It was February 12th, the day Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club opened its doors for another instalment of The Festival Series. United Kingdom had been entranced for weeks, and they showed up in large numbers on the unofficial start day of this event and the majority of the felt were local players for now. On the next starting days, we are expecting the international players to arrive including all the qualifiers who managed to scoop a package deal, which will evolve in some great fireworks.
Day 1A of the PokerListings Championships was scheduled for Sunday. With a starting stack of 200,000 chips, and ample blind levels, there was plenty of room to sit back and relax. There were already 80 registrations in the first two hours of the tournament, and this continued to grow throughout the rest of the day.
Martin 'Franke' von Zweigbergk managed to find his first bust of the Series within two hands. Of course, it wouldn’t be a story of Franke if this wasn’t accompanied by some drama due to missing a flush draw and such. Together with PokerListings Anchor, Mauritz Altikardes, they tried to qualify themselves for the final day, but most likely we will see them giving it another try tomorrow as they didn’t manage to survive for long.
The atmosphere in this poker club is extremely pleasant for the players, and you can tell by everything that people here are completely focused on the game we love so much. As it's a club dedicated to Poker, you won't find many casino games around, somewhat which is different from other premises. So it was W.M who finally topped the list from 119 entrants and of the 18 remaining players at the end of Day 1A, with a heavy stack of 3,920,000 chips, good for 20x the starting stack. Other notable stacks are M.Y with 2,700,000 in chips, and P.G with 2,650,000 in chips. With one more day to go, we'll be able to get approximately close to 250-300 registrations and when Day 2 arrives next Tuesday, it will become a battlefield with big stacks all flying around.
The Live Blog will officially start from Day 1B 2PM Local Time of the PokerListings Championships onwards, so stay tuned and follow all the action of The Festival Series Nottingham here at PokerListings!
Here is a list of all remaining players of Day 1A:
| Place | Player Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | W M | 3,920,000 |
| 2 | MICHAEL YATES | 2,700,000 |
| 3 | P G | 2,650,000 |
| 4 | V M | 1,865,000 |
| 5 | L R | 1,810,000 |
| 6 | G S | 1,240,000 |
| 7 | E S | 1,145,000 |
| 8 | LUKE CORNELL | 1,075,000 |
| 9 | LEWIS MORTON | 1,060,000 |
| 10 | S Y | 970,000 |
| 11 | G T | 945,000 |
| 12 | DUMITRU ENACHE | 910,000 |
| 13 | MARK STOKES | 865,000 |
| 14 | RICHARD GREGORY | 770,000 |
| 15 | ALEXANDRU GRIGORIE | 705,000 |
| 16 | C T | 460,000 |
| 17 | L F | 425,000 |
| 18 | LUKASZ GRABOWSKI | 340,000 |
Are you curious for Today's action?
| Time | Event # | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2 p.m. | 1 | £120 PokerListings Championship Day 1b |
| 5 p.m. | 2 | £230 Sviten Special |
| 6 p.m. | 3 | £230 Heads Up [32 Cap] Day 1 |
| 6:30 p.m. | 4 | Cash Game Challenge |
| 7 p.m. | 5 | £60 Low Roller |
| 9:30 p.m. | 6 | Cash Game Challenge |