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.

PokerStars Festival
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2016
Ceased2018
Official website[1]

PSF Main Event winners

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Season 1

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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]

Season 2

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]

Season 1 Results

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  PSF New Jersey

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Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Jason Acosta $38,220
2nd   Michael Gagliano $28,116
3rd   Eli Kim $20,683
4th   David Johnston $15,215
5th   Matthew Affleck $11,193
6th   Sridhar Sangannagari $8,234
7th   Rocco Dicondina $6,057
8th   Peter Smyth $4,455

  PSF London

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  • Venue: PokerStars at The Hippodrome Casino, London, UK
  • Buy-in: £990 (~US$1,237)
  • 5-Day Event: 25–29 January 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 944
  • Total Prize Pool: £824,112 (~US$1,030,037)
  • Number of Payouts: 183
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Rehman Kassam £89,320* (~US$111,638)
2nd   Daniel Harwood £95,000* (~US$$118,738)
3rd   Eric Cech £70,000* (~US$87,491)
4th   Yuriy Boyko £43,370 (~US$54,207)
5th   Clément Tripodi £31,510 (~US$31,510)
6th   Ludovic Geilich £22,950 (~US$28,684)
7th   Alexis Fleur £16,702 (~US$20,875)
8th   Lam Van Trinh £12,150 (~US$15,185)

* Deal between the final three players.

  PSF Rozvadov

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  • Venue: King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,161)
  • 5-Day Event: 9–13 March 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 1,126
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: €500,000 (~US$527,894)
  • Total Prize Pool: €1,089,310 (~US$1,150,080)
  • Number of Payouts: 215
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Petr Svoboda €124,346 (~US$131,283)
2nd   Michal Lubas €91,000 (~US$96,077)
3rd   Stanislav Koleno €87,444 (~US$92,322)
4th   Michael Rohde €78,966 (~US$83,371)
5th   Cenk Oguz €39,078 (~US$41,258)
6th   Marian Flesar €28,086 (~US$29,653)
7th   Péter Kamarás €20,186 (~US$21,312)
8th   Jan Stariat €14,508 (~US$15,317)

  PSF Chile

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  • Venue: Viña del Mar Casino, Viña del Mar, Chile
  • Buy-in: $1,650
  • 5-Day Event: 23–27 May 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 329
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: $500,000
  • Total Prize Pool: $500,000
  • Number of Payouts: 47
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Christopher Franco $97,360
2nd   Juan Giraldo $61,900
3rd   Sergio Tello $46,400
4th   Andrés Vega $37,560
5th   Amos Ben Haim $29,600
6th   Rodrigo Zambra $22,600
7th   Oscar Tolosa $16,600
8th   Diego Lizana $12,200

  PSF Marbella

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  • Venue: Casino Marbella, Marbella, Spain
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,226)
  • 5-Day Event: 21–25 June 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 949
  • Total Prize Pool: €911,040 (~US$1,015,358)
  • Number of Payouts: 135
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Ignacio De Maturana €152.000* (~US$169,404)
2nd   Íñigo Naveiro €95.500* (~US$106,434)
3rd   Leo Margets €95.500* (~US$106,434)
4th   Fernando Gonzalez €54,100 (~US$60,295)
5th   Ignacio Barcenas Romera €42,100 (~US$46,921)
6th   Jose Fibla €31,200 (~US$34,773)
7th   Fabrizio Privitera €22,300 (~US$24,853)
8th   Marco Lander €15,900 (~US$17,721)

* Deal between the final three players.

