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The 2026 edition of the 888LIVE London festival is underway at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, with several tournaments already producing champions. Among them was John Duthie, who claimed victory in the £550 Big Shot event on October 13.
The tournament attracted 98 entrants, generating a £47,020 prize pool that comfortably surpassed its £30,000 guarantee. The nine-player final table saw payouts ranging from £1,300 up to the top prize of £12,470, which Duthie secured after a heads-up battle with Rafael Robles, who settled for £10,500.
Notable names fell before the finish, including Philippe Souki, who has over $2.5 million in career live cashes, in ninth place, and Max Winberg, recording his first live result in four years, in eighth. Henry Fulcher’s fifth-place finish for £3,010 marked a new career-best cash for him.
Elsewhere, the £250 PLO 4-Card event drew 61 entries for a £12,750 prize pool shared among the final eight. Latvian Maksims Uskovs defeated Lin Chen heads-up to win £4,170, adding to a previous title he captured at the same venue earlier this year.
Attention now turns to the £340 Mini Main, which has reached its nine-handed final table from a £114,560 prize pool. An anonymous player known only as “P.C.” leads with 1,615,000 chips, ahead of Guang Yang and Richard Broda, both chip millionaires.
The PokerNews live reporting team has arrived in London to cover the upcoming £2,000 High Roller and £1,250 Main Event, following last year’s winners Nuno Duarte and Gang Wang.
