A Look Back at the 2019 888poker LIVE Main Event Winners
Table Of Contents
- Darius Neagoe Wins the 888poker LIVE Bucharest Main Event - March 2019
- 2019 888poker LIVE Bucharest Main Event Final Table Results
- Gabriele Rossi Wins the 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event - June 2019
- 2019 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Final Table Results
- Vasiliy Tsapko Wins the 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event - August 2019
- 2019 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event Final Table Results
- Adrian Constantin Wins the 888poker LIVE London Main Event - December 2019
- 2019 888poker LIVE London Main Event Final Table Results
The 888poker LIVE poker tour had a busy year with four big festivals, sponsorships of the WSOP and the Battle of Malta, and many other 888poker LIVE branded events.
Here is a look back at the four main 888poker LIVE tours of the year.
Darius Neagoe Wins the 888poker LIVE Bucharest Main Event - March 2019
The first big stop of the year was held at the five-star InterContinental Bucharest with the 888poker LIVE Bucharest €888 Main Event being the crown jewel of the festival.
The event smashed its €300,000 guarantee after attracting 505 entrants to generate a €387,638 prize pool.
Two Romanians claimed the lion's of the money after agreeing to a heads-up deal with Darius Neagoe winning the trophy along with a €62,300 ($69,972) top prize and a free WSOP Main Event package valued at $12,600. Meanwhile, Bogdan Nicolae went home with a healthy runner-up prize of €59,900 ($67,277).
2019 888poker LIVE Bucharest Main Event Final Table Results
Place | Winner | Country | Prize in EUR | Prize in USD |
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1 | Darius Neagoe | Romania | €62,300 | $69,972* |
2 | Bogdan Nicolae | Romania | €59,900 | $67,277* |
3 | Zhiping Zeng | China | €33,960 | $38,157 |
4 | Mihai Gheonu | Romania | €26,900 | $30,225 |
5 | Helder Ferreira | Portugal | €21,070 | $23,674 |
6 | Nicolae Suciu | Romania | €16,550 | $18,596 |
7 | Ran Shahar | Israel | €12,400 | $13,933 |
8 | Derek Reid | United Kingdom | €8,800 | $9,888 |
9 | Aldo Monteleone | Italy | €7,020 | $7,888 |
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Gabriele Rossi Wins the 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event - June 2019
The 888poker LIVE tour headed over to the Catalonian capital of Barcelona in May with the festivities capping off with the 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event at Casino Barcelona in early June.
The Main Event featured a €1,100 buy-in and squeaked past its €550,000 guarantee with 551 entrants generating a €551,000 prize pool.
Italy's Gabriele Rossi not only won the tournament for a cool €110,000 ($123,121) but also a month later headed out to Las Vegas to play in the WSOP Main Event on the house thanks to 888poker giving away a WSOP Main Event package valued at $12,600 to the winner.
2019 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Final Table Results
Place | Winner | Country | Prize in EUR | Prize in USD |
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1 | Gabriele Rossi | Italy | €110,000 | $123,121 |
2 | Cornelis de Jong | Netherlands | €80,000 | $89,542 |
3 | Kristian Larsson | Norway | €55,000 | $61,560 |
4 | Ferran Corominas | Spain | €35,000 | $39,175 |
5 | Stefano Schiano | Italy | €26,000 | $29,101 |
6 | Ricardo Pinto | Portugal | €19,000 | $21,266 |
7 | Samuel Hernandez | Spain | €14,000 | $15,670 |
8 | Henrik Ahlstroem | Sweden | €11,000 | $12,312 |
9 | Jai Saha | United Kingdom | €8,500 | $9,514 |
Vasiliy Tsapko Wins the 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event - August 2019
Shortly after the WSOP, the 888poker LIVE tour headed over for the first time in the festival's history to the Russian resort of Sochi in August 2019.
The highlight of the festival was the Main Event featuring a RUB 62,160 (approx. $888) buy-in and a big RUB 35,000,000 guarantee.
The final table was an all-Russian affair with Vasily Tsapko and Leonid Semenyuk agreeing to a heads-up deal before playing the tournament. Tsapko claimed the title for RUB 5,006,050 ($77,016) along with a 2020 WSOP Main Event package valued at $12,500, while his countrymate Semenyuk collected RUB 4,463,200 ($68,665) for his runner-up performance.
2019 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize in RUB | Prize in USD) |
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1 | Vasiliy Tsapko | Russia | 5,006,050* | $77,016* |
2 | Leonid Semenyuk | Russia | 4,463,200* | $68,665* |
3 | Maksym Lavrov | Ukraine | 2,543,800 | 39,135 |
4 | Konstantin Lichagin | Russia | 1,852,200 | 28,495 |
5 | Anton Konovalov | Russia | 1,330,000 | 20,462 |
6 | Ivan Fedorov | Russia | 1,024,100 | 15,755 |
7 | Aleksandr Chernikov | Russia | 821,450 | 12,638 |
8 | Ravil Khamatgareev | Russia | 704,900 | 10,845 |
9 | Vartan Manucharyan | Russia | 631,750 | 9,719 |
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Adrian Constantin Wins the 888poker LIVE London Main Event - December 2019
The final stop of the year headed to the British capital of London at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City in late November. The festival highlight was the £500,000 guaranteed 888poker LIVE London £1,100 Main Event.
The event beat its guarantee with 518 entrants generating a £512,820 prize pool.
The tournament ended in early December with Romania's Adrian Constantin crowned the champion to collect the £100,000 ($129,274) top prize along with a package to the 2020 WSOP worth $12,500. Constantin was a true Cinderella story after qualifying to the festival through an online satellite at 888poker for $33.
2019 888poker LIVE London Main Event Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize (in GBP) | Prize (in USD) |
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1 | Adrian Constantin | Romania | £100,000 | $129,274 |
2 | Leon Louis | United Kingdom | £69,770 | $90,194 |
3 | Manuel Bueno | Germany | £44,920 | $58,070 |
4 | Egidijus Alsauskas | Lithuania | £33,230 | $42,958 |
5 | Aleksandrs Golubevs | United Kingdom | £24,920 | $32,215 |
6 | Nikolay Ponomarev | Russia | £20,100 | $25,984 |
7 | Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos | Brazil | £16,660 | $21,537 |
8 | Jose Echevarne Gomez | Spain | £13,280 | $17,168 |
9 | Bhavin Khatri | United Kingdom | £10,000 | $12,927 |