2017 PokerStars Festival Dublin

Main Event
Day: 2
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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Stephen Hendry Takes Down Early Pot

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Stephen Hendry
Stephen Hendry

On a board of {8-Spades}{k-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades} Mercedes Osti checked to Stephen Hendry who bet 12,000 and Osti called.

Hendry turned over {7-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a straight and Osti mucked.

Hendry moves up over 100,000 chips.

Tags: Stephen Hendry

William Elliot Eliminated

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

William Elliot moved all in for 14,900 from under the gun. Sam Dorrestein flat-called in middle position and the remaining players all folded.

William Elliot: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Sam Dorrestein: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Elliot was eliminated.

Tags: William ElliotSam Dorrestein

Keith Cummins Knocks Out Colum Higgins

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Colum Higgins opened the action for 5,000 and Keith Cummins three-bet from the button to 14,400.

The blinds folded and Higgins called.

The flop was {10-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Hearts} with both players checking to see the {2-Hearts} hit the turn.

A check from Higgins saw a bet of 15,000 from Cummins and Higgins then responded by moving all in. Cummins took his time before calling.

Higgins: {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Cummins: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The {2-Spades} completed the board and Cummins was rewarded for his good call while Higgins was eliminated.

Tags: Keith Cummins

Prizepool Confirmed; €130,410 for the Champion

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Early in the first level of the day, tournament officials have confirmed the prizepool and payouts. The PokerStars Festival Dublin Main Event attracted 544 entrants and has a prizepool €679,000.

There will be a total of 79 places paid, with 79th place worth €2,310. The winner of the Main Event will walk away with €130,410.

Here is the history of PokerStars Events in Dublin:

SeasonDateField SizePrize PoolWinnerCountryPrize Money
EPT 1Oct 2004163€244,500Ram VaswaniUnited Kingdom€93,000
EPT 2Oct 2005248€992,000Mats GavatinSweden€317,000
EPT 3Oct 2006389€1,847,750Roland de WolfeUnited Kingdom€554,300
EPT 4Oct-Nov 2007221€1,701,700Reuben PetersUnited States€532,620
UKIPT 1Sept 2010590€295,000Max SilverUnited Kingdom€72,000
UKIPT 2Sept 2011718€348,230Joeri ZandvlietNetherlands€83,500
UKIPT 3May 2012597€417,900Richard EvansWales€75,500
UKIPT 4Feb-Mar 2014682€463,078Kevin KilleenIreland€87,700
UKIPT 5Feb 20161,002€971,940Vladas TamasauskasLithuania€176,900
EPT 12Feb 2016605€3,025,000Dzmitry UrbanovichPoland€561,900
PokerStars FestivalSept 2017544€679,000  €130,410

Early Pot for Stephen Hendry

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Andrew Grimason started the day as third in chips and he opened for 5,200 from early position.

It looked like no one wanted to tangle with him until it got round to PokerStars Guest Stephen Hendry in the big blind who three-bet to 11,500.

Grimason gave it a bit of thought as the inscrutable Hendry stared impassively ahead before giving it up.

Tags: Stephen HendryAndrew Grimason

Early Eliminations

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Players Advancing from Day 1C

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Last night saw the final chance for players to book their place in Day 2 of the PokerStars Festival Dublin Main Event, and the special turbo Day 1 attracted 148 entrants. 76 of them are joining the action today, including Kevin Killeen, Matthias De Meulder, Steven Watts and Patrick Clarke.

PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody and Team Online member Fintan Hand both failed to make it through Day 1C, along with Andy Black, Kelly Saxby, Ludovic Geilich, Fraser Macintyre and Will Kassouf.

They are lead by Daniel Wilson who bagged up 157,200.

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Cards In the Air!

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The “Shuffle up and deal” has been given and play is underway for Day 2 of the Main Event.

With the completion of the Day 1c Turbo in the early hours there were a total of 544 entries and the combined 199 survivors are all set for an exciting day of poker.

There are ten one-hour levels scheduled today with a one-hour dinner break after level 18 with play due to end at approximately 11:45 p.m.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Welcome to Day 2 PokerStars Festival Main Event

Debs The Destroyer
Debs The Destroyer

Deborah Worley-Roberts aka ”Debs The Destroyer” begins the day as the chip leader with a whopping 317,600 and full of confidence after cashing the last three live events she has entered.

Not too far behind are Ireland’s Emmett Mullin (311,700) and Andrew Grimason (263,600).

Some of the other notables to make it through to Day 2 include Jason Wheeler (83,900), Niall Farrell (93,000), Dermot Blain (96,000), Andrew Christoforou (97,100), Tomas Soderstrom (107,100), and Tom Hall (87,300).

Also in the hunt is guest of PokerStars the seven-time World Snooker Champion Stephen Hendry (75,200)

The remaining players are set to resume battle at 12 p.m at The Regency here in sunny Dublin for the penultimate day of the €700,000 guarantee Main Event and will include those who made it through from the Day 1c Turbo that finished in the early hours of Saturday.

The prize pool will be announced shortly after play commences so players will know how much the eventual winner is set to receive but also how many places will be paid and the nail biting bubble position.

Stay tuned toPokerNews as the Live Reporting team keeps you bang up to date with all the craic and action from the felt as the PokerStars Festival Dublin 2017 continues.