£1250 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 888poker LIVE London

09-13-2025 11:12 UTC

Souki Flips Saliba to the Rail

David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Vivian Saliba moved all in for 30,000 from the cutoff and Philippe Souki put her at risk in the big blind.

Vivian Saliba: K♠Q♥ All in
Philippe Souki: 10♠10♥

Saliba was racing for her tournament life as the 9♦8♥J♠ flop gave her a straight draw to go with her overcards. The 6♣ turn kept Souki in the lead, while the river came the 4♥ to send Saliba to the rail.

Despite busting from the Main Event, Saliba has already enjoyed a successful series so far, winning the Big Shot event and finishing in fourth place in the High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe Souki	130,000 46,500	46,500
Vivian Saliba	Busted

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09-13-2025 11:07 UTC

Wyatt Lasts One Hand

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

George Wyatt, a new entry at the start of the day, moved all in for 30,000 under the gun on his first hand and Abel Aspas called in early position.

George Wyatt: 6♠6♦ All in
Abel Aspas: 9♥9♣

The 9♠10♦4♦ flop gave Aspas a set and an even bigger lead, but Wyatt picked up straight and flush draws on the 8♦. The 10♥ river instead improved Aspas to a full house, and Wyatt was sent to a quick exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abel Aspas	170,000 31,000	31,000
George Wyatt	Busted

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09-13-2025 11:03 UTC

Shuffle Up and Deal

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The 85 returning players have been joined by 11 new arrivals, and Day 2 is now underway.

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-13-2025 10:47 UTC

Day 2 Entries

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Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Bean	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ian Simpson	30,000 30,000	30,000

Lucia Navarro	30,000 30,000	30,000

Aaron Barone	30,000 30,000	30,000

Wantao Tang	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vivian Saliba	30,000 30,000	30,000

George Wyatt	30,000 30,000	30,000
Robert Boon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mohammad Shahry	30,000 30,000	30,000
Martins Adeniya	30,000 30,000	30,000
Neil Wallace	30,000

09-13-2025 08:55 UTC

85 Players Chase the Money and Final Table on Day 2 of the 888poker Live London Main Event

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David Salituro

The race to the money is on when Day 2 of the 888poker Live London Main Event begins at noon local time.

A total of 357 players have packed the revamped Grosvenor Victoria Casino over three starting flights, but only 85 return for the start of Day 2. The field is led by Arun Sood (338,000), followed by Santino Dean (300,500), Karl Harris (298,000), and Jamie Walden (278,000), and Ravi Sheth (265,500).

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Arun Sood	United Kingdom	338,000	113
2	Santino Dean	United Kingdom	300,500	100
3	Karl Harris	United Kingdom	298,000	99
4	Jamie Walden	United Kingdom	278,000	93
5	Ravi Sheth	United Kingdom	265,500	89
6	Noam De Frettes	United Kingdom	264,000	88
7	Jamie Dwan	United Kingdom	263,500	88
8	Akshat Bansal	United Kingdom	239,000	80
9	Dimitrios Patroklou	United Kingdom	236,000	79
10	Chris Da-Silva	United Kingdom	220,000	73

Further down the leaderboard are Jamie Dwan (263,500), Chris Da-Silva (220,000), Paul Vas Nunes (212,000), Calogero Morreale (198,500), Thomas Clack (155,000), Javier Zarco (138,000), John Duthie (128,500), and Matthew Davenport.

Coming back as short stacks are Jack Hardcastle (90,500), Andrew Hulme (85,000), Philippe Souki (83,500), Alex O’Brien (82,500), Robbie Bull (67,000), and Mitchell Hynam (47,000).

The action on Day 2 picks up on Level 15 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 big blind ante. Levels are once again 40 minutes long. Late registration remains open until the start of the day, so there is a chance for the field to grow even larger. The £250,000 guaranteed prize pool has already been surpassed, and official numbers will be announced shortly after play resumes.

The first order of business on the day will be to burst the money bubble. Then it’s a race down to the final table, which will be reached by the end of the day. PokerNews will be following all the action, so stay tuned for live updates.

