2018 888poker LIVE Festival London

£1,100 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 888poker LIVE Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
£121,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£649,440
Entries
656
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000

Lawless Takes From Lee

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Hak-Hyun Lee raised to 200,000 first to act with {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Derek Lawless defended the big blind with the {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. Both players checked the {J-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop and improved to a flush on the {9-Hearts} turn. Again the action went check, check, and Lawless bet 250,000 on the {6-Diamonds} river.

Lee called and saw the bad news to drop down to 20 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Derek Lawless gb
Derek Lawless
3,600,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Hak-Hyun Lee se
Hak-Hyun Lee
1,700,000
-400,000
-400,000

Tags: Derek LawlessHyun Lee

Raise and Take It for Williams

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

James Williams raised to 200,000 with the {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} in the cutoff and won the blinds and big blind ante.

Williams raised once more with the {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and Craig Sweden forfeited his small blind with {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, shaking his head and dropping back to half a million.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
4,200,000
200,000
200,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Derek Lawless gb
Derek Lawless
3,200,000
-200,000
-200,000
Profile photo of James Williams us
James Williams
2,800,000
600,000
600,000
Profile photo of Philippe Souki gb
Philippe Souki
2,700,000
-400,000
-400,000
Profile photo of [Removed:208] rs
[Removed:208]
2,400,000
Profile photo of Hak-Hyun Lee se
Hak-Hyun Lee
2,100,000
-200,000
-200,000
Profile photo of Aleem Kanji gb
Aleem Kanji
1,200,000
-200,000
-200,000
Profile photo of Christos Xanthopoulos gr
Christos Xanthopoulos
850,000
-250,000
-250,000
Profile photo of Craig Sweden gb
Craig Sweden
540,000
-160,000
-160,000

Tags: Craig SwedenJames Williams

Miracle Double for Sweden

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Antoine Labat raised to 175,000 with the {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs} and Craig Sweden in the big blind folded the {5-Clubs}{4-Spades} with very few big blinds behind.

Labat then raised to 225,000 with {A-Hearts}{J-Spades} and Sweden shoved for 270,000 in the small blind with the {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}.

The board came {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Spades}{5-Spades} and Sweden received a miracle double with running spades to pull a rabbit out of the hat.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
4,000,000
200,000
200,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Craig Sweden gb
Craig Sweden
700,000
270,000
270,000

Tags: Antoine LabatCraig Sweden

Another Premium Pocket Pair for Lawless

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Derek Lawless picked up pocket queens right after the break and claimed the blinds and antes.

Then, Christos Xanthopoulos raised to 175,000 with {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} and Lawless three-bet to 375,000 with the {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}. Xanthopoulos called and the flop brought {Q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts}, on which the Greek checked. Lawless bet 525,000 and Xanthopoulos called to see the {A-Spades} turn, giving Lawless top set.

Both players checked and the {8-Diamonds} on the river triggered another check by Xanthopoulos. Lawless moved all in and Xanthopoulos asked for a count. The Greek used two time banks and sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Derek Lawless gb
Derek Lawless
3,400,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
Profile photo of Christos Xanthopoulos gr
Christos Xanthopoulos
1,100,000
-900,000
-900,000

Tags: Christos XanthopoulosDerek Lawless

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Souki Takes From Kanji

Level 26 : 30,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Philippe Souki raised to 110,000 with the {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and Aleem Kanji defended the big blind with {J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. Kanji checked and called a bet of 90,000 by Souki on the {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop and led the {J-Hearts} turn for 165,000 after improving to a pair of jacks. Souki called and the {5-Diamonds} turn paired the board.

Kanji checked and Souki made it 405,000 to go, which was eventually called by Kanji.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philippe Souki gb
Philippe Souki
3,100,000
900,000
900,000
Profile photo of Aleem Kanji gb
Aleem Kanji
1,400,000
-800,000
-800,000

Tags: Aleem KanjiPhilippe Souki

Labat Continues With Aggression

Level 26 : 30,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Antoine Labat raised to 100,000 with the {10-Spades}{9-Spades} and raked in the blinds and big blind ante.

Philippe Souki then raised to 115,000 with {A-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} in the cutoff and claimed the pot without resistance.

Labat made it 150,000 to go with the {K-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and Derek Lawless defended his big blind with the {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. Labat flopped best on {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Lawless checked, Labat bet and that ended the hand right there.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
3,800,000
400,000
400,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of [Removed:208] rs
[Removed:208]
2,400,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Hak-Hyun Lee se
Hak-Hyun Lee
2,300,000
-390,000
-390,000
Profile photo of Derek Lawless gb
Derek Lawless
2,200,000
-200,000
-200,000
Profile photo of Aleem Kanji gb
Aleem Kanji
2,200,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of James Williams us
James Williams
2,200,000
-380,000
-380,000
Profile photo of Philippe Souki gb
Philippe Souki
2,200,000
Profile photo of Christos Xanthopoulos gr
Christos Xanthopoulos
2,000,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Craig Sweden gb
Craig Sweden
430,000
-130,000
-130,000

Tags: Antoine LabatDerek LawlessPhilippe Souki

Labat Jams Into Lawless

Level 26 : 30,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Derek Lawless raised to 135,000 on the button with the {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} and Aleem Kanji in the big blind three-bet to 405,000 with the {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. Lawless used a time bank and then slid in a four-bet to 1.2 million. Kanji gave it some thought and folded.

Lawless then picked up the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} and raised it up to 115, Antoine Labat three-bet to 350,000 with {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} on the button. Lawless called and the flop came {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{2-Hearts}, which prompted a bet of 360,000 by Lawless despite the two overcards. Labat opted to call and the {10-Hearts} followed on the turn.

Lawless let his 30 seconds to act run down and checked, and Labat quickly grabbed into his chip stack to see how much he had left. Labat then bet 360,000 with 1.1 million behind and Lawless counted his T-100,000 chips, double-checked his cards and called to create a massive pot of 2.3 million.

After the {5-Diamonds} river, Lawless checked and Labat moved all in for half the pot. Lawless folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
3,400,000
1,535,000
1,535,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Derek Lawless gb
Derek Lawless
2,400,000
-500,000
-500,000
Profile photo of Aleem Kanji gb
Aleem Kanji
2,100,000
-535,000
-535,000

Tags: Aleem KanjiAntoine LabatDerek Lawless