Bryan Taylor claimed victory in the £2,000 High Roller at 888 LIVE London. John Duthie made another deep run following his victory in the Big Shot.
888 LIVE London has been running at the Victoria Poker Room since 8 October. John Duthie came out on top in the £550 Big Shot, with the EPT founder collecting £12,470 in prize money. A total of 98 entries generated a prize pool of £47,020.
The £2,000 High Roller attracted 80 entries, with ten players sharing £136,800 in prize money. John Duthie (£13,000) reached the final table but finished in fourth place after losing a preflop race with an ace-rag hand against Andrew Hulme’s pocket eights.
Andrew Hulme battled his way to heads-up play but ultimately lost to Bryan Taylor. In the final hand, Hulme (£28,320) moved all-in short-stacked preflop with 
, and Taylor (£42,410) called with 
. The board ran out 
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888poker LIVE London 2026
Date: October 8 – 18
Venue: The Victoria Poker Room, London
Events: 11 + Satellites
Buy-ins: £250 to £2,000; satellites from £140
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High Roller
Buy-in: £2,000
Entries: 80
Prize pool: £136,800
ITM: 10
Payouts
1st: Bryan Taylor (United Kingdom), £42,410
2nd: Andrew Hulme (United Kingdom), £28,320
3rd: Martin Kopernicky (Slovakia), £18,460
4th: John Duthie (United Kingdom), £13,000
5th: Arthur Conan (France), £9,580
6th: Chris Balmforth (United Kingdom), £7,110
7th: Neil Wallace (United Kingdom), £5,470
8th: Youness Barakat (Italy), £4,520
9th: Tomas Dailidonis (Lithuania), £4,100
10th: Alexios Zervos (Greece), £3,830
