2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

€888 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info

2020 888poker LIVE Festival Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
€150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€800,000
Entries
1,067
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1cd
Entries
516
Players Left
296

Braga and Sultanov Clash Again

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Not long ago, Fausto Braga da Silva had doubled Viacheslav Sultanov and now he was the player at risk when they got it in after a flop of {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}.

Fausto Braga da Silva: {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}
Viacheslav Sultanov: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Braga earned the checkmark right away on the {6-Spades} turn with quads and the {10-Spades} river became a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fausto Braga da Silva pt
Fausto Braga da Silva
95,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Viacheslav Sultanov ua
Viacheslav Sultanov
35,000
-45,000
-45,000

Tags: Fausto Braga Da SilvaViacheslav Sultanov

Nieto Martin Busts Molinari

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Two players were receiving a massage on the table, one of them being Petru Tarlev, and the other Nadir Molinari. On a three-way river of {q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, Molinari got his shorter stack into the middle. That earned one fold but Jose Maria Nieto Martin flicked in a single black T-100 chip for the call.

Molinari turned over {7-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Nieto Martin had the better two pair in {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jose Maria Nieto es
Jose Maria Nieto
180,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Petru Tarlev es
Petru Tarlev
140,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Nadir Molinari ch
Nadir Molinari
Busted

Tags: Jose Maria Nieto MartinPetru TarlevNadir Molinari

Molina Wins Without Showdown

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a completed board of {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{a-Spades} with 70,000 in the middle, Ignacio Molina bet 25,000 with fewer than that behind to send his opponent into the think tank. No call followed and Molina chipped up slightly towards the end of level eight.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of George Demetriou gb
George Demetriou
295,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Antonio Smeraglia it
Antonio Smeraglia
160,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Francesco Candelari it
Francesco Candelari
155,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Daria Feshchenko ru
Daria Feshchenko
155,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Luigi Shehadeh it
Luigi Shehadeh
150,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Evangelos Bechrakis gr
Evangelos Bechrakis
140,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Gabriel Podovei ro
Gabriel Podovei
125,000
-45,000
-45,000
Profile photo of Ignacio Molina es
Ignacio Molina
110,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Adrian Constantin ro
Adrian Constantin
105,000
-70,000
-70,000
Profile photo of Ka Kwan Lau es
Ka Kwan Lau
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Teresa Purti es
Teresa Purti
95,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Alvaro Merino es
Alvaro Merino
88,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Xiao Jiang es
Xiao Jiang
85,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Frederico Da Rocha pt
Frederico Da Rocha
85,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
85,000
Profile photo of David Hu nl
David Hu
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Kully Sidhu gb
Kully Sidhu
55,000
-38,000
-38,000
Profile photo of Carmen Zainescu ro
Carmen Zainescu
48,000
-77,000
-77,000
Profile photo of Gary Miller gb
Gary Miller
40,000
-28,000
-28,000
Profile photo of Will Kassouf
Will Kassouf
Busted

Tags: Ignacio Molina

Final Break of the Day

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Up to 377 entries have already been registered for Day 1c and all those that still have chips at their disposal have been sent into their final 15-minute break of the night. The next three 50-minute levels will be completed without any further break.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Value for Grimaldi

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a three-way flop of {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, Attila Kassitzky checked in the big blind and called a bet of Pasquale Grimaldi for 4,100 while a third player in early position also stuck around. The {4-Diamonds} followed on the turn and Kassitzky check-called another 13,000 by Grimaldi. After the {10-Clubs} river, the action went check, check, and Kassitzky tabled the {a-Spades}{3-Hearts} while Grimaldi had {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
140,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Attila Kassitzky hu
Attila Kassitzky
90,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Attila KassitzkyPasquale Grimaldi

Todorov Takes It On the River

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Zhivko Todorov called a raise to 3,000 by Alvaro Merino in early position and the big blind also called. On a flop of {6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, the action checked to Todorov on the button and his bet of 4,000 picked up two callers.

After the {3-Spades} turn they all checked and the {4-Diamonds} fell on the river. Again it was checked to Todorov and he bet 26,000 with 59,000 behind to force two folds.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Zhivko Todorov bg
Zhivko Todorov
105,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Alvaro Merino es
Alvaro Merino
70,000
-18,000
-18,000

Tags: Alvaro MerinoZhivko Todorov

Kassitzky Done for Now

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Attila Kassitzky had suffered a setback not long ago and he eventually bowed out just now. In a battle button versus big blind against Pablo dos Santos Castelo, the {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} river saw the Spaniard bet 25,000 and Kassitzky only had very few chips behind. He called all-in and mucked {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} when he was shown the {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs} by dos Santos Castelo.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pablo dos Santos Castelo es
Pablo dos Santos Castelo
200,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Attila Kassitzky hu
Attila Kassitzky
Busted

Tags: Attila KassitzkyPablo dos Santos Castelo

Eremia Doubles Through Candelari

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Niculae Eremia
Niculae Eremia

With already 150,000 in the middle, a battle hijack versus cutoff had resulted in the {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts} board and Niculae Eremia moved all-in for the last 60,200. That sent Francesco Candelari into the think tank and he used two time bank extensions.

"I don't believe you," the Italian almost whispered in table chat and eventually called.

"Nuts," Eremia announced and rolled over the {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} which sent Candelari groaning "so lucky" while he briefly exposed {j-Spades}{5-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Niculae Eremia ro
Niculae Eremia
270,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Francesco Candelari it
Francesco Candelari
75,000
-80,000
-80,000

Tags: Francesco CandelariNiculae Eremia