888poker Wraps Up Another Successful Live Tournament Season
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Last Updated: October 30, 2024
With the conclusion of the Coventry festival, 888poker has successfully brought another season of live events to an end. Once again, the operator has shown to the world that a high-level tournament experience isn’t reserved just for high stakes.
Traveling across Europe with its crew, 888poker has visited a number of venues, throwing affordable and exciting tournaments that every poker fan can afford. Plus, its online platform provided countless qualifiers offering opportunities to win packages to your destination of choice at a discount.
It wasn’t just the big guarantees that attracted players to these festivals, though. The operator pulled all the stops, bringing out its popular ambassadors and setting up live streams, providing players with the top level poker experience at a price that can hardly be beaten.
Going from Strength to Strength in 2024
The 2024 888poker LIVE season kicked off in Madrid, Spain. Gran Via Casino played host to the January festival, which attracted poker fans and those looking to briefly escape cold winter weather alike.
The festival was a success in every which way, with the main event attracting 435 entries and awarding the winner with €58,000 – a very respectable return on the €888 buy-in.
The capital of Romania was next on 888poker LIVE’s calendar. In March, the crew visited PokerRoom in Bucharest to host another exciting festival of poker, highlighted by the €560 main event. When it was all said and done, the tournament clock was showing 406 entries and €37,000 went to the winner.
Spain is such a popular poker destination that it’s hard to stay away from it for too long. So, in May of this year, 888poker was back in the country, but this time around, Barcelona was the host city.
Not surprisingly, that festival saw an excellent turnout – what’s not to like about playing some spring poker in Barcelona? The main event was the largest one of the season up to that point, featuring 476 entries and the prize pool of €370,000.
The second half of 2024 was reserved for the UK as the operator held its final two stops in the country to wrap the season up in style.
The first of the two stops was supposed to take place in London but it was moved to Manchester. The £1,100 main event saw a decent turnout of 279 players and £58,000 going to the winner.
Finally, things wrapped up in Coventry, and the organizer could hardly ask for a better end for the season.
The £888 main event saw an amazing turnout of 812 entries, which wasn’t just the biggest turnout in 2024, but the largest field an 888poker LIVE event has seen in the post-COVID era. With such a big showing, it’s no surprise that the winner walked away with a six-figure amount of £125,000.
888poker LIVE 2024 Season Overview
Dates | City | ME Buy-in | ME Field Size | ME Winner | 1st Place Money |
Jan 22 – 29 | Madrid | €888 | 435 | Manuel Ledesma | €58,000 |
Mar 16 – 24 | Bucharest | €560 | 406 | Razvan Morar | €37,000 |
May 8 – 20 | Barcelona | €888 | 476 | Josep Valls | €61,550 |
Aug 14 – 25 | Manchester | £1,100 | 279 | Stephen Barnes | £58,000 |
Oct 10 – 20 | Coventry | £888 | 812 | Chris Da-Silva | £125,000 |
What’s Next for 888poker LIVE?
For the next couple of months, 888poker is taking a break from live festivals, but we expect that things are already happening behind the scenes to plan for 2025.
Over the last couple of years, the company has positioned itself as the best organizer of affordable live poker festivals, and these hugely popular events aren’t going anywhere.
If anything, experiences from 2024 and previous years should help shape up the future and allow 888 to offer even more affordable and exciting poker in the years to come.
Looking at the turnout and general feedback from the community, the verdict is clear. The poker world needs these types of events that don’t discriminate against recreational players or those with smaller bankrolls.
There is no doubt that the operator will continue offering all sorts of satellites and qualifying opportunities on its online platform as well, giving everyone a chance to win not just tournament entries but full packages at a cost of just a few bucks.
All in all, we are looking forward to the 2025 888poker LIVE season and everything it has in store for us, hoping for a few more cities to be added to the schedule as this is the kind of experience that all poker fans need and deserve!