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

02-03-2020 03:16 UTC+1

Another Pre Bubble Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Down to just 65,000 and in the big blind, Tobias Schaaf was all-in for the remaining 65,000 and Daniyar Aubakirov looked him up from early position.

Tobias Schaaf:
Daniyar Aubakirov:

The board kept Schaaf's hopes of a cash alive and he has a full orbit to relax now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyar Aubakirov	725,000 325,000	325,000
Tobias Schaaf	165,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Daniyar Aubakirov Tobias Schaaf

02-03-2020 03:22 UTC+1

Anselmi Jams Into D'Amico

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

On the flop, Federico Anselmi made it 150,000 to go from under the gun and Marco D'Amico called from middle position to see the on the turn. Anselmi pushed for around 275,000 and that forced a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco D'Amico	3,100,000 200,000	200,000

Federico Anselmi	675,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Federico Anselmi Marco D'Amico

02-03-2020 03:34 UTC+1

Da-Silva Busts; Tarlev Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

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
Khalil Youssafi	1,100,000 540,000	540,000
Daniyar Aubakirov	575,000 150,000	150,000
Petru Tarlev	350,000 50,000	50,000
Chris Da-Silva	Busted

Tags: Chris Da Silva Daniyar Aubakirov Khalil Youssafi Petru Tarlev

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

02-03-2020 03:52 UTC+1

Queens For Candelari

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Christian Zetzsche

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
Francesco Candelari	1,300,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Francesco Candelari

02-03-2020 04:00 UTC+1

Two Doubles on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

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
Pablo Paez	1,900,000 350,000	350,000
Xiaozhe Liu	1,100,000 200,000	200,000
Evangelos Bechrakis	420,000 380,000	380,000
Arie Zilberman	375,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Arie Zilberman Evangelos Bechrakis Pablo Paez Xiaozhe Liu

02-03-2020 04:10 UTC+1

Lots of Kings Around

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Christian Zetzsche

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
Lin Ruida	2,100,000 200,000	200,000

Manuel Lopez	1,075,000 877,000	877,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	850,000 320,000	320,000
Mehdi Hsissen	450,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Lin Ruida Manuel Lopez Mehdi Hsissen

02-03-2020 04:19 UTC+1

Kings and Aces This Time

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Christian Zetzsche

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
Rui Costa	350,000 78,000	78,000
Tobias Schaaf	300,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Rui Costa Tobias Schaaf

02-03-2020 04:31 UTC+1

Romero Doubles on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

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
Javier Romero	1,700,000 1,573,000	1,573,000

Tags: Javier Romero

02-03-2020 04:35 UTC+1

Eduards Rakuss Bubbles the Main Event in Madrid

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Christian Zetzsche

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
Oscar Gironella	275,000 92,600	92,600
Eduards Rakuss	Busted

Tags: Eduards Rakuss Oscar Gironella