£1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2024 888poker LIVE Manchester
£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2024 888poker LIVE Manchester
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£265,050
Entries
279
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
84
Players Left
19
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
British poker superstar Tom Middleton proved he wasn’t satisfied with just one trophy today on Day 1b of the £1,100 888poker Live Manchester Main Event.
Middleton won the High Roller event earlier in the day and then immediately jumped into the Main Event. While he was forced to fire a second bullet, he made the most of the opportunity by ending the day with 227,500, good for fourth place among the 19 surviving players. Middleton picked up queens to send Matthew Davenport to the reentry cage, then won a flip to bust Lewis Day on the last level of the night.
Keith Johnson spent most of Day 1b near the top of the leaderboard and ended it as the top stack with 297,000. Johnson seized the chip lead early when he called Maxim Fana’s river shove with two pair. He later made a full house with pocket fives to bust another player.
Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Johnson | United Kingdom | 297,000 | 99 |
| 2 | Thomas Erentz | United Kingdom | 278,000 | 93 |
| 3 | Simon Davidson | United Kingdom | 244,500 | 82 |
| 4 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | 227,500 | 76 |
| 5 | Qasim Zia | United Kingdom | 220,500 | 74 |
| 6 | Enea Soumpasi | United Kingdom | 178,000 | 59 |
| 7 | Bashir Ali | United Kingdom | 168,000 | 56 |
| 8 | Matthew Davenport | United Kingdom | 132,000 | 44 |
| 9 | Timothy Slater | United Kingdom | 130,000 | 43 |
| 10 | Ian Simpson | United Kingdom | 112,000 | 37 |
Thomas Erentz (278,000), Simon Davidson (244,500), and Qasim Zia (220,500) round out the top five. Bashir Ali made a miracle full house to stun Arian Hassankashani late in the day on his way to bagging up 168,000, while Davenport (132,000), Yucel Eminoglu (68,000), and 888poker Live Madrid runner-up Juan Lyons (60,500) also survived the day. 888poker Ambassador Ian Simpson doubled up with kings versus the queens of Mark McDade and finished with 112,000. He’ll be joined by fellow team pro Vivian Saliba (76,500) on Day 2.
Among the notables to bust on Day 1b were Dean Hutchison, Team 888poker members Nick Eastwood, Lucia Navarro, Josh Manley, Dave Brady, and Jack Dean, as well as UFC veteran Terence Etim and Sinead Priestley. Navarro busted when Zia made a running straight to crack her flopped top set, while Manley ran a flush into Keith Cheung’s higher flush to bust.
The 19 remaining players will combine with the three survivors from the opening flight when Day 2 begins on August 24 at noon local time. They’ll be joined by players from Day 1c tomorrow at noon, as well as from the turbo Day 1d flight that begins at 8 p.m. Late registration remains open until the start of Day 2. The 84 entries on Day 1b have boosted the field to 107 through two starting flights, but that number will grow considerably tomorrow.
Stay tuned to PokerNews tomorrow for all the updates from the last two starting flights.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
297,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
||
|
278,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
244,500
82,500
|
82,500 |
|
227,500
57,500
|
57,500 |
|
||
|
220,500
70,500
|
70,500 |
|
178,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
168,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
132,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
130,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
112,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
|
101,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
77,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
76,500
41,500
|
41,500 |
|
||
|
74,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
68,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
|
60,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
60,500
500
|
500 |
|
40,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Day 1b has ended with 19 players remaining out of 84 total entries.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Tournament officials announced that players will see four more hands before bagging up for the night.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of A♦10♦J♥, Arian Hassankashani bet 14,000 from middle position before Bashir Ali raised to 30,000 in the small blind. Hassankashani then moved all in and Ali called for 76,000.
Bashir Ali: A♠10♠ 
Arian Hassankashani: K♠Q♣
Ali showed down two pair, but Hassankashani revealed the bad news when he turned over the nut straight. The turn, though, was the 10♥ to give Ali a full house. The J♠ fell on the river and Ali secured the fortunate double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
60,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of K♥6♥K♠, Hossein Aghdaghi moved all in for 21,000 from the big blind and Simon Davidson called on the button.
Hossein Aghdaghi: 7♠6♣
Simon Davidson: A♠J♦
Aghdaghi was ahead with two pair and needed to dodge Davidson's overcards to double up. The 9♠ turn was safe, while the 3♣ river left Aghdaghih breathing a sigh of relief as he stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
162,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
61,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Lewis Day moved all in for 50,000 from the button and Tom Middleton put him at risk from early position.
Lewis Day: 7♦7♥
Tom Middleton: A♣Q♣
The flop came Q♦2♦3♥ and Middleton took the lead with a pair of queens. The rest of the board ran out 9♣8♣ and Day was sent to the rail on the last level of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Qasim Zia raised to 5,500 in early position, Jamie Dale three-bet to 17,500 in the small blind, and Zia called.
Dale continued for 9,000 on the A♥J♣6♥ flop and Zia called. Dale checked the J♣ turn, Zia bet 21,000, and Dale called.
Both players checked the 8♣ river. "I've got the ace," Dale said, showing A♠6♠ as Zia slammed his cards down into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
120,000
80,000
|
80,000 |