£1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2023 888poker LIVE London
£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 888poker LIVE London
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£367,500
Entries
385
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
257
Players Left
124
McDermott and Chung Among the Leaders on Day 1b of the £1,100 Main Event
Level 12
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Another flight is in the books as Day 1b of the £1,100 Main Event at the 2023 888poker Live London festival has wrapped up after 12 levels of play. It was the largest of the three flights, attracting a total of 202 entries with just 62 players moving on to Day 2 tomorrow. One more flight, Day 1c turbo edition, is currently taking place and those results will be filtering in shortly.
There were four players who bagged up over 200,000 chips but none of them were able to catch the Day 1a leader Jiaze Li who finished with a whopping 375,500 chips. Leon Campbell emerged as the chip leader on Day 1b when the dust settled and will return to a stack of 231,500. He will be joined at the top by Paul Haycock (206,000), Jack McDermott (204,500), and Timothy Chung (203,000).
McDermott may be one of the most recognizable names near the top of the leaderboard as he often goes by "pieface" when streaming on Twitch and YouTube. With plenty of success playing in the online streets, McDermott is looking for his first major title on the live felt. A large five-figure payday in just a couple of days could go a long way to adding to the streamer's resume.
Meanwhile, Chung has already had plenty of success at live tournaments with over $1.2 million in career earnings thus far. Playing at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino brings back some good memories for Chung who captured the GUKPT Main Event title last year for his largest payday of over $250,000.
There were some more 888poker contingent in this flight as well, as some of the ambassadors jumped into the field after their VIP sit-and-go was completed in the early afternoon. However, for the likes of Ian Simpson, Vivian Saliba, and Ricardo Mateus, none of them were able to find a bag to advance to Day 2. Some are still fighting their way through the Day 1c flight in order to build a stack.
A full list of chip counts from Day 1b and Day 1c will be posted once the final flight wraps up later this evening. After the first two flights, a total of 316 entries have been recorded with 95 players advancing to Day 2 thus far. Late registration will remain open until the cards go back in the air with a starting stack worth 30,000 chips.
The action will resume at 12:00 p.m. local time with the blinds at 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. The levels will also be increased to 60 minutes with a total of 10 levels on the schedule for Day 2. The money bubble is expected to burst after just a few levels but the full prize pool and payouts will be posted when available.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates as the action unfold en route to bursting the money bubble and making its way toward the final table.
Day 1b and Day 1c Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
231,500 | -24,500 |
|
206,000 | 25,500 |
|
204,500 | 22,500 |
|
203,000 | 20,500 |
|
180,000 | 71,500 |
|
168,000 | 168,000 |
|
167,000 | 99,800 |
|
165,000 | 132,000 |
|
|
153,000 | 30,000 |
|
151,500 | 151,500 |
|
142,000 | -14,500 |
|
136,000 | -13,000 |
|
135,500 | 74,500 |
|
134,500 | -16,700 |
|
|
133,000 | 133,000 |
|
133,000 | -19,000 |
|
|
131,000 | 131,000 |
|
130,000 | -31,000 |
|
127,500 | 127,500 |
|
|
126,000 | 126,000 |
|
118,000 | 118,000 |
|
|
117,500 | -31,800 |
|
117,000 | 117,000 |
|
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
Last Four Hands
Level 12
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The tournament clock has been paused with 10 minutes left on the clock and each table will play four more hands before the bagging process begins.
Saliba Unlucky Again
Level 12
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Vivian Saliba was down to around 10,000 chips and moved all in from middle position. Angelos Nastosmega called on her left and the rest of the table folded.
Vivian Saliba: A♣K♣
Angelos Nastosmega: A♦J♦
Saliba was in a dominating position but the flop of Q♠9♦3♦ gave Nastosmega a flush draw. The Q♦ on the turn completed his flush and Saliba was drawing dead to the 7♠ on the river. The 888poker ambassador headed to the registration desk to enter Day 1c which is now on level six.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
88,000 | 88,000 |
|
Busted |
Chung Continues to Climb
Level 12
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Timothy Chung was heads-up with "JV" in a four-bet pot with around 25,000 in the middle. The flop came 9♥8♥3♥ and Chung checked from the small blind.
"JV" tossed in a bet of 7,000 in middle position and Chung check-raised all in. "JV" had a stack of around 50,000 chips and gave it some thought but decided to muck his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,500 | 93,900 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Yao Loses a Flip, Busts Shortly After
Level 11
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Bixi Yao raised to 2,500 in middle position and "JV" shoved all in for 25,200 on her left. The action folded back to Yao who thought for a minute before dropping in the chips to call.
"JV": 8♣8♦
Bixi Yao: A♥Q♦
It was a coin flip and the flop of 9♥3♣2♦ left "JV" in the lead with his pair of eights. The 10♣ and 9♠ runout changed nothing and "JV" doubled up.
Just two hands later, Yao ran her pocket nines into pocket aces and was seen heading for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,500 | 7,500 |
|
Busted |
Updated Big Stacks
Level 11
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
256,000 | |
|
|
182,000 | 106,500 |
|
|
180,500 | 130,200 |
|
|
156,500 | 25,000 |
|
|
152,000 | 152,000 |
|
|
151,200 | -3,800 |
|
|
149,000 | 119,000 |
|
|
145,000 | 46,500 |
|
125,000 |
Deuces Sometimes Lose
Level 11
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Xenofon Kalanas raised to 3,200 in middle position and the action folded to Guy Leathley in the big blind who ripped all in for 22,200. Kalanas asked for a count and gave it some thought before making the call.
Guy Leathley: 7♣7♦
Xenofon Kalanas: 2♠2♣
Leathley found himself in a favorable spot with the better of the two pocket pairs. The board ran out safely 10♥9♥6♣K♥K♦ and Kalanas passed over a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
123,000 | |
|
47,400 |