888Live Makes it Big in London During October

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888Live London Festival

888poker is making it big in London from Oct. 13 through to Oct. 23 with the 888Live Festival, a series that complements the world-renowned 888Live Events and gives players the ultimate 888poker live experience.

This 11-day festival features 17 tournaments and a handful of satellites priced as low as $165 and increasing up to $2,650.

Kicking off the 888Live London Festival is a $135,000 (�100,000) guaranteed Opening Event costing $300 to enter. Featuring three starting flights for the convenience of the players, the Opening Event is the perfect way to get the festival off to a flying start.

Almost every day, there is a $165 buy in Lightening 6-Max tournament, which lends its name from one of 888poker��s online tournaments. This tournament has a 36-player cap, although alternates will be taken. Aspers Casino will do all they can to ensure everyone is seated. Fans of deep stacks and faster structures should enjoy the $165 Turbo Mega Deep tournaments running throughout the festival.

The two larger buy in tournaments are the $1,080 buy in Main Event with a $265,000 (��200,000) guaranteed prize pool. You can qualify for these online at 888poker. The other is the $2,850 buy-in High Roller which is sure to attract some of London��s elite poker players to the vast Aspers tournament floor.

888Live London Festival Schedule

DateTime (UK)EventBuy-inGuarantee
Thursday 13 October6:00pm888Live London Festival-Opening Event Day 1a$300$135,000
Friday 14 October6:00pm888Live London Festival-Opening Event Day 1b$300$135,000
Saturday 15 October1:00pm888Live London Festival-Opening Event Day 1c$300$135,000
 3:00pmLightening 6-Max 36-player cap$165 
Sunday 16 October12:00888Live London Festival-Opening Event Final Day $135,000
 5:00pmLightening 6-Max 36-player cap$165 
 7:00pmTurbo Mega Deep$165 
Tuesday 18 October7:00pmLightening 6-Max 36-player cap$165 
 6:00pmTurbo Mega Deep$165 
Wednesday 19 October3:00pmHigh Roller Day 1$2,650 
 5:00pmLightening 6-Max 36-player cap$165 
 6:00pmTurbo Mega Deep$165 
Thursday 20 October12:00pm888Live London Festival Main Event Day 1a$1,180$265,000
 3:00pmHigh Roller Day 2  
 5:00pmLightening 6-Max 36-player cap$165 
 6:00pmTurbo Mega Deep Omaha$335 
Friday 21 October12:00888Live London Festival Main Event Day 1a$1,180$265,000
 5:00pmLightening 6-Max 36-player cap$165 
 6:00pmMega Knockout Live$540 
Saturday 22 October12:00pm888Live London Festival Main Event Day 2 $265,000
 4:00pmTwo Day 25K$300 
Sunday 23 October1:00pm888Live London Festival Main Event Final Day $265,000
 3:00pmTwo Day 25K Day 2  
 5:00pmLightening 6-Max 36-player cap$165 
 6:00pmTurbo Mega Deep$165 

Satellites to the Opening Event and the Main Event are running around the clock at 888poker from as little as $0.01. These one cent buy in satellites are part of 888poker��s Step system which feed into larger and larger buy in Steps up to $109.

The Main Event satellites that award seats to the Main Event cost $109 to enter while the Opening Event seat awarding satellites only cost $30 to buy into.

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What��s more, your second deposit will be matched 100% up to an industry-leading $888, meaning you could be getting your hands on a total of $996 in cash, which will come in handy if you��re heading to compete at the 888Live London Festival.

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