Two Starting Days Remain in the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event
Three of the five starting days of the 2018 888poker LIVE Festival London £1,100 Main Event have concluded and a field of 365 entries has emerged thus far at the Aspers Casino at Westfield Stratford City hus far. There is little doubt that the guaranteed prize pool of £400,000 will be met, but easily surpassed by quite some margin as another two flights will take place today.
Day 1d will kick off at 1 p.m. local time and feature 12 levels of 40 minutes each with a break every three levels. The final starting day will then get underway at 7 p.m. local time with reduced level times of 20 minutes each. All survivors will combine with the 103 players that already secured their seats for Day 2.
Frenchman Antoine Labat remains the current chip leader with an impressive stack of 300,500, while Thomas Muehloecker topped the 1b counts with 253,000. In the early morning hours, it was Finland's Tuomo Niskanen (275,000) that claimed the honors of 1c chip leader, followed by Fernando Pons (217,000) and Parviz Siabi (230,500).
888poker LIVE London £1,100 Main Event at a Glance
| Day | Date | Time | Entries | Survivors | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | November 29th 2018 | 18:00 | 97 | 23 | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1b | November 30th 2018 | 13:00 | 128 | 39 | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1c | November 30th 2018 | 18:00 | 140 | 41 | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1d | December 1st 2018 | 13:00 | tba | tba | Play 12 levels of 40 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 1e | December 1st 2018 | 19:00 | tba | tba | Play 12 levels of 20 minutes each, re-entry available |
| 2 | December 2nd 2018 | 14:00 | tba | tba | Registration closes at start; Level duration 60 minutes |
| 3 | December 2nd 2018 | 14:00 | tba | tba | Play down to a champion; live stream with hole cards |
The tournament features the popular big blind ante structure and a 30-second Action Clock, which gives all players 30 seconds to act. On top of that, everyone receives four 30-second time banks that will go in play automatically. The time banks will be topped up before the start of Day 2 and the final table.
Day 1 Blind Level Structure
Main Event Day 1b and 1c Blind Level Structure
| Level | Duration 1d/1e | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40/20 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 40/20 | 100 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 40/20 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 40/20 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 40/20 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 40/20 | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 40/20 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 40/20 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 40/20 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 40/20 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 40/20 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 40/20 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
PokerNews will be your one-stop shop from start to finish for this tournament with updates for Day 1d and a brief recap of Day 1e, along with the final chip counts for both flights.