Three stories from the marbled halls of 888Poker including an overlay in the God of the Arena Main Event, and victories for Andrey Pateychuk and Mr and Mrs Moorman.

They did it.

888Poker put on a $55 buy-in, $1m Guaranteed event, at short notice, and thousands upon thousands of players had a punt, but it was still not enough to get them over the finishing line without plunging into the red.

The God of the Arena Main Event attracted 12,087 players, of which 3,066 had a second shot, taking the overall tally to 15,153 entrants, and if you ask me, guarantee or no guarantee, that’s a pretty impressive performance.