In this week’s Calling The Clock Mike Sexton changes allegiance from the World Poker Tour to partypoker, Raising for Effective Giving recruits some new ambassadors, and Mike Noori fails miserably in McDonald’s chow down bet.

I missed the early part of this week, and you can blame 888Poker for that. The online poker room invited me to 888Live Barcelona and in a show of gratitude that’s where I will start my news round-up.

888Live Barcelona was the largest live festival since the 888Live brand came into being back in September, last year. The €500,000 Guaranteed €1,100 buy-in Main Event attracted 609 entrants, with Luigi Shehadeh taking the top prize of €110,000. The 888Live production team were in luck as Will Kassouf made a deep run finishing eleventh, and the Global Poker Index (GPI) Female Poker Player of the Year, Cate Hall, finished fourth.

The event also had a €2,200 buy-in High Roller and the 888Live King’s Festival Rozvadov Main Event winner, Catalin Pop, won the €40,000 first prize; 888Poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche was ninth. The next 888Poker live tour stop will be the £220 buy-in 888Live Local in Aspers, Stratford playing out over the weekend.