888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event
Day 3 Started
2023 888poker LIVE Madrid
888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 888poker LIVE Madrid
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€415,312
Entries
514
Level
33
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
39
Players Left
1
Day 2 Seating Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 5 | 2 | Carles Ferrer | 400,000 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | Fermin Bjerke | 400,000 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | Jaime Pedraza | 320,000 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | Beltran Garcia | 1,950,000 | 49 |
| 5 | 7 | Antonio Vecino | 2,900,000 | 73 |
| 5 | 8 | Eugenio Martinez Gonzalez | 900,000 | 23 |
| 5 | 9 | Ricardo Mateus | 1,090,000 | 27 |
| 6 | 1 | Andrei Ionut Gabriel | 575,000 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | Delerm Luca | 310,000 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Jimmy Zahn | 935,000 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | Adrian Garcia | 2,860,000 | 72 |
| 6 | 5 | Mario Ruiz Galan | 2,030,000 | 51 |
| 6 | 6 | Roberto Sanchez Trujillo | 2,635,000 | 66 |
| 6 | 7 | Isabel Zapateria | 400,000 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Alberto De Juan | 1,110,000 | 28 |
| 7 | 1 | Alexandre Mantovani | 375,000 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | Nils Memmi | 630,000 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | Nicolae Suciu | 4,765,000 | 119 |
| 7 | 4 | Daniel Lopez Ruiz | 990,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | Lukasz Fraczek | 680,000 | 17 |
| 7 | 7 | Oleg Bystrenin | 1,085,000 | 27 |
| 7 | 8 | Mario Sousa | 900,000 | 23 |
| 7 | 9 | Bruno Sanchez | 585,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 1 | Marcus Normark | 500,000 | 13 |
| 8 | 2 | Lucia Navarro | 850,000 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | David Rodriguez | 840,000 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | Saam Pishvaie | 1,045,000 | 26 |
| 8 | 5 | Nacho Martin | 1,350,000 | 34 |
| 8 | 6 | Daniel Ruiz | 415,000 | 10 |
| 8 | 8 | Jairo Arias | 375,000 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Jonas Ten Cate | 1,910,000 | 48 |
| 10 | 1 | Xiang Hao Ming | 1,350,000 | 34 |
| 10 | 2 | Josh Manlev | 380,000 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | Victor Caballero | 1,070,000 | 27 |
| 10 | 4 | Eduardo Costa | 585,000 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | Tom Orpaz | 1,210,000 | 30 |
| 10 | 6 | Ricardo Seabra | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 10 | 7 | Jose Cordobes | 2,255,000 | 56 |
| 10 | 9 | Aviv Zohar | 580,000 | 15 |
Nicolae Suciu Leads Final 39 in 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event
A winner will be crowned today in Madrid at the Casino Gran Via as the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event plays down to a winner.
Just 39 players remain — all in the money — and they're all in with a chance of winning €92,000 and becoming the first 888poker LIVE champion of 2023.
Leading the way is Nicolae Suciu who is the only player over 3,000,000 in chips. In fact, he's close to 5,000,000 in chips after a late surge saw him bag 4,765,000 — well clear of Antonio Vecino (2,900,000) and Adrian Garcia (2,860,000) who are his nearest rivals.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolae Suciu | 4,765,000 | 95 |
| 2 | Antonio Vecino | 2,900,000 | 58 |
| 3 | Adrian Garcia | 2,860,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Roberto Sanchez Trujillo | 2,635,000 | 53 |
| 5 | Jose Cordobes | 2,255,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Mario Ruiz Galan | 2,030,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Beltran Garcia | 1,950,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Jonas Ten Cate | 1,910,000 | 38 |
| 9 | Ricardo Seabra | 1,900,000 | 38 |
| 10 | Nacho Martin | 1,350,000 | 27 |
Four members of the 888poker team are still in on Day 3, the best-placed of which is Stream Team member Ricardo Mateus who bagged 1,090,000. 888poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro comes next with 850,000, with fellow Ambassador Alexandre Mantovani (375,000) and Stream Team's Josh Manley (380,000) both returning with less than ten big blinds.
Play will resume at 14:00 local time with blinds of 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante. The levels will continue to be 45 minutes, but will increase to 60 minutes once a final table is reached.
You can stay up to date with all the informatio nright here on the PokerNews updates, or by heading to the 888poker Twitch channel.
Level: 23
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Mantovani Doubles Up First Hand
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Alexandre Mantovani raised to 285,000 leaving himself 90,000 behind. Nils Memmi called in the next position and the remaining players all folded.
The flop came 
.
"All in blind?" asked Memmi.
"That's not a good flop for me," replied Mantovani, before putting the rest of his chips in. Memmi pulled a face but still called.
Alexandre Mantovani: 
Nils Memmi: 
Memmi was ahead pre-flop, but Mantovani had flopped a pair. The turn 
and river 
bricked and Mantovani got off to the best possible start on Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000 | 475,000 |
|
250,000 | -380,000 |
Two Early Eliminations
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Fermin Bjerke was all in for 275,000 and was ahead with 
against the 
of Beltran Garcia.
The flop 
changed nothing but the turn 
gave flush outs to Garcia. However the 
river was enough for him to send Bjerke to the rail. Also eliminated in the first 15 minutes of the day wsa David Rodriguez.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Costa Doubles Through Cordoba
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Jose Cordobes opened to 110,000 and Eduard Costa three-bet to 250,000. Cordobes shoved and Costa called all in for his last 710,000.
Eduardo Costa: 
Jose Cordobes: 
The pocket pair was ahead and held ont he 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000 | 915,000 |
|
|
1,350,000 | -905,000 |
River Saves Ferrer
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Beltran Garcia opened to 100,000 and called a shove from Carles Ferrer for his last 450,000.
Carles Ferrer: 
Beltran Garcia: 
The 
just kept getting better for Ferrer, with an open-ended straight draw on the turn, but the ace on the river was enoguh and he stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000 | -400,000 |
|
900,000 | 500,000 |
Ruiz Eliminated by Cate
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Daniel Lopez Ruiz was all in for 450,000 against Jonas Ten Cate.
Daniel Lopez Ruiz:
Jonas Ten Cate: 
The board ran out 
and Ruiz was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000 | 190,000 |
|
Busted |
Cordobes Double Elimination Send Manley to the Rail
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Josh Manley shoved for 255,000. Ricardo Seabra three-bet all in and Jose Cordobes called putting both players at risk.
"That's not good," said Manley tabling 
against the of Seabra and the 
of Cordobes.
The 
board saw Cordobes river a set and send both players — including Stream Team member Josh Manley — to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000 | 1,650,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |