Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Ilze Zolte started the action in the cutoff by raising to 300, which got a single call from Kim Kilroy in the big blind.
The players saw a 9♦7♣8♠ flop and Kilroy checked. Zolte bet 500 and got a call from Kilroy.
The A♠ turn was checked by both.
Kilroy bet 1,100 after seeing the J♠ river to which Zolte called. Kilroy showed 10♦3♦ and Zolte mucked her hand.
In the next hand, Shohre Marjaei raised to 300 from the button and got re-raised by Kilroy in the small blind to 1200.
Marjaei called taking the two players to the Q♦6♥4♥ flop. Kilroy bet 900 and Marjaei called.
The J♣ was turned and Kilroy bet 2,500, which got a fold from Marjaei.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
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34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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||
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dana Acharya started the action by calling from the cutoff. Lisa Roberts also called from the button and both the blinds checked.
The flop came 10♥9♠5♦ and action checked to Acharya who bet 300. Roberts called and so did Virginia Windsor from the small blind.
The turn came the 3♠ with action checking around the table.
The 2♣ river prompted a 700 bet from Windsor in the small blind and the other two players folded, leaving Windsor to take a small pot early in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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31,300
1,300
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1,300 |
|
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29,600
400
|
400 |
|
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29,600
400
|
400 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Cards are in the air on Day 1a of the Main Event!
The wait is finally over! The highly anticipated PokerStars Women’s Winter Festival has officially begun at The Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square. The high-roller event kicked things off being the first of many exciting competitions set to light up the iconic venue in the coming days.
The centrepiece of the festival, the £400 Main Event, is a three-day showdown starting today at 1 p.m. with Day 1a. Boasting a guaranteed £100,000 prize pool, the tournament is expected to attract a great field of players, all eager to claim a share of the action.
Players will start the day with a stack of 30,000 chips and blinds will be 100/100 with 100 big blind ante in Level 1. Forty-minute levels will be played, with a break every three levels. There will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 10, at approximately 8:40 p.m.
Late registration will be open until the end of the break after Level 10 (~9:25 p.m.) with each player limited to one reentry per flight. Play will stop for the day when 20% of the field remains. The prize pool will be announced at the start of Day 2 after all three starting flights have been played.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates from the tournament floor throughout Day 1a, and follow our coverage as we track the action all the way to crowning the champion!
£400 Main Event
Day 1a Started