€25,500 Single-Day High Roller II | 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

12-15-2017 21:01 UTC+1

Kruk Also KO's Kho

Christian Zetzsche

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

Shortly after dispatching Conor Beresford, Christopher Kruk also took care of Kitson Kho as well. Kho was all in for just 45,000 in the cutoff and Kruk called in the big blind.

Kitson Kho:
Christopher Kruk:

The flop paired up Kruk and Kho needed running cards or a jack to remain in contention. Both the turn and river blanked and suddenly the field was reduced to just 10 hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	1,350,000 70,000	70,000
Kitson Kho	Busted

Tags: Christopher Kruk Conor Beresford Kitson Kho

12-15-2017 20:58 UTC+1

Kruk Bad Beats Beresford

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Conor Beresford three-bet all in for his last 157,000 and initial raiser Christopher Kruk called.

Conor Beresford:
Christopher Kruk:

Beresford had the better hand going into the showdown, but that all changed on the flop. After the turn and river, Kruk's two pair held up and Beresford left the table with a "good hand."

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	1,280,000 280,000	280,000
Conor Beresford	Busted

Tags: Christopher Kruk Conor Beresford

12-15-2017 20:56 UTC+1

Palumbo Comes Up Short

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Yori Epskamp

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

Rocco Palumbo shoved his last 168,000 from the cutoff and Igor Kurganov called on the button.

Rocco Palumbo:
Igor Kurganov:

Palumbo and Kurganov have been chatting it up today and the Italian remained all smiles, even when the Russian Team PokerStars Pro knocked him out: . He shook Kurganov's hand and said his goodbyes in 13th place.

Two days ago, PokerNews' Laura Cornelius spoke with Palumbo and talked about tilt control.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	700,000 208,000	208,000

Rocco Palumbo	Busted

Tags: Igor Kurganov Rocco Palumbo

12-15-2017 20:50 UTC+1

Kruk Dominates After Dinner

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Christopher Kruk opened to 35,000 and Christoph Vogelsang defended his big blind to see a flop of . Vogelsang checked, Kruk continued for 30,000 and Vogelsang called. Both checked the turn and Vogelsang's check on the river was followed up by the shove of Kruk, no call followed.

Thomas Muehloecker limped in and Kruk shoved from the big blind, forcing yet another fold.

A raise by Igor Kurganov saw Vladimir Troyanovskiy shove and Kurganov let go, both then forfeited their blinds to an open-shove of Erik Seidel for more than 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	1,000,000 132,000	132,000
Thomas Muehloecker	350,000 -74,000	-74,000
Christoph Vogelsang	350,000 -88,000	-88,000
Erik Seidel	340,000 -19,000	-19,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	260,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Christopher Kruk Erik Seidel Igor Kurganov Thomas Muehloecker Vladimir Troyanovskiy

12-15-2017 20:43 UTC+1

Luo Runs Out of Chips

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Yori Epskamp

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

Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and Xianyang Luo shoved all in for 138,000 on the button. JC Alvarado reshoved from the small blind and Troyanovskiy flung his hand into the muck rather furiously.

Xiaoyang Luo:
JC Alvarado:

Luo was delighted to see he was in a coin flip situation and the flop kept it that way. Luo needed a queen or diamond to win but missed on the turn. The river even improved Alvarado to a boat and Luo was gone in 14th.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Alvarado	840,000 199,000	199,000
Xiaoyang Luo	Busted

Tags: JC Alvarado Xiaoyang Luo

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

12-15-2017 19:26 UTC+1

Dinner Break For the Last 14 (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In the last hand of the level over on table two, Stephen Chidwick raised to 25,000 in the hijack and Christopher Kruk called in the cutoff. The flop of brought a check by Chidwick, a bet worth 23,000 by Kruk and a check-raise to 85,000 by Chidwick. Kruk called and the on the turn saw Chidwick move all in. Kruk asked for a count, which Chidwick swiftly did himself for 284,000, and that proved to be too much for the Canadian.

The remaining 14 players then headed into a 75-minute dinner break after a previous request to shorten that time similar to the first Single-Day High Roller was denied by Christoph Vogelsang. Play will resume at approximately 8.40 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	868,000 -182,000	-182,000
JC Alvarado	641,000 191,000	191,000
Stephen Chidwick	536,000 6,000	6,000

Igor Kurganov	492,000 22,000	22,000

Christoph Vogelsang	438,000 -62,000	-62,000
Thomas Muehloecker	424,000 74,000	74,000
John Juanda	405,000 -15,000	-15,000

Erik Seidel	359,000 29,000	29,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	265,000 85,000	85,000
Rocco Palumbo	224,000 -26,000	-26,000

Xiaoyang Luo	168,000 -32,000	-32,000
Conor Beresford	159,000 -41,000	-41,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin	145,000 -5,000	-5,000

Kitson Kho	97,000 -53,000	-53,000

12-15-2017 19:26 UTC+1

Riess Sent to the Rail

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Yori Epskamp

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

Christoph Vogelsang raised to 26,000 in middle position and Ryan Riess defended his big blind, leaving himself with just over 80,000 behind. On the flop, Vogelsang bet 17,000, Riess check-raised all in and Vogelsang called.

Ryan Riess:
Christoph Vogelsang:

Riess was looking for the wheel but no treys appeared on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Vogelsang	500,000 150,000	150,000
Ryan Riess	Busted

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Ryan Riess

12-15-2017 19:23 UTC+1

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Yori Epskamp

Photos by René Velli.

JC Alvarado & Jean-Noel Thorel_Mustapha Kanit

12-15-2017 19:16 UTC+1

Kruk Up to a Million

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Christoph Vogelsang raised to 30,000 from the button and picked up two callers in Stephen Chidwick out of the small blind and Christopher Kruk in the big blind. On the flop of , action checked to Vogelsang and he bet 32,000. Both opponents called to check through the turn, while the followed on the river.

Again both Chidwick and Kruk checked in the blinds. Vogelsang bet 92,000 and that got Chidwick out of the way. Kruk however called and Vogelsang rolled over for a busted flush draw, which Kruk had beat with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	1,050,000 200,000	200,000
Christoph Vogelsang	350,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Christopher Kruk Stephen Chidwick