Sport | Texas Hold 'em |
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Founded | 2016 |
Ceased | 2018 |
Official website | [1] |
The PokerStars Festival was a series of global poker tournaments which began in 2016. The formation of the series was announced in August 2016, when PokerStars revealed that the European Poker Tour and other poker tours were being rebranded.[1] Thirteen tournament festivals were played in the inaugural season, in the North America, Europe, South America and Asia. PokerStars also announced another series of tournaments, PokerStars Championship, which features higher buy-in events. The series was discontinued after the second season.
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1–5 November 2016 | PSF New Jersey US$1,100 Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, USA |
208
|
$201,760 | Jason Acosta[2] | $38,220 | [2] |
25–29 January 2017 | PSF London £990 (~US$1,237) PokerStars at The Hippodrome Casino, London, UK |
944
|
£824,112 (~US$1,030,037) |
Rehman Kassam[3] | £89,320 (~US$111,638) |
[3] |
9–13 March 2017 | PSF Rozvadov €1,100 (~US$1,161) King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic |
1,126
|
€1,089,310 (~US$1,150,080) |
Petr Svoboda[4] | €124,346 (~US$131,283) |
[4] |
23–27 May 2017 | PSF Chile US$1,650 Viña del Mar Casino, Viña del Mar, Chile |
329
|
US$500,000 | Christopher Franco[5] | US$97,360 | [5] |
21–25 June 2017 | PSF Marbella €1,100 (~US$1,226) Casino Marbella, Marbella, Spain |
949
|
€911,040 (~US$1,015,358) |
Ignacio De Maturana[6] | €152,000 (~US$169,404) |
[6] |
20–23 July 2017 | PSF Lille €1,100 (~US$1,268) Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille, France |
800
|
€768,000 (~US$885,343) |
Philippe Le-Touche[7] | €143,000 (~US$164,849) |
[7] |
20–24 July 2017 | PSF Korea ₩1,650,000 (~US$1,468) Paradise Hotel & Resort, Incheon, South Korea |
285
|
₩414,675,000 (~US$368,902) |
Tae Hoon Han[8] | ₩83,130,000 (~US$73,954) |
[8] |
2–6 August 2017 | PSF Bucharest €1,100 (~US$1,299) JW Marriott Grand Hotel, Bucharest, Romania |
736
|
€706,560 (~US$834,763) |
Sam Grafton[9] | €117,707 (~US$139,050) |
[9] |
3–7 August 2017 | PSF Manila ₱55,000 (~US$1,090) City of Dreams, Manila, Philippines |
594
|
₱28,809,000 (~US$571,420) |
Uday Bansal[10] | ₱4,676,000 (~US$92,747) |
[10] |
19–23 September 2017 | PSF Uruguay US$1,650 Enjoy Punta del Este, Punta del Este, Uruguay |
261
|
US$379,755 | Julio Belluscio[11] | US$66,748 | [11] |
28 September - 1 October 2017 | PSF Dublin €1,100 (~US$1,293) Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin, Ireland |
544
|
€679,000 (~US$798,204) |
Gary McGinty[12] | €91,808 (~US$107,925) |
[12] |
19–22 October 2017 | PSF Sochi ₽66,000 (~US$1,150) Sochi Casino and Resort, Sochi, Russia |
699
|
₽40,681,800 (~US$798,204) |
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii[13] | ₽7,700,000 (~US$134,163) |
[13] |
22–26 November 2017 | PSF Hamburg €1,100 (~US$1,291) Spielbank Schenefeld, Hamburg, Germany |
567
|
€549,990 (~US$645,445) |
Ulrich Pauls[14] | €105,850 (~US$124,221) |
[14] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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24–28 January 2018 | PSF London £990 (~US$1,384) PokerStars at The Hippodrome Casino, London, UK |
852
|
£743,796 (~US$1,039,576) |
Kalidou Sow[15] | £121,803 (~US$170,239) |
[15] |
6–10 June 2018 | PSF Marbella €1,100 (~US$1,286) Casino Marbella, Marbella, Spain |
1,047
|
€985,920 (~US$1,153,204) |
Omar Del Pino[16] | €179,000 (~US$209,371) |
[16] |
19–22 July 2018 | PSF Lille €1,100 (~US$1,280) Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille, France |
859
|
€824,640 (~US$959,799) |
Alexandre de Zutter[17] | €143,000 (~US$164,849) |
[17] |
* Deal between the final three players.
* Deal between the final three players.
Final table | ||
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Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Uday Bansal | ₱4,676,000 (~US$92,747) |
2nd | Antti Halme | ₱4,273,000 (~US$84,753) |
3rd | Michael Falcon | ₱2,456,000 (~US$48,714) |
4th | Mike Takayama | ₱1,900,000 (~US$37,686) |
5th | Jaehyun Lim | ₱1,500,000 (~US$29,752) |
6th | Sam Razavi | ₱1,170,000 (~US$23,206) |
7th | Kenneth Buck | ₱870,000 (~US$17,256) |
8th | Hoa Nguyen | ₱596,000 (~US$11,821) |
* Deal between the final two players.
* Deal between the final four players.
* Deal between the final two players.
On December 15, 2017, PokerStars announced that it will bring back regional tour brands in 2018. These include the European Poker Tour, Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), and Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT).[18] Therefore, the PokerStars Festival label will no longer be used.