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Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Second in Chips
Welcome to the final day of the PokerStars Festival Main Event Rozvadov! After two long days of play, the record-breaking field of 1,123 has been whittled down to 37 hopefuls. The plan is to play down to a winner today and tournament most likely will go on until deep in the night before a winner is crowned. It's worth the grind: a massive first place prize of €146,464 awaits the last man standing at the end.
The biggest eyecatcher is Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who sits in second place with 1,694,000 in chips. The French Team PokerStarsPro, who will surpass the $11,000,000 in lifetime winnings with this event, is looking to make PokerStars Festival history. Grospellier will have to find a way to dismantle chipleader Peter Kamaras (2,541,000, who topped both Day 1 and Day 2 and will be the man to beat.
Arunas Jocius (1,527,000), Oleg Mandzjuk (1,504,000) and Leonardo Romeo (1,500,000) round out the top five. Talkative Czech Martin Kabrhel (563,000) and Ioana Silvana (414,000) are also still in contention. But the biggest story to possibly unfold is without a doubt the tale of Rehman Kassam (570,000). The Brit won the inaugural PSF Main Event London back in January and is looking to set an unprecedented feat by winning the first two events in a row.
The final day will start at 12:30 p.m. local time. Levels will be 75 minutes for the remainder of the tournament and blinds will kick off at 12,000 / 24,000 with a running ante of 4,000. Follow PokerNews for start-to-finish coverage of the final day as we find out who will lift the trophy and become our PokerStars Main Event Festival champion!
Martin Kabrhel raised to 50,000 from the cutoff. Peter Kamaras shoved all-in from the big blind, which was effectively 425,000 more to Kabrhel to call. The Czech looked unhappy with the situation but called it off after some deliberation.
Martin Kabrhel:
Peter Kamaras:
"Nice hand sir", quipped Kabrhel upon seeing the Hungarian's hand. The board ran out and Kabrhel doubled with a pair of aces. Kabrhel couldn't help himself but to rub it in to Kamaras after the hand.
"Running good today. But you know, nothing you can do. It's a cooler. Cooler alert!", he said with a deadpanned look. Kabrhel is back at one million in chips.
In a three-bet pot at the feature table, initial three-better Mindaugas Jonuskis checked a flop of . Grospellier bet 111,000 and Jonuskis check-called.
On the turn, Jonuskis checked, Grospellier bet 133,000, Jonuskis check-shoved for 397,000 and Grospellier snap-called.
Bertrand Grospellier:
Mindaugas Jonuskis:
It was a massive cooler for Grospellier, who found himself drawing dead with top two pair against the nut full house. Jonuskis doubled up and passed Grospellier on the leaderboard.
Rehman Kassam's chance at a back-to-back victory has come to an end. The winner of the inaugural PokerStars Festival in London finished in 34th place and will take home €4,269.
After the cutoff had opened, Kassam committed his last ten big blinds with from the small blind. The cutoff called with and the board ran out to end Kassam's undefeated streak.
Lennart Dijkkamp suddenly found himself on the rail after two big hands in succession. There was nothing the young Dutchman could do about it, as he ran into two unavoidable setups in a row.
In the first hand, Petr Svoboda raised in early position with . Behind him, Karel Mokry picked up and shoved for 440,000. Dijkkamp got dealt the setup with and went all in for 941,000.
It wasn't done yet; behind Dijkkamp, Michael Rhode picked up ! With so much action in front of him, Rhode elected to fold his monster and Svoboda folded as well. Dijkkamp didn't hit the one outer and dropped to 501,000.
In the next hand, Thomas Bornicke opened the action with . Dijkkamp picked up and shoved for 496,000. Sonay Kehya woke up in the blinds with and also went all in, leaving Bornicke with no choice but to fold.
The board ran out and Kehya spiked his ace to eliminate Dijkkamp. The river elicited a loud response from Bornicke, who would've won the hand had he stayed in with his pocket nines.
Dijkkamp finished in 32nd place and was the last to receive €4,269.
Stanislav Koleno opened to 100,000 in middle position. Martin Kabrhel reshoved 445,000 from the big blind and Koleno called it off after some deliberation.
Martin Kabrhel:
Stanislav Koleno:
Kabrhel was in prime position to double up and took away one of Koleno's outs on the flop. The on the turn opened up some split outs for Koleno, but he would walk away with all of it after the on the river.
Kabrhel, the Czech Will Kassouf, talked his way to a 26th place and received €5,367.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier started the day off as second in chips, but the Team PokerStars Pro couldn't seem to win a hand today. Down to just 349,000 in chips, Grospellier shoved all in from the button. [Removed:266] called from the small blind to put "ElkY" at risk.
Bertrand Grospellier:
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Grospellier was behind and couldn't catch up on . "ElkY" fell in 23rd place and had to settle for just €6,083. The cash did put Grospellier over $11 million dollars in lifetime winnings as a small consolation.
Just before the redraw, a massive hand took place at the feature table that left Kamaras with half his stack once the dust was settled.
Rohde opened to 105,000 from under the gun with . Peter Kamaras called from the hijack with , Mindaugas Jonuskis called with from the cutoff and Robert Schunemann defended his big blind with .
The flop was and Rohde continued with 110,000. Kamaras raised to 240,000, Mindaugas and Schunemann folded, Rohne three-bet to 605,000 and Kamaras called.
Rohde might have been way behind on the flop, but the on the turn suddenly made him a massive favorite. The German bet 415,000 and Kamaras came along with the call.
The on the river put a full house on the board. After some huffing and puffing, Rohde bet 520,000, leaving himself with 270,000 behind. Kamaras didn't love it, but still paid off the German and saw the bad news. Rohde picked up a massive two million pot and is one of the chipleaderes.
and Kabrhel doubled with a pair of aces. Kabrhel couldn't help himself but to rub it in to Kamaras after the hand.
. She finished 36th for €4,269.
turn, Jonuskis checked, Grospellier bet 133,000, Jonuskis check-shoved for 397,000 and Grospellier snap-called.
from the small blind. The cutoff called with 
and the board ran out 
. Behind him, Karel Mokry picked up 
and shoved for 496,000. Sonay Kehya woke up in the blinds with 
and Kehya spiked his ace to eliminate Dijkkamp. The river elicited a loud response from Bornicke, who would've won the hand had he stayed in with his pocket nines.
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