After a grueling final day with over 14 hours of incredible poker, Svetlin Ivanov has endured a difficult field to triumph and win the 888live London Poker Festival £100,000 Guaranteed Opening Event here at Aspers Casino in Stratford, London.
| 1 | Svetlin Ivanov | £16,440* |
| 2 | James Mitchell | £14,295* |
| 3 | Longbo Mi | £13,860* |
| 4 | Neil Barron | £15,405* |
| 5 | Artan Dedusha | £6,000 |
| 6 | Jose Luis Lopez | £4,780 |
| 7 | Michael Harb | £4,000 |
| 8 | Vitalli Seman | £3,000 |
| 9 | Michael Benson | £2,000 |
* Following a four-way deal
The final day began with 109 in seats, but a flurry of early bust-outs began, with the cash bubble not reached until 72 players. Such names as Gholamreza Mozaffari-Torshizi, Danito Salvatore Carlucci and Thissa De Silva all didn't cash. Arron Fletcher had dominated his Day 1a flight and he burst the bubble in record time, hardly a pause between hand-for-hand being announced and Ronnie Blank becoming the unfortunate ‘Bubble Boy’.
Fletcher opened to 18,000 from the hijack position, and Blank elected to name and leave himself 50,000 chips behind from the large blind. The flop of 
saw both men check, but at the 
turn, Blank moved all-in.
"I'm sorry." said Fletcher, tabling 
. Blank wasn't drawing dead, having flopped a collection with pocket threes. The river 
ended Blank's chances, however, and put the sector within the money.
Yimin Yang took over the mantle that gave the impression to exist silently some of the players all day – once one player started dominating the play, another hero improved to push for the lead. He busted three players when his flush draw at the flop ousted pocket aces and Farhan Khan’s 
.
Chaz Chattha missed out at the latter stages when his short-stack shove with 
bumped into Thomas Pedersen’s 
and his friend and fellow professional Steve Watts followed him out of the door shortly after losing a 1.3m chip pot with 
losing to 
having been all-in pre-flop.
A four-way all-in caused our final table when Arron Fletcher shoved his eight big blind stack into the center with 
and was called by Artan Dedusha within the cut-off before Paul Whyman called all-in for four big blinds with 
. But Graham Hawkes sensationally moved all-in for 1.6m with 
before Dedusha called they all with 
which held.
The final table started with Dedusha marginally sooner than the field:
| Seat 1 | James Mitchell | 1,545,000 |
| Seat 2 | Artan Dedusha | 4,950,000 |
| Seat 3 | Vitalli Seman | 1,230,000 |
| Seat 4 | Svetlin Ivanov | 4,450,000 |
| Seat 5 | Longbo Mi | 575,000 |
| Seat 6 | Neil Barron | 2,040,000 |
| Seat 7 | Michael Benson | 770,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jose Luis Lopez | 1,060,000 |
| Seat 9 | Michael Harb | 1,195,000 |
Michael Benson was first to depart the party on the final table when he moved all-in for 770,000 with 
and was called by Michael Harb within the next seat with . Harb couldn’t catch up, and Vitalli Seman followed him out of the door soon after when his lost out to Jose Luis Lopez’s 
on a dramatic 
board.
Michael Harb would leave in 7th when his last 920,000 went into the center pre-flop with 
, but Harb was dominated by James Mitchell’s 
and departed after a 
board. Jose Luis Lopez then made final all-in move with and Longbo Mi called it off with 
within the big blind. The run-out of 
saw Lopez out in sixth place.
Artan Dedusha departed in 5th place when his doubled up an all-in and in peril Neil Barron, before Dedusha, all the way down to just eight big blinds, called two big blinds off to a raise against two players in Longbo Mi and Svetlin Ivanov and on , got his stack of 1.12m into the center with 
. He was called by Ivanov alone with 
and that held throughout the turn and river to send Dedusha home.
After some discussion between the rest four players, the next ICM deal was agreed:
| Neil Barron | £15,405 |
| Svetlin Ivanov | £14,440 |
| Longbo Mi | £13,860 |
| James Mitchell | £13,295 |
An additional £2,000 can be awarded to the winner and £1,000 to the runner-up.
Neil Barron was first to bust post-deal when his all-in move with 
four-handed bumped into James Mitchell’s 
and the board of saw Barron crash out. Longbo Mi moved all-in from the large blind when Svetlin Ivanov made a big raise pre-flop from the small blind, and Ivanov called it off quickly with . He was behind Mi’s , but overtook him at the 
board.
We were heads-up, and the duel was over almost because it began when James Mitchell moved all-in excessive of Ivanov's opening 400,000 bet and Ivanov called it off.
James Mitchell: Svetlin Ivanov:
The board of 
saw Ivanov's ten kicker play, and the Bulgarian had the most efficient tournament results of his career to date!
All the general nine received a £880 ticket to the London Live Main Event ticket and we can’t wait to peer how they get on. Coverage starts on Tuesday afternoon here on Pokernews!
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