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2017 PokerStars Festival London

High Roller
Dias: 3
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival London

Resultados Finais
Campeão
Mão Vencedora
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Premiação
£59,912
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,200
Premiação
£345,320
Entries
178
Informações do Nível
Nível
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Joe "Magic" Johnson Freerolls to Victory in the 2017 PokerStars Festival London High Roller (£59,912)

Nível 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Joe Johnson wins the 2017 PokerStars Festival London High Roller
Joe Johnson wins the 2017 PokerStars Festival London High Roller

After an excellent turnout in the 2017 PokerStars Festival London £2,200 High Roller, an extra day had to be scheduled to determine a winner. Local player Joe Johnson led the five survivors out of a 178-entry strong field back into Day 3 and lifted the trophy after just under six hours at the iconic Hippodrome Casino, along with a payday of £59,912.

Johnson was labelled as "Magic Johnson" by fourth-place finisher Yuriy Boyko and the victory is made even sweeter after the Brit basically freerolled the tournament after winning the latest PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino Loyalty Race, which saw him take the top prize of £4,000 in buy-ins. After an intense heads-up battle, Johnson cut a deal with Enzo Del Piero when both got even-stacked and the duo left £3,000 as well as the trophy aside.

Final result of the £2,200 High Roller

PlaceWinnerCountryPrize (GBP)Prize (USD)
1Joe JohnsonUK59,91275,489
2Enzo Del PieroUK56,67871,414
3Harry LodgeUK36,15045,549
4Yuriy BoykoIreland26,50033,390
5Nicolas BekerSwitzerland19,41024,456
6Nicolas CardynFrance14,24017,942
7Jonathan ClarkUK10,44013,154
8Nathan ManuelUSA7,6509,639

The last five players bagged up at around 2 a.m. the previous night and returned at 1.30 p.m. local time. After more than two and a half hours and several double ups, it was Nicolas Beker who bowed out in 5th place. The Swiss was second in chips at the time and three-bet against chip leader Johnson before the latter four-bet shoved. Beker snap-called with pocket eights and found himself up against pocket queens. The board ran out ten-high and Beker was gone.

Boyko led the event after Day 1 and was the shortest stack coming back for Day 3 before doubling up right away. The Irishman eventually fell short again and called the shove of Johnson blind-on-blind with ace-four off suit. Johnson only had nine-six suited but flopped an unbeatable flush.

This left three Brits to battle for the title and Harry Lodge was the short stack, but managed to spin it up and get everyone almost even before falling back to the bottom of the counts. Lodge then shoved the small blind for his last nine big blinds with king-three off suit. Del Piero called in the big blind with queen-ten suited and flopped middle pair as well as the flush draw. The river was the king of spades and that gave Del Piero the flush.

In heads-up, Johnson started with a two-to-one lead and quickly doubled that. Del Piero struck back and doubled twice before the deal was cut, the levels were also shortened to half an hour. Del Piero doubled again before getting short again. In the last hand, he raised and called the three-bet shove of Johnson for 18 big blinds with ace-nine. Johnson had ace-jack and the superior kicker held up to crown the champion.

With the High Roller now done and dusted, the full focus for the remainder of the festival switches over to the £990 Main Event. With 169 and 164 entries respectively on the first two starting days, the flagship tournament is set to eclipse the £400,000 guarantee and the PokerNews live reporting team will provide updates until the winner is crowned on Sunday January 29th.

Tags: Enzo Del PieroHarry LodgeHippodrome CasinoJoe JohnsonJonathan ClarkNathan ManuelNicolas BekerNicolas CardynPokerStars FestivalYuriy Boyko

Enzo Del Piero Eliminated in 2nd Place (£56,678)

Nível 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Enzo Del Piero
Enzo Del Piero

A few minutes into the new level saw Enzo Del Piero drop to around 1,800,000 and he opened to 250,000. Joe Johnson moved all in and Del Piero called, the crowd jumped up to get closer to the table.

Enzo Del Piero: {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Joe Johnson: {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

"This is it," the rail started cheering and the flop fell {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Spades}. After the {7-Hearts} turn, Del Piero picked up some outs and Johnson's rail fell silent for a second after a loud "ohhh." However, the {K-Diamonds} on the river was a blank and that eliminated Del Piero in second place. He receives £56,678 according to the deal and Johnson is crowned champion.

A recap of today's action will be available shortly.

