Nivel 11
: Blinds 800/1,600, 3,000 ante
Tournament officials announced that the day will end once the tables complete three more hands.
2025 888poker LIVE Madrid
€888 Main Event
Día 1a
Información del evento
2025 888poker LIVE Madrid
Resultados Finales
Información del evento
Información Nivel
Información jugadores - Día 1a
Buy-in
€888
Bolsa de premios
€306,280
Entries
403
Nivel
33
Ciegas
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
58
Jugadores vivos
28
Jugadores vivos 1 / 403
Filtro
(1)
Nivel 11
: Blinds 800/1,600, 3,000 ante
Yurii Zabrodotskiy raised to 3,500 in middle positon, Gavin Keane three-bet to 13,500 in the small blind, and Zabrodotskiy called.
Keane checked the 7♣5♥4♦ flop and Zabrodotskiy bet 7,500. Keane called and checked again on the K♥ turn. Zabrodotskiy bet 28,000 this time, and Keane quickly folded.
The next hand, Keane three-bet to 8,700 on the button and David McConachie moved all in for 29,200 in the small blind. Keane took a minute before calling.
David McConachie: K♠Q♦ 
Gavin Keane: A♣9♠
McConachie took the lead on the K♣9♦4♠ flop with a pair of kings, while the rest of the board came 7♣2♠ to earn him a double up on one of the last hands of the night.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | |
|
130,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Nivel 11
: Blinds 800/1,600, 3,000 ante
Day 1a has ended with approximately 30 players remaining.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Nivel 11
: Blinds 800/1,600, 3,000 ante
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
231,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
222,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
189,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
174,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
157,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
155,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
152,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
150,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
146,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
141,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
115,500 | |
|
107,500 | |
|
106,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
100,500 | |
|
91,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
88,000 | |
|
|
68,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
64,500 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
53,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
49,000 | |
|
|
46,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
44,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
36,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Nivel 11
: Blinds 800/1,600, 3,000 ante
The leaderboard at the end of Day 1a of the €888 888poker Live Madrid Main Event features one familiar name.
Manuel Ledesma stood atop the field at this event last year, taking home the trophy and €58,000 top prize. He returned to Casino Gran Via today and picked up right where he left off. He got creative by shoving the turn and forcing Mario Diaz off two aces, showing a pair of jacks and a straight draw as he took the pot and began to assemble a massive stack. He ended up with 222,000 and in second chip position among the 28 surviving players.
Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borja Diaz | Spain | 231,000 | 116 |
| 2 | Manuel Ledesma | Spain | 222,000 | 111 |
| 3 | Estanis Perez | Spain | 189,000 | 95 |
| 4 | Justinas Fiseris | Lithuania | 174,000 | 87 |
| 5 | Yurii Zabrodotskyi | Ukraine | 157,000 | 79 |
| 6 | Gavin Keane | Ireland | 155,000 | 78 |
| 7 | Roman Isaienko | Ukraine | 152,000 | 76 |
| 8 | Abraham Serrano | Spain | 150,500 | 75 |
| 9 | Alvaro Murciano | Spain | 146,000 | 73 |
| 10 | Oleksii Shchukin | Ukraine | 141,000 | 71 |
Ledesma is looking up only at Borja Diaz, who was also at that final table a year ago where he finished in fourth place. Diaz bagged up 231,000 to take the chip lead as he looks for another deep run. Estanis Perez knocked out last year’s high roller champion Stefan Cupic when he called a river shove with a full house and Cupic only showed ace-high; Perez also busted Nazariy Piznak by rivering the nut flush, finishing with 189,000 and the third-biggest stack. Justinas Fiseris (174,000) and Yurii Zabrodotskyi (157,000) round out the top five.
Abraham Serrano was on the right side of the biggest pot of the early levels today. He flopped top set as he and Mourad Mengouchi got all their chips in the middle with around 150,000 at stake. Mengouchi turned a flush, but Serrano spiked quads on the river to knock out the former big stack in stunning fashion. Serrano rode that momentum to the end of the day, bagging up 150,500.
Other players to make it through the day included Gavin Keane (155,000), Oleksii Shchukin (141,000), David McConachie (65,000), Michael Uguccioni (44,500), last year’s runner-up Juan Lyons (36,000), and Jorge Ufano (16,000).
A total of 58 players took to the felt on the first starting flight today. Ian Simpson was the only member of the 888poker team to begin their tournament today, but he didn’t last long and will have to try again on another bullet over the coming days.
Day 1b begins tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time. All surviving players from the four starting flights combine for Day 2 on January 18 at 5 p.m.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow following all the action and providing updates as another crop of players take their shot at the title here in Madrid.
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Día 1a completado
