€888 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid
€888 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
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
286
Players Left
149
Kfir Ivgi Claims Overall Lead in Madrid After Day 1b
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The second of four starting days of the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid €888 Main Event at the Casino Gran Via in the heart of Madrid attracted a field of 286 entries to boost the total number of entries at half time to 466 entries, and the event is on track to surpass the guaranteed prize pool of €800,000. On top of the cash prize, the winner can also look forward to a package for the 2020 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas worth $12,500, courtesy of event sponsor 888poker.
With the upcoming weekend and two flights remaining, a regular heat on Saturday, February 1st, 2020, and a turbo heat prior to Day 2 on Sunday, February 2nd, 2020, staff expects very busy two days to come. Similar to Day 1a, essentially half of the field made it through as 149 hopefuls bagged and tagged for the night.
The overall chip lead has also changed, as Kfir Ivgi managed to spin a late entry in the final three levels of the night into the top stack of 535,000, and he is followed by Karmel Varas Tierro (478,800), Claudio Di Giacomo (453,000), Krasimir Kirilov (440,800) and Gleb Novik (436,500).
Ivgi doubled through Irena Macesovic when his jack-eight suited flopped trips and turned a full house while Macesovic's eight-seven suited only made trips. He then knocked out Tom-Aksel Bedell - both had exchanged banter when they were joking about getting the chips in blind, which they did soon after - and that vaulted him above half a million.
The Brit with roots in Israel is no stranger to the live poker circuit and the 888poker LIVE circuit. Last December, he had a big chip lead after Day 1 at the Aspers Casino in London, yet busted just before the money after running bad when it mattered.
Other notables that advanced with healthy stacks are Alex Montgomery (386,700), €2,200 High Roller finalist Daniel Tafur (287,000), Antonios Onoufriou (285,300), Abdelhakim Zoufri (283,900), Jordi Corominas (269,000), Ebony Kenney (267,700), Federico Anselmi (267,200), and Carl Shaw (251,800).
Montgomery was part of a memorable hand in the late stages of the day when he came out on top of a three-way all-in with a turned set of aces against the flopped set of jacks of Sinisa Radovanovic and the top two pair of a third player. Kenney also had a strong finish to the night thanks to a key hand in which she flopped a jack-high flush and sent an opponent with the ten-high flush to the rail.
Not all big names were as fortunate. Luigi Shehadeh, who lifted the trophy at the 2017 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event, was ousted in the last level of the night. In a three-bet pot, he flopped top pair with ace-jack and called the shove of Frederico Da Rocha. The Portuguese only had six-four suited for second pair but spiked a four on the river.
The only 888poker ambassador to take part on Day 1b was Sofia Lovgren, who had finished 6th in the €2,200 High Roller earlier on the day. Unfortunately, Lovgren was not able to find a bag and will try again in one of the two remaining starting days.
All those that busted or want to give it another shot to accumulate more chips can do so again on Day 1c and Day 1d. In case participants bag up more than once, they can pick a stack for Day 2 and the other stack(s) will become void.
As usual, the PokerNews team will be on the floor to provide all the action and there will also be a live stream on the 888poker social media channels after the first break on Day 1c.
Leonardo Mancuso Wins €2,200 High Roller (€52,000)
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
While the second starting day of the €888 Main Event was running at the stunning Casino Gran Via Madrid and a Bounty Side Event occupied most other tables that were not already filled with cash game action, one further tournament played down to a champion. After bagging up with the final nine out of a field of 103 entries, the €2,200 High Roller needed another seven levels of 45 minutes each until one contender had collected all the chips.
Jose Manuel Planells seemed destined to be the first on the rail as he returned to just four big blinds and change. However, the Spaniard "won the first flip" as he started on the button and subsequently doubled his stack more than once. Valeriano Toledano became the initial casualty when his ace-nine suited failed to catch any help against the ace-king of Ignacio Molina.
The next two to fall were Dmytro Yevseienko and Daniel Tafur, and 888poker ambassador Sofia Lovgren had to settle for 6th place. Planells had nursed his shorter stack for a long time and eventually ran out of chips when his ace-nine lost a dramatic flip against the pocket treys of Arie Zilberman. A nine on the flop and ace on the turn gave Planells two pair but Zilberman spiked a trey on the river.
Shortly after, Zilberman also struck gold with ten-trey against the ace-ten suited of Andrey Golubev to reduce the field to the final three hopefuls. Yet, it was the player from Israel that headed to the payout desk next and left Leonardo Mancuso with a mountain to climb against overwhelming chip leader Molina.
Scooping the 888poker LIVE €2,200 High Roller trophy with pocket eights and possibly another eight on the board as the winning hand would have sounded unbelievable. Molina certainly tried to strengthen the brand awareness twice but lost a flip against ace-queen before then ending up-second best against pocket jacks.
