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2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
A total of 187 entries, including 48 re-entries, created a net prize pool of €4,581,500 and the top 27 spots will receive at least €45,820. The winner can look forward to a massive payday of €1,015,000 and the elusive PokerStars Championship High Roller trophy that comes along with it.
Place | Prize (EUR) |
---|---|
1 | 1,015,000 |
2 | 683,900 |
3 | 471,400 |
4 | 384,340 |
5 | 306,500 |
6 | 235,450 |
7 | 171,300 |
8 | 124,150 |
9 | 102,620 |
10-11 | 87,040 |
12-13 | 75,600 |
14-15 | 68,720 |
16-17 | 61,850 |
18-20 | 54,980 |
21-23 | 50,400 |
24-27 | 45,820 |
Ivan Luca was eliminated early into the new level while Igor Kurganov was more fortunate. Kurganov check-raised all in for his last 21,800 out of the big blind on a flop of and Preben Stokkan looked him up.
Preben Stokkan:
Igor Kurganov:
The turn gave Kurganov a straight and the river changed nothing anymore to let the PokerStars Team Pro double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Igor Kurganov |
50,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Preben Stokkan |
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Ivan Luca | Busted | |
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Hand 1
Fady Kamar moved all in from the cutoff and Preben Stokkan announced all in out of the small blind as well.
Fady Kamar:
Preben Stokkan:
The board ran out and Kamar was on his way out, though the stacks were counted. Kamar had 38,800 and Stokkan was covered by 600 chips.
Hand 2
With 400 chips gone for the ante, Kamar was all in for 200 and binked the pot with versus on a board of .
Hand 3
"How much are you playing?" Kamar joked to Anton Morgenstern in the big blind and moved all in for 1,200, half a big blind. He then grinned and put on his sunglasses, and the action folded to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind. Dvoress raised to 7,500 and Morgenstern folded.
Fady Kamar:
Daniel Dvoress:
The roller coaster board of gave Dvoress a straight and Kamar left with a "nice try" and smile on the face. Scott Margereson was eliminated as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Dvoress |
245,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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Anton Morgenstern |
145,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Preben Stokkan |
76,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Scott Margereson | Busted | |
|
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Fady Kamar | Busted |
Oliver Weis is currently up to 380,000 after putting the pressure on some shorter stacks. After Murad Akhundov three-bet to 16,000, Weis four-bet shoved from the small blind and Akhundov folded.
Weis is having an incredible 2017 so far, with a fourth place in the €25,500 High Roller in Panama ($123,980) and a victory in the HK$ 200,000 High Roller, where he cashed the equivalent of $402,827.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oliver Weis |
380,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Murad Akhundov |
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Simao |
512,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
Dmitry Yurasov |
260,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
Daniel Negreanu |
250,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
Daniel Dvoress |
240,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Max Silver |
235,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
Thomas Muehloecker |
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Sam Greenwood |
150,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
Aliaksei Boika |
135,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Liv Boeree |
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
John Juanda |
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Steve O'Dwyer |
62,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
Nick Petrangelo |
60,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
Igor Kurganov |
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Christoph Vogelsang |
45,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Erik Seidel was down to less than the starting stack after raise-folding to a three-bet shove of Isaac Haxton in the big blind. He then check-shoved a flop with for 47,200 and Felipe Ramos called with the for top pair. No running clubs or one of the remaining queens in the deck showed up and that was it for Seidel.
Georgios Karakousis and Stefan Schillhabel were also sent to the rail as well.
Schillhabel shoved the second hand in a row, and this time initial raiser Ekrem Saniogliu called the 26,500.
Ekrem Sanioglu:
Stefan Schillhabel:
The German took the lead on the flop, but the fortune was short-lived as the followed right after on the turn. This left Schillhabel drawing dead, and made the river a formality.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Felipe Ramos |
155,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Isaac Haxton |
140,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
||
Ekrem Sanioglu |
120,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
Georgios Karakousis | Busted | |
Erik Seidel | Busted | |
|
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Stefan Schillhabel | Busted | |
|
On the turn, Steffen Sontheimer bet 12,800 out of the big blind and initial raiser Dario Sammartino called in the cutoff. The on the river was checked and Sontheimer announced jack-high before flashing for a busted straight draw.
"I have something," Sammartino replied and showed , which prompted Sontheimer to add "that was the wrong river card for me."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dario Sammartino |
395,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
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Steffen Sontheimer |
193,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
On a board, Anton Morgenstern had checked the river to Aliaksei Boika. The Belarusian EPT13 Malta winner moved ten T-5,000 chips forward, which was about Morgenstern's remaining stack.
Morgenstern entered a deep tank of over two minutes, sacrificing most of his time bank in the process. With mere seconds left, Morgenstern made up his mind and sternly said "call".
Aliaksei Boika:
Anton Morgenstern:
Morgenstern heroic call with just a pair of fives was miles behind Boika's trip eights and the German headed for the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aliaksei Boika |
230,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
Anton Morgenstern | Busted |