Jogador Fichas Progresso
Joe Johnson us
Joe Johnson
5,340,000 2,320,000
Enzo Del Piero gb
Enzo Del Piero
Eliminado

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Harry Lodge Eliminated in 3rd Place (£36,150)

Nível 27 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Harry Lodge
Harry Lodge

Harry Lodge eventually got chipped down all the way to 550,000 and open-shoved the small blind. Enzo Del Piero peeked at his cards and called to put Lodge at risk in a battle of the two shorter stacks.

Harry Lodge: {K-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Enzo Del Piero: {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}

The {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades} flop was almost as bad as it could get for Lodge, but he picked up some outs on the {3-Hearts} turn. The {K-Spades} river initially let Joe Johnson's rail gasp, but then they saw the flush for Del Piero as well. Lodge was eliminated in 3rd place for £36,150 and the event is now heads up with a 2-1 lead for Johnson.

Jogador Fichas Progresso
Joe Johnson us
Joe Johnson
3,550,000 -75,000
Enzo Del Piero gb
Enzo Del Piero
1,650,000 550,000
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
WSOP 1X Winner
Eliminado

Tags: Enzo Del PieroHarry LodgeJoe Johnson

Yuriy Boyko Eliminated in 4th Place (£26,500)

Nível 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Yuriy Boyko
Yuriy Boyko

The action folded to Joe Johnson in the small blind and he simply shoved into the big blind of short stack Yuriy Boyko. The latter only had around 12 big blinds left and called it off.

Yuriy Boyko: {A-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Joe Johnson: {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

"Off to the races," Johnson said to his rail as they came closer to have a look. The flop fell {J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Boyko said "Magic Johnson" with a smile on the face, knowing that his fate was sealed. Both the {4-Hearts} turn and the {K-Diamonds} river didn't matter, as Johnson had an unbeatable flush, and Boyko was eliminated in 4th place for £26,500.

Jogador Fichas Progresso
Joe Johnson us
Joe Johnson
3,480,000 380,000
Yuriy Boyko ie
Yuriy Boyko
Eliminado

Tags: Joe JohnsonYuriy Boyko

Nicolas Beker Eliminated in 5th Place (£19,410)

Nível 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Nicolas Beker
Nicolas Beker

After a raise by Joe Johnson in the cutoff, Nicolas Beker three-bet big to 255,000 in one seat over and Johnson then moved all in for 1,400,000 effectively. Beker called and let out a few words in French when he spotted the bad news.

Nicolas Beker: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Joe Johnson: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The board came {10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Beker was eliminated in 5th place for £19,410, leaving the table with a "good game guys" and shook hands with all opponents before heading to the payout desk.

Jogador Fichas Progresso
Joe Johnson us
Joe Johnson
3,700,000 1,450,000
Nicolas Beker ch
Nicolas Beker
Eliminado

Tags: Joe JohnsonNicolas Beker

Five Trophy Hunters Remain for the Final Day of the High Roller in London

Who will lift the High Roller trophy in London?
Who will lift the High Roller trophy in London?

In two hours from now as of 1.30 p.m. local time, the last five hopefuls out of a 178-entry strong field in the 2017 PokerStars Festival London £2,200 High Roller will return once again to the iconic Hippodrome London in the English capital. Due to the big field, an extra day was added to the schedule in order to avoid a finish time when most people would head for breakfast, and the final five bagged up at around 2 in the morning last night.

Leading the survivors is Joe Johnson with 2,200,000, and the Brit was running pretty hot yesterday to establish a 2-1 lead over his nearest rivals Nicolas Beker (1,123,000) and Enzo Del Piero (1,100,000). The other two finalists are Harry Lodge (626,000) and Day 1 chip leader Yuriy Boyko (484,000). Johnson is playing this event courtesy of his triumph in the latest PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino Loyalty Race, which saw him take top prize of £4,000 in buy-ins for this week’s Festival.

With 20 big blinds left at blinds of 12,000-24,000 and a running ante of 4,000, there is plenty of room left and all trophy hunters have £19,410 locked up for their efforts already. However, all eyes are set on the first-place payout of £67,290 and the chance to become the first ever PokerStars Festival High Roller champion on European soil.

Seat Assignments for the Final Day

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Yuriy BoykoIreland484,00020
2Harry LodgeUK626,00026
3Enzo Del PieroUK1,100,00045
4Joe JohnsonUK2,200,00091
5Nicolas BekerSwitzerland1,123,00046

The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to cover all the action until a winner is crowned, and you can also check out the updates of the £990 Main Event Day 1b that kicks off in half an hour as well.

Tags: Enzo Del PieroHarry LodgeHippodrome CasinoJoe JohnsonNicolas BekerPokerStars FestivalYuriy Boyko