Main Event | 2017 PokerStars Festival London

01-29-2017 13:30 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Smit Trivedi	2,800,000
Guillem Cusco Bach	2,800,000 300,000	300,000
Daniel Harwood	2,700,000 190,000	190,000
Lam Van Trinh	2,600,000 180,000	180,000
Francesco Cortese	2,400,000 100,000	100,000
Ludovic Geilich	2,000,000

Alexis Fleur	1,900,000 390,000	390,000
Clement Tripodi	1,780,000
James Mitchell	1,700,000 290,000	290,000
Eric Cech	1,200,000 155,000	155,000
Rehman Kassam	1,150,000 100,000	100,000
Paul Skipper	1,100,000
Yuriy Boyko	950,000 325,000	325,000
Peter Bergman	900,000 230,000	230,000
David Kahan	600,000 530,000	530,000
Muhamet Perati	500,000 290,000	290,000

Hero Call From Tripodi

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

The board at the river read and Yuriy Boyko moved all in for 530,000 which was pretty much pot sized bet.

Clement Tripodi was in the tank deciding whether to call or fold. It was close to 10 minutes before Tripodi called the clock on himself.

As the countdown from ten seconds began Tripodi had a chip in his hand and as it reached one second he dropped it to call.

“Flush.” Boyko said and turned over . Tripodi had made the call with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuriy Boyko	1,400,000
Clement Tripodi	1,300,000

Tags: Clement Tripodi Yuriy Boyko

01-29-2017 13:49 UTC

Cortese Thriving

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

After calling a raise by Lam Van Trinh, Francesco headed to a river of and Trinh check-called a bet worth 250,000 only to get shown for a straight by the Italian.

Cortese put the profit to use right away and raised it up the next hand to 85,000. Daniel Harwood called in the big blind and check-folded a flop of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Cortese	2,750,000 350,000	350,000
Daniel Harwood	2,700,000
Lam Van Trinh	2,300,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Daniel Harwood Francesco Cortese Lam Van Trinh

01-29-2017 13:52 UTC

Mitchell Builds Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Clement Tripodi opened to 80,000 and James Mitchell three-bet to 260,000 in the small blind. Tripodi called and then faced a continuation bet worth 280,000 on the flop. Tripodi let go and slipped down further.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mitchell	2,250,000 550,000	550,000
Clement Tripodi	1,100,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Clement Tripodi James Mitchell

01-29-2017 14:00 UTC

Kahan With A Fortunate Double Up

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Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

David Kahan moved all in and was called by Rehman Kassam.

Kahan had amd Kassam .

The board ran out leaving it late to spike some jacks for a timely double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kahan	900,000 300,000	300,000
Rehman Kassam	800,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: David Kahan Rehman Kassam

01-29-2017 14:01 UTC

Muhamet Perati Eliminated In 16th Place (£5,460)

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Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Muhamet Perati shoved from late position and got a call from Clement Tripodi.

Perati had which was two overs to the of Tripodi.

The cards fell .

Perati couldn’t match his cards and was the first of the final two tables to fall.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Tripodi	1,400,000 300,000	300,000
Muhamet Perati	Busted

Tags: Clement Tripodi Muhamet Perati

01-29-2017 14:06 UTC

Paul Skipper Eliminated in 15th Place (£7,070)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Paul Skipper raised from early position to 80,000 and the action folded around to James Mitchell in the big blind, who three-bet. Skipper then four-bet all in for around 950,000 and Mitchell quickly called.

Paul Skipper:
James Mitchell:

What seemed to be destined to become a split pot saw Mitchell freeroll the flop of and Skipper faced the ultimate sweat on the turn. Sure enough, the appeared on the river and Mitchell made a four-card flush to eliminate Skipper in 15th place for £7,070.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mitchell	2,700,000 450,000	450,000
Paul Skipper	Busted

Tags: James Mitchell Paul Skipper

01-29-2017 14:08 UTC

Break Time

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Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

01-29-2017 14:15 UTC

Updated Counts After Level 25

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Seat	Table 1	Country	Chip Count	Table 2	Country	Chip Count
1	empty	-	-	Eric Cech	Australia	1,675,000
2	Smit Trivedi	United Kingdom	2,975,000	Francesco Cortese	Italy	3,300,000
3	Clement Tripodi	France	1,505,000	David Kahan	Belgium	970,000
4	Peter Bergman	Sweden	875,000	Rehman Kassam	United Kingdom	725,000
5	Ludovic Geilich	United Kingdom	2,760,000	Alexis Fleur	France	1,800,000
6	James Mitchell	United Kingdom	2,690,000	Guillem Cusco Bach	Spain	2,600,000
7	Yuriy Boyko	Ireland	1,710,000	Daniel Harwood	United Kingdom	2,800,000
8	Lam Van Trinh	United Kingdom	1,860,000	empty	-	-

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Cortese	3,300,000 550,000	550,000
Smit Trivedi	2,975,000 175,000	175,000
Daniel Harwood	2,800,000 100,000	100,000
Ludovic Geilich	2,760,000 760,000	760,000

James Mitchell	2,690,000 10,000	10,000
Guillem Cusco Bach	2,600,000 200,000	200,000
Alexis Fleur	1,800,000 100,000	100,000
Yuriy Boyko	1,710,000 310,000	310,000
Eric Cech	1,675,000 475,000	475,000
Clement Tripodi	1,505,000 105,000	105,000
David Kahan	970,000 70,000	70,000
Peter Bergman	875,000 25,000	25,000
Rehman Kassam	725,000 75,000	75,000