888Live London Festival Opening Event
Day 2 Completed
2017 888Live Poker Festival London
888Live London Festival Opening Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 888Live Poker Festival London
Buy-in
£220
Prize Pool
£120,000
Entries
771
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000
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Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 30,000 ante
The final day of the 888Live London Festival Opening Event saw 124 survivors from the 4 day 1s joined by 5 new players to make 129 players to start Day 2.
With 521 entries and 250 rebuys, the entries reached a total of 771 resulting in a prize pool of £142,758 which smashed the £120,000 guarantee.
The eventual winner was set to receive £26,000 and a seat to the Main Event worth an additional £1,100. All nine players who made the final table received a ticket to the Main Event. A total of 81 players got paid, with a min-cash being set at £400.
One of the early casualties, short of the money, was Giovanni Rizzo who lost a flip for his last 10 big blinds with 
against 
as an ace on the flop ended his tournament.
Chris Davis was the unlucky bubble boy, and it was a very unlucky exit, as he flopped a full house and got the money in versus an opponent who held trips but made the better full house on the river.
It took just over two hours to reach the bubble and the pace of eliminations hardly slowed down until they reached the final table of nine around 11 p.m on Sunday when it slowed down considerably.
Official Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Table | 1 | Ka Him Li | 2,030,000 | |
| Final Table | 2 | Phi Bang Vo | 2,235,000 | |
| Final Table | 3 | Tom Hughes | 3,115,000 | |
| Final Table | 4 | Christopher Kyriacou | 2,285,000 | |
| Final Table | 5 | Vincent Anderson | 3,205,000 | |
| Final Table | 6 | Gabriel-Antomio Gusetoiu | 1,395,000 | |
| Final Table | 7 | Javier Dopazo | 2,655,000 | |
| Final Table | 8 | Terry Simpson | 4,713,000 | |
| Final Table | 9 | [Removed:77] | 1,420,000 |
Stacks were shallow and the blinds were creeping up and no one could get a decisive advantage as ICM and pay-jumps became a major factor.
It took several coolers before there were three players left and they agreed on a deal at close to 4:30 a.m.
Christopher Kyriacou had a slight chip lead and he got the trophy and £20,000. Ka Him Litook £17,900 for second, just above Terry Simpson, who was happy with £17,675 and third.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,130,000
13,630,000
|
13,630,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 30,000 ante
The final three players agreed a deal as follows.
Christopher Kyriacou gets the trophy and £20,000.
Ka Him Li: £17,900
Terry Simpson: £17,675
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 30,000 ante
The clock has been paused while the final three look at numbers with a view to making a deal.
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 30,000 ante
Tom Hughes shoved from the cut-off and Christopher Kyriacou called from the button.
Hughes: 
Kyriacou: 
The board ran out 
The tens held for Kyriacou to eliminate Hughes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,500,000
3,205,000
|
3,205,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 30,000 ante
Terry Simpson moved all in and got called by Vincent Anderson
Simpson: 
Anderson: 
The board ran out 
Simpson hit to get a double up.
Anderson moved all in next hand with 
and got called by Tom Hughes in the big blind with 
.
The board ran out 
.
In two back-to-back hands Anderson could find no luck and he was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,500,000
3,920,000
|
3,920,000 |
|
|
5,500,000
930,000
|
930,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,295,000
2,595,000
|
2,595,000 |
|
|
5,495,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
4,570,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
4,440,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
2,580,000
-1,320,000
|
-1,320,000 |
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 20,000 ante
The last 5 players are on a 15-minute break.
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 20,000 ante
Still 5 players left with stacks getting shallow.