£888 Main Event Day 1de | 2025 888poker LIVE Glasgow

03-21-2025 22:00 UTC

Late-Night Big Stacks

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Salvador	400,000 160,000	160,000

Maogen Fu	310,000 80,000	80,000
Andrew Mackenzie	215,000 95,000	95,000
Harry Cattanach	210,000 80,000	80,000
Gavin Naughton	170,000 80,000	80,000
Ronnie Ballantyne	130,000 70,000	70,000
Zbigniew Wieczorek	130,000 10,000	10,000

03-21-2025 22:08 UTC

Haughey Shows an Ace; Salvador Running Away From the Field

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Francisco Salvador raised to 6,000 under the gun and received four callers.

Five-handed to the 6♦6♠4♥ flop, Salvador continued for 12,000 and only William Haughey in middle position and Gary Scullion in the cutoff called.

Salvador slowed down and checked the 10♥ turn and Haughey bet 17,000. Scullion called once more, while Salvador got out of the way.

Haughey then bet 40,000 on the 10♣ river and Scullion quickly folded. Haughey showed the A♦ as he took the pot.

Salvador busted Daniel Gormley on the previous hand as he built up a massive stack in the closing moments of the day. Richard Heveli was also recently eliminated at this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Salvador	450,000 50,000	50,000

William Haughey	150,000
Gary Scullion	60,000
Daniel Gormley	Busted
Richard Heveli	Busted

Tags: Daniel Gormley Francisco Salvador Gary Scullion Richard Heveli William Haughey

03-21-2025 22:13 UTC

Naughton Cracks Hall's Aces For a Bustout

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With around 25,000 in the pot on a flop of Q♦J♣7♣, Thomas Hall got in his last 60,000 from the cutoff as Gavin Naughton put him at risk in middle position.

Thomas Hall: A♥A♦ All in
Gavin Naughton: 10♣9♣

Hall showed down two aces but had to dodge Naughton's flush and straight draws to stay alive. The K♠ turn was a disaster as Naughton made his straight, while the J♥ river sent Hall to the rail with just a few minutes left in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gavin Naughton	210,000 40,000	40,000
Thomas Hall	Busted

Tags: Thomas Hall Gavin Naughton

03-21-2025 22:19 UTC

Four More Hands

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Tournament officials announced that play will end for the night once all tables complete four more hands.

03-21-2025 22:24 UTC

Kamalanath Holds to Bust Gordon

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 10♣J♥8♥, Gajanthan Kamalanathan bet 10,000 from early position, Callum Gordon moved all in for 40,000 in the big blind, and Kamalanathan snap-called.

Callum Gordon: K♥Q♠ All in
Gajanthan Kamalanathan: Q♥10♥ All in

Gordon was chasing a straight draw, while Kamalanathan had a pair and flush draw. The 5♠ turn was no help for Gordon, while Kamalanathan secured the pot once the 3♣ completed the board on the river to send Gordon to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gajanthan Kamalanathan	160,000 160,000	160,000
Callum Gordon	Busted

Tags: Callum Gordon Gajanthan Kamalanathan

03-21-2025 22:27 UTC

Play Concludes

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Day 1d has ended with 32 players remaining out of 157 entries.

Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.

03-21-2025 22:40 UTC

End of Day 1d Chip Counts (full)

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Salvador	508,500 58,500	58,500

Maogen Fu	376,000 66,000	66,000
Harry Cattanach	281,000 71,000	71,000
Andrew Hawksby	271,500 131,500	131,500
Gavin Naughton	247,000 37,000	37,000
William Haughey	228,500 78,500	78,500
Matthew Davenport	194,000 46,000	46,000
Gajanthan Kamalanathan	191,500 191,500	191,500
Zbigniew Wieczorek	175,500 45,500	45,500
Mariusz Czech	172,500 105,500	105,500
Andrew Mackenzie	171,500 43,500	43,500
Grant Anderson	168,500 168,500	168,500
Bogdan Pop	168,000 68,000	68,000
Ronnie Ballantyne	142,000 12,000	12,000
Marius Varanavicius	131,500 36,500	36,500
Viktor Katzenberger	131,000 34,000	34,000
Roderick Macneil	124,000 4,000	4,000
David Algarra	116,500 66,500	66,500
James Mcaulay	101,000 41,000	41,000
David Hudson	84,000 24,000	24,000
David Mulholland	83,000 63,000	63,000
Martin Byrne	77,000 17,000	17,000
Christopher Hendry	72,500 12,500	12,500
Stewart Davie	65,000 65,000	65,000
Alberto Gago Puero	63,000 63,000	63,000