  PSF Lille

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  • Venue: Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille, France
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,268)
  • 4-Day Event: 20–23 July 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 800
  • Total Prize Pool: €768,000 (~US$885,343)
  • Number of Payouts: 119
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Philippe Le-Touche €143,000 (~US$164,849)
2nd   Kim Amanton €88,000 (~US$101,445)
3rd   Jonathan Amasse €62,200 (~US$71,703)
4th   Jean-Marie Piette €46,390 (~US$53,477)
5th   Paul Bahbout €36,590 (~US$42,180)
6th   Oystein Nordli €27,460 (~US$31,655)
7th   Fabrice Halleux €19,550 (~US$22,537)
8th   Florent Lusardi €13,600 (~US$15,677)

  PSF Korea

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  • Venue: Paradise Hotel & Resort, Incheon, South Korea
  • Buy-in: ₩1,650,000 (~US$1,468)
  • 5-Day Event: 20–24 July 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 285
  • Total Prize Pool: ₩414,675,000 (~US$368,902)
  • Number of Payouts: 39
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Tae Hoon Han ₩83,130,000 (~US$73,954)
2nd   Yuki Ko ₩55,280,000 (~US$49,178)
3rd   Wei Kuo Hsiao ₩40,430,000 (~US$35,967)
4th   Sano Mitsuru ₩32,635,000 (~US$29,033)
5th   Kojima Harunobu ₩25,600,000 (~US$22,774)
6th   Scott Janik ₩19,400,000 (~US$17,259)
7th   Jwah Kim ₩14,220,000 (~US$12,650)
8th   Dmitrii Kovalevskii ₩10,450,000 (~US$9,296)

  PSF Bucharest

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  • Venue: JW Marriott Grand Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,299)
  • 5-Day Event: 2–6 August 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 736
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: €500,000 (~US$590,723)
  • Total Prize Pool: €706,560 (~US$834,763)
  • Number of Payouts: 111
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Sam Grafton €117,707 (~US$139,050)
2nd   Anil Ozdemir €96,993 (~US$114,592)
3rd   Daniel Nietrzebka €57,600 (~US$68,051)
4th   Fahredin Mustafov €43,500 (~US$51,392)
5th   Patrick Bueno €34,400 (~US$40,641)
6th   Johann Eclapier €26,091 (~US$30,825)
7th   Traian Bostan €18,720 (~US$22,116)
8th   Yuri Kudrinsky €12,790 (~US$15,110)

  PSF Manila

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  • Venue: City of Dreams, Manila, Philippines
  • Buy-in: ₱55,000 (~US$1,090)
  • 5-Day Event: 3–7 August 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 594
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: ₱20,000,000 (~US$396,695)
  • Total Prize Pool: ₱28,809,000 (~US$571,420)
  • Number of Payouts: 87
Final table
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)

  PSF Uruguay

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Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Julio Belluscio $66,748*
2nd   Julio Arocena $60,027*
3rd   Hector Barua $37,020
4th   Ernesto Panno $29,880
5th   Osvaldo Naves $23,440
6th   Juan Perez $17,740
7th   Alejandro García $13,020
8th   Renan Toniolo $9,560

* Deal between the final two players.

  PSF Dublin

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  • Venue: Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,293)
  • 5-Day Event: 28 September – 1 October 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 544
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: €700,000 (~US$822,890)
  • Total Prize Pool: €679,000 (~US$798,204)
  • Number of Payouts: 79
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Gary McGinty €91,808* (~US$107,925)
2nd   James O'Callaghan €74,797* (~US$87,928)
3rd   Antonio Merone €78,554* (~US$92,344)
4th   Sean Prendiville €71,161* (~US$83,653)
5th   Ivan Tononi €35,780 (~US$42,061)
6th   Declan Connolly €28,110 (~US$33,044)
7th   Michael Graydon €20,980 (~US$24,663)
8th   Alexander Bretherton €14,530 (~US$17,080)

* Deal between the final four players.

