The Race to the Money on Day 2 of the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event
All four starting days of the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid €888 Main Event have wrapped up and there have been a total of 980 entries thus far with at least 534 players returning to their seats at the Casino Gran Via Madrid at 5 p.m. local time. Three players bagged up twice and will carry over their biggest stack into Day 2.
The blinds will recommence at 1,200-2,400 with a big blind ante of 2,400, the registration and re-entry period will remain open for the first two 50-minute levels and following break. From there on out, the tournament is essentially a freezeout and the livestream will commence on the 888poker social media channels.
Leading the field into Day 2 is 1c chip leader Lin Ruida with 588,000, followed by Kfir Ivgi (535,000) and Jose Carlos Garcia (505,200) who topped their respective starting day. Plenty of other players have hundreds of big blinds at their disposal including such big names as Claudio Di Giacomo (453,000), Valentin Cristea (368,800), Marius Gicovanu (363,100), Francisco Pulido (348,600), Alessandro Borsa (290,000), and Abdelhakim Zoufri (283,900), Jordi Corominas (269,000), Ebony Kenney (267,700), Federico Anselmi (267,200), and Carl Shaw (251,800) are all way above the average.
Team 888poker will also have a full line-up for Day 2 as Martin Jacobson (194,000), Vivian Saliba (190,700), Chris Moorman (170,400), Ana Marquez (167,800), and Dominik Nitsche (78,800) made it through from the first starting day. Daria Feshchenko joined them via the third flight with a stack of 130,000 and Sofia Lovgren may still take advantage of the late registration, as will Kara Scott.
All four starting days at a glance
| Day | Entries | Survivors |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 180 | 93 |
| 1B | 286 | 149 |
| 1C | 420 | 229 |
| 1D | 94 | 67 |
| 2 |
A long day of poker is ahead of all those that want to make it one step further as the tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner the following day. Stay tuned to find out who makes the cut here in Madrid and follow the action right here on PokerNews.