€888 Main Event Day 2 | 2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

02-03-2020 05:45 UTC+2

Post Bubble Madness

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Nearly two dozen players were waiting at the payout desk as the short stacks have been sent to the rail in incredibly quick succession. Some of those spotted waiting to get paid were Abdelhadi Kondah, David Algarra, Sergio Alonso, and Ilya Baydyushev, among others.

The full list of all players in the money will be made available at the end of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdelhadi Kondah	Busted
David Algarra	Busted
Sergio Alonso	Busted
Ilya Baydyushev	Busted

Tags: Abdelhadi Kondah David Algarra Ilya Baydyushev Sergio Alonso

02-03-2020 05:50 UTC+2

Day 2 Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

Courtesy of 888poker / Gema Cristobal.

02-03-2020 05:54 UTC+2

Costa Eliminated by Tafur

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Rui Costa was one of the players that survived the bubble all-in showdown and tripled up, but his stack never went out of the danger zone. He eventually was all-in with the and Daniel Tafur looked him up with .

The board brought and Tafur turned two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Tafur	1,300,000 1,013,000	1,013,000
Rui Costa	Busted

Tags: Daniel Tafur Rui Costa

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

02-03-2020 06:00 UTC+2

Bechrakis Eliminated by Soria

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Evangelos Bechrakis shipped it in for around 350,000 in the big blind and he was called by big stack Salvador Soria in the small blind.

Evangelos Bechrakis:
Salvador Soria:

The board left Bechrakis drawing dead on the turn already, and he will finish in 94th position.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salvador Soria	2,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Evangelos Bechrakis	Busted

Tags: Evangelos Bechrakis Salvador Soria

02-03-2020 06:00 UTC+2

Late Day 2 Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

02-03-2020 06:04 UTC+2

Fishman Wants to Bust; Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bruce Fishman has a flight to catch the next day and the Freeroll qualifier four-bet jammed for 510,000 out of the small blind. Three-bettor and big stack Bruno Hormigo called to set up the following showdown.

Bruce Fishman:
Bruno Hormigo:

The board came and Fishman hit a full house, shaking his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Hormigo	2,500,000 500,000	500,000
Bruce Fishman	1,200,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Bruce Fishman Bruno Hormigo

02-03-2020 06:09 UTC+2

Early Casualties in the Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Esteban Martinez Granados	Busted
Andoni Martinez	Busted
Mosjin El Yakoubi	Busted
Byungwook Ahn	Busted
Dimitri Dudakov	Busted
Antolin Alvarez	Busted
Jorge Sutil	Busted
Alberto Delgado Fuentes	Busted
Natale Stefano Buscema	Busted
Juan Ramon Garcia Blanco	Busted
Idan Osteraicher	Busted
Oleksii Iurko	Busted

02-03-2020 06:16 UTC+2

More Players Eliminated in the Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The following players have all hit the rail not far away from a pay jump but had to settle for the min cash of €1,840. Included are Sergio Alonso, Carl Shaw and David Algarra, among others.