| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Endrit Geci | 17,275,000 | 35 |
| 3 |  Gyorgy Simon | 9,100,000 | 18 |
| 4 |  Dmitri Dudakov | 38,225,000 | 76 |
| 5 |  Ignacio Menedez | 7,500,000 | 15 |
| 6 |  Mark van der Voorden | 19,675,000 | 39 |
| 7 | Michael Obrien | 8,075,000 | 16 |
| 8 | Sean O’Donnell | 18,995,000 | 38 |
| 9 |  Vegard Andreassen | 4,375,000 | 9 |
Level 26: 200,000/400,000 (400,000)
Entries: 11/609
Average: 11,072,727
| Michael O’Brien | 13,025,000 |
| Dmitri Dudakov | 22,250,000 |
| Mark Griffin | 400,000 |
| Endrit Geci | 16,500,000 |
| A.V. | 12,575,000 |
| Sean O’Donnell | 8,750,000 |
| Gyorgy Simon | 3,350,000 |
| Mark van der Voorden | 18,200,000 |
| Ignacio Menendez | 12,500,000 |
| Samuel Deering | 2,000,000 |
We got an all-in at table number 15. It waS Ali Ayub at risk, as he was the one which was all-in with roughly 7M in chips. The Estonian Dmitri Dudakov had him covered and we were going to see the biggest flip of the tournament:
Ayub: Q Q
Dmitri Dudakov: A K
The board ran out 6 J 2 4 5 and it was the end of the story for the local hero Ali Ayub. When going deeper into tournaments, it is also getting steeper.
| Dmitri Dudakov | 20,000,000 |
| Ali Ayub | 17th – £ 2.250 |
Its is going very fast now here in the Main Event. We are already down to 18 players.
| Thomas Garment | 19th – £ 2.000 |
| Allan Arjut | 20th – £ 2.000 |
Level 25: 150,000/300,000 (300,000)
Entries: 18/609
Average: 6,765,000
Sadly, but true. The Latvian dream for Gatis Reigass to win the Main Event of The Festival Series has finished. We saw him having the chiplead not even too long ago with 11M in chips, but he seemingly had blown up his stack as he was down to just 800,000 in chips. He did manage to double it up first with Kings, but one hand later he had shoved all-in, when the button and SB had completed the blind. The button threw his cards into the muck, but the SB in the likes of Ali Ayub made the call.
Ayub: A 2
Reigass: A 3
Ayub was mentioned a 3 would appear on the board, which it eventually did. But it was the wrong 3 for Reigass as it made a Flush for Ayub. We say ‘Au Revoir’ to the flamboyant Optibet guy from Latvia, Gatis Reigass.
| Ali Ayub | 6,750,000 |
 Gatis Reigass | 21st – £ 2.000 |
Mark van der Voorden, born and raised in The Netherlands, is firing up at the moment. He started it off slowly, but is accumulating chips over and over. Currently he is playing a healthy stack and is right in the mix.
| Mark van der Voorden | 6,750,000 |
Level 8: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 30/64
Average: 320,000
The High Roller NLHE kicked off at 14:00 GMT. When starting the tournament there were 20 registrations, which now went up to 64 entrants. A big success we have to call it. There is still time to late register!
| Barry Grime | |
| Tariq Imam | |
| Tom Hall | |
| Robert Boon | |
 Vincenzo Lupoli |
Level 23: 100,000/250,000 (250,000)
Entries: 24/609
Average: 5,075,000
Due to a redraw we couldn’t get the whole last table we had to count. But we did our best with the remaining chip counts:
| Michael O’Brien | 4,700,000 |
| Ali Ayub | 2,750,000 |
 Sascha Manns | 2,000,000 |
| Thomas Garment | 7,200,000 |
| Gatis Reigass | 11,000,000 |
| Ignacio Menendez | 6,500,000 |
| Dmitri Dudakov | 5,600,000 |
| Stuart Griffith | 2,750,000 |
 Jari Karkkainen | 2,900,000 |
| Robert Douras | 1,125,000 |
| Michael Purkiss | 2,300,000 |
| Mark van der Voorden | 4,100,000 |
Level 22: 75,000/150,000 (150,000)
Entries: 28/609
Average: 4,350,000
| Vegard Andreassen | 9,450,000 |
| Jack Kent | 1,200,000 |
| Endrit Geci | 6,750,000 |
 Marian Dumitrache | 1,800,000 |
| Chris Cunliffe | 5,000,000 |
| Aki Nevalainen | 3,400,000 |
| Sean O’Donnell | 3,750,000 |
Level 21: 75,000/150,000 (150,000)
Entries: 29/609
Average: 4,200,000
We arrived at table 12 where Polish superstar Michal Czeszel was all-in for his remaining 1,4M from UTG position. His neighbour Carlo Solazzo instantly made the call by throwing in a chip. Czeszel was very enthusiastic about his hand and couldn’t keep sitting in his chair. Suddenly there was another player who moved all of his chips into the middle. It was A.V. who put his 4M chips into the middle. Which then led to Solazzo going into the tank, although he already had put in 1,4M to call the first shove, he had to make a decision for his remaining 1,8M. Eventually, he made the call and we were going to witness the biggest pot of today.
