2017 PokerStars Festival London
Main Event
Day: 1d
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
Filter
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Barny Boatman, Leon Louis and Will Givens have been eliminated while Kalidou Sow took another hit to his stack.
Louis lost his stack with pocket fours against the 
of Chris Moorman while Givens reshoved after the all in of Daniel Wilson. The American asked the dealer for no sweat and turned over his 
. Wilson had 
and the table erupted when the flop fell 
. Givens took out his smartphone to film the rest of the hand, and saw the board complete with the 
turn and 
river.
Wilson made his flush and Givens had just 18,000 left, those chips were gone soon after.
Sow bet a flop of 
for 4,500 and the small blind check-raised all in for 36,800 with the 
for two pair. Sow called with 
for the gutshot straight flush draw, and the turn and river bricked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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45,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Emrah Cakmak raised from early position and an opponent moved all in for 34,800. Cakmak took the flip with 
for one third of his stack and the opponent showed . The board came 
and Kalidou Sow said in French "gotta win the flip."
Down to 90 players, the average is around 55,000 and Cakmak still has more than that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Alexandra O'Brien and Natalia Breviglieri shared a table and both are no longer in the tournament, as is Michel Chen who was being moved there. Some other notables are rather short and need to make a move in the remaining half an hour.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
21,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
15,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
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|
10,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Albert Sapiano raised to 3,600 and a short stack moved all in for 27,000. Sapiano called and the cards were tabled. The opponent had 
and Sapiano was ahead with 
. The player in the ten seat banged on the table when he saw the flop come 
, claiming he had folded ace-queen.
The 
turn and 
river gave a straight on the board and the pot was chopped. Sapiano banged the table and said "fuck sake, why do you do that? Can't win a hand here. Can you send him back where he came from?" Sapiano was referring to the dealer, and the remark was towards the floorman next to the table. The dealer just smiled and headed to the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Kalidou Sow opened to 2,000 in the previous level and an opponent three-bet to 6,000, Sow made it 15,000 and was called. On the 
flop, Sow continued for 9,000 and was called before the opponent shoved the 
turn for 50,000 with pocket aces. Sow had jacks for quads ... .
Just now, Sow three-bet to 6,500 in the cutoff against Diego Gomez and the Spaniard simply four-bet shoved for 54,000 in the hijack. In table chat with Emrah Cakmak, Sow said he folded pocket nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
150,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
105,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
65,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
62,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
46,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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|
|
45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Kalidou Sow has been graced with quite a few big pocket pairs and busted an opponent with pocket kings versus 
to arrive at the table of Emrah Cakmak with a ton of chips. The next premium would await when he check-called a bet of 3,000 on the 
turn before the 
river went check, check.
Sow showed 
, but this time it was no good - his opponent had for aces and tens.
Albert Sapiano also just suffered a setback and was cut back down to twice the starting stack. He bet the 
turn for 11,500 and an opponent shoved for just 17,600. Sapiano called the few chips more with and was shown . The river blanked and Sapiano added "I almost passed."
According to the screens, there are 110 players remaining, all in the main tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
60,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Quite short, High Roller champion Joe Johnson pushed from the button with and the small blind looked him up with . The board came 
and that sent Johnson to the rail.
The biggest stack at that table is Emrah Cakmak, who won the WPT National in Paris back in 2014 after defeating Erwann Pecheux heads up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | |
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Busted |