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03-21-2025 23:00 UTC

Day 1e Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Day 1e attracted 34 entries, with seven players making it through to Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junxian Du	264,000
Gareth Wright	160,000
Craig McCairns	138,500
Shi Dong	137,500 137,500	137,500
Craig Conway	111,500 111,500	111,500
Daniel Myers	108,000
Robbie Bull	102,000 102,000	102,000

03-21-2025 23:10 UTC

Francisco Salvador Dominates, Maogen Fu Continues His Hot Streak on Day 1d of the 888poker Live Glasgow Main Event

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A lucky ace in the window served as the catalyst for Francisco Salvador dominating Day 1d of the 888poker Live Glasgow Main Event.

Salvador ran his ace-king into Yuzhou Yin’s kings and barely had his opponent covered as his tournament was virtually at stake. But he found the ace on the flop and secured the knockout, never looking back on his way to a massive chip lead. Salvador also made a full house against Nick Eastwood and got paid off on a big river bet on his way to bagging up 508,500 and the overall chip lead heading into Day 2.

Right behind him is a player already enjoying a spectacular week inside the Grosvenor Casino Merchant City. Maogen Fu beat a 72-player field to win the High Roller yesterday for £28,500. Two days earlier, he had finished atop a 138-player field in the Big Shot for £9,090. With already two trophies to his credit during the festival, he took a crack at the Main Event today and picked up right where he left off, finishing second on the leaderboard with 376,000.

Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Francisco Salvador	Spain	508,500	170
2	Maogen Fu	United Kingdom	376,000	125
3	Harry Cattanach	United Kingdom	281,000	94
4	Andrew Hawksby	United Kingdom	271,500	91
5	Gavin Naughton	United Kingdom	247,000	82
6	Matthew Davenport	United Kingdom	194,000	65
7	Gajanthan Kamalanath	United Kingdom	191,500	64
8	Zbigniew Wieczorek	Poland	175,500	59
9	Mariusz Czech	United Kingdom	172,500	58
10	Andrew Mackenzie	United Kingdom	171,500	57

A total of 32 players out of 157 entries survived the day. Harry Cattanach (281,000), Andrew Hawksby (271,500), and Gavin Naughton (247,000) round out the top five biggest stacks. Matthew Davenport scored two late bustouts to finish with 194,000, while 2019 EPT Monte Carlo finalist Viktor Katzenberger (131,000) and David Algarra (116,500) also secured their spots into Day 2. Jack Hardcastle (46,000) finally found a bag on his sixth bullet of the tournament.

Eastwood built up a stack of more than 100,000 at one point today but couldn’t recover after taking that big dent against Salvador and hit the rail. Fellow 888poker pros Lucia Navarro and Ricardo Mateus also failed to make it through, as did Sinead Davenport, Thomas Hall, Robbie Bull, and David Docherty.

The 157 entries today brought the field up to 290. With currently 28 players in the turbo Day 1e flight, the field eclipsed 300 and surpassed the £250,000 guaranteed prize pool. There is also a turbo Day 1f flight tomorrow at 11 a.m., with late registration remaining open until the start of Day 2 at 5 p.m.

PokerNews will be back tomorrow as the race to the money bubble and the final table begins.

Tags: Andrew Hawksby David Algarra Francisco Salvador Harry Cattanach Jack Hardcastle Maogen Fu Matthew Davenport Viktor Katzenberger