2017 PokerStars Festival Dublin
Back in the Game, Quads for Michael Mazilu
Three players were contesting a pot over a flop of .
There was a bet and then a call from Chis Cosmin before Michael Mazilu moved all in for just over 5,000. The first player let his hand go but Cosmin shrugged and called.
Mazilu tabled behind the flopped set of Mazilu.
The turn was the case and the river the .
“You selfish bastard, back in the game!” another player remarked of the quads for Mazilu
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chis Cosmin
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Michael Mazilu |
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Seamus Cahill With the River Boat
Seamus Cahill was all in on a flop of and had got a call from Fabio Lanzafame.
Cahill tabled his top set but Lanzafame had flopped a flush with his .
The turn was the and when the river paired the board, Cahill eliminated Lanzafame boat over flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Seamus Cahill |
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
Fabio Lanzafame
|
Busted |
Gary Stokes Closes in on 100,000 Chips
Uday Bansal raised from under the gun and Gary Stokes three-bet to 1,800. Lukas Baumer cold-called and Bansal four-bet to 5,500. Both Stokes and Baumer called and the flop came .
Bansal continued for 10,000. Stokes, swearing intermittently, eventually raised to 20,000 and Baumer folded quickly.
With the action back on Bansal, Stokes muttered: "I can't possibly be ahead, but I just can't fold."
Bansal eventually folded. Stokes turned over and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gary Stokes |
93,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Lukas Baumer |
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Uday Bansal |
9,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
River Bluff Leaves De Meulder Short
The board at the river read with around 25,000 in the pot.
Daniel Nietrzebka checked from the big blind and Matthias De Meulder bet 18,500.
Mark Buckley was next to act and he gave the matter serious consideration before deciding to call. Nietrzebka looked back at his cards before he pushed them away.
De Meulder showed and a relieved Buckley tabled his baby flush to the pot, leaving De Meulder short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Buckley |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Matthias De Meulder |
7,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Recent Eliminations
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Lalor | Busted | |
Uday Bansal | Busted | |
Michael Verhaaf | Busted | |
Vytautas Aganauskas | Busted |
Past PokerStars Festival Main Events
We're only on Day 1A of the PokerStars Festival Dublin Main Event, but we thought it would be a great opportunity to look back at the past PokerStars Festivals to see how they compare.
Location | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | First Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
PokerStars Festival London | 944 | £824,112 | Rehman Kassam | £89,320 |
PokerStars Festival Rozvadov | 1,126 | €1,089,310 | Petr Svoboda | €124,346 |
PokerStars Festival Chile | 329 | $500,000 | Christopher Franco | $97,360 |
PokerStars Festival Marbella | 949 | €911,040 | Ignacio De Maturana | €168,700 |
PokerStars Festival Lille | 800 | €768,000 | Philippe Le Touche | €143,000 |
PokerStars Festival Korea | 285 | KRW 416,675,000 | Taehoon Han | KRW 83,130,000 |
PokerStars Festival Bucharest | 736 | €706,560 | Sam Grafton | €117,707 |
PokerStars Festival Uruguay | 261 | $379,755 | Julio Belluscio | £66,748 |
There's still plenty of play left in Day 1A, with players looking to follow in the footsteps of Philippe Le Touche, Taehoon Han and Sam Grafton in becoming PokerStars Festival champions.
Flush for Michael Mazilu
With the board at the river reading and around 25,000 in the pot, Michael Mazilu moved all in for 13,000.
Thomas Dunwoodie was the man with the decision and after a minute or so, he called and tabled his for two pair. Mazilu had for the flush though, and he more than doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Dunwoodie |
56,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Michael Mazilu |
38,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Matthias De Meulder Eliminated
Matthias De Meulder moved all in from under the gun for not a whole lot and Michael Mazilu raised to 15,000 to isolate. With no other interested parties, the cards were on their backs.
De Meulder:
Mazilu:
The board ran out .
Mazilu's pair of tens held to bust De Meulder who can play the Day 1c event as his last Main Event chance.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Mazilu |
48,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Matthias De Meulder | Busted |