2017 PokerStars Festival Dublin

Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b23
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Dublin
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Total Entries
544
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
8,160,000
Total Chips
16,320,000
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 2 / 544
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Flush for Michael Mazilu

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

With the board at the river reading {5-Hearts}{a-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades} 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 {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for two pair. Mazilu had {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for the flush though, and he more than doubled up.

Tags: Michael MaziluThomas Dunwoodie

Past PokerStars Festival Main Events

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

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.

LocationEntriesPrize PoolWinnerFirst Prize
PokerStars Festival London944£824,112Rehman Kassam£89,320
PokerStars Festival Rozvadov1,126€1,089,310Petr Svoboda€124,346
PokerStars Festival Chile329$500,000Christopher Franco$97,360
PokerStars Festival Marbella949€911,040Ignacio De Maturana€168,700
PokerStars Festival Lille800€768,000Philippe Le Touche€143,000
PokerStars Festival Korea285KRW 416,675,000Taehoon HanKRW 83,130,000
PokerStars Festival Bucharest736€706,560Sam Grafton€117,707
PokerStars Festival Uruguay261$379,755Julio 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.

Recent Eliminations

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

River Bluff Leaves De Meulder Short

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Matthias De Meulder
Matthias De Meulder

The board at the river read {6-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{9-Hearts} 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 {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} and a relieved Buckley tabled his {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts} baby flush to the pot, leaving De Meulder short.

Tags: Mark BuckleyMatthias De Meulder

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Gary Stokes Closes in on 100,000 Chips

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

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 {10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

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 {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} and took down the pot.

Tags: Gary StokesUday BansalLukas Baumer

Seamus Cahill With the River Boat

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Seamus Cahill was all in on a flop of {2-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and had got a call from Fabio Lanzafame.

Cahill tabled his top set {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} but Lanzafame had flopped a flush with his {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

The turn was the {5-Hearts} and when the {2-Diamonds} river paired the board, Cahill eliminated Lanzafame boat over flush.

Back in the Game, Quads for Michael Mazilu

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Three players were contesting a pot over a flop of {4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

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 {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}behind the {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flopped set of Mazilu.

The turn was the case {4-Spades} and the river the {7-Spades}.

“You selfish bastard, back in the game!” another player remarked of the quads for Mazilu

Peter Eichhardt Doesn't Believe Timothee Scotti

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Timothee Scotti raised to 500 from early position and he got one caller in the cutoff before Peter Eichhardt defended his big blind.

The flop came {j-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and each player checked. The turn was the {a-Clubs}. Eichhardt checked to Scotti who bet 1,000. The third player in the hand folded and Eichhardt called.

The two players checked the {9-Spades} river. Eichhardt showed {5-Spades}{3-Spades} for a pair of fives and Scotti re-checked his cards before mucking.

Tags: Timothee ScottiPeter Eichhardt