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

Mortensen Builds Stack

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Within two hands, Morten Mortensen has been able to build his stack significantly. In the first hand he raised from under the gun and found a caller in Morten Klein. On the {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} turn, Mortensen check-called a bet worth 1,500 and did so again after the {4-Diamonds} river for 2,500.

Klein showed {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds} and Mortensen had the better kicker with {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}.

Soon after, the Dane flopped middle set with pocket fours on a four-way flop. Only one opponent stuck around and called the bets of Mortensen and that was Joao Rodrigues. The latter obliged on the {6-} turn and {A-} river, but mucked when he was shown the set by Mortensen.

Player Chips Progress
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Morten Mortensen
52,000
22,000
22,000

Tags: Joao RodriguesMorten KleinMorten Mortensen

Kisacikoglu Catches

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu checked the flop of {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} with Eldad Bentov checking behind.

The turn card was the {5-Clubs} which prompted a bet of 1,700 from Kisacikoglu and a call from Bentov.

The river was the {9-Clubs} and both players checked. Kisacikoglu tabled {a-Spades}{9-Spades} for a rivered pair. Bentov looked distinctly unimpressed and stared hard at his hole cards before folding.

Player Chips Progress
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Orpen Kisacikoglu
38,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Newey Convinced On Turn

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Robert Buky opened for 750 and picked up a call from Paul Newey in the small blind and a player in the big blind.

The flop was {6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and a continuation bet of 1,500 from Buky saw Newey call.

The turn card was the {8-Spades} and when chips from Buky hit the felt Newey’s hand was in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Newey
24,000
2,600
2,600

Tags: Paul Newey

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

News From the "Lounge"

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The secondary tournament area with five tables is filled with five tables and there is barely any table open next to the lounge. A few new faces there include Nicolas Cardyn, 2016 Irish Open Champion Daniel Wilson and Arnaud Peyroles while PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos is very short. The Brazilian just shoved for less than 20 big blinds and scooped the blinds and antes.

Cardyn, sitting between Sebastian Malec and Javier Gomez Zapatero, just three-bet to 2,000 out of the big blind and just Zapatero as initial raiser called. The flop fell {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and both players checked. On the {J-Diamonds} turn, Cardyn bet 2,600 and Zapatero folded.

One table over, a very short-stacked Dmitrii Shchepkin doubled his last 7,275. After a raise to 900 and the call by the cutoff, Shchekpin shoved out of the small blind. The initial raiser folded and the cutoff eventually called with the {Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Shchepkin turned over {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and survived a sweat on the board of {4-Spades}{3-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

The overall chip leader thus far also appears to be in the secondary tournament area, it is Jonathan Clark with almost three times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Clark
85,000
Profile photo of Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
33,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Daniel Wilson ie
Daniel Wilson
31,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Dmitrii Shchepkin ru
Dmitrii Shchepkin
17,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Daniel WilsonDmitrii ShchepkinFelipe RamosJavier GomezNicolas CardynJonathan Clark

Geilich Rescues A Pot

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jesse Chambers opened the action for 500 and found a solitary caller in big blind Ludovic Geilich who is his usual chatty self.

The flop was {3-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and when Geilich checked, Chambers checked behind.

The turn card was the {10-Hearts} and a bet from Geilich of 1,300 saw Chambers let his cards go. Not wanting to see an orphan pot Geilich soon had the chips nestled in his stack ready to be put to work.

Player Chips Progress
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Ludovic Geilich
34,000

Tags: Ludovic Geilich

Ravnsbaek and Tedeschi Among Casualties; Macnair Gone for Good

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Paul-Francois Tedeschi walked out of the tournament area a few minutes ago and confirmed he had been eliminated. Simon Ravnsbaek had also run out of chips and the duo was currently waiting for new seats to open in order to take advantage of the single re-entry.

John Macnair had done so earlier on and just busted on his second bullet also. In a raising war, he got the remainder of his stack in preflop out of the small blind with {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs} and Gang Wang quickly looked him up with the {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}. The board came {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{K-Clubs} and that was it for Macnair.

Player Chips Progress
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Gang Wang
45,000
Profile photo of Simon Ravnsbaek dk
Simon Ravnsbaek
Busted
Profile photo of John Macnair gb
John Macnair
Busted
Profile photo of Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
Busted

Tags: Paul TedeschiSimon RavnsbaekJohn MacnairGang Wang

More Updated Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Luca Pagano won a small pot against Chris Moorman to reduce the latter to less than half the starting stack. Moorman was the initial aggressor from the cutoff and Pagano came along from the big blind. Pagano bet the {J-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop for 2,400 and Moorman called. After the {7-Spades} turn, Pagano bet 4,600 and Moorman snap-folded.

Below are some further assorted chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yehoram Houri fr
Yehoram Houri
66,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of [Removed:393] fr
[Removed:393]
63,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
62,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
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Rodrigo Strong
59,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
39,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
37,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Mitch Johnson gb
Mitch Johnson
34,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
23,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
12,200
-22,800
-22,800
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Chris MoormanLuca Pagano

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75