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

09-13-2025 11:55 UTC

Simpson, Barone Among Recent Bustouts

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Simpson	Busted

Aaron Barone	Busted

Omar Martinez	Busted
Matthew Bushell	Busted
Cedric Schwaederle	Busted
John Bousfield	Busted
Gholamreza Mohammadi	Busted
Stefan Lazar	Busted
Dean Hemmings	Busted
Fung Lam	Busted

09-13-2025 11:54 UTC

Hardcastle Heroes Bushell on the River; Du Finds a Miracle Against Patroklou

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Matthew Bushell raised to 8,000 under the gun and Jack Hardcastle called in the big blind.

The flop came K♦7♣10♠ and Bushell continued for 7,500. Hardcastle called and the 2♠ fell on the turn.

Bushell then bet 22,000 and Hardcastle again called. Bushell moved all in on the 3♦ river, and Hardcastle took a moment before calling for his last 37,000.

Bushell could only show A♣Q♣ for ace-high, while Hardcastle had 8♠7♠ for a pair of sevens to win the pot and double up.

At another table, Junxian Du was all in for 57,000 from the big blind and up against Dimitrios Patroklou on the button with the flop showing Q♥9♣4♦.

Junxian Du: Q♣J♠ All in
Dimitrios Patroklou: A♥Q♠

Both players had top pair, but Patroklou was ahead with his ace-kicker and poised for the knockout. Du was already standing up after the 5♦ turn, but he spiked the J♥ on the river to make two pair and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Patroklou	200,000 60,000	60,000
Jack Hardcastle	150,000 59,500	59,500
Junxian Du	130,000 48,000	48,000
Matthew Bushell	30,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Dimitrios Patroklou Jack Hardcastle Junxian Du Matthew Bushell

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

09-13-2025 11:47 UTC

Patroklou Overtakes Da-Silva on the Turn

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David Salituro

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

Lucia Navarro raised to 6,000 in middle position and Chris Da-Silva three-bet to 15,000 in the cutoff. Dimitrios Patroklou called in the big blind, while Navarro also came along.

Da-Silva bet 13,000 on the 8♣3♠2♥ flop and only Patroklou called. Patroklou checked to Da-Silva on the K♣ turn, and this time Da-Silva checked back.

The 10♦ river was also checked down and Patroklou showed A♥K♦ for top pair. Da-Silva tossed J♦J♥ into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Patroklou	260,000 24,000	24,000
Chris Da-Silva	90,000 130,000	130,000
Lucia Navarro	40,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Chris Da-Silva Dimitrios Patroklou Lucia Navarro

09-13-2025 11:44 UTC

$500,000 Guaranteed in the XL Autumn Series Main Event

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Matthew Pitt

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

The massive events continue coming thick and fast for 888poker players because the online poker giant has just revealed the schedule for the latest edition of the XL Autumn Series.

The series runs from September 21-29 online at 888poker. It features 52 numbered events and dozens of side events. One of those tournaments is the $250 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event where every cent of the buy in goes into the prize pool, that's right, the XL Autumn Series Main Event is a rakeless event.

Check out the full, bustling schedule over at PokerNews.

Tags: 888poker online poker XL Autumn Series

09-13-2025 11:39 UTC

Senator Duthie?

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David Salituro

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

"John Duthie, good morning. You look like a U.S. senator," Hussni Alkhuzai yelled out from another table.

"More like a bank manager," Duthie replied.

Duthie then raised to 6,000 in the hijack and Matthew Bushell called in the big blind. The flop came J♥10♥Q♥ and Duthie continued for 3,000.

Bushell then raised to 12,000, and Duthie quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Bushell	85,000 12,000	12,000
John Duthie	70,000 58,500	58,500

Tags: John Duthie Matthew Bushell

09-13-2025 11:33 UTC

Sood Bets Out Asghar, Still Down on the Day

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David Salituro

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

Arun Sood raised to 8,000 under the gun and Asmat Asghar called in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠8♦6♠ and Sood continued for 10,000. Asghar then raised to 25,000 and Sood quickly called.

Both players checked the 4♦ turn. Asghar also checked the 9♦ river, and Sood bet 55,000. Asghar took a minute but eventually folded.

Despite taking that pot, Sood has dropped down to around 200,000 so far today, while tablemate Kully Sidhu has built his stack up to around 250,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kully Sidhu	250,000 174,500	174,500
Arun Sood	200,000 138,000	138,000

Asmat Asghar	80,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Arun Sood Asmat Asghar

09-13-2025 11:26 UTC

Prize Pool Confirmed

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David Salituro

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

Tournament officials have confirmed the prize pool for this event.

There were a total of 367 entries, generating a prize pool of £383,500. The top 44 players will finish in the money and earn a at least a min-cash of £2,800, while the champion earns £86,600.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	£86,600	11	£5,350
2	£57,200	12-13	£4,800
3	£38,000	14-15	£4,200
4	£25,500	16-18	£3,800
5	£17,650	19-22	£3,450
6	£12.850	23-27	£3,250
7	£9,950	28-32	£3,050
8	£8,250	33-38	£2,900
9	£7,100	39-44	£2,800
10	£6,150

09-13-2025 11:20 UTC

First Bustouts

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David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Candice Nice	Busted
Martins Adeniya	Busted
Stephen Bean	Busted
Wantao Tang	Busted

09-13-2025 11:20 UTC

Kitete-Kikumba Runs into Dai's Queens

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David Salituro

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

Johnson Kitete-Kikumba raised to 6,000 in the hijack before Haoran Dai three-bet to 16,000 on the button. Kitete-Kikumba then moved all in for 50,000, and Dai quickly called.

Johnson Kitete-Kikumba: 10♥10♦ All in
Haoran Dai: Q♦Q♠

Dai had Kitete-Kikumba crushed with his queens, and the J♦3♦4♥9♣K♠ board offered no help to Kitete-Kikumba as he was sent to the rail.