2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€466,714
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,525,950
Entries
727
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

A Deal Has Been Made

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Instead of €368,700 for second and €500,800 for first, the 2 remaining players have agreed to a deal. Raffaele Sorrentino (starting heads up with 15,465,000 in chips) is to get €451,714, Andreas Klatt (with 6,350,000 in chips) gets €402,786. There's €15,000 in the middle to battle for when play continues.

Players are on dinner break for an hour.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
15,465,000
Profile photo of Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
6,350,000

Tags: Andreas KlattRaffaele Sorrentino

Andrey Bondar Eliminated in 3rd Place (€271,500)

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Andrey Bondar
Andrey