2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

€888 Main Event
Day: 1cd
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 1cd
Entries
516
Players Left
296

End-of-Day 1c Counts (full)

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lin Ruida cn
Lin Ruida
588,000
588,000
588,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Profile photo of Daniel Rodriguez Bureta es
Daniel Rodriguez Bureta
487,500
-2,500
-2,500
Profile photo of Cesar Garcia es
Cesar Garcia
424,000
424,000
424,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Nunez Arguello es
David Nunez Arguello
409,700
409,700
409,700
Profile photo of Jorge Perez Abarca es
Jorge Perez Abarca
404,700
404,700
404,700
Profile photo of Nuno Chiou pt
Nuno Chiou
401,600
401,600
401,600
Profile photo of Endrit Geci gb
Endrit Geci
396,000
396,000
396,000
Profile photo of Jose Esteban Martinez Granados es
Jose Esteban Martinez Granados
385,000
385,000
385,000
Profile photo of Valentin Cristea ro
Valentin Cristea
368,800
18,800
18,800
Profile photo of Marius Gicovanu ro
Marius Gicovanu
363,100
23,100
23,100
Profile photo of Fernando Garcia es
Fernando Garcia
362,000
362,000
362,000
Profile photo of Juanba Martin es
Juanba Martin
360,000
Profile photo of Xiao Jiang es
Xiao Jiang
356,000
106,000
106,000
Profile photo of Francisco Pulido es
Francisco Pulido
348,600
348,600
348,600
Profile photo of Jeronimo Roman es
Jeronimo Roman
340,000
Profile photo of George Demetriou gb
George Demetriou
333,200
213,200
213,200
Profile photo of Olegs Gorjacevs lv
Olegs Gorjacevs
332,000
332,000
332,000
Profile photo of Roi Havilio fi
Roi Havilio
321,400
Profile photo of Maryna Khatskevich by
Maryna Khatskevich
318,600
318,600
318,600
Profile photo of Lofti Boughanmi gb
Lofti Boughanmi
318,200
318,200
318,200
Profile photo of Petru Tarlev es
Petru Tarlev
317,600
17,600
17,600
Profile photo of Cristinel Costin ro
Cristinel Costin
308,000
308,000
308,000
Profile photo of Arie Zilberman il
Arie Zilberman
307,400
17,400
17,400
Profile photo of Francesc Davila es
Francesc Davila
305,000
Profile photo of Valeriu Rosca ro
Valeriu Rosca
304,300

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Lin Ruida Tops Day 1c in Madrid

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Lin Ruida
Lin Ruida

The third and final regular starting day of the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid €888 Main Event made it very clear from the start that it would turn out to be the far strongest flight and a total of 420 entries at the Casino Gran Madrid right in the centre shopping street boosted the field size to 886 entries thus far.

However, that number will certainly increase as the turbo heat as of noon local time on Sunday, February 2nd, 2020, remains and has been capped to 100 players for capacity reasons. The first two levels of Day 2 just a few hours later as of 5 p.m. local time also provide the opportunity to enter and re-enter with a fresh stack of 88,000.

With recommencing blinds of 1,200-2,400 and a big blind ante of 2,400, many poker enthusiasts from near and far may be very tempted to join the action for a shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €800,000. On top of that, a package for the 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas worth $12,500, courtesy of event sponsor 888poker, represents an additional incentive.

Another 420 players have bagged up chips, some of which may have done so multiple times throughout the three starting days thus far and will carry over their biggest stack into Day 2. A new chip leader has emerged as China's Lin Ruida topped Day 1c with a stack of 588,200. He comes fresh off a deeper run at the 2019 EPT Prague, his only recorded live cash thus far, and will aim to make the second flag on his Hendon Mob profile count.

Daniel Rodriguez Bureta follows in second place with 487,500 and emerged near the top of the leaderboard in the final level of the night when he hit quads against George Demetriou and saw his river raise paid off. Three further players from Spain follow in Cesar Garcia (424,000), David Nuñez Argúello (409,700), Jorge Perez Abarca (404,700) while Portugal's Nuno Chiou (401,600) narrowly missed out on the top five.

Other big stacks belong to such familiar names as Valentin Cristea (368,800), Marius Gicovanu (363,100), George Demetriou (333,200), Petru Tarlev (317,600), €2,200 High Roller third-place finisher Arie Zilberman (307,400), Mehdi Hsissen (270,000), Evangelos Bechrakis (222,000), Ka Kwan Lau (221,000), and Tom-Aksel Bedell to name just a few.

Two 888poker ambassadors took part on Day 1c along with a plethora of online and VIP qualifiers. While Sofia Lovgren was eliminated during the final hands of the night and will have to re-enter on Day 1d or during the first two levels on Day 2, fellow ambassador Daria Feshchenko avoided the same fate and advanced with a stack of 130,000.

Daria Feshchenko
Daria Feshchenko

Adrian Constantin, the last player to lift the 888poker LIVE Main Event trophy for the winner shots at the Aspers Casino in December 2019 also made it through, albeit with just 77,700, while the London runner-up Leon Louis will return with an above-average stack of 192,900.

Tomorrow's penultimate scheduled tournament day in Madrid will feature an exciting early stage with plenty of possible chip movements and the race to the money during the late stages. Tune back in to PokerNews then to find out will make it one step closer to become the latest champion of the popular mid-stakes circuit in Europe.

Tags: 888poker LIVEAdrian ConstantinArie ZilbermanCesar GarciaDaniel RodriguezDaria FeshchenkoEvangelos BechrakisGeorge DemetriouKa Kwan LauLeon LouisLin RuidaMarius GicovanuMehdi HsissenNuno ChiouPetru TarlevSofia LovgrenValentin Cristea

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Day 1cd Completed

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