American professional Cate Hall is leading the final 24 players in the 888Live Barcelona Main Event with 2,467,000.
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Hall first gained international attention in 2015, going from relative unknown to competing at the game’s highest levels. Her very first live tournament cash was in July 2015 and she then went on to make three WPT final tables. Her biggest cash was fifth in the WPT Five Diamond in December 2015 for €291,320.
In Barcelona yesterday, the former chess player and gamer from Arizona went into overdrive in the few levels, putting players to the test time and time again. She got several key calls correct to give her the kind of stack she could attack with and there was then no holding her back. Should she win, then Hall's live tournament results would go over the million-dollar mark.
William Kassouf is also still in contention for the €110,000 first prize with 902,000, well clear of the 730,800 average at close of play. Among those who cashed yesterday was 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons. There were a total 609 entries in the event, creating a €584,640 prize pool, well over the €500k guarantee, with 72 players getting a share.
888poker and the WSOP
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In 2015, 888poker sent 128 players to the WSOP Main Event, which was eventually won by the 888poker-sponsored Joe McKeehen. Another of those players was Tommy Yates, a British ex-pat who earned his ticket to the Main Event via a one cent satellite entry. He wound up turning that penny into $19,500 by finishing 486th out of 6,420 players.
In 2016, 888poker sent more than 250 players including November Niners Fernando Pons and Griffin Benger, who qualified for the WSOP Main Event via €30 and €160 satellites respectively. Out of 6,737 players, Pons finished ninth for $1 million while Benger took seventh for $1,250,190.
In 2017, 888poker is hoping to break records with the number of qualifiers that head off to Vegas after winning satellites online – and MainEventTravel will be helping those players every step of the way!
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