PokerStars Festival London: Joe Johnson Wins High Roller For £59,912; Aditya Agarwal One of the Top Stacks Going into Main Event Day 2

The Hippodrome Casino at London’s West End was bristling with players as the PokerStars Festival London moved deeper into its schedule. The £2,200 High Roller was won by Joe ‘Magic’ Johnson (cover image) for £59,912 ($75,489).

Team PokerStars pro Aditya Agarwal and Team PokerHigh pro Arsh Grover participated in the High Roller, but were unable to make the money line.

Both players having busted the previous flight, re-entered on the last entry-flight Day 1D. Agarwal has made Day 2 with 107,200 chips placing him 13^th among the 74 survivors on that day. Leading the record-breaking Main Event Day 1D was Adrian Mateos with 185,200.

£2,200 High Roller

Local player Joe “Magic” Johnson took down the High Roller for £59,912 and what’s more, he rode in after winning the satellite at PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino Loyalty Race, which awarded him £4,000 in buy-ins.

The event drew 178 entries and witnessed a tough heads up, which was finally resolved after deal was cut, with the trophy and £3,000 left for the winner.

Day 3 began with five survivors and heads up saw Johnson with a 2 to 1 lead up against Enzo Del Piero.

Piero put up a fight, doubling up many times and when stacks were almost equal a deal was struck. The last hand saw Piero’s ace-nine felled by Johnson’s ace-jack and he made a runner-up finish for £56,678.

Final Table Results

1. Joe Johnson – £59,912 ($75,489)

2. Enzo Del Piero – £56,678 ($71,414)

3. Harry Lodge – £36,150 ($45,549)

4. Yuriy Boyko – £26,500 ($33,390)

5. Nicolas Beker – £19,410 ($24,456)

6. Nicolas Cardyn – £14,240 ($17,942)

7. Jonathan Clark – £10,440 ($13,154)

8. Nathan Manuel – £7,650 ($9,639)

£990 Main Event

Day 2 of the £990 Main Event will begin with 314 survivors from the 944 entries through four starting flight days. India`s poker superstar Aditya Agarwal re-entered on Day 1D and is among the top stacks with 107,200 in chips.

Other notables in contention are Emrah Cakmak (150,200), Benjamin Morrison (133,000), Keisuke Hikosaka (130,400), Kalidou Sow (125,000), Diego Gomez (96,900), Fraser MacIntyre (89,000), Albert Sapiano (78,300) and Chris Moorman (31,200).

Day 2 gets underway today!

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