The Turbo Deepstack
Day 1 Completed
2017 888Live Poker Festival London
The Turbo Deepstack
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 888Live Poker Festival London
Buy-in
£80
Entries
108
Level
21
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
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Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
After nearly 9 hours of poker Ali Sakallioglu lifted the Turbo Deepstack trophy aloft in triumph and was £1,800 richer.
The Turbo Deepstack is the third event of 888Poker’s Festival of Poker at Aspers Casino, Westfield City and had a large £8,888 guarantee for a £80 buy-in with a 20,000 starting stack, 200 big blinds, and a 20-minute clock.
The event attracted 91 players and 17 re-entries to make a total of 108 entries. Two re-entries were permitted per player up to the close of late registration after six levels. That number fell just 3 entries short of the guarantee so there was a little bit of extra value for the players with a small overlay.
The action was fairly fast paced all evening and barely slowed down for the unlucky player who bubbled. Once there was 3 tables left though play did tighten up as players looked to ladder with one eye on the top spot and it took another two hours to reach the official final table of 9.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Table | 1 | Attila Nyitrai | 330,000 | |
| Final Table | 2 | Ali Sakallioglu | 213,000 | |
| Final Table | 3 | George Achillea | 149,000 | |
| Final Table | 4 | Lee Beetles | 138,000 | |
| Final Table | 5 | Jan Ronningen | 393,000 | |
| Final Table | 6 | Eugan Marcu | 117,000 | |
| Final Table | 7 | Ivan Milev | 95,000 | |
| Final Table | 8 | Yilfer Shevket | 62,4000 | |
| Final Table | 9 | Olly Durham | 23,000 |
By the time they had reached the last 9 stacks were shallow once more and it was a game of shove or fold. When Lee Beetles fell in 4th place the remaining players agreed to take £1,800 each and play on for the trophy which was eventually won by Ali Sakallioglu.
| Place | Name | Payout | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Sakallioglu | £1,800 | |
| 2 | Jan Ronningen | £1,800 | |
| 3 | Yilfer Shevket | £1,800 | |
| 4 | Lee Beetles | £830 | |
| 5 | Eugan Marcu | £625 | |
| 6 | Ivan Milev | £500 | |
| 7 | Attila Nyitrai | £415 | |
| 8 | Olly Durham | £230 | |
| 9 | George Achillea | £230 | |
| 10 | Ion Albu | £180 | |
| 11 | Stylianus Papatolids | £180 | |
| 12 | Egis Alsauskas | £180 |
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Recap to come.
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
All the chips were in preflop with Jan Ronningen holding 
and the player at risk against the 
of Ali Sakallioglu.
The board ran out 
Sakallioglu had the better flush to bust Ronningen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Ali Sakallioglu was all in with ace-nine and Yilfer Shevket had ace-ten.
A nine came on the turn thought to eliminate Shevket.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
687,000
|
687,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
They briefly stopped the clock and agreed to each take £1,800 and play for the trophy.
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Lee Beetles shoved his short stack holding 
and was called by Jan Ronningen with 
and Yilfer Shevket with 
.
They checked it all the way down of a board reading 
.
The ten was good enough to bust Beetles and give Ronningen thepot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Jan Ronningen moved all in from the small blind and Eugan Marcu called.
Ronningen: 
Marcu: 
The cards fell 
and the turn delivered the Jack to bust his friend Marcu.
Level: 21
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 20
: 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Jan Ronningen shoved for 212,000 with 
and Yilfer Shevket called with 
.
The board ran out 
.
Ronningen got his double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
|
430,000
20,000
|
20,000 |