With the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure something of the past and partypoker beginning their live poker year at the Dusk Till Dawn felt in Nottingham, 888poker had a chance to be the first major brand to venture to mainland Europe as they welcomed players to the Spanish capital of Madrid for the first stop on their 2020 tour.

With a very healthy 1,067 entries and an €800,000 prize-pool, the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event cost just €888 to enter and had plenty of takers for a huge value tournament.

In the end it was Italy’s Marco Biavaschi who took the title, winning a career-high €150,000 after beating Kazakhstani player Daniyar Aubakirov heads-up.

The Casino Gran Via in Madrid was the setting for the first Main Event on the 888LIVE tour, and the final day didn’t disappoint. All the field were in the money from the get-go, so the aim of almost everyone in the room was to build a stack with which to attack the latter stages of play and fight for the really big prizes.