As the players were preparing to break for the final table redraw, Brandon Harris moved all in and was at risk after Mindaugas Kurlenskas called in the big blind.
Brandon Harris: 5?5?
Mindaugas Kurlenskas: 10?10?
Harris could not improve on the 3?3?K?3?7? runout, hitting the rail in ninth position.
Yucel Eminoglu opened to 500,000 from under the gun and Conor Odriscoll made the call in the cutoff. Robert Douras then moved his short stack all in from the big blind.
The 5?Q?10? flop saw Eminoglu then commit the rest of his stack, with Odriscoll tossing in the call.
Robert Douras: A?Q?
Yucel Eminoglu: A?Q?
Conor Odriscoll: A?J?
Odriscoll was on a straight draw against top pair for both opponents, with the 4? turn changing nothing. The dealer then flipped over the K? river, producing a big reaction from the table as Odriscoll hit the straight to knock out Douras and Eminoglu.
Jiang Pu opened to 120,000 before Muhamed Mia moved all in for his last 125,000 on the button. Robert Douras then announced a three-bet to 800,000 in the small blind.
Pu responded by moving all in, and Douras made the call.
Muhamed Mia: A?J?
Jiang Pu: A?A?
Robert Douras: 10?10?
Pu's pocket aces remained ahead through the 6?2?4?K?3? runout, earning more than a double up while sending Mia to the rail.
Action folded around to Matthew Bonham in the small blind, who raised to 125,000 with Q?2?. Jack Jaeger made the call in the big blind holding 8?6? and the 6?3?7? flop was fanned out.
Bonham led out for 175,000 and was called to the 2? turn. Bonham fired again for 325,000 and Jaeger slid in another call.
The 5? river saw Bonham fire one last time, betting another 325,000. Jaeger used a time bank card before making the call.
Jaeger's pair of sixes were good, picking up a big pot as Bonham mucked.
Darshan Patel shoved his last 350,000 from the hijack and Sunil Mistri made the call in the cutoff. The rest of the table got out of the way, leaving Patel at risk heads up.
Darshan Patel: Q?J?
Sunil Mistri: K?K?
Mistri picked up another big hand, improving to a set and dodging a straight draw on the 9?A?K?4?J? runout to send Patel to the rail in 15th place.
Trevor Reardon moved all in for 535,000 from early position and action folded around to Sunil Mistri in the big blind. The call was made and the hands were turned up.
Reardon was unable to find help on the J?4?5?8?7? runout, hitting the rail as the first elimination of Day 3.
After ten exciting days of action at 888poker LIVE Coventry, the time has come to crown a new ￡888 Main Event champion under the bright lights of the feature table at Coventry Building Society Arena.
A total of 812 entries were recorded this week, with the last 16 contenders set to return for a shot at the title, trophy, and ￡125,000 first-place prize at 1:00 p.m. local time today.
The largest portions of the ￡617,120 prize pool will be up for grabs, with Sunil Mistri entering in the best position as he holds 3,000,000 chips for the final day.
Chris Da-Silva sits in second spot after bagging 2,650,000, with the two leaders sitting as the only ones above the 50 big blind mark when play resumes.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sunil Mistri
United Kingdom
3,000,000
60
2
Chris Da-Silva
United Kingdom
2,650,000
53
3
Conor Odriscoll
United Kingdom
2,275,000
46
4
Muhamed Mia
United Kingdom
2,200,000
44
5
Jiang Pu
United Kingdom
2,015,000
40
6
Lei Wang
China
1,800,000
36
7
Mindaugas Kurlenskas
United Kingdom
1,730,000
35
8
Matthew Bonham
United Kingdom
1,600,000
32
9
Brandon Harris
United Kingdom
1,550,000
31
10
Jack Jaeger
United Kingdom
1,105,000
22
Jiang Pu
After battling for 24 levels to this point, a trio of opening flight chip leaders still remain among the top 10 stacks. Jiang Pu (2,015,000) sits in fifth position after leading the way on Day 1b. Two spots down the leaderboard sits Mindaugas Kurlenskas (1,730,000), who set the pace on Day 1c.
Brandon Harris (1,550,000) also remains strongly in contention after leading the opening Day 1a flight and sitting on top of the overall counts entering Day 2.
The shorter stacks entering Sunday’s action include Trevor Reardon, Yucel Eminoglu, and Darshan Patel. All three held big stacks at one point on Day 2, but they will need to build back up in order to challenge for the big payouts today.
￡888 Main Event Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
￡125,000
8
￡11,970
2
￡91,900
9
￡9,810
3
￡60,720
10
￡7,710
4
￡37,770
11
￡5,860
5
￡23,760
12-13
￡4,570
6
￡16,290
14-15
￡4,130
7
￡14,140
16
￡3,890
The last 16 spots are still to be paid out, with each player guaranteed at least ￡3,890. A spot at the final table with be worth ￡9,810, while tonight’s champion will earn ￡125,000 and a spot in 888poker history.
Action will resume at 1:00 p.m. local time, where the clock will restart for the final 39 seconds of Level 24. The blinds will then climb to 30,000/60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante, with levels expanding to 60 minutes and breaks after every two hours of play.
Don’t miss any of the dramatic final day in Coventry, as the PokerNews team will have every big moment covered on the way to awarding the coveted 888poker trophy tonight.
