€888 Main Event Day 1cd | 2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

02-02-2020 03:13 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Cristea	380,000	105,000
Marius Gicovanu	250,000	70,000
Chris Da-Silva	190,000	145,000
Leon Louis	180,000	15,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	165,000	45,000
Remi Castaignon	160,000	-25,000
Viacheslav Sultanov	100,000	65,000
Will Kassouf	85,000	85,000
Fausto Braga da Silva	Busted

More Than 400 Entries for Day 2

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With several pros flying in late and firing multiple bullets on the day already, the field size for Day 1c has climbed all the way to 402 already and around 290 players remain in contention.

02-02-2020 03:04 UTC+2

Romero Busts One

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Sergio Romero in the big blind called the shove of a short stack on the button, who turned over the .

Romero was well ahead with the and the board avoided a possible split pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Romero	285,000	285,000

Tags: Sergio Romero

02-02-2020 02:55 UTC+2

Eremia Doubles Through Candelari

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With already 150,000 in the middle, a battle hijack versus cutoff had resulted in the board and Niculae Eremia moved all-in for the last 60,200. That sent Francesco Candelari into the think tank and he used two time bank extensions.

"I don't believe you," the Italian almost whispered in table chat and eventually called.

"Nuts," Eremia announced and rolled over the which sent Candelari groaning "so lucky" while he briefly exposed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Niculae Eremia	270,000	270,000
Francesco Candelari	75,000	-80,000

Tags: Francesco Candelari Niculae Eremia

02-02-2020 02:51 UTC+2

Kassitzky Done for Now

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Attila Kassitzky had suffered a setback not long ago and he eventually bowed out just now. In a battle button versus big blind against Pablo dos Santos Castelo, the river saw the Spaniard bet 25,000 and Kassitzky only had very few chips behind. He called all-in and mucked when he was shown the by dos Santos Castelo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo dos Santos Castelo	200,000	200,000
Attila Kassitzky	Busted

Tags: Attila Kassitzky Pablo dos Santos Castelo

02-02-2020 02:42 UTC+2

Todorov Takes It On the River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Zhivko Todorov called a raise to 3,000 by Alvaro Merino in early position and the big blind also called. On a flop of , the action checked to Todorov on the button and his bet of 4,000 picked up two callers.

After the turn they all checked and the fell on the river. Again it was checked to Todorov and he bet 26,000 with 59,000 behind to force two folds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhivko Todorov	105,000	32,000
Alvaro Merino	70,000	-18,000

Tags: Alvaro Merino Zhivko Todorov

02-02-2020 02:35 UTC+2

Value for Grimaldi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a three-way flop of , Attila Kassitzky checked in the big blind and called a bet of Pasquale Grimaldi for 4,100 while a third player in early position also stuck around. The followed on the turn and Kassitzky check-called another 13,000 by Grimaldi. After the river, the action went check, check, and Kassitzky tabled the while Grimaldi had for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pasquale Grimaldi	140,000	50,000
Attila Kassitzky	90,000	50,000

Tags: Attila Kassitzky Pasquale Grimaldi

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

02-02-2020 02:15 UTC+2

Day 1c Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

Courtesy of 888poker / Gema Cristobal.

02-02-2020 02:12 UTC+2

Final Break of the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Up to 377 entries have already been registered for Day 1c and all those that still have chips at their disposal have been sent into their final 15-minute break of the night. The next three 50-minute levels will be completed without any further break.