The inaugural PokerStars Festival London provided the kind of dramatic action associated with one of the theatrical capital cities of the world.
London is known to some as the "Big Smoke," and plenty of players were on fire at the felt in claiming career-high victories.
Thousands of hands were played out, and while many were on the rail or watching in the wings, you may have missed some of the greatest live performances. We're here to provide a curtain call for the drama as it happened.
Gonzalez One Outed On Day 1a
Brexo Pena Gonzalez had the worst bad beat to tell of the tournament, and he was ousted from the action after less than two levels of play at the Hippodrome Casino.