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

Larkin Wins One

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Unlike the previous days, not only 888poker online qualifiers but also special VIP qualifiers have joined the action and they all wear a special VIP patch. One of them is Michael Larkin and he was part of a bigger pot that saw 5,700 go in preflop.

What followed was the {9-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} flop and Larkin faced a bet of 4,100 and Larkin quickly raised it up to 11,300 in order to win the pot right there.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Larkin us
Michael Larkin
93,000
93,000
93,000

Tags: 888pokerMichael Larkin

Karam Back Above the Starting Stack

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Scott Berko won a bigger pot to boost his stack and the same table then featured two multi-way pots that saw Alfonse Karam chip back up above the starting stack.

Five ways to the {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop, Karam was one of three players to call a bet of 1,500 and did so again on the {6-Clubs} turn for 1,500 along with one further player. The {q-Diamonds} came on the river and the action checked to Karam, who bet 15,000. He picked up one caller and tabled the {q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for two pair to win the pot.

That moved him back up to more than 60,000 but there was more to come. He three-bet to 2,800 preflop and three players stuck around to the {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop, which went check, check. On the {3-Hearts} turn, another 3,600 went in by three players including Karam and he then faced a bet of 5,400 and a call on the {5-Diamonds} river. Karam moved all-in and forced two folds.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Berko gb
Scott Berko
120,000
Alfonse Karam lb
Alfonse Karam
90,000

Tags: Scott BerkoAlfonse Karam

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

One for Visoiu

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

On a flop of {q-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}, an Italian big stack was involved in the action with nearly two times the starting stack and Cristian Visoiu was one of two players that stuck around for 3,200 to see the {8-Hearts} on the turn. No betting action took place and the {10-Hearts} followed on the river.

This time the action checked to Visoiu and his bet of 6,100 won the pot without any resistance.

Player Chips Progress
Cristian Visoiu ro
Cristian Visoiu
97,000
97,000
97,000

Tags: Cristian Visoiu

Braga Slows Down Demetriou

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

George Demetriou benefited from an incredibly active table early on and another player to chip up was Fausto Braga da Silva. Both just clashed and traded their respective spots of chip leader and second in chips.

On a board of {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{5-Clubs}, Braga had the best of it with {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and scored a pot of more than 30,000 to pull head of Demetriou.

Player Chips Progress
Fausto Braga da Silva pt
Fausto Braga da Silva
158,000
29,000
29,000
George Demetriou gb
George Demetriou
115,000
-47,000
-47,000

Tags: Fausto Braga Da SilvaGeorge Demetriou

Shahar On the Rise

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

All three tournament areas in the Casino Gran Via are in use with up to 280 players registered and as such, the tables get balanced more frequently. Leon Louis can order a drink quite easily as he sits next to one of the bars and one seat over from Ran Shahar.

It was Shahar that just scooped a pot after he raised a bet of 5,200 on the {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop to 15,000 and forced a fold.

"I folded ace-seven," the player in the two seat remarked, to which Shahar replied: "She made a big raise in the blinds, you gotta respect that."

Player Chips Progress
Ran Shahar il
Ran Shahar
105,000
17,000
17,000
Leon Louis gb
Leon Louis
105,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Leon LouisRan Shahar

Kassitzky and Larkin Slipping

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Michael Larkin
Michael Larkin

Attila Kassitzky raised it up and picked up three callers including Alejandro Diaz Garzon from one seat over. On a flop of {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, Kassitzky's continuation bet was called only by Diaz Garzon and Kassitzky then check-raised the {2-Hearts} turn from 6,000 to 17,000.

Diaz Garzon called and Kassitzky check-called a bet of 8,000 by the Spaniard on the {3-Spades} river with a big sigh. Diaz Garzon tabled {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for trips and Kassitzky mucked {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

Another player to lose a chunk of his stack is Michael Larkin. Already down a lot since the last update, Larkin squeezed to 2,600 and called a reraise to 8,200. There was no betting action on the {q-Spades}{8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop and {2-Spades} turn, Larkin then folded the {7-Clubs} river when facing a bet worth 6,500.

Player Chips Progress
Alejandro Diaz Garzon es
Alejandro Diaz Garzon
105,000
105,000
105,000
Attila Kassitzky hu
Attila Kassitzky
40,000
40,000
40,000
Michael Larkin us
Michael Larkin
30,000
-63,000
-63,000

Tags: Alejandro Diaz GarzonAttila KassitzkyMichael Larkin