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

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Deyra's Jacks no Good

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Nicolos Beker opened to 4,100 and Chris Moorman called from one seat over in the hijack. In the cutoff, Pierre Neuville three-bet to 14,100 and Ivan Deyra then four-bet to 28,500 after some consideration on the button. The blinds, Beker and Moorman quickly released their cards.

Neuville glanced over at the stack of Deyra, who had another 15,000 behind, and moved all in. Deyra called and was in need of help.

Ivan Deyra: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Pierre Neuville: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}

The flop of {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} was a sweat for the Frenchman, but neither the {4-Spades} turn nor the {6-Diamonds} river improved Deyra.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
125,000 51,000
Ivan Deyra fr
Ivan Deyra
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Chris MoormanIvan DeyraNicolos BekerPierre Neuville

Boeree Gets Value

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Javier Zarco tangled with PokerStars Team Pro Liv Boeree in a recent pot where Boeree was in the big blind.

The final board read {2-Clubs}{10-Spades}{j-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and Boeree led out for 11,500. Zarc gave it some considerable thought before he called. Boeree tabled {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Zarco could only nod and muck.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
190,000 -5,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
130,000 40,000

Tags: Javier ZarcoLiv Boeree

Big Blind Special for Drozdov

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A raising war broke out between Mikhail Drozdov in the big blind and Dmitrii Shchepkin in early position. After the former eventually committed his stack of 54,100 and the latter quickly called, it became obvious why both players clashed as soon as the cards were turned over.

Mikhail Drozdov: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}
Dmitrii Shchepkin: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

The board of {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} changed nothing and Shchepkin lost a decent portion of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Drozdov ru
Mikhail Drozdov
150,000
Dmitrii Shchepkin ru
Dmitrii Shchepkin
75,000 -65,000

Tags: Dmitrii ShchepkinMikhail Drozdov

Another Table Breaks as Cody and Pagano Depart

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Lucy Pagano
Lucy Pagano

Jake Cody lost half of his stack to Julien Sitbon and then failed to hold up in two all ins against the same player. The second time was for his tournament life and the PokerStars Team Pro joined the rail. Luca Pagano was last seen with just six big blinds when switching tables and he also departed at almost the same time.

Right after, the staff broke a table as the field was reduced to the last 64 hopefuls. Another 30 of them will go home empty-handed, as the top 34 spots share a portion of the prize pool.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
195,000 25,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
Busted
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
Busted

Tags: Jake CodyJulien SitbonLuca Pagano

Huge Pot For Antonio German

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Four players went to a flop of {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Pierre Neuville led out for 9,500. Nathan Manuel called the bet and then Antonio German moved all in. The other player and Neuville folded but Manuel called.

Manuel turned over {k-Hearts}{j-Spades} but German had him with his {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and the river the {10-Clubs}.

Manuel was eliminated and German scooped a huge pot.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio German gb
Antonio German
150,000 85,000
Nathan Manuel us
Nathan Manuel
Busted

Tags: Antonio GermanPierre Neuville

Moorman Finds Kings to Double

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman

Eugeniu Corotchii limped in from early position and Chris Moorman moved all in from the button. Corotchii glanced over at the tournament screen and called after brief consideration.

Chris Moorman: {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Eugeniu Corotchii: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The board came {A-Spades}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Moorman doubled for 27,600, taking most of his opponent's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
65,000 37,000

Tags: Chris MoormanEugeniu Corotchii

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Break Started

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The final 15-minute break of the day has started with two more 40-minute levels to go before the end of play.

Selection of Big Stacks and Notables

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

There will be a break in a few minutes and below are some assorted counts of the big stacks and notables.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
195,000 135,000
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
170,000 100,000
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
170,000 137,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
160,000
Ahmed Abdella kn
Ahmed Abdella
150,000 -5,000
Dmitrii Shchepkin ru
Dmitrii Shchepkin
140,000 74,000
David Urban sk
David Urban
135,000 49,000
Franck Makaci fr
Franck Makaci
132,000 22,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
90,000 -12,000
Daniel Wilson ie
Daniel Wilson
80,000 30,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
28,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
15,000 -48,000
Simon Ravnsbaek dk
Simon Ravnsbaek
Busted