Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2017 PokerStars Festival London
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Sevens For Sally Stephens
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Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Jay Samani opend to 36,000 from the button and got one caller in Sally Stephens.
The flop was 
and a check from Stephens saw Samani continue for 36,000 which Stephens called.
They both checked the 
turn and the 
river.
Stephens turned over 
and Samani mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,220,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
550,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Smoekh Doubles Through Geilich
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
While Naoufel Bennani-Smires got through with a four-bet shove and added 100,000 and change to his stack, Ludovic Geilich just took a hit at a different table. The Scotsman opened to 40,000 from early position and then called the shove of Jonathan Solomon Somekh for 196,000.
Jonathan Solomon Somekh: 
Ludovic Geilich: 
The board ran out 
and Somekh doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,550,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
500,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
450,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Ostrovschi Busts to Boyko
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Yuriy Boyko is still on course to make another final table here at the Hippodrome Casino after finishing 4th in the High Roller. Nicolae Ostrovschi just shoved for his last 82,000 and Boyko called from one seat over, the rest of the table folded.
Nicolae Ostrovschi: 
Yuriy Boyko: 
The board of 
wasn't much of a sweat, as Boyko had locked up the pot with a full house and sent Ostrovschi to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Chun Law Wins the Race
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Chun Law was all in for his last 212,000 and got a call from Muhamet Perati
Law showed 
and Perati had 
.
The board ran out 
giving Law the double and putting a small dent in Perati’s stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
440,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Tripodi Takes a Hit; Bennani-Smires Wins a Flip
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Eric Cech open-shoved for his last 187,000 from the cutoff with the 
and Clement Tripodi quickly called out of the small blind with . On the 
flop, Cech found a deuce for the set, and the 
turn and 
river were blanks.
On another table, Naoufel Bennani-Smires four-bet shoved for 485,000 and table neighbor Adam Harsanyi took the flip with . Bennani-Smires had two over cards with the 
and got there on the river of a board 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
740,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
675,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
|
400,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
Steward Binks the Turn
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Ayad Sharhani opened to 35,000 from the button and Kevin Steward moved all in for 176,000 from the small blind. Sharhani gave it some thought and eventually called to find himself up against 
. Sharhani had the 
and the flop of killed two outs for Steward.
However, the turn was a great card for Steward and he doubled after a blank river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
390,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
It’s A Tarp! Alexandre Poulain Busts.
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Action folded round to Lucian Tartan in late position who limped. Alexandre Poulain shoved for just over 200,000 and Tartan called.
Poulain had 
but he had run in to Tartans trap as he turned over
The board ran out 
and Poulain was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Geilich Goes on a Rampage
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Several players have been knocked out in quick succession. Two of them had the unfortunate timing to run into the steamrolling train that is Ludovic Geilich. Masafumi Saito raised with pocket aces and Geilich called out of the blinds with 
to flop top two pair.
And then, short stack ninja Eldad Bentov got it in with 
from the cutoff and Geilich called with in the small blind. An ace and a jack appeared on the flop, and Geilich even rivered another jack to knock out Bentov.
Just now, Geilich opened to 40,000 from the button and Sally Stephens shoved from the big blind. Geilich asked for a count and eventually folded to the all in worth 462,000, Stephens showed him the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
|
530,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Sharhani Next on the Rail
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
David Kahan raised from the button and called the shove of table neighbor Ayad Sharhani in the small blind with 
. Sharhani only had 
and the board came . That pot bumped Kahan up to 1.8 million and second place overall with 41 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
Busted |