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

Assorted Counts

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Francesco Candelari flat-called a raise to 1,100 and Carmen Zainescu then three-bet to 3,500 from two seats over. The initial raiser made it 9,500 to go and Candelari quickly folded. Zainescu gave it some thought and came to the same conclusion.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Smeraglia it
Antonio Smeraglia
165,000
165,000
165,000
Irena Macesovic lt
Irena Macesovic
130,000
20,000
20,000
Alfonse Karam lb
Alfonse Karam
125,000
35,000
35,000
Will Kassouf gb
Will Kassouf
105,000
20,000
20,000
Adrian Constantin ro
Adrian Constantin
100,000
-2,000
-2,000
Francesco Candelari it
Francesco Candelari
90,000
90,000
90,000
Carmen Zainescu ro
Carmen Zainescu
90,000
90,000
90,000
George Demetriou gb
George Demetriou
80,000
-35,000
-35,000
Evangelos Bechrakis gr
Evangelos Bechrakis
55,000
-45,000
-45,000
Alvaro Merino es
Alvaro Merino
52,000
-28,000
-28,000
Scott Berko gb
Scott Berko
25,000
-95,000
-95,000

Tags: Carmen ZainescuFrancesco Candelari

Castaignon Among the Bigger Stacks

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Salvatore Donato bet the {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop for 1,000 and Remi Castaignon made the call to see the {10-Spades} on the turn. Donato now checked and Castaignon opted for a bet of 3,100, which quickly ended the resistance of the Italian and awarded the pot to Castaignon.

With more than two times the starting stack, Castaignon has joined the early big stacks on Day 1c.

Player Chips Progress
Remi Castaignon fr
Remi Castaignon
185,000
185,000
185,000
EPT 1X Winner
Salvatore Donato it
Salvatore Donato
71,000
71,000
71,000

Tags: Remi CastaignonSalvatore Donato

Carbone Takes From Sorensson

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Sebastian Sorensson opened to 1,100 and was called by Giuseppe Carbone and Mario Milhoes in the small blind. On a flop of {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, Milhoes check-folded to a bet of 2,400 by Sorensson and a call from Carbone. The {4-Hearts} turn brought another bet of 3,500 and a call, which then resulted in the {8-Diamonds} on the river.

Sorensson checked and a bet of 11,000 by Carbone won the pot without showdown.

"I had an ace," Sorensson said in table chat while Carbone mentioned he had a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Giuseppe Carbone it
Giuseppe Carbone
155,000
60,000
60,000
Mario Milhoes pt
Mario Milhoes
119,000
34,000
34,000
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
42,000
-39,000
-39,000

Tags: Giuseppe CarboneMario MilhoesSebastian Sorensson

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Some Post Dinner Counts

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Claudio Coelho spent the two levels before the dinner break on the feature table and was since swapped back. The initial start a few minutes into Day 1c had been great and Coelho managed to maintain his stack since. Just now he bet a four-way turn of {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for 4,000 and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Claudio Coelho pt
Claudio Coelho
142,000
10,000
10,000
Francesco Candelari it
Francesco Candelari
122,000
32,000
32,000
Fadhil Farag ma
Fadhil Farag
88,000
88,000
88,000
Frederico Da Rocha pt
Frederico Da Rocha
70,000
-25,000
-25,000
Salvatore Donato it
Salvatore Donato
50,000
-21,000
-21,000

Tags: Claudio Coelho

Pana Chips Up

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Claudiu Pana is one of many Romanians that made it to Madrid for the tournament as the 888poker LIVE festival has become a fixture in his home country in the previous few years, and the next stop will be in Bucharest at the end of March.

Pana faced a raise to 1,000 and a flat-call, prompting his raise to 4,000 in the cutoff. Once two opponents called, the {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop was checked to Pana and he continued for 7,000 to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Claudiu Pana ro
Claudiu Pana
96,000
96,000
96,000

Tags: 888poker LIVEClaudiu Pana

Hermoso Vs Da Rocha

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Gheorghe Podovei raised to 1,000 and picked up three callers including Cesar Hermoso and Frederico Da Rocha. On a flop of {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Spades} no betting action took place which led to the {7-Diamonds} turn. Da Rocha bet 3,000 and the only caller was Hermoso. On the {7-Spades} river, both players invested 5,000 and Da Rocha was shown the {a-Spades}{7-Hearts} for trips sevens, he mucked {5-Spades}{2-Clubs} for bottom two pair on the flop.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriel Podovei ro
Gabriel Podovei
170,000
170,000
170,000
Cesar Hermoso
Cesar Hermoso
103,000
103,000
103,000
Frederico Da Rocha pt
Frederico Da Rocha
61,000
-9,000
-9,000

Tags: Cesar HermosoFrederico Da Rocha

Sorensson Eliminated by Lopez

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Sebastian Sorensson
Sebastian Sorensson

Sebastian Sorensson four-bet to 5,600 and then got his shorter stack of around 38,000 in against table neighbor Juan Alfonso Lopez.

Sebastian Sorensson: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Juan Alfonso Lopez: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The board came {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{3-Spades}{q-Hearts} and that spelled the end for Sorensson on his first bullet of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Alfonso Lopez es
Juan Alfonso Lopez
180,000
180,000
180,000
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
Busted

Tags: Juan Alfonso LopezSebastian Sorensson

Kassouf Jams Up Stack

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Heads-up to the {5-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} flop with 6,000 in the middle, Will Kassouf on the button raised a bet from 3,000 to 9,500. His opponent made it 22,000 to go and Kassouf then went all-in with the words "okay, I gamble, if you have it you have it."

No snap-call followed as Kassouf's jam for 143,000 sent his opponent into the think tank.

"Ah, you don't have it then," Kassouf added in table chat. He ended up forcing a fold and was shown the {9-Hearts}.

Kassouf won his entry in the satellite earlier today and has already doubled the stack.

Player Chips Progress
Will Kassouf gb
Will Kassouf
176,000
71,000
71,000

Tags: Will Kassouf