Dudakov Leads Final 8 in The Festival Series Nottingham Main Event
It has been a heck of a week at The Festival Series first visit to Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. Robin Hood may not have appeared in the casino but players from around the world enjoyed a variety of poker action and casino tournaments throughout the week.
We have one more day of exciting action to go with just eight players remaining out of a field of 609 entries in The Festival Series Nottingham £450 Main Event. The final eight have each locked up £4,500 with tonight's champion winning much more with a £42,500 top prize on the line.
Optibet Poker qualifier Dmitri Dudakov will enter the action with a massive stack of 38,225,000 with the starting blinds at 250,000/500,000 along with a 500,000 big blind ante. Mark van der Voorden, Sean O'Donnell, Endrit Geci, Simon Gyorgy, Michael O'Brien, Ignacio Menendez, and Vegard Andreassen are also still in the hunt for The Festival Main Event glory.
The action will be live streamed on a 30-minute delay with hole cards exposed at TheFestivalOG Twitch channel.
Main Event Final Table Seat Draw
| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endrit Geci | 17,275,000 | 35 |
| 2 | Gyorgy Simon | 9,100,000 | 18 |
| 3 | Dmitri Dudakov | 38,225,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Ignacio Menendez | 7,500,000 | 15 |
| 5 | Mark van der Voorden | 19,675,000 | 39 |
| 6 | Michael O’Brien | 8,075,000 | 16 |
| 7 | Sean O’Donnell | 18,995,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Vegard Andreassen | 4,375,000 | 9 |
Main Event Final Table Payouts
The final eight players have each locked up a tasty prize of £4,500. The payouts jump fast from there with tonight’s winner taking home a huge £42,500 top prize.
| 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 |
Rickie Silcock Leads The Hendon Mob Championship
Meanwhile, today also features the second and final day of The Hendon Mob £120 Championship. The event attracted a banner field of 384 entries across two opening flights getting into the action to generate a £37,248 prize pool.
The action is down to 57 hopefuls, each already locking up at least a min-cash of £200 with one skilled player eventually winning the £7,560 top prize. Rickie Silcock will kick off the day at the top of the pack with 1,975,000 in chips followed by Vikesh Shah (1,892,000), Mark Hayes (1,870,000), Daks Davis (1,466,000), and Darren Chadwick (1,157,000). Blinds will begin at 6,000/12,000 (12,000) and increase every 25 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Follow today's action at The Festival Series blog!