Tags: Alex O’Brien Andrew Hulme Arun Sood Calogero Morreale Chris Da-Silva Jack Hardcastle Jamie Dwan Jamie Walden Javier Zarco John Duthie Karl Harris Matthew Davenport Mitchell Hynam Paul Vas Nunes Philippe Souki Ravi Sheth Robbie Bull Santino Dean Thomas Clack

09-13-2025 08:31 UTC

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Min Ji	75,000	25
1	2	Andrey Dimitrov	83,000	28
1	5	John Duthie	128,500	43
1	7	Karl Harris	298,000	99
1	8	Jack Hardcastle	90,500	30
1	9	Matthew Bushell	97,000	32

2	1	Iman Sarkeshik	142,000	47
2	2	Liviu Bartha	22,500	8
2	3	John Bousfield	66,000	22
2	4	Mariusz Czech	63,000	21
2	5	Raymond Caabay	66,500	22
2	9	Geoffrey Mooney	131,000	44

3	1	Sebastian Vontoperczer	62,500	21
3	5	Michalis Protopapas	152,000	51
3	6	Mihail Zglavoci	78,500	26
3	7	Hamza Nasir	54,500	18
3	8	Vatsal Thakkar	121,000	40
3	9	Davide Magnan	123,500	41

4	1	Adam Wilkinson	102,500	34
4	2	Kully Sidhu	75,500	25
4	3	Asmat Asghar	165,000	55
4	4	Arun Sood	338,000	113
4	6	Harry Sandford	61,500	21
4	7	Thomas Clack	155,000	52

5	1	Fraser Bellamy	215,500	72
5	2	Mitchell Johnson	158,000	53
5	6	Jamie Walden	278,000	93
5	7	Robert Clarke	85,500	29
5	8	Akshat Bansal	239,000	80
5	9	Chris Da-Silva	220,000	73

6	1	Sunil Mistri	135,500	45
6	2	Dean Clay	96,500	32
6	4	Alex O'Brien	82,500	28
6	5	Calogero Morreale	198,500	66
6	7	Gang Wang	177,000	59
6	9	Hussni Alkhuzai	115,000	38

7	1	Yifan Zheng	151,000	50
7	2	Fernando Conte	218,500	73
7	5	Michael Rosaman	175,000	58
7	6	Stefan Lazar	26,000	9
7	7	Robbie Bull	67,000	22
7	9	Keith Johnson	51,500	17

8	1	Candice Nice	66,500	22
8	2	Martin Hellmuth	123,500	41
8	4	Jack McDermott	61,000	20
8	5	Santino Dean	300,500	100
8	6	Ciaran McCullagh	35,000	12
8	7	Ricky Murphy	76,500	26
8	9	Mitchell Hynam	47,000	16

9	1	Jamie Dwan	263,500	88
9	2	Noam De Frettes	264,000	88
9	3	Philippe Souki	83,500	28
9	4	Christopher Day	85,500	29
9	5	Andrei Teodorescu	153,500	51
9	7	Christopher Guertin	122,500	41

10	1	Ravi Sheth	365,500	122
10	2	Johnson Kitete-Kikumba	51,500	17
10	3	Paul Vas Nunes	212,000	71
10	5	Haoran Dai	133,500	45
10	7	Desmond Araujo	99,500	33
10	8	Junxian Du	82,000	27

11	2	Abel Aspas	139,000	46
11	3	Antonios Poulengeris	87,000	29
11	4	Khanh Nguyen	184,000	61
11	7	Longmao Fan	79,000	26
11	8	Andrew Hulme	85,000	28
11	9	Aristides Decastro	98,000	33

12	1	Michael Delaney	133,000	44
12	2	Serghei Zglavoci	66,000	22
12	4	Jiaze Li	195,000	65
12	5	Omar Martinez	23,000	8
12	8	Fung Lam	44,000	15
12	9	Mario Trattou	39,500	13

13	2	Dean Hemmings	51,500	17
13	4	Christopher Johnson	81,500	27
13	5	Liam Mellon	55,000	18
13	6	Dimitrios Patroklou	236,000	79
13	8	Javier Zarco	138,000	46
13	9	Gerald McInally	110,500	37

30	1	Matthew Davenport	119,500	40
30	2	Mohamad Ramadan	195,500	65
30	3	Cedric Schwaederle	56,500	19
30	4	Bogdan Pop	78,000	26
30	8	Gholamreza Mohammadi	108,000	36
30	9	Jose Dasilva	47,500	16

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