 and sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Junda Zhu es
Junda Zhu
155,000
155,000
155,000

Tags: Junda Zhu

Marin Wins Boat Over Boat

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

On the river of a board {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{10-Spades}, Adrian Marin faced a check-raise from 10,000 to 25,000 and he just flat-called to get shown the {10-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a full house. Marin had the {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for the superior full house and scooped the pot on a table that also includes Meir Avigal and Irena Macesovic.

Player Chips Progress
Meir Avigal il
Meir Avigal
126,000
46,000
46,000
Irena Macesovic lt
Irena Macesovic
120,000
10,000
10,000
Adrian Marin Constantin ro
Adrian Marin Constantin
105,000
105,000
105,000

Tags: Adrian MarinIrena MacesovicMeir Avigal

New Faces in the Field

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Among others, Pasquale Grimaldi, Aspers Casino tournament director John Scanlon, Kfir Ivgi and Teresa Gutierrez Ramos have all taken a seat. Gutierrez Ramos was in a satellite just a few minutes ago and finished in the top 12 to secure her ticket for Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
88,000
Teresa Gutierrez Ramos es
Teresa Gutierrez Ramos
88,000
Kfir Ivgi gb
Kfir Ivgi
88,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
John Scanlon gb
John Scanlon
88,000

Tags: John ScanlonKfir IvgiPasquale GrimaldiTeresa Gutierrez Ramos

Garcia Into the Lead

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Jose Carlos Garcia
Jose Carlos Garcia

Jose Carlos Garcia was one of the up and coming players in Poland and dominated the online tables a while ago. He was then nowhere to be found for a few years and has suddenly emerged on Day 1a here in Madrid, and just scored a massive pot to take over the lead in level four.

It all started with a raise to 900 and a three-bet to 3,500. Garcia cold four-bet to 9,000 and the three-bettor was the only caller. On a board of {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{9-Clubs}, Garcia fired all the way with barrels of 8,000, 22,000 and 100,000. His opponent check-called each bet and called all-in for around 80,000 on the river.

Garcia tabled the {a-Spades}{j-Spades} for top two pair and had the {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades} of the three-bettor beat.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Carlos Garcia pl
Jose Carlos Garcia
265,000
265,000
265,000
Day 1A Chip Leader

Tags: Jose Carlos Garcia