2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

€25,500 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€324,727
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€1,225,000
Entries
50
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Christoph Vogelsang Eliminated

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Christoph Vogelsang
Christoph Vogelsang

Action folded to Albert Daher in the small blind and he pushed all in. Big blind Christoph Vogelsang, who had about 140,000 behind, called.

Albert Daher: {K-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Christoph Vogelsang: {J-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

It wasn't that uneven a fight, but after the {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop, Vogelsang was done for. The {8-Hearts} on the turn and river {A-Hearts} were effectively blanks and Vogelsang hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
875,000
150,000
150,000
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Christoph Vogelsang
Busted

Tags: Albert DaherChristoph Vogelsang

Palumbo Sends Schemion Packing

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

Rocco Palumbo raised to 35,000 and Sam Greenwood called out of the hijack. In the small blind, Ole Schemion three-bet all in for just under 300,000 and Palumbo glanced over before moving all in himself for more than 400,000. This forced out Greenwood and the cards were tabled.

Ole Schemion: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Rocco Palumbo: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}

"Oh no," Greenwood joked when he saw the ace-queen of Schemion. Palumbo asked "what's up with ace-queen, you guys all like it?"

The board came {A-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and the kicker played to eliminate Schemion soon after returning from the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
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Rocco Palumbo
790,000
349,000
349,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ole SchemionRocco PalumboSam Greenwood

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Dinner Break Counts for the Last 14 (full)

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
725,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
675,000
-115,000
-115,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bartlomiej Machon pl
Bartlomiej Machon
610,000
-120,000
-120,000
Profile photo of Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
595,000
110,000
110,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
441,000
-64,000
-64,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
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Oleksii Khoroshenin
385,000
-17,000
-17,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
346,000
66,000
66,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
275,000
139,000
139,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
253,000
-17,000
-17,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
200,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
145,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
140,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
130,000
-35,000
-35,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
95,000
30,000
30,000

A Short Break

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

With the players all ordering from the in room dinning menu, the remaining 14 agreed a 75-minute dinner break wasn't necessary. They agreed on 30 minutes, so play will be back underway in half an hour at 8 p.m. local time.

Daher Doubles Right Back

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Albert Daher
Albert Daher

The chips are flying and Albert Daher joked "okay now we are playing for fun," after having just doubled right back. His opponent was Christoph Vogelsang, who had raised from under the gun to 31,000 and called the shove of Daher out of the big blind for 355,000 in total.

Albert Daher: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}
Christoph Vogelsang: {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

"Hearts," Daher demanded and part of his wish was granted with the {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop. Sure enough the {10-Hearts} followed right after on the turn and that locked up the double, making the {Q-Spades} river a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
730,000
375,000
375,000
Profile photo of Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
95,000
-345,000
-345,000

Tags: Albert DaherChristoph Vogelsang

Greenwood Spikes a Lucky River

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

Sam Greenwood was all in for his last 48,000 from early position and Ole Schemion on the button reshoved to isolate successfully.

Sam Greenwood: {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Ole Schemion: {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

The Canadian was in need of help and eventually got there on the river of the board {8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} to keep his hopes of another big payday alive. Greenwood scored another big pot right after and suddenly jumped into the middle of the pack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
280,000
156,000
156,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
136,000
-84,000
-84,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ole SchemionSam Greenwood