Rehman Kassam's chance at a back-to-back victory has come to an end. The winner of the inaugural PokerStars Festival in London finished in 34th place and will take home €4,269.
After the cutoff had opened, Kassam committed his last ten big blinds with from the small blind. The cutoff called with and the board ran out to end Kassam's undefeated streak.
In a three-bet pot at the feature table, initial three-better Mindaugas Jonuskis checked a flop of . Grospellier bet 111,000 and Jonuskis check-called.
On the turn, Jonuskis checked, Grospellier bet 133,000, Jonuskis check-shoved for 397,000 and Grospellier snap-called.
Bertrand Grospellier:
Mindaugas Jonuskis:
It was a massive cooler for Grospellier, who found himself drawing dead with top two pair against the nut full house. Jonuskis doubled up and passed Grospellier on the leaderboard.
Martin Kabrhel raised to 50,000 from the cutoff. Peter Kamaras shoved all-in from the big blind, which was effectively 425,000 more to Kabrhel to call. The Czech looked unhappy with the situation but called it off after some deliberation.
Martin Kabrhel:
Peter Kamaras:
"Nice hand sir", quipped Kabrhel upon seeing the Hungarian's hand. The board ran out and Kabrhel doubled with a pair of aces. Kabrhel couldn't help himself but to rub it in to Kamaras after the hand.
"Running good today. But you know, nothing you can do. It's a cooler. Cooler alert!", he said with a deadpanned look. Kabrhel is back at one million in chips.
Yori EpskampBertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Second in Chips
Welcome to the final day of the PokerStars Festival Main Event Rozvadov! After two long days of play, the record-breaking field of 1,123 has been whittled down to 37 hopefuls. The plan is to play down to a winner today and tournament most likely will go on until deep in the night before a winner is crowned. It's worth the grind: a massive first place prize of €146,464 awaits the last man standing at the end.
The biggest eyecatcher is Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who sits in second place with 1,694,000 in chips. The French Team PokerStarsPro, who will surpass the $11,000,000 in lifetime winnings with this event, is looking to make PokerStars Festival history. Grospellier will have to find a way to dismantle chipleader Peter Kamaras (2,541,000, who topped both Day 1 and Day 2 and will be the man to beat.
Arunas Jocius (1,527,000), Oleg Mandzjuk (1,504,000) and Leonardo Romeo (1,500,000) round out the top five. Talkative Czech Martin Kabrhel (563,000) and Ioana Silvana (414,000) are also still in contention. But the biggest story to possibly unfold is without a doubt the tale of Rehman Kassam (570,000). The Brit won the inaugural PSF Main Event London back in January and is looking to set an unprecedented feat by winning the first two events in a row.
The final day will start at 12:30 p.m. local time. Levels will be 75 minutes for the remainder of the tournament and blinds will kick off at 12,000 / 24,000 with a running ante of 4,000. Follow PokerNews for start-to-finish coverage of the final day as we find out who will lift the trophy and become our PokerStars Main Event Festival champion!
from the small blind. The cutoff called with 
and the board ran out 
. Grospellier bet 111,000 and Jonuskis check-called.
turn, Jonuskis checked, Grospellier bet 133,000, Jonuskis check-shoved for 397,000 and Grospellier snap-called.
. She finished 36th for €4,269.
and Kabrhel doubled with a pair of aces. Kabrhel couldn't help himself but to rub it in to Kamaras after the hand.
