Level: 15
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
2017 PokerStars Championship Prague
€25,500 Single-Day High Roller II
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Prague
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€1,274,000
Entries
52
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Level 14
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Stephen Chidwick raised to 40,000 and Igor Kurganov defended his big blind. On the 
flop, Kurganov check-called 55,000 from Chidwick. Both players checked the 
on the turn.
The river brought the 
and Kurganov checked. Chidwick bet 120,000, Kurganov used a time bank chip before calling. Chidwick tabled 
for jacks up and Kurganov mucked his hand.
Shortly after, Kurganov three-bet shoved and got it through to get to 380000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
960,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
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380,000
-286,000
|
-286,000 |
|
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Level 14
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Igor Kurganov limp-shoved into a raise to 60,000 by JC Alvarado and forced a fold. The next hand, Alvarado made it 45,000 to go from the cutoff and Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved all in from the button. Once Alvarado had asked for a count and received 344,000 as answer, he called a few seconds later and the cards were turned over.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy: 
JC Alvarado: 
The 
flop changed nothing much yet, but the 
turn vaulted Alvarado in the lead. Only an ace or six would keep Troyanovskiy in the running, and the 
river saw him grab his belongings, add a "nice call" and head to the payout desk to collect €83,000 for his efforts. All remaining five players now have €108,000 locked up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Directly after Vogelsang busted, Erik Seidel shoved from under the gun and Stephen Chidwick reshoved on the button. Alvarado, as the sole blind, quickly folded.
Erik Seidel: 
Stephen Chidwick: 
It was all but over after the 
flop and the on the turn sealed it for Chidwick, rendering the 
river moot. Seidel bowed out in 7th place for €67,000, tapped the table and wished everyone good luck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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Level 14
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
JC Alvarado opened to 45,000 from under the gun and Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind checked his stack, which amounted to around 15 big blinds or 300,000, and moved all in. Alvarado snap-called and both players turned over pocket pairs.
Christoph Vogelsang: 
JC Alvarado: 
Once again the player at risk on the money bubble got it in with the worse pocket pair, but this time there was no lucky punch as the board ran out 
. "Good game, good luck guys," Vogelsang said before heading to the rail. All remaining seven players are now guaranteed at least €67,000 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,750,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Stephen Chidwick raised to 35,000 under the gun. Short stack Vladimir Troyanovskiy shoved 176,000 in late position and back on Chidwick, he instantly called.
Stephen Chidwick:
Vladimir Troyanovskiy: 
Troyanovskiy jumped out of his seat, already packed up his stuff and was ready to leave. Perhaps the old stand-up trick still has some merit to it as there was a nine for Troyanovskiy on 
to double him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
|
|
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|
|
380,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Kruk | Canada | 1,400,000 | 70 |
| 2 | Igor Kurganov | Russia | 666,000 | 33 |
| 3 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 390,000 | 20 |
| 4 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 595,000 | 30 |
| 5 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 305,000 | 10 |
| 6 | JC Alvarado | Mexico | 1,340,000 | 67 |
| 7 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 175,000 | 8 |
| 8 | Erik Seidel | USA | 315,000 | 16 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
1,340,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
666,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
595,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
390,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
315,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
305,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
175,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
At the short-handed table, JC Alvardo was hammering his big stack around to pressure his shorter-stacked opponents. This time, Alvarado open-shoved from the button, with Muehloecker and Juanda both having over 20 big blinds in the blinds.
Muehloecker folded and Juanda went in the tank. While Juanda was thinking, Oleksii Khoroshenin busted at the other table to make the final table official. Juanda thought some more and then called it off for 361,000.
JC Alvarado:
John Juanda:
The 
flop added a flush draw to Alvarado's outs. The on the turn was a blank but the on the river brought the third heart to knock Juanda out in 9th, two places shy of the money. The final table will now be played eight-handed from the start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Oleksii Khoroshenin was all in for a mere 107,000 from the button and Stephen Chidwick called instantly out of the big blind.
Oleksii Khoroshenin: 
Stephen Chidwick:
The board of 
and that sent Khoroshenin to the rail, reducing the field to the last nine. They will now combine to the final table and the money bubble looms.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
590,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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