2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

€888 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
532
Players Left
66

A Bustout and a Double Up

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action on the table of Meir Avigal hasn't slowed down after the previous bustout as another short stack busted right away. He pushed from the small blind into the big blind of Gonzalo Huerta and his {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs} was no good against the {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} of Huerta.

The board came {a-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades} and king-queen was enough to scoop the pot.

Soon after, Manuel Carballo Campana and Miguel Riera created a pot of 250,000 to the {7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} turn on which Carballo Campana bet 103,000. Riera pushed for 432,000 and picked up a reluctant call.

Miguel Riera: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Manuel Carballo Campana: {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}

Nothing changed with the {10-Spades} river and Carballo's stack was cut into half.

Player Chips Progress
Miguel Riera es
Miguel Riera
1,150,000 830,000
Yimin Yang gb
Yimin Yang
1,100,000 320,000
Alessandro Campedelli it
Alessandro Campedelli
1,050,000 880,000
Gonzalo Huerta es
Gonzalo Huerta
1,000,000 775,000
Manuel Carballo Campana es
Manuel Carballo Campana
400,000 128,700

Tags: Gonzalo HuertaManuel Carballo CampanaMeir AvigalMiguel Riera

Hsissen Cracks Aces To Become a Chip Millionaire

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Mehdi Hsissen
Mehdi Hsissen

On a three-way flop of {j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}, the action was on Claudio Di Giacomo and he bet 85,000. Victor Ruiz Melgar moved all-in for 298,000 and Mehdi Hsissen went all-in over the top, which forced out Di Giacomo.

Victor Ruiz Melgar: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Mehdi Hsissen: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Hsissen had plenty of outs with his gutshot and flush draw, and he immediately spiked help on the {4-Hearts} turn, the {3-Clubs} river was a blank and that spelled the end for Ruiz.

"Why didn't you call?" Hsissen inquired from Di Giacomo, who mentioned in table chat he had ace-jack.

Player Chips Progress
Mehdi Hsissen ma
Mehdi Hsissen
1,150,000 730,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
530,000 -70,000
Victor Ruiz Melgar es
Victor Ruiz Melgar
Busted

Tags: Claudio Di GiacomoMehdi HsissenVictor Ruiz Melgar

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Louis Eliminated by Avigal

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Leon Louis
Leon Louis

For 2019 888poker LIVE London runner-up Leon Louis, there won't be a repeat final table appearance for now as the Brit has just been eliminated. Louis pushed for 208,000 form middle position and he was isolated by Meir Avigal in the hijack, who forced out all other players behind.

Leon Louis: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Meir Avigal: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

"I just want a pair on the flop," Louis asked but the {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop was the exact opposite. However, he picked up the best possible turn card with the {k-Hearts} only to see the {3-Diamonds} river brick off.

Player Chips Progress
Meir Avigal il
Meir Avigal
1,250,000 350,000
Leon Louis gb
Leon Louis
Busted

Tags: 888poker LIVELeon LouisMeir Avigal

Counts and Bustouts

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Bruce Fishman beat 5,620 players in a freeroll on 888poker to win his package for the trip to Madrid and he currently sits on an above-average stack. Further assorted counts and recent eliminations can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Francesco Candelari it
Francesco Candelari
1,400,000 1,070,000
Paul van Oort nl
Paul van Oort
1,075,000 665,000
Meir Avigal il
Meir Avigal
900,000 385,000
Bruce Fishman gb
Bruce Fishman
800,000 662,700
Alex Montgomery gb
Alex Montgomery
750,000 310,000
Alessandro Borsa it
Alessandro Borsa
600,000 170,000
Khalil Youssafi de
Khalil Youssafi
560,000 280,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
550,000 379,600
Ion Tabacaru ro
Ion Tabacaru
Busted
Elena Litvinyuk ru
Elena Litvinyuk
Busted
Ebony Kenney us
Ebony Kenney
Busted

Tags: 888pokerBruce Fishman

7 Poker Tournament Tips You've Never Heard Before

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

If you're a student of the game you've probably watched all the poker videos and read all the poker books, so instead of talking about the same ole thing, we asked the poker pros playing 888poker LIVE in Madrid to share some "little known" tournament poker tips that you've never ever heard talked about before!

Tags: 888poker888poker LIVEPoker TipsTiffany MichelleChris MoormanKara ScottSofia LovgrenDaria FeschenkoDominik NitscheEbony KenneyVivian Saliba

Nordli Wins a Flip

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Fernando Pons is the next chip millionaire as the field is slowly but surely shrinking with only 189 players still in contention.

The average has reached half a million in chips and Oystein Nordli just kept his hopes alive when he pushed for the last few big blinds with the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. He was called by the button with the {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and spiked an ace on the turn and a king on the river of a {q-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{5-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} board.

Player Chips Progress
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
1,300,000 915,000
Oystein Nordli no
Oystein Nordli
170,000 76,700
Antonio Barbati it
Antonio Barbati
Busted
Oleksandr Riabko ua
Oleksandr Riabko
Busted

Tags: Fernando PonsOystein Nordli

Some Bustouts and Counts

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
600,000 380,000
Evangelos Bechrakis gr
Evangelos Bechrakis
430,000 208,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
380,000 -20,000
Valentin Cristea ro
Valentin Cristea
360,000 180,000
Frank Blumlein de
Frank Blumlein
345,000 187,900
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
150,000 -85,000
Nuno Duarte pt
Nuno Duarte
Busted
Enrico Mosca it
Enrico Mosca
Busted
Denys Kaplin
Denys Kaplin
Busted
Kfir Ivgi gb
Kfir Ivgi
Day 1B Chip Leader
Busted
Gerard Rodriguez es
Gerard Rodriguez
Busted
Isabel Zafrateria es
Isabel Zafrateria
Busted
Sebastian Sorensson se
Sebastian Sorensson
Busted
Cesar Garcia es
Cesar Garcia
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Rocio Peña es
Rocio Peña
Busted
Nuno Andrade pt
Nuno Andrade
Busted
Ignacio Molina es
Ignacio Molina
Busted

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000