Play has ended with 58 players bagging up chips after fourteen 30-minute levels of play at the Gran Casino Costa Brava.

The 888Live Main Event attracted 165 entries, a mixture of 888poker qualifiers who have had an extended poker holiday in the sun and local players no doubt attracted by the $50,000 guarantee and great structure to the two-day event. Indeed, it looks as if one of the local players, Juan Lupol, is the end of day chip leader with 238,000.

Kara Scott made it through to Day 2 with 72,100 chips with the average being 71,121. The recently appointed 888 Ambassador will be looking to make it two live cashes in a row since her third place finish in London last month.

Kara's husband Giovanni Rizzo played but he was eliminated in level 11 although he thoroughly enjoyed himself saying soon after his exit, “It was a lot of fun, it’s been a good week all around. I will play the live local event now if I can still buy in or tomorrow day 1b."

"I had a good couple of early levels, got into a couple of good spots, and then I lost a substantial pot and lost two flips.” Asked if he had a last longer bet with Scott he laughed and said, “We never have a last longer bet, we are each other’s biggest fans. I hope she takes it down”.

UK poker pro Rupert Elder busted two levels from the close of play when he called an open in the big blind with eight-nine suited and saw the flop come ace-six-seven. Elder then shoved over a continuation bet from the aggressor who called holding ace-ten and held. Elder said he was looking forward to a morning on the beach tomorrow but promised to be back to do commentary for the final table which will be live streamed on Twitch.

Cards are back in the air at 5pm again tomorrow when the tournament will play down to a winner. The first serious order of business will be the bubble for a 19th place finish when one lucky player will walk away empty handed. From there a min-cash will be worth €750 with third place getting €6,400, second place €7,950 and the winner walking away with the title, the trophy and €11,000.