Ultimately, the blinds caught up on the former dominating chip leader and Molina got it in with jack-eight. Mancuso called with jack-ten suited and a ten-high flop left the Spaniard in need of a nine for a straight or running eights. Two blanks came on turn and river to send the trophy to Italy.
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (in EUR) | Payout (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Mancuso | Italy | € 52,000 | $57,372 |
| 2 | Ignacio Molina | Spain | € 37,000 | $40,822 |
| 3 | Arie Zilberman | Israel | € 27,000 | $29,789 |
| 4 | Andrey Golubev | Kazakhstan | € 21,000 | $23,169 |
| 5 | Jose Manuel Planells | Spain | € 16,000 | $17,653 |
| 6 | Sofia Lovgren | Sweden | € 12,000 | $13,240 |
| 7 | Daniel Tafur | Spain | € 9,000 | $9,930 |
| 8 | Dmytro Yevseienko | Ukraine | € 7,000 | $7,723 |
| 9 | Valeriano Toledano | Spain | € 5,700 | $6,289 |
| 10 | Andre Moreira | Portugal | € 4,500 | $4,965 |
| 11 | Sonny Franco | France | € 4,500 | $4,965 |
| Total | € 195,700 | $215,916 |
It was the far-biggest score of Mancuso on the live poker circuit, as his biggest cash until now was a cash in the 2019 EPT Barcelona Main Event, also on Spanish soil.
Assorted End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
535,000 | -65,000 |
|
478,700 | |
|
453,000 | 78,000 |
|
440,800 | 440,800 |
|
436,500 | -38,500 |
|
403,000 | 123,000 |
|
396,000 | 396,000 |
|
386,700 | -53,300 |
|
300,000 | |
|
|
298,100 | 126,100 |
|
287,000 | 107,000 |
|
|
285,900 | 285,900 |
|
285,800 | 285,800 |
|
|
285,600 | 285,600 |
|
285,300 | 75,300 |
|
283,900 | 33,900 |
|
|
281,500 | 281,500 |
|
|
279,400 | |
|
279,000 | |
|
271,300 | 59,300 |
|
269,000 | 269,000 |
|
267,700 | 77,700 |
|
267,200 | -22,800 |
|
|
263,300 | 263,300 |
|
|
261,500 | 21,500 |
Day 1b Completed
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Out of a field of 285 entries on Day 1b, it appears that fewer than 150 players have bagged up for the night. All those that haven't secured a stack for Day 2 yet will very likely be back tomorrow as of 5 p.m. local time for the final regular flight.
No Day 2 Yet for Lovgren
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Sofia Lovgren can no longer be found at her previous table and it appears that the 888poker ambassador has been eliminated. nadir Molinari also ran out of chips and told the bad news to Claudio Di Giacomo.
Tsunamy has re-entered and essentially doubled on a table that also includes David Lebron.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 95,000 |
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
135,000 | 55,000 |
|
30,000 | -90,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Six Last Hands for Tonight
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
According to the screens there are 159 players out of 285 entries remaining and they will play another six hands for tonight.
Shehadeh Takes a Nasty Beat
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Frederico Da Rocha opened the action with a raise to 5,000 on the button and Luigi Shehadeh three-bet to 21,000 out of the small blind, which Da Rocha called. On a flop of 
, Shehadeh bet 17,000 out of a stack of approximately 86,000 and Da Rocha jammed for 90,000, Shehadeh quickly called.
Luigi Shehadeh: 
Frederico Da Rocha: 
The 
turn changed nothing and the 
on the river improved the Portuguese to two pair, triggering several gasps from the players at the table.
"Ah well, tomorrow is another day," 2017 Barcelona champ Shehadeh said on his way out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | 130,000 |
|
Busted |
Montgomery Skyrockets Up the Leaderboard
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
A massive three-way pot has vaulted UK's Alex Montgomery to nearly half a million in chips as he turned a set of aces against flopped top pair and turned two pair, as well as a flopped set of jacks.
Montgomery held 
, the short stack tabled and Sinisa Radovanovic revealed the 
as the board came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000 | 440,000 |
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
Ivgi Has Heaps Once More
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
It remains unclear if Kfir Ivgi and Tom-Aksel Bedell stood true to their promise to get it in blind but the seat of Bedell is empty and Ivgi has become the new chip leader.
Irena Macesovic also pointed out that the hot run of Ivgi had started with a double against her when Ivgi defended 
and flopped trips eights. Macesovic had 
and a jack on the turn locked up the double for Ivgi.
Whether or not the Brit with roots in Israel will remain at the top is a whole other topic.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 260,000 |
|
Busted |