  PSF Sochi

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  • Venue: Sochi Casino and Resort, Sochi, Russia
  • Buy-in: ₽66,000 (~US$1,150)
  • 5-Day Event: 19–22 October 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 699
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: ₽30,000,000 (~US$522,714)
  • Total Prize Pool: ₽40,681,800 (~US$708,831)
  • Number of Payouts: 103
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Aleksandr Merzhvinskii ₽7,700,000 (~US$134,163)
2nd   Alexander Denisov ₽4,700,000 (~US$81,892)
3rd   Nikita Myshkin ₽3,350,000 (~US$58,370)
4th   Alexander Shlyakhov ₽2,600,000 (~US$45,302)
5th   Valentin Zolotilov ₽2,000,000 (~US$34,848)
6th   Andrey Kotelnikov ₽1,560,000 (~US$27,181)
7th   Mikhail Zamyatin ₽1,101,800 (~US$19,198)
8th   Kirill Denisenko ₽770,000 (~US$13,416)

  PSF Hamburg

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  • Venue: Spielbank Schenefeld, Hamburg, Germany
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,291)
  • 5-Day Event: 22–26 November 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 567
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: €500,000 (~US$586,779)
  • Total Prize Pool: €549,990 (~US$645,445)
  • Number of Payouts: 79
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Ulrich Pauls €105,850 (~US$124,221)
2nd   Michal Lubas €66,220 (~US$77,713)
3rd   Jan Sigel €47,410 (~US$55,638)
4th   Behzad Zarnegar €36,960 (~US$43,375)
5th   Stefan Rundstrom €28,980 (~US$34,010)
6th   Andrei Nodea €22,770 (~US$26,722)
7th   Karolis Domarkas €16,990 (~US$19,939)
8th   Marcin Horecki €11,770 (~US$13,813)

Season 2 Results

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  PSF London

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  • Venue: PokerStars at The Hippodrome Casino, London, UK
  • Buy-in: £990 (~US$1,384)
  • 5-Day Event: 24–28 January 2018
  • Number of buy-ins: 852
  • Total Prize Pool: £743,796 (~US$1,039,576)
  • Number of Payouts: 127
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Kalidou Sow £121,803* (~US$170,239)
2nd   Paul Dando £103,197* (~US$$144,234)
3rd   David Mander £60,000 (~US$83,859)
4th   Tom Winstone £45,000 (~US$62,894)
5th   Waheed Ashraf £35,500 (~US$49,617)
6th   Attila Farkas £26,600 (~US$37,177)
7th   Thomas Harbrecht-Parker £18,500 (~US$25,856)
8th   Tsz Ho £13,000 (~US$18,169)

* Deal between the final two players.

  PSF Marbella

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  • Venue: Casino Marbella, Marbella, Spain
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,286)
  • 5-Day Event: 6–10 June 2018
  • Number of buy-ins: 1,047
  • Total Prize Pool: €985,920 (~US$1,153,204)
  • Number of Payouts: 154
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Cesar Omar Del Pino Hanouadi €179,000 (~US$209,371)
2nd   Romain Feriolo €107,500 (~US$125,739)
3rd   Ole Hansen €76,000 (~US$88,895)
4th   Iñigo Naveiro €57,000 (~US$66,671)
5th   Thomas Saltonas €44,000 (~US$51,465)
6th   Zhong Chen €32,000 (~US$37,429)
7th   Teunis Kooij €23,500 (~US$27,487)
8th   Paul van Oort €17,000 (~US$19,884)

  PSF Lille

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  • Venue: Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille, France
  • Buy-in: €1,100 (~US$1,280)
  • 4-Day Event: 19–22 July 2018
  • Number of buy-ins: 859
  • Total Prize Pool: €824,640 (~US$959,799)
  • Number of Payouts: 127
Final table
Place Name Prize
1st   Alexandre de Zutter €154,000 (~US$179,240)
2nd   Yannick Ansenne €93,480 (~US$108,801)
3rd   Ugo Faggioli €65,950 (~US$76,759)
4th   Alex Peck €49,440 (~US$57,543)
5th   Tom De Boom €38,980 (~US$45,368)
6th   Samir Akhoullou €29,160 (~US$33,939)
7th   Gino Cardenia €20,540 (~US$23,906)
8th   Pierre Antona €14,430 (~US$16,795)

Future

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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.

References

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