Main Event
Day 1c Started
2017 PokerStars Festival London
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival London
Buy-in
£990
Prize Pool
£824,112
Entries
944
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Big Field Expected for Day 1c of the Main Event
In just under half hour from now at 11 a.m. local time, the iconic Hippodrome Casino calls players from near and far for the third starting day of the £990 Main Event of the 2017 PokerStars Festival London. The flagship tournament boasts a guaranteed prize pool of £400,000 and the event is well on the way to beat that after 169 and 164 entries respectively on the previous two starting days.
All players receive 30,000 in chips and the levels last 45 minutes each. Registration remains open until the end of level six and it is expected that the scheduled dinner break will be shortened to bag and tag around 8.45 p.m. local time similar to yesterday's Day 1b. Snooker superstar Stephen Hendry will be taking to the felt and won the media event last night.
So far, there are at least four tournament areas prepared and a soft cap of 310 entries is enabled, but everyone that wants to take part will be seated in order to take a shot at becoming the first PokerStars Festival champion on European soil. All players that bust have a further chance as of 10 p.m. local time as well, when the 1d turbo flight kicks off with 20-minute levels. Only those that participated in any of the three previous starting days and failed to bag up chips will be allowed to enter.
Main Event Day 1 blind structure
| Level | Ante | Small Blind | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 | |
| 2 | 75 | 150 | |
| 3 | 25 | 100 | 200 |
| 4 | 50 | 150 | 300 |
| 5 | 50 | 200 | 400 |
| 6 | 75 | 250 | 500 |
| 7 | 100 | 300 | 600 |
| 8 | 100 | 400 | 800 |
| 9 | 100 | 500 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 200 | 600 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 200 | 800 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 300 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be to cover both flights today and provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Sunday.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Mix the Cards Up and Pass Them Out!
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air and there are an amazing 236 players seated for the “Shuffle up and deal!”
This is going to be a big one.
Updates and chip counts will be here for the 12 levels with play scheduled to finish at 8:45.
PokerStars Player Party Tonight
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Tonight at 9pm it is time for another fabled PokerStars Players Party. After ten hours at the felt what could be better than blowing off some steam at a Friday night party? Whether you’re reveling in a successful day gathering chips or drowning your sorrows while looking for someone to listen to your bad beat, make sure you don’t miss out.
The party will be in Lola’s Underground Casino in the basement of the Hippodrome and it has a fascinating history as described on their website.
“Lola McGuire was a chorus girl at the Hippodrome from its opening in 1900 right up until the outbreak of WW1. Savagely beautiful with a captivating charm described by one theatre critic as ‘close to hypnotic and wholly irresistible’, she was a favourite of the older and wealthier gentlemen who would come to The Hippodrome purely on the chance of sharing an after show drink with her. Wherever Lola went, scandal went too.
But it was only when Lola suddenly disappeared in September 1914 that the full truth emerged. The London Evening News picked up the story and ran with it well into the early part of 1915. Apparently Lola was no ordinary show girl. She was a true Edwardian entrepreneur and understood that all societies – no matter how underground – needed administration. She created and ran the under-stage after parties at The Hippodrome, organising gambling, money lending through her own makeshift bank and operated the cellar bar using gin salvaged from the barges making their regular trips up the Thames from bankside distilleries. It was even rumoured she offered every customer owing her money a chance to win it back on the turn of a card. She never lost and the whisper was that Lola had made some powerful friends on the other side.
No trace of Lola McGuire was ever found. Some believe she was the victim of a disgruntled gambler or jealous wife: others that she simply vanished into the London smog to avoid the increasing attentions of the Metropolitan police. Reports of sightings in different parts of the world continued until as late as 1950. Others still, believe she never actually left The Hippodrome.”
Room For More
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There are 259 players seated now. With 31 poker tables dotted around the Hippodrome that means there is a soft cap of 310. Players will then join a list to await a vacant seat. It’s great to see such an appetite for live poker in London continuing the success for this inaugural PokerStars Festival London.
Put Your Money On Hendry
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A delighted Stephen Hendry won the Media Tournament last night beating names such as PokerStars Team Pros Jake Cody, Liv Boeree, Felipe Ramos.
That shorted his odds considerably with BetStars to 150/1 to win the Main Event he will be playing today. You can also get 20/1 to make a top 10 finish and 7/4 to make day 2.
Day 1a Leader Mihaita Croitoru Sets the Bar
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mihaita Croitoru, a PokerStars qualifier from Romania, has the biggest stack of the Main Event so far, finishing top of Day 1a with a whopping 340,000.
Lam Van Trinh from the UK is second with 291,300 and third is Lucian Tartan, again from the UK, with 216,500 all from Day 1a. There were 169 players with 45 survivors.
No one from Day 1b could top the 200k mark with [Removed:16] from France on 199,100 but only just ahead of Naoufel Bennani-Smires who bagged 199,000. Day 1b saw 164 players and 51 survivors.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Notables In the Field So Far
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |