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The Festival Nottingham Day 7

The Festival Nottingham Day 7

Payouts – The Festival Series – Main Event 20.02.2023 13:51 by Melvin Schroen
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Ignacio Menendez – Winner The Festival Series – Main Event

Here are the final pay-outs:

PlacePlayerPrize
1Ignacio Menendez£38,595* (Deal)
2Sean O’Donnell£31,150* (Deal)
3Endrit Geci£18,250
4Gyorgy Simon£12,592
5Dmitri Dudakov£9,250
6Vegard Andreassen£7,000
7Michael O’Brien£5,500
8Mark van der Voorden£4,500
9A.V.£3,500
10Simon Griffin£3,000
11Samuel Deering£3,000
12Stuart Griffith£3,000
13Satnam Sandhu£2,500
14Jack Kent£2,500
15Sascha Manns£2,250
16Marian Dumitrache£2,250
17Ali Ayub£2,250
18Tadeas Vancura£2,250
19Thomas Garment£2,000
20Allan Arjut£2,000
21Gatis Reigass£2,000
22Chris Cunliffe£2,000
23Jari Karkkainen£1,750
24Robert Douras£1,750
25Michael Purkiss£1,750
26Teemu Leppalhti£1,750
27Aki Nevalainen£1,750
28Lars Eklund£1,500
29Shaun Halliday£1,500
30Kieran Plater£1,500
31Bart Dil£1,500
32Carlo Solazzo£1,500
33Michal Czeszel£1,500
34Christopher Wellington£1,500
35Javed Akhtar£1,500
36Jonatan Wedde£1,500
37Soni Padovani£1,250
38Antonius Samuel£1,250
39Adam Maxwell£1,250
40Saied Yolmeh£1,250
41Marko Keskel£1,250
42Vincenzo Lupoli£1,250
43Jamie Holland£1,250
44Marius Morel£1,250
45David Vesley£1,250
46Pawel Stock£1,000
47Leo Sigurdsson£1,000
48Ronnie Marland£1,000
49Oskar Wedde£1,000
50Daniel Schofield£1,000
51Kenneth Heinsvig£1,000
52Oliver Farrell£1,000
53Luke Wilby£1,000
54James Hotes£1,000
55Jav Javed£1,000
56Cnor Oldroyd£1,000
57Mark Wagstaff£1,000
58Simon Davidson£1,000
59Arian Hassankashani£1,000
60Nick Conlon£1,000
61Razma Gintautas£1,000
62Ahmed Younes£1,000
63Magnus Hofsteh£1,000
64Steven Taylor£800
65Marc Bolton£800
66Gareth Wright£800
67Rupinder Bedi£800
68Eugen Margarit£800
69Viktor Popvic£800
70David Clark£800
71John Whetton£800
72Sara Wickens£800
73Gerges Issa£800
74Mariusz Wiszowaty£800
75Philip Sewell£800
76Tuomas Kalvinmaki£800
77Jakub Matusiak£800
78Aaron Phillips£800
79Andras Bologh£800
80Alexandru Talica£800
81Russell Tarbox£800
82Paul Ephremsen£800
83Anders Wattengard£800
84Dmitrijs Meless£800
85Ian Vertefeuille£800
86Espen Baasto£800
87Max Maszlag£800
88Michael Skeldon£800
89Simon Wilson£800
90Callum Highley£800
91Oskar Ojaveer£800
92Carlo Solazzo£800
It’s a wrap! We have a Winner! 19.02.2023 21:59 by Melvin Schroen

It was Sean who limped in to try to trap Menendez and that was exactly what happened as Menendez threw all of his chips into the middle. Sean made the call and we had a showdown!

Menendez: K 7

O’Donnell: A 8

O’Donnell was the one at risk as Menendez had a 2:1 chiplead. The dealer opened up the flop with 7 2 9 , giving O’Donnell a flush draw and Menendez middle pair. The turn gave a 2 , and Menendez had to dodge a lot of cards which could mess it up for him. However, the 7 was not one of them. It did gave a flush, but the full-house is obviously the winning hand here.

We have an Argentinian Winner of The Festival Series!

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Ignacio Menendez
Ignacio Menendez1st – £ 37,595 (After deal)
 Sean O’Donnell2nd – £ 31,155 (After deal)
Deal discussion – ‘I Agree’ 19.02.2023 21:39 by Melvin Schroen

After already having offered two times before, when there were four and three players left, the last offer to a deal was finally accepted from both ends. Here are the numbers:

Ignacio Menendez – £ 33,345

Sean O’Donnell – £ 31,155

  • Play on for £ 4,250 and the trophy!
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Ignacio Menendez
Cracking Aces – Diamonds are forever 19.02.2023 21:29 by Melvin Schroen

We have a big situation for the two local players here during the heads-up. It ended with a flush for Sean, which catapults him into the lead.

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 Sean O’Donnell84,000,000
Ignacio Menendez37,000,000
Current Standings 19.02.2023 21:02 by Melvin Schroen
Ignacio Menendez80,000,000
 Sean O’Donnell43,000,000
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Sean O’Donnell
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Ignacio Menendez
Local hero Sean O’Donnell – It’s coming home 19.02.2023 20:56 by Melvin Schroen
We are heads-up! 19.02.2023 20:54 by Melvin Schroen

Geci busted out of the tournament in 3rd place. Following the results check beforehand, we would consider Geci as the favourite to take home the title. Still a very nice result for him as he takes home £ 18,250 for his efforts. He couldn’t win when he was all-in for his last remaining 1,5 big blind. His Ace-Queen did not hold against the other two players who checked it away until the end.

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Endrit Geci
Endrit Geci3rd – £18,250
The HendonMob Championship is down to final nine as well 19.02.2023 20:33 by Melvin Schroen

9 Players will try to become the new HendonMob Champion here at The Festival Series in Nottingham. There is laying £ 7,650 at the cash desk for the winner of this event.

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Vikesh Shah
Alexandru Talica
Yasir Khan
Terence Newton
Maxine Collins
Callum Drummond
Farida Reem Ahmed
Thomas Ascott
Mihail Popa
Gyorgy Simon blows up his flip machine 19.02.2023 20:27 by Melvin Schroen

Level 33: 800,000/1,600,000 (1,600,000)
Entries: 5/609
Average: 24,360,000

Gyorgy Simon, the Hungarian based player, doubled up many times to stay alive in this tournament. He kept on winning flips, but his flip machine went broke on 4th place. He could not manage to top his biggest score of $45,934, as he finished runner-up during a massive event in Malta, Powered by Unibet.

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Gyorgy Simon5th – £ 12,592
Some good vibe sharing of the LiveStream chat 19.02.2023 20:08 by Melvin Schroen

JonKytePoker: I’ve been listening most of the time

JonKytePoker: Just had to double through Tonka, so missed it

We had the pleasure of seeing Jon Kyte here in Nottingham. Although he is playing poker now at the EPT in Paris, he is still with his heart at The Festival Series as he is listening/watching the livestream.

We salute you!

The Festival Series Day 6 19.02.2023 19:57 by Melvin Schroen

Are you curious how it went on here in Nottingham and would you like to visit the next stop in Malta? Make sure to check the webpage of The Festival Series.

Dudakov goes out in 5th 19.02.2023 19:56 by Melvin Schroen

Level 32: 600,000/1,200,000 (1,200,000)
Entries: 6/609
Average: 20,300,000

Dmitri Dudakov started the day as the commanding chipleader, but already lost a big pot in the first hand of the day. He was going along fine with the rest of the players throughout the final table so far in terms of stacks, but couldn’t find what he was looking for as he first lost with pocket 10s against Ace-King Suited, soon followed by his bust while having 1,5 big blind left after he lost that flip. We lose him in 5th place.

Dmitri Dudakov5th – £ 9,250
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Dmitri Dudakov
Andreassen busts in 6th place 19.02.2023 19:38 by Melvin Schroen

Level 31: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000)
Entries: 6/609
Average: 20,300,000

Vegard unfortunately found his Waterloo in 6th place and took home seven grand for his good performance.

Vegard Andreassen6th – £ 7,000
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Vegard Andreassen
Cooler Time 19.02.2023 19:32 by Melvin Schroen

Level 31: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) (40min blinds)
Entries: 7/609
Average: 15,225,000

Michael O’Brien went all-in with just 7 players left here at the Main Event of The Festival Series. The remaining players had already secured £ 5,500 and are all looking to win this epic title in the Main Event. O’Brien got it in well with K K , but sadly for him Geci woke up with A A . Michael couldn’t find a miracle and is our 7th place finisher.

End of the story for O’Brien.

Dmitri Dudakov23,800,000
Michael O’brien£ 5,500
The Flying Dutchman crashed into the sea of tens 19.02.2023 19:15 by Melvin Schroen

Level 31: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) (40min blinds)
Entries: 8/609
Average: 15,225,000

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Mark van der Voorden

We arrived at a point that shoving smaller hands would be necessary and it was Mark van der Voorden who pushed all-in from the Cut Off with pocket 3s. And it was who found pocket 10s to make the correct call here. Mark needed help from the cards to come to survive:

Van der Voorden 3 3

O’Donnell 10 10

The flop gave no help with 6 6 A and then Q turn and A river blanked also for Mark. Sadly, but true, he had to leave the table towards the cash desk. We have lost our first player of the final table. GG Oranje!

Sean O’Donnell28,000,000
Mark van der Voorden8th – £ 4.500

Gyorgy keeps winning deciding flips 19.02.2023 18:51 by Melvin Schroen
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Gyorgy Simon

Gyorgy is doing extremely well with flips. Already just before the final table, he managed to win an important flip for his tournament life with pocket 7s against the KJ of Ignacio Menendez. This time they clashed again and we are off to one of the many races again here in Nottingham.

Gyorgy: 6 6

Ignacio: A 8

We saw the board coming with 10 5 8 and the turn was still good for Ignacio with the 10 . A blank on the river in the likes of a 2 sealed the deal for Gyorgy and so he doubles up again! We are going on a small break now.

Gyorgy Simon19,000,000
Ignacio Menendez21,000,000
Van der Voorden takes a hit 19.02.2023 18:13 by Melvin Schroen

Gyorgy moved his stack into the middle from UTG with his pocket 8s. He received a call from Dutchman Mark van der Voorden and was at risk for his tournament life. We are flipping!

Gyorgy Simon: 8 8

Mark van der Voorden: A Q

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Gyorgy Simon

We were off to the races and we saw a J 3 6 flop. The 8 ended the hand instantly as Mark was drawing dead, so the J river was just a formality.

Gyorgy Simon16,000,000
Mark van der Voorden15,000,000
Current Standings 19.02.2023 17:58 by Melvin Schroen

We are more than an hour under way and so far there is no player busted yet. The amount of Big Blinds are getting smaller and smaller, so it will kick off just very soon.

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The Dusk Till Dawn history 19.02.2023 17:48 by Melvin Schroen

A bit of history here with one of the rooters of Sean O’Donnell about the Dusk Till Dawn pokerclub. Sean, who is apparently called ‘Crazy horse’ is a long-time friend of the kind gentleman here sitting in the audience. He explained me a bit about the history of the pokerclub and why it had been opened up in the first place. It seemed that some pokerplayers, including Rob Yong, wanted to play in a local casino here in Nottingham, but they weren’t impressed with those casino’s as they were just taking, taking, taking. And the ambiance wasn’t great for example and weren’t helpful at all in terms of requests for specific poker games etc. So they decided to open up their own pokerclub. And until today, it has been a great success story ever since.

The nice gentleman also mentioned that Sean is able to do crazy stuff at the table. So let’s see what happens! He is off to a good start as he started today with just 3,400,000 in chips.

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The Dusk Till Dawn Pokerclub
 Sean O’Donnell18,000,000
Live at the rail with Ylva Thorsrud! 19.02.2023 17:33 by Melvin Schroen

Level 27: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 8/609
Average: 15,225,000

I changed my position here at The Dusk Till Dawn PokerClub. I am now sitting at a poker table right next to Feature Table together with Ylva Thorsrud. This lovely Norwegian poker professional has her own Twitch-Channel and is a huge friend of The Festival Series. Obviously, she is rooting for the Norwegian Vegard Andreassen, who made a deep run in the WSOP $1,500 PLO Event for roughly $40k in the summer of 2022. He started off as a short stack today. Let’s hope for Norway, he will grind it up!

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Vegard Andreassen

The Flying Dutchman! 19.02.2023 17:13 by Melvin Schroen
Additional information 19.02.2023 16:55 by Melvin Schroen

Level 28: 300,000/600,000 (600,000)
Entries: 8/609
Average: 15,225,000

Chip info if you follow the stream:

Pink Chips : 25.000

Green Chips : 100.000

Gray Chips : 500.000

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Ignacio Menendez doubles up through Dmitri in the first hand 19.02.2023 16:52 by Melvin Schroen
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Ignacio Menendez

We saw interesting action unfolded in the first hand of the day. It was Menendez with a clean double up!

Dmitri Dudakov A 4

Ignacio Menendez A Q

The board ran out:

9 J K 6 A

Ignacio Menendez14,000,000
Dmitri Dudakov 31,000,000

The Festival Series – Final Nine 19.02.2023 16:47 by Melvin Schroen

It’s all about to kick off here at the Dusk Till Dawn Pokerclub in Nottingham. If you can’t make it to watch the Livestream on Twitch, I will try to keep you posted through the liveblog here at PokerListings!

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Final Table – Players Info 19.02.2023 16:03 by Melvin Schroen
Endrit Geci – $302,576 in total live earnings
Gyorgy Simon – $52,015 in total live earnings
Dmitri Dudakov – $40,290 in total live earnings
Ignacio Menendez – $8,244 in total live earnings
Mark van der Voorden – No total live earnings / Or hidden
Michael O’brien – $40,712 in total live earnings
 Sean O’Donnell – $91,939 in total live earnings
Vegard Andreassen – No total live earnings / Or hidden
Whetton and Watson made a deal in The Festival Series – High Roller 19.02.2023 15:39 by Melvin Schroen
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John Whetton – Winner £1,100 High Roller event

The Festival Series High Roller event attracted 65 entries to create a £63,050 prize pool. Eventually it was Whetton who topped the field by winning a nice amount of £21,285, after making a deal with Watson. The field was logically the toughest of this Festival Series and we have seen big names popping up such as Tom Hall, Simon Wilson and Vincenzo Lupoli. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t their tournament as they didn’t make it to the money.

PlacePlayersPrize
1John Whetton£21,285
2Nathan Watson£17,965
3Garry Spinks£9,800
4Jamie Holland£6,500
5Robert Nur£4,500
6Philip Clarke£3,000

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