Day 2 Pictures
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2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid
€888 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€800,000
Entries
1,067
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Entries
532
Players Left
66
Post Bubble Madness
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Eduards Rakuss Bubbles the Main Event in Madrid
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Eduards Rakuss was forced all-in for 10,000 out of the big blind and the action had folded to Oscar Gironella in the small blind, who could not fold anymore.
Eduards Rakuss: 
Oscar Gironella: 
The board came 
and the ten on the river let the bubble burst. Rakuss was already prepared for what to come next, as he was on the cash game waiting list. The Latvian bumped fists with all at the table and headed right to his seat.
With many short stacks sticking around now, what follows next will be an enormous amount of all-ins in very quick succession and near impossible to track. Around one hour of play is left for the night and the field will likely drop below 100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | 92,600 |
|
Busted |
Romero Doubles on the Bubble
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
It was an effective double even though Javier Romero kept a T-25,000 chip behind on the 
river as his opponent with the 
saw his stack reduced by 700,000, Romero had hit the nut flush with 
to let the bubble continue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 | 1,573,000 |
Kings and Aces This Time
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
This time it was all-in and call in consecutive hands and it would result in a triple up and a double up. Rui Costa held with 
versus 
and on a board of 
and remained in contention.
Tobias Schaaf, who had already doubled on the bubble previously as one of the shortest stacks, then got it in with kings (yes, no joke) versus sixes and there was no upset either.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 78,000 |
|
300,000 | 135,000 |
Lots of Kings Around
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Mehdi Hsissen on the button clashed with Claudio Di Giacomo in the big blind and the latter was the player at risk.
Claudio Di Giacomo: 
Mehdi Hsissen:
There were groans from the crowd as kings held the previous two showdowns. They would hold again on the 
board.
But there was one more showdown to be played, and much to the surprise of everyone, Manuel Lopez, the player at risk, had ... pocket kings.
Manuel Lopez: 
Lin Ruida: 
The 
board changed nothing whatsoever and some players suggested to take all kings out of the decks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,075,000 | 877,000 |
|
850,000 | 320,000 |
|
450,000 | -700,000 |
Two Doubles on the Bubble
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Pablo Paez raised the cutoff and called the shove of Arie Zilberman for 150,000 on the button.
Arie Zilberman:
Pablo Paez:
On a board of 
, Zilberman locked up the double on the turn.
At the same time, Xiaozhe Liu was all-in for 540,000 from under the gun and faced Evangelos Bechrakis on the button, who had three-bet jammed with the superior stack.
Xiaozhe Liu:
Evangelos Bechrakis:
The 
board kept Liu in contention as neither player had a spade in the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000 | 350,000 |
|
1,100,000 | 200,000 |
|
420,000 | -380,000 |
|
375,000 | -45,000 |
Queens For Candelari
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
There was some confusion about the shot clock and countdown announcement on a table in the main tournament room and Francesco Candelari had check-called a bet of 150,000 out of the small blind on the turn.
Until the hand could proceed to the river, however, it took some time for the explanations. The river was then checked and Candelari won the hand with 
, his opponent was bluffing with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | -100,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Da-Silva Busts; Tarlev Doubles
Level 21
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
There were two all-in and call on two different tables and in two different areas.
First up, Chris Da-Silva was all-in for 400,000 and Khalil Youssafi had pushed for around 600,000.
Chris Da-Silva:
Khalil Youssafi:
The suits were covered and Da-Silva was drawing dead on the turn of a 
board.
On the next table to break, effectively after exactly this elimination, the final hand also resulted in an all-in showdown. Petru Tarlev was all-in for 110,000 in the big blind on a flop, and he was called by Daniyar Aubakirov on the button.
Petru Tarlev:
Daniyar Aubakirov: 
Tarlev hit his flush draw thanks to the turn and dodged another diamond on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 540,000 |
|
575,000 | -150,000 |
|
350,000 | 50,000 |
|
Busted |