2017 PokerStars Festival London

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Right Call From Daniel Harwood

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Three players got to the river of a board reading {3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Chuc Khuu bet 2,700 getting one fold but giving Daniel Harwood pause for thought.

Harwood talked out the options to himself, wondering if it was a value bet before flicking out calling chips.

Khuu had a piece with his {9-Diamonds}{8-Spades} but was just behind the {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} of Harwood.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Harwood gb
Daniel Harwood
87,000
57,000
57,000
Chuc Khuu gb
Chuc Khuu
32,000
1,500
1,500

Tags: Chuc KhuuDaniel Harwood

Steve Watts Eliminated

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

There were four people looking at the turn of a board reading {7-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Steve Watts moved all in. Two players folded to the shove but Ben Borlan called.

Watts had {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Borlan {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}.

The river was the {a-Spades} and Watts hit the rail while Borlan collected a decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Borlan
Ben Borlan
35,000
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
Busted

Tags: Steve Watts

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Scary Board; What Does the Qualifier Have?

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

PokerStars Online qualifier Vojtech Paxian from Slovakia opened for 1,100 from the button and got called by Isaac Wiafe in the small blind and the player in the big blind.

The flop was {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and it checked to Paxian who bet 1,500. The big blind folded but Wiafe stuck around.

The turn card was the {9-Hearts} and Wiafe check called a bet of 3,100 from Paxian.

The river was the {10-Clubs}. It looked like pretty much every draw got there and Wiafe checked it. Paxian reached for chips and fired the last barrel for a hefty 6,500.

Wiafe shrug-called the bet and mucked when Paxian turned over {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}.

Who needs draws when you can flop quads?

Player Chips Progress
Vojtech Paxian sk
Vojtech Paxian
45,000
45,000
45,000
Isaac Wiafe gb
Isaac Wiafe
26,000
26,000
26,000

Pagano Busts Leon Louis

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano

Two High Rollers have just clashed in the Main Event with only one coming out alive.

PokerStars Team Pro Luca Pagano had pocket queens and all the money went in on the river against Leon Louis who, with King-Ten was behind on the flop, made a straight on the turn but felted by the river as that final queen hit.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
95,000
58,000
58,000
Leon Louis gb
Leon Louis
Busted

Tags: Leon LouisLuca Pagano

Some Fallers

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

A couple of the players we have been following have busted. They will have a final chance to make day 2 at the Turbo event on Friday, solely open for those who have bust previous Day 1s.

Player Chips Progress
Chuc Khuu gb
Chuc Khuu
Busted
Daniel Harwood gb
Daniel Harwood
Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Giulio Di Salvo Scores Double Knock-Out

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Giulio Di Salvo had invested chips in the pot but he was facing an all-in from Jan Christoffersen and another player.

Nevertheless Di Salvo called and the card were on their backs.

Di Salvo had {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and was against the {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} of Christoffersen and the {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs} of the third player.

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

Di Salvo’s queens held up to score a double knock-out and move close to 100,000.

Player Chips Progress
Giulio Di Salvo it
Giulio Di Salvo
95,000

Tags: Giulio Di Salvo