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

09-13-2025 14:01 UTC

Hellmuth Gets Paid by Sood at the Fun Table

David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Martin Hellmuth raised to 12,000 under the gun as action went on Min Ji in early position.

"Do you have good cards?" Hellmuth asked him.

"No, I'm just wasting time," Ji admitted as the table went into a deep discussion about the merits of stalling on the bubble.

Ji eventually folded, but Arun Sood called in the big blind as he and Hellmuth checked the 8♣7♠6♥ flop. Hellmuth then bet 30,000 on the 9♣ turn and Sood called.

The river was the 6♣ and Hellmuth bet another 65,000. Sood snap-called and Hellmuth showed K♣10♥ for a straight. Sood flashed a six as he mucked.

"Noisy table," Antonis Poulengeris, wandering over from another table, said.

"God forbid we have fun," Hellmuth replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Hellmuth	460,000 180,000	180,000
Arun Sood	300,000 150,000	150,000

Min Ji	100,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Arun Sood Martin Hellmuth

09-13-2025 13:50 UTC

Ramadan Survives Against Sood

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Karl Harris raised to 12,000 in early position before Arun Sood three-bet to 25,000 in middle position. Mohamad Ramadan then moved all in for 98,000 in the big blind and Harris folded. "You're winning right now," Sood said as he called.

"I hope so," Ramadan replied.

Mohamad Ramadan: 10♦10♥ All in
Arun Sood: Q♥9♦

The 8♠7♣6♦ flop gave Sood outs to a straight. "Ten, five or a queen," he said, but he missed the 8♣ turn.

"Eight is no use to anybody," Sood said, while the 2♠ river kept Ramadan in the lead and earned him a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arun Sood	450,000

Karl Harris	320,000 80,000	80,000

Mohamad Ramadan	210,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Arun Sood Karl Harris Mohamad Ramadan

09-13-2025 13:41 UTC

Chip Counts Approaching the Bubble

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arun Sood	450,000

Abel Aspas	440,000 270,000	270,000
Karl Harris	400,000 102,000	102,000

Vatsal Thakkar	350,000 80,000	80,000
Fraser Bellamy	320,000 175,000	175,000
Paul Vas Nunes	320,000 180,000	180,000

Yifan Zheng	310,000 10,000	10,000
Christopher Day	250,000 164,500	164,500
Javier Zarco	220,000 90,000	90,000
Neil Wallace	200,000 170,000	170,000
Jamie Dwan	150,000 150,000	150,000
Asmat Asghar	150,000 70,000	70,000
Ricky Murphy	140,000 63,500	63,500
Haoran Dai	100,000 130,000	130,000
Dimitrios Patroklou	80,000 120,000	120,000
Adam Wilkinson	75,000 27,500	27,500
Mariusz Czech	60,000 3,000	3,000
Sunny Mistri	60,000

09-13-2025 13:33 UTC

Navarro Runs Into Sidhu's Kings

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kully Sidhu raised to 12,000 on the button, Lucia Navarro moved all in for 40,000 in the big blind, and Sidhu called.

Lucia Navarro: A♥4♣ All in
Kully Sidhu: K♥K♣

Navarro was left looking for an ace as Sidhu showed down two kings. The 10♠3♥3♣ flop was no help, while the rest of the board ran out 3♦9♣ to send the last remaining member of the 888poker team to the rail a few spots short of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kully Sidhu	210,000 40,000	40,000
Lucia Navarro	Busted

Tags: Lucia Navarro Kully Sidhu

09-13-2025 13:30 UTC

Hellmuth Holds On to Bust Dasilva

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jose Dasilva moved all in for 69,000 from under the gun and Martin Hellmuth called in middle position.

Jose Dasilva: A♠K♣ All in
Martin Hellmuth: 2♣2♥

The 9♠9♣5♠ flop gave Dasilva outs to counterfeit Hellmuth's pair in addition to his overcards. He picked up more outs on the 8♦ turn, but the 10♣ river wasn't one of them and Hellmuth's deuces held on to earn him a bustout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Hellmuth	280,000 160,000	160,000
Jose Dasilva	Busted
Fernando Conte	Busted
Philippe Souki	Busted

Tags: Jose Dasilva Martin Hellmuth

09-13-2025 13:27 UTC

Christopher Johnson Survives a Flip Against Keith Johnson

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Christopher Johnson moved all in for 82,000 from the hijack and Keith Johnson put him at risk in early position.

Christopher Johnson: 10♠10♣ All in
Keith Johnson: A♠K♣

Christopher remained in the lead with his tens on the J♠3♦4♠ flop, while Keith picked up a straight draw on the Q♦ turn. The 5♦ river was safe for Christopher, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Johnson	170,000 50,000	50,000
Keith Johnson	60,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Christopher Johnson Keith Johnson

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

09-13-2025 13:04 UTC

First Break

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The remaining 54 players are going on the first 15-minute break of the day. The field is within 10 spots of the money.

09-13-2025 13:03 UTC

Another Round of Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Davide Magnan	Busted
Iman Sarkeshik	Busted
Noam De Frettes	Busted
Bogdan Pop	Busted
Matthew Davenport	Busted

Junxian Du	Busted
Robbie Bull	Busted
Jack McDermott	Busted
Hamza Nasir	Busted

09-13-2025 13:01 UTC

Poulengeris Finds a Miracle to Bust Fan

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Gang Wang limped in from early position and Antonis Poulengeris raised to 32,000 in the hijack. Longmao Fan then moved all in from the small blind.

While Mario Trattou was tanking in the big blind, Wang folded out of turn and the floor was called over. Trattou eventually gave up his hand as well, Wang's action stood, while Poulengeris snap-called.

Longmao Fan: K♣K♥ All in
Antonis Poulengeris: Q♦Q♣

Fan had Poulengeris dominated with his kings as the flop came 8♦3♥3♣. The turn, though, was the Q♥ as Poulengeris spiked a full house. The river was the 10♠ and Fan stood up to snap a photo of the board.

"I'm going to take a photo, as well, because that never happens," Poulengeris said. The stacks were counted down and Poulengeris had 137,000 remaining. Fan was barely covered and headed to the rail.