2017 PokerStars Festival London

High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
£59,912
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,200
Prize Pool
£345,320
Entries
178
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Winstone Takes from Allain; Chops with Saleh and Popov

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Thomas Winstone
Thomas Winstone

Hand 1

On the heads-up turn of {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{7-Spades}, Adrian Allain bet 3,500 and Thomas Winstone check-raised to 8,000 from early position. Allain called and then faced the bet worth 12,000 by Winstone on the {10-Spades} river. Allain eventually folded after plenty of consideration and later said he had ace-ten.

Hand 2

One hand later, Winstone took down a small pot with {A-Hearts}{9-Spades} for top pair against the second pair of Elias Abou Saleh before the last hand of the level provided fireworks. Slaven Popov raised to 1,300 and Saleh shoved for 9,450 from two seats over on the button. Winstone sat in the big blind and tossed in 15,500, thinking he had called. Popov reraised all in and Winstone asked for a count. Once it was determined to be 18,075, the Brit called to create a three-way all in.

Elias Abou Saleh: {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Slaven Popov: {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Thomas Winstone: {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

The board came {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and the flush on the board played, as none of the players involved had any hearts - chop it up!

"He talked about taking the re-entry for quite some time, so I figured I was ahead of him," Winstone said after the hand was over and everyone headed into the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Winstone gb
Thomas Winstone
67,000
67,000
67,000
Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
30,000
WPT 1X Winner
Slaven Popov bg
Slaven Popov
18,300
-14,700
-14,700
Elias Abou Saleh lb
Elias Abou Saleh
9,500
9,500
9,500

Tags: Adrien AllainElias Abou SalehSlaven PopovThomas Winstone