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£888 Main Event
Day 1de Completed
2024 888poker LIVE Coventry
£888 Main Event
Day: 1de
Event Info
2024 888poker LIVE Coventry
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1de
Buy-in
£888
Prize Pool
£617,120
Total Entries
812
Level
33
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
398
Players Left
61
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Another action-packed day at the 888poker LIVE Coventry series saw a massive turnout for Day 1d of the £888 Main Event.
The fourth of six opening flights attracted a total of 302 entries at Coventry Building Society Arena, with Oliver Braddock leading the way after another 14 levels of play. The tournament crept closer to the £500,000 guaranteed prize pool, with one last turbo flight to come on Saturday, October 19. Late registration also remains open until the start of Day 2 at 5:00 p.m. local time.
Braddock bagged up 497,000 chips by day’s end, holding a slight lead over China’s Longmao Fan (488,000). Next on the leaderboard are [Removed:561] (432,000) and Christopher Johnson (420,000), sitting as the only other players to collect more than 400,000 chips. They sit out front among the 46 players that survived the long day.
Rounding out the top five for the day is 888poker StreamTeam member Ricardo Mateus, who amassed an impressive stack of 395,000 to sit in prime position for a deep run here in Coventry.
Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Braddock | United Kingdom | 497,000 | 83 |
| 2 | Longmao Fan | China | 488,000 | 81 |
| 3 | [Removed:561] | United Kingdom | 432,000 | 72 |
| 4 | Christopher Johnson | United Kingdom | 420,000 | 70 |
| 5 | Ricardo Mateus | Portugal | 395,000 | 66 |
| 6 | Yucel Eminoglu | Turkey | 379,000 | 63 |
| 7 | Philip Broughton | United Kingdom | 356,000 | 59 |
| 8 | Timothy Slater | United Kingdom | 299,000 | 50 |
| 9 | Dave Mcconachie | United Kingdom | 285,000 | 48 |
| 10 | Gary Fisher | United Kingdom | 282,000 | 47 |
Just outside the top ten is 888poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro, who built up steadily as the day moved on before a big river shove saw her gain ground on the leaders.
Navarro and Mateus will now join Ian Simpson, who found a bag on Day 1c. Other members of the 888poker team were unable to find a bag, including Vivian Saliba and Andrei Cosmin.
Among the leaders is Yucel Eminoglu (379,000), who went runner-runner late in the day to improbably score a double knockout. Timothy Slater (299,000) found pocket aces at exactly the right time as two opponents were all in, helping him carry 50 big blinds into action on Saturday.
Saturday will see the final turbo flight, as Day 1f will be the last chance to build a stack before late registration closes at the start of Day 2. Action will begin at 11:00 a.m. local time, with all surviving players finally combining into one field to navigate the bubble and beyond at 5:00 p.m.
PokerNews will be on the scene to catch all of the exciting action, as players look to run deep and be crowned the next 888poker LIVE champion.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action has wrapped up on Day 1d, with 46 players remaining. The turbo Day 1e continues, with 48 players still in contention.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of a busy day in Coventry.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The tournament director has announced four more hands to be played tonight.
All remaining players will bag up for Day 2 tomorrow.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Moments after scoring a double knockout, Timothy Slater opened the very next hand to 10,000 from early position. Alejandra Cieza then moved all in with action folding back around to Slater, who made the call.
Alejandra Cieza: A♣Q♥ 
Timothy Slater: A♠K♥
Right after winning a big pot with aces, Slater picked up another monster hand and faced no danger on the 9♥8♥10♣6♥5♦ board to send Cieza out.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Timothy Slater opened from early position and snap-called after both Sohrab Tavakkolee and Hok Lai moved all in across the table.
Sohrab Tavakkolee: 10♠10♦
Hok Lai: 8♠8♦
Timothy Slater: A♥A♦
Slater found a dream spot, holding with pocket aces through the J♥2♣3♦6♦5♠ runout to send Tavakkolee and Lai to the rail.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Philip Broughton opened to 13,000 in middle position before Garry Wilson Jr. moved all in on the button. Redmond Lee then moved his shorter stack into the middle, with Broughton getting out of the way.
Redmond Lee: A♦K♣
Garry Wilson Jr.: Q♣Q♦
Lee could not connect with the 10♣9♦5♣2♥8♦ board, hitting the rail as his chips moved to the right.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Cenker Inan opened to 14,000 from under the gun and found a call from Thomas Bingham in the hijack.
The 7♣2♠9♠ flop saw Cenker check and call a bet of 15,000, with the dealer flipping over the 4♠ turn.
Cenker checked to Bingham again, who fired 28,000 into the middle. After a moment, Cenker let it go and Bingham claimed the pot.
