Team UK Leads 888poker 8-Team Competition Despite Losing Niall Farrell

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

Jul 05, 2018 2 min read

On Day 1C of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event 888poker’s “8-Team Competition” officially got underway. Seven teams of three – each comprised of a captain, wingman and an online qualifier – took to the felt to represent their respective countries in poker’s biggest tournament of the year.

Remember, the team that amasses the most points throughout the Main Event will win a 2019 WSOP Main Event seat for each team member. Points are accumulated based on surviving each day of the tournament along with a bonus for finishing as the chip leader. In addition, the last team qualifier standing will win 100 points for their team.

On Day 1C, two players from the 8-Team Competition hit the rail in Team UK wingman Niall Farrell and Team Canada qualifier Jonathan Schaler.

On the flip side, not one did better than Team UK 888poker qualifier Billy Chattaway, who bagged up 110,900 to earn a 30-point bonus for his team.

Team	888poker Team Captain	Wingman/Wingwoman	Qualifier	Combined Count
Team Brazil	Vivian Saliba (13,000)	Bruna Unzueta (75,700)	Pedro Correa (90,300)	179,000
Team Canada	Parker “Tonka” Talbot (19,300)	Mike Leah (30,700)	Jonathan Schaler	50,000
Team Germany	Dominik Nitsche (28,300)	Andre Krieger (98,400)	Claas Segebrecht (47,000)	173,700
Team Spain	Marti Roca de Torres (55,400)	Fernando Pons (88,100)	Javier Llorente (51,100)	194,600
Team Sweden	Martin Jacobson (38,400)	Anton Wigg (105,000)	Pontus Anderberg (20,900)	164,300
Team United Kingdom	Chris Moorman (59,200)	Niall Farrell	William Chattaway (110,900)	170,100
Team Russia	Arseniy Karmatskiy (52,200)	Daria Feshchenko (59,300)	Georgy Philippovich (72,100)	183,600

Farrell had a rough go of it on Day 1C, but one bright spot was a double in Level 4 (200/400/50). It happened when he shoved his last 6,225 from middle position. He received a call from the player next to act and then the big blind folded while showing the J♦J♣.

Farrell celebrated, saying: "It's good because I need this one," and showed the ace of spades. He turned the other card as well and it became apparent he was all in with A♠5♠ against K♥Q♦.

"Ooooh, I'm ahead!" Farrell exclaimed before thinking he may have just jinxed himself. "Oh, that was bad. Now I'm out.”

The 8♦3♦9♦ flop gave his opponent a flush draw but neither the 6♣ turn nor 6♥ river completed it.

"Oh my god, no f****** way!" said Farrell, who wound up busting shortly thereafter.

Here’s a look at how teams can earn points throughout the 2018 WSOP Main Event:

Day	Points	Team	Max
1	10	30	30
2	20	60	60
3	30	90	90
4	40	120	120
5	50	150	150
6	60	180	180
7	70	210	210
8	80	240	240
9	90	270	270
10	100	300	300

The surviving players will all return to action at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Friday for Day 2C action. You can follow their progress in the PokerNews 2018 WSOP Main Event Live Blog here.

Here’s a look at the current standings in 888poker’s 8-Team Competition:

Team	Player Remaining	Day 1 Points	Total Points
Team Brazil	3	30	30
Team Canada	2	20	20
Team Germany	3	30	30
Team Spain	3	30	30
Team Sweden	3	30	30
Team United Kingdom	2	50	50
Team Russia	3	30	30