2017 PokerStars Festival London

Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Simic Doubles Big

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A raising war broke out between Petr Machacek in early position and Marko Simic on the button. The latter ended up being at risk for 72,600 and the cards were tabled.

Marko Simic: {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}
Petr Machacek: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {K-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Machacek walked away from the table before floor staff called him back. "He got me covered," the Czech said. But when the stacks were counted, Machacek had around 10,000 left.

Player Chips Progress
Marko Simic de
Marko Simic
145,000

Tags: Marko SimicPetr Machacek

Jonty With the Ace High Call

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Nicolas Noguera and Jonty Willis were in a hand together. Willis had called a bet on the {10-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop and now the {9-Hearts} hit the turn.

Noguera fired again for 8,900 this time and once more Willis called.

The river was the {2-Hearts} and Noguera thought for a good while before splashing out a bet of 36,000. A couple beats past before Willis threw out a chip to call.

Noguera showed the {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} bluff but it had been picked off by the better {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} of Willis.

Noguera was impressed and told him nice call.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Willis gb
Jonathan Willis
210,000 70,000
Nicolas Noguera fr
Nicolas Noguera
130,000 -15,000

Tags: Jonty Willis

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Geilich and Hyatt Win Flips

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Edmund Anderson had been short stacked for quite some time and eventually just got his stack in against table neighbor Ludovic Geilich with {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} versus {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}. Geilich won the flip on a board of {J-Spades}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Spades} and that was it for Anderson.

Mason Hyatt, who lost a massive pot early in the day, never recovered from that and was just now spotted all in for his tournament life with only 25,400. Hyatt flipped with {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} out of the small blind against the {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} of Adam Slaiper in the cutoff and spiked a queen to double.

Player Chips Progress
Mason Hyatt gb
Mason Hyatt
55,000 5,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
45,000 -8,000
Edmund Anderson gb
Edmund Anderson
Busted

Tags: Ludovic GeilichMason HyattAdam SlaiperEdmund Anderson

Yong Can't Go Wrong

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

With the board showing {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{J-Clubs}, Christopher Yong in the big blind faced the shoves of Jerome O'Shea and the cutoff. Yong quickly called to put two players at risk, and had both of them drawing dead.

Jerome O'Shea: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Cutoff: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Christopher Yong: {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}

The {8-Diamonds} river was already meaningless and Yong bumped his stack up nicely thanks to the double elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Yong gb
Christopher Yong
175,000 110,000
Jerome O'Shea
Jerome O'Shea
Busted

Tags: Christopher YongJerome O'Shea

No More Cash Game Area in Use

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The eight tables in the upper cash game area all broke and some of the big names there got moved, including Praz Bansi and William Kassouf. They found themselves on nearby tables next to the bar and the big stack of Kassouf's table is Alexandria O'Brien.

Shantanu Banerji appears to be the biggest stack in that area while High Roller champion Joe Johnson is still in Jimmy's room with an average stack.

Player Chips Progress
Shantanu Banerji gb
Shantanu Banerji
170,000 36,000
Raul Martinez Gallego es
Raul Martinez Gallego
130,000 90,000
Alexandra O'Brien gb
Alexandra O'Brien
110,000
Joe Johnson us
Joe Johnson
50,000 33,000
Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
WSOP 2X Winner
45,000 -7,000
William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
32,000 -10,000
Karim Souaid fr
Karim Souaid
10,000 -95,000
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
Busted

Tags: Praz BansiShantanu BanerjiWilliam KassoufAlexandria O'Brien

Jake Cody Small Blind Squeeze & C-Bet

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

There was an early position raise to 2,600 and a call from Pavlos Benakis in the cut-off and the player on the button before PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody in the small blind raised to 10,600.

The initial raiser folded, Benakis called and the button folded.

The flop was {4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Cody led out for 8,200.

Benakis looked disappointed, folded, and said, “I should have raised.”

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
73,000 9,000

Tags: Jake Cody

Updated Counts for Level 10

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Noguera fr
Nicolas Noguera
145,000 95,000
Jonathan Willis gb
Jonathan Willis
140,000 101,000
Kevin Steward gb
Kevin Steward
135,000 135,000
Benjamin Morrison gb
Benjamin Morrison
120,000 20,000
Emmett Davis gb
Emmett Davis
100,000 -20,000
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
98,000 18,000
Alexios Zervos gr
Alexios Zervos
95,000 30,000
Jason Wong gb
Jason Wong
90,000 90,000
Christopher Yong gb
Christopher Yong
65,000 -5,000
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
60,000 5,000
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
55,000 55,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
55,000 10,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
53,000 23,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200