Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
2017 PokerStars Festival London
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Festival London
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£990
Prize Pool
£824,112
Entries
944
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 944
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Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
You spend your dinner break going over different spots you’ve faced in the previous six levels, mulling over what you did right or wrong. But now you have a shoving stack and all you want is a decent spot to get it in, double up and get back on track.
Darren Nelson shoved over a raise and a call. Behind him Mihaita Croitoru, a PokerStars qualifier from Romania, moved all in too and the other players folded.
Nelson had 
and Croitoru 
.
Nelson remained in his seat until the final card had been dealt. Whether in hope or resignation it was hard to tell. The cards fell 
. Close but no good as Nelson was eliminated.
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
96,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
88,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
70,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
68,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
35,000 | |
|
||
|
|
30,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
28,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
20,400
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
||
|
14,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
5,100
17,900
|
17,900 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
The floor was called as some cards had got mixed up during the deal when one player assumed incorrectly that one of the dealt cards was meant for him. Consequently one player in the small blind only had one card. The players assumed that it was a misdeal but the dealer called the floor.
The floor explained that it was not a misdeal. The players who didn’t have legitimate hands were mucked but the valid hands could play out the hand. It wasn’t arguably directly the fault of the player in the small blind but he had to surrender his cards and the chips.
The golden rule is to protect your hand. Even as it is being dealt to you, pay attention and secure your cards and speak up if you see something wrong. Most of the time nothing untoward happens, but it does happen from time to time and it was explained it is the player’s responsibility.
The players accepted the ruling but the debate rumbled on for a while.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Niall Farrell has just been eliminated and the man who did the deed, Mohammed Zahour, delighted in the retelling. Although some details appeared to be a bit fuzzy we’ll take his word as helped by the corrections from other players.
Zahour raised from under the gun and called a shove from Farrell.
Zahour had 
while Farrell had 
.
The flop was good for Farrell as 
brought a flush draw but the on the turn had him drawing dead as a 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,300
100
|
100 |
|
|
||
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 
and a continuation bet from Dempsey of 2,200 got the job done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
||
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
144,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
47,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
44,000 | |
|
|
36,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
35,000
29,900
|
29,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
13,600
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
|
||
