Boi, Estrada, Martin Lead €888 Main Event Field Into Day 2
After an exciting opening week of action at 888poker LIVE Madrid, it’s time for the real fireworks to begin. The €888 Main Event has reached Day 2, as the remaining field combines into one room at Casino Gran Via with the top prize of the series up for grabs.
Players are currently competing in the last chance Day 1d turbo flight, while late registration remains open until the start of play at 5 p.m. local time. A total of 377 entries were made over the first three days of action, with the remaining 117 players bringing their stacks into Day 2.
The chip leaders of each day so far occupy the top three spots on the leaderboard, with Italy’s Paolo Boi returning to his seat with 134 big blinds after dominating Day 1a. Federico Estrada is next with 492,000 chips, good for 123 big blinds after topping the Day 1b field. Meanwhile, the top Spanish player is Nacho Martin, who led the way on Day 1c and is the only other player with more than 100 big blinds.
Overall Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Boi | Italy | 535,000 | 134 |
| 2 | Federico Estrada | Argentina | 492,000 | 123 |
| 3 | Nacho Martin | Spain | 432,000 | 108 |
| 4 | Carlos Perez-Dosio | Spain | 383,000 | 96 |
| 5 | Daniel Tafur | Spain | 367,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Barry Donovan | Ireland | 359,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Joseph Matter | N/A | 356,000 | 89 |
| 8 | Yakiv Syzghanov | Ukraine | 351,000 | 88 |
| 9 | Beltran Garcia | Spain | 339,000 | 85 |
| 10 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | 334,000 | 84 |
The 888poker Ambassador team will be well represented on Day 2, including Ian Simpson bagging a big stack on his sixth bullet of the event on Day 1c. Simpson is joined by Alexandre Mantovani, Vivian Saliba, Lucía Navarro, along with Stream Team member Nick Eastwood.
Other notable names returning today include Jorge Ufano sitting tenth in chips, along with George Chirac, Davide Suriano, Guillermo Sánchez and Spanish footballer Aleix Vidal.
Day 2 gets underway at 5 p.m. local time with the remaining field from the opening four flights combining for the first time, along with Day 2 entries. Full prize pool information will be revealed once the final field size is set.
Action picks up on Level 12, with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and a 4,000 big blind ante. Another 11 levels will be played, with a 45-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 16. You watch the feature table battle on 888poker's Twitch and YouTube channels.
The PokerNews team will continue to cover all of the action at Casino Gran Via as the busy weekend continues here in Madrid.