2017 PokerStars Festival London

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
£89,320
Event Info
Buy-in
£990
Prize Pool
£824,112
Entries
944
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Da Silva At the Double

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Chris Da Silva moved all in on the turn of a board reading {6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{k-Spades} and William Martin called. “You got aces?” Da Silva asked but the answer was no.

Martin tabled {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} and Da Silva showed {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}.

The river was the {8-Spades} and Da Silva got a near double up to eliminate Martin.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Da Silva gb
Chris Da Silva
89,000 75,000
William Martin
William Martin
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Istvan Kinal Building A Tower

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The battle at the top of the leaderboard has been tight for a while but recently Istvan Kinal from Hungary has emerged to challenge the top guns. He has just been moved to David Docherty’s table, another of the big stacks.

Kinal has position on Docherty so it could be an interesting few levels if they stay in the same positions.

Player Chips Progress
Istvan Kinal hu
Istvan Kinal
150,000

Tags: Istvan Kinal

Kathryn Lindsay Triples Up

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Kathryn Lindsay was all in preflop for around 10,000 and got called in two spots, never a good feeling even after you see the cards.

Lindsay had {a-Hearts}{10-Spades} and was up against {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}.

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

Outs duly dodged a relieved Lindsay was congratulated by Chris Moorman who had come over to see the action.

Player Chips Progress
Kathryn Lindsay us
Kathryn Lindsay
30,000

Tags: Chris MoormanKathryn Lindsay

Ramos Back In the Game

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We arrived to see PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos bet the turn of a board reading {q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs} for 3,300 and his opponent laying it down.

Nothing too surprising in that but he added that pot to his increased stack and is currently playing 47,000 which is right around average. Let’s see what the Brazilian can do on a cold January night in London from there.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
47,000 33,400

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Position Raise

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

James “Flushy” Dempsey opened the action from late position for 1,600. The player in the big blind asked to see his stack and called having seen it was 25,000.

Heads up to a flop of {8-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and a continuation bet from Dempsey of 2,200 got the job done.

Player Chips Progress
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
26,500 4,500

Tags: James Dempsey

Felipe Ramos Surviving

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Brazilian Team PokerStars Pro Felipe Ramos made a big laydown a couple of hours ago and since then he has been grinding his stack. We haven’t seen anything go to showdown but there have been a few judicious shoves over raises to keep his head above water, demonstrating one of the many skills you need to get to the top in poker.

Ramos has 20,300 at a time when the average is 46,090

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
20,300 -100

Tags: Felipe Ramos