2024 888poker LIVE Madrid

�888 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 888poker LIVE Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€57,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€333,905
Entries
435
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
85
Players Left
24

Paolo Boi, Jorge Ufano Climb to the Top on Day 1a of the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event; Ian Simpson Fires Three Bullets

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jorge Ufano
Jorge Ufano

It was a particularly enjoyable day inside the Casino Gran Via for the 24 players who managed to survive Day 1a of the 888poker LIVE Madrid �888 Main Event. 888poker Ambassador Ian Simpson, however, was not one of them.

Simpson was the first casualty of the event when he went for a river bluff and was picked off by Jorge Ufano. But Simpson��s woes were hardly over from there. Taking advantage of unlimited reentries, he next shoved with tens on a queen-high board but Jason Wheatley had king-queen. Simpson fired a third bullet but ran his tens into the jacks of Daniel Tafur as he made the walk to the exit a third time.

Ian Simpson
Ian Simpson

The players who did outlast 85 total entries make it through 11 45-minute levels are led by Paolo Boi. Boi knocked out Narcis Cristian Olaru with two pair early in the day to begin his ascent to the top of the leaderboard with 535,000. He is followed by Tafur (367,000), Joseph Matter (356,000), Ufano (334,000), and Jonas ten Cate, who��s put himself in position for a second straight deep run in this event as he followed up his fifth-place finish from a year ago by bagging 334,000.

Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Paolo BoiItaly535,000178
2Daniel TafurSpain367,000122
3Joseph MatterN/A356,000119
4Jorge UfanoSpain334,000111
5Jonas ten CateNetherlands312,000104
6Constantino RussoItaly221,00074
7Jorge PalominoSpain212,00071
8Jonas FerrutFrance198,00066
9Gregory GrechFrance186,00062
10Ahmed AbdellaUnited Kingdom184,00061

Other players still in the hunt include Jorge Palomino (212,000), Gregory Grech (186,000), Niek Minten (146,000), Ryan Dansie (136,000), and Lois Dufouleur (80,000). Simpson��s fellow 888poker Ambassador Vivian Saliba was among those sent to the rail on Day 1a, along with the likes of Michael Uguccioni and Wheatley.

They��ll have another shot at entering on Day 1b tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time. There are three more opening flights, with Day 1c taking place on January 27 at 5 p.m. and a turbo Day 1d flight at 1 p.m. on January 28. The remaining players will then combine for Day 2 at 5 p.m., with late registration open until the start of the day.

Today was just the first of what will be five action-packed days here in the Spanish capital, so stay tuned as PokerNews returns tomorrow for more coverage of the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event.

Tags: Ahmed AbdellaDaniel TafurGregory GrechIan SimpsonJason WheatleyJonas FerrutJonas ten CateJorge PalominoJorge UfanoJoseph MatterLois DufouleurMichael UguccioniNarcis Cristian OlaruNiek MintenPaolo BoiRyan DansieVivian Saliba