Field Combines to Chase Big Prize Pool in £888 Main Event
After six starting flights this week at 888poker LIVE Coventry, the remaining field will finally combine for Day 2 of the £888 Main Event at 5:15 p.m. local time.
With the final turbo flight running today at Coventry Building Society Arena, the total field climbed well above 700 entries to smash the £500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Full payout information will be posted after the start of play, as the money bubble looms this evening.
The overall chip leader is Brandon Harris, who collected a massive stack of 599,000 chips on Day 1a. Harris will bring 100 big blinds into play today, in great position to make a deep Main Event run.
Among the chip leaders is 888poker StreamTeam member Ricardo Mateus, who navigated a busy Day 1d flight to finish with 395,000, good for 66 big blinds.
Day 1a-1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Harris | United Kingdom | 599,000 | 100 |
| 2 | Oliver Braddock | United Kingdom | 497,000 | 83 |
| 3 | Longmao Fan | China | 488,000 | 81 |
| 4 | Mo Romanowicz | United Kingdom | 432,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Christopher Johnson | United Kingdom | 420,000 | 70 |
| 6 | Jiang Pu | United Kingdom | 413,000 | 69 |
| 7 | Ricardo Mateus | Portugal | 395,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Yucel Eminoglu | Turkey | 379,000 | 63 |
| 9 | Philip Broughton | United Kingdom | 356,000 | 59 |
| 10 | Mindaugas Kurlenskas | United Kingdom | 351,000 | 59 |
Among the other names with a big stack are Day 1d chip leader Oliver Braddock (497,000), Longmao Fan (488,000), Mo Romanowicz (432,000), Christopher Johnson (420,000) and Jiang Pu (413,000), who set the pace on Day 1b.
888poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro made it through the massive flight last night, bagging up 253,000 chips to return with 42 big blinds.
Fellow team member Ian Simpson will also take a seat on Day 2, but will have some work to do sitting with 69,000 after the Day 1c turbo flight.
Action resumes at 5:15 p.m. with the start of Day 2, where late registration will close and the total prize pool will be set. Those who join the tournament today will begin with a starting stack of 30,000 chips, with Level 15 blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante.
The scheduled plan is to play 12 more levels lasting 40 minutes each, with breaks after every three levels. Those that remain will then return for the final day of action, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 20.
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