On a completed board of 
, Antonio Lopez Del Alamo faced a bet of 11,800 and raised to 36,000. His opponent jammed and Lopez Del Alamo snap-called to get shown the 
for a full house, which he had beat with 
for quads.
Vivian Saliba walked out of the tournament area to "get some fresh air" and her seat was now occupied by another player, the 888poker ambassador confirmed that she had been eliminated.
New entries for Day 1a include Fernando Pons and Marcin Jaworski.
A pot of 145,000 emerged to the 
river as Vivian Saliba folded to the betting action behind her. Yucheng Liu remained involved and bet the river for 48,000, which his opponent called.
Liu tabled the 
for top set and won a big pot.
He then called a raise to 1,400 by Jorge Ufano and Francis Foord-Brown three-bet to 6,500. Only Liu came along to the 
flop check-folded to a bet worth 5,500.
888poker's inaugural Madrid poker festival is underway, with the preliminary high roller tournament tripling its guarantee and seeing a stacked field on Day 2, including Martin Jacobson, Chris Moorman, Sofia Lovgren, Daria Feshchenko, Dominik Nitsche, and Ana Marquez.
On a three-way flop of 
, the action checked to Jose Carlos Garcia in the cutoff and he bet 6,000 to pick up two callers. After the turn, another bet of 15,000 followed and the small blind folded. The under-the-gun player used two time banks and called, the 
river then went check, check.
Garcia won the pot with 
for top pair as his opponent only had 
for a pair of tens.
Jon Gurrutxaga and Tom-Aksel Bedell have been eliminated from the €2,200 High Roller and jumped into Day 1a of the Main Event. The former has already lost a chunk of his chips while Bedell just sat down.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
"He lost a big pot with ace-king versus sevens. Flop ace, king, seven ... turn seven," Irena Macesovic and Meir Avigal both confirmed and referred to Pasquale Grimaldi, who dropped to half the starting stack.
Macesovic and Sotgiu were then also involved in the next interesting hand on their table. Macesovic raised the cutoff to 1,200 and the button called, Sotgiu three-bet to 4,900 and was called two ways. The 
flop was checked and on the turn, the action checked to Macesovic and her bet of 7,000 found no call. Sotgiu mucked the 
and Macesovic tabled the 
with a big grin on the face.
Andrey Tolstenko three-bet and picked up a caller in Eduard Popov, who then proceeded to call down bets on the 
flop and turn. Popov then got it in after the river only to find his ace-ten for two pair no good, as Tolstenko had for top set.
British poker pro Iaron Lightbourne was the second-biggest stack on Day 1a of the last 888poker LIVE Event in London and ended up in 28th place, narrowly missing the final three tables. He just sat down a few minutes ago and lost a small pot with ace-queen against 
.
Among others, he will battle against Luca Sebastiani and Yimin Yang.
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