Svetlin Ivanov Wins 888Poker London Live Opening Event for 16,440!

After a grueling final day with over 14 hours of incredible poker, Svetlin Ivanov has endured a tough field to triumph and win the 888live London Poker Festival £100,000 Guaranteed Opening Event here at Aspers Casino in Stratford, London.

* Following a four-way deal

The final day began with 109 in seats, but a flurry of early bust-outs began, with the money bubble not reached until 72 players. Such names as Gholamreza Mozaffari-Torshizi, Danito Salvatore Carlucci and Thissa De Silva all failed to cash. Arron Fletcher had dominated his Day 1a flight and he burst the bubble in record time, hardly a pause between hand-for-hand being announced and Ronnie Blank becoming the unlucky ‘Bubble Boy’.

Fletcher opened to 18,000 from the hijack position, and Blank elected to call and leave himself 50,000 chips behind from the big blind. The flop of saw both men check, but on the turn, Blank moved all-in.

“I’m sorry.” said Fletcher, tabling . Blank wasn’t drawing dead, having flopped a set with pocket threes. The river ended Blank’s chances, however, and put the field in the money.

Yimin Yang took over the mantle that seemed to exist silently among the players all day – as soon as one player started dominating the play, another hero stepped forward to push for the lead. He busted three players when his flush draw on the flop ousted pocket aces and Farhan Khan’s .

Chaz Chattha missed out on the latter stages when his short-stack shove with ran into Thomas Pedersen’s and his friend …

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