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

What’s Gruissem Got?

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Philipp Gruissem opened on the button for 1,300 and got a call from big stack Jonathan Clark in the small blind.

They went to a flop of {2-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Clark checked it over to Gruissem who bet 1,400. Clark responded with a check-raise to 3,100. This gave Gruissem something to think about and his response was to bump it up to 8,000.

Clark called the bet and they saw the turn card come the {q-Diamonds}. A check from Clark saw Gruissem move all in for 29,000.

Clark looked suspiciously at the German for a while but after a quick check of his stack he let it go. Clark and Ludovic Geilich then discussed what hands Gruissem could have had with ace-king of hearts and eight-nine of hearts in the mix. “He could have had kings.” was Geilich’s last word on it but Gruissem sure wasn’t saying,

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Clark gb
Jonathan Clark
89,000
4,000
4,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
13,000
-21,000
-21,000

Tags: Jonathan ClarkLudovic GeilichPhilipp Gruissem

Houri Among Casualties

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Yehoram Houri
Yehoram Houri

Several players have been eliminated recently and among them was also Yehoram Houri, who had been cruising through the day thus far. We missed the action, but Natalia Breviglieri explained what had happened. Houri raised to 1,600 from under the gun and Ahmed Abdella in the cutoff as well as both players in the blinds called.

On the {K-}{J-}{3-} rainbow flop, Houri's continuation bet of 3,500 was called by Abdella and the small blind before Houri bet the {5-Spades} turn for 8,000. Abdella raised to 24,000 and the small blind folded, Houri called and both players had just under starting stack left. On the {6-Clubs} river, Houri check-called the shove of Abdella for 29,000 and was unable to beat the {K-}{J-} for top two of his opponent to join the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Ahmed Abdella kn
Ahmed Abdella
125,000
125,000
125,000
Elias Abou Saleh lb
Elias Abou Saleh
Busted
Nicola D'Anselmo it
Nicola D'Anselmo
Busted
Javier Gomez es
Javier Gomez
Busted
Georgios Karakousis gr
Georgios Karakousis
Busted
Tore Lukashaugen no
Tore Lukashaugen
Busted
Fady Kamar lb
Fady Kamar
Busted
Yehoram Houri fr
Yehoram Houri
Busted

Tags: Ahmed AbdellaNatalia BreviglieriYehoram Houri

Cody Doubles Up

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

After a horrible time on his first bullet, has PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody’s luck changed?

Cody has recently doubled up holding Ace-King against an opponent holding King-Queen and now has close to double starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
60,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Jake Cody

Mortensen Doubles

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Natalia Breviglieri three-bet shoved for her last 13,200 into a raise of 1,600 and scooped the blinds and antes as well as the raise after the fold of her opponent.

One table over, Morten Mortensen had even less chips than that and shoved for his last 5,100 from under the gun. Only Javier Zarco in late position called and the cards were turned over.

Morten Mortensen: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Javier Zarco: {K-Spades}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Spades} and Mortensen stayed in for now.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
44,000
-1,000
-1,000
Natalia Breviglieri gb
Natalia Breviglieri
18,000
-14,000
-14,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
12,000
-16,000
-16,000

Tags: Natalia BreviglieriMorten MortensenJavier Zarco

PokerStars Festival London: Sea-lions, Judy Garland and Felipe Ramos; treading the boards at the Hippodrome

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Hippodrome Casino
Hippodrome Casino

If you travel the world for business, you get accustomed to shrugging it off when friends tell you how jealous they are. They talk green-eyed about your lucky, jet-set lifestyle, imagining that you step off the plane and on to the beach.

Much like the travelling salesman who knows that the truth of it actually means trading one out-of-town business park and travel tavern for a foreign out-of-town business park and travel tavern, people on the international poker circuit know that this world isn't as glamorous as you might think. The one thing you learn quickly is that the inside of casinos tend to look remarkably similar regardless of country and even continent. You've seen one blackjack pit, you've seen them all.

Read the full story over on the PokerStars Blog.

More For Cody

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody opened for 1,700 and it folded to big blind Arsh Grover who raised to 6,100. Cody called and they went to a flop of {5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{6-Hearts}.

Grover led out with a continuation bet of 4,500. Cody responded with a raise to 13,600 and Grover’s cards were quickly in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
76,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Jake CodyArsh Grover

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Aditya Agarwal Battles Pierre Neuville

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Aditya Agarwal, a PokerStars Team Pro from India opened the betting for 1,700 and faced a three-bet to 4,000 from Pierre Neuville. Agarwai thought it over before he called.

The flop was {a-Hearts}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts} and Agarwi check-called a bet of 5,600 from Neuville. The turn card {2-Hearts} saw both players check before the {8-Diamonds} completed the board.

Agarwal check, Neuville bet 9,000 and Agarwal called.

Neuville showed {a-Spades}{q-Clubs} while Agarwal tabled {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. Chop it up.

Player Chips Progress
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
82,000
43,000
43,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
51,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Aditya AgarwalPierre Neuville

More News from the "Lounge"

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The final numbers for the event are currently confirmed and it looks like there have been 178 entries in total. Almost 50 participants have been eliminated and there are just three tables left in the "Lounge", the secondary tournament area.

Among them are Jonathan Clark, Daniel Wilson, David Urban and Niall Farrell. Clark is no longer the biggest stack, as Urban has more than him. And then there is also Franck Makaci, who registered at the last minute and managed to spin up his stack a lot. The latest hand saw him bet 4,500 on the {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} turn after Wilson checked out of the big blind.

Both then checked the {A-Diamonds} river and Wilson showed {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for queen-high with a ten kicker. Makaci had the {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades} for the better kicker and claimed the pot.

Niall Farrell is down to less than 10 big blinds. The Scotsman bet the {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{A-Spades} turn for 2,600 and the big blind check-called before Farrell then checked behind the {3-Diamonds} river. He turned over king-queen and the big blind had {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Franck Makaci fr
Franck Makaci
110,000
David Urban sk
David Urban
86,000
Jonathan Clark gb
Jonathan Clark
55,000
-34,000
-34,000
Daniel Wilson ie
Daniel Wilson
50,000
19,000
19,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
9,000
-23,000
-23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel WilsonJonathan ClarkNiall FarrellFranck MakaciDavid Urban

Zarco busts Perez Torres; Mortensen Also Gone

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On the heads-up flop of {Q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, Alejandro Perez Torres got the remainder of his short stack in with {Q-Spades}{J-Hearts} and fellow countryman Javier Zarco looked him up with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. The turn and river were both blanks and Perez Torres was eliminated. He exchanged a few quick words with Zarco before leaving the table and Morten Mortensen followed him on the way out a few minutes later from the very same table.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
60,000
16,000
16,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
Busted
Alejandro Perez Torres es
Alejandro Perez Torres
Busted

Tags: Alejandro Perez TorresJavier ZarcoMorten Mortensen