Czeszel: K Q
Solazzo: Q Q
A.V: A A
The board had to give a lot of hearts for Czeszel to stay alive. Solazzo just had one-out to go with. The flop showed 8 9 6 , which gave no help to anyone but A.V. With the 6 on the turn and the 8 on the river it became a double bust out. We are down to 29 players!
| A.V. | 8,600,000 |
| Carlo Solazzo | BUSTED – £ 1,500 |
 Michal Czeszel | BUSTED – £ 1,500 |
Level 21: 60,000/120,000 (100,000)
Entries: 38/609
Average: 3,205,000
It’s going fast with the bust outs today. We started the day with 91 players, and currently we are left with 38 players, divided over five tables here at the Dusk Till Dawn PokerClub in Nottingham.
| Adam Maxwell | 39th – £1,250 |
| Saied Yolmeh | 40th – £1,250 |
| Marko Keskel | 41st – £1,250 |
| Vincenzo Lupoli | 42nd – £1,250 |
We currently have 190 runners in Day 1A of The HendonMob Championship. An event with a buy-in of just £120 and with a guaranteed of £25.000. With another starting flight going on at 18:00 GMT, Mr HendonMob, Roland Boothby can only be extremely grateful for this wonderful turnout.
The HendonMob is THE website to go to, when trying to find out more about poker players. Not only can you find all results of live events from every single player all over the world, you can also locate any tournament series on this amazing webpage. If you are interested in checking player rankings per country or per category, there is plenty of filters to for.
The lovely Mauritz Altikardes, Chief of PokerListings, spoke to him briefly yesterday:
Leo Sigurdsson, which we know from The Festival Series in Bratislava just went on to the cash desk to collect his earnings of today. He is an incredible player, who remains calm at all times at the table. Sadly, it won’t be Mullet Time today!
| Jamie Holland | 43th – £1,250 |
| Marius Morel | 44th – £1,250 |
| David Vesley | 45th – £1,250 |
| Pawel Stock | 46th – £1,000 |
 Leo Sigurdsson | 47th – £1,000 |
Level 19: 40,000/80,000 (80,000)
Entries: 45/609
Average: 2,700,000
It is starting to be a normality here at The Festival Series in Nottingham. Reigass is absolutely crushing the place. He qualified himself through day 1B with a little bit over 2M in chips. Somewhat he was hoping for to end the day with, as per his own ambitions. Yesterday, while day 1C and 1D were being played, he suddenly was sitting at the final table of The Festival FreezeOut tournament. Despite his commanding chiplead at the final 3 players, he eventually finished 3rd for £1,250. A nice score, which he currently in the Main Event equals, as the current locked cash is £1,250 while we are down to 45 players. The Optibet player will try to get to the final table today, that’s for certain.
| Gatis Reigass | 8,400,000 |
Level 18: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 49/609
Average: 2,485,000
| Mark van der Voorden | 540,000 |
| Michael O’Brien | 5,520,000 |
| Satnam Sandhu | 4,600,000 |
| Javed Akhtar | 2,700,000 |
| Michal Czeszel | 1,300,000 |
| Ananda Vemuri | 5,520,000 |
| Marian Dumitrache | 5,000,000 |
| Mark Griffin | 3,200,000 |
Level 18: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 56/609
Average: 2,175,000
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | £42,500 |
| 2 | £27,250 |
| 3 | £18,250 |
| 4 | £12,592 |
| 5 | £9,250 |
| 6 | £7,000 |
| 7 | £5,500 |
| 8 | £4,500 |
| 9 | £3,500 |
| 10-12 | £3,000 |
| 13-15 | £2,500 |
| 16-18 | £2,250 |
| 19-22 | £2,000 |
| 23-27 | £1,750 |
| 28-36 | £1,500 |
| 37-45 | £1,250 |
| 46-63 | £1,000 |
| 64-92 | £800 |
Level 17: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 61/609
Average: 2,000,000
| Michael O’Brian | 3,800,000 |
| Oskar Wedde | 550,000 |
| Thomas Garment | 2,300,000 |
| Jack Kent | 2,700,000 |
| Ronnie Marland | 3,300,000 |
| Carlo Solazzo | 2,600,000 |
| A.V. | 4,200,000 |
| Ali Ayub | 1,000,000 |
| Aki Nevalainen | 2,800,000 |
| Vegard Andreassen | 3,200,000 |
| Chris Cunliffe | 2,400,000 |
| Marian Dumitrache | 2,800,000 |
| Simon Griffin | 4,200,000 |
| Mark van der Voorden | 1,200,000 |
| Purkiss | 3,800,000 |
| Stuart Griffith | 3,000,000 |
