Vivian Saliba is on Fire at 888poker LIVE London; Takes Down £550 Big Shot

Brazil’s Vivian Saliba is one in every of a number of 888poker ambassadors at present enjoying on the 888poker LIVE London pageant. The World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner got here into the London sequence in good type, having narrowly missed out on capturing a WSOP Circuit ring in Slovakia in August, ending second to Karel Kratochvil within the €600 No-Restrict Maintain’em/Pot-Restrict Omaha Combine occasion.

Saliba was one in every of 105 entrants within the £550 Huge Shot at 888poker LIVE London, a event many could have seen as the proper warm-up for the £1,250 buy-in, £250,000 assured Important Occasion that begins on September 11.

Every thing went proper for Saliba, who got here out on high and turned her £550 funding into £12,135 after a heads-up cope with Stephen Bean (£10,135), the person who lately received the Loopy 8 Opening Occasion.

The event paid the highest 15 finishers. Johnny Kelly, the 2023 PokerNews Cup champion, and Saliba’s teammate Ian Simpson have been amongst those that cashed however fell in need of a last desk look.

Saliba ultimately got here out on high and registered her sixth reside victory and banked her twenty fourth reside rating price 5 figures or extra.

Amazingly, Saliba has since solid a considerable chip lead for herself within the £1,650 Excessive Curler. The Brazilian ended Day 1 with 981,000 chips, some 295,000 greater than Ian Simpson (686,000) in second place. Solely 38 of the 100 starters progressed to Day 2.

£550 Huge Shot Closing Desk Outcomes

Michael Rosaman Continues Purple Patch With Mini Important Victory

Common readers of PokerNews might keep in mind an article the place we talked about Michael Rosaman taking down the £250 Mini Important on the latest GUKPT Luton pageant. Rosaman netted £31,730 for that win earlier than serving to himself to a different £7,230 for a third-place end within the £550 GUKPT Cup just a few days later.

Like Saliba, Rosaman appears to be having fun with a purple patch of type proper now, and final night time received the £330 Mini Important at 888poker LIVE London for £26,650.

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A subject of 4335 entrants created a £123,970 prize pool that the highest 56 finishers shared. Daniel Rudd, Kevin Allen, Gordon Huntly, Mariusz Czech, and Nationwide Poker League chief Thomas Clack every noticed a return on their investments.

Rosaman navigated to heads-up, the place Billy Irvine lay in wait. Irvine lately netted a career-best £19,190 on the British Poker Sequence in London, so he was stuffed with confidence going into the conflict. Nonetheless, Rosaman emerged a worthy champion, claiming the £26,650 and resigning Irvine to a £17,720 comfort prize.

£330 Mini Important Closing Desk Outcomes

Remaining 888poker LIVE London Schedule

888poker LIVE London concludes over the weekend, however earlier than then, there are some juicy tournaments that want your consideration. At midday BST on September 11, Day 2 of the £1,650 Excessive Curler shuffles up and offers. An hour later,PokerNews’ protection of the £1,250 888poker LIVE London Important Occasion begins, so be sure you comply with the motion wherever you at present are.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from reside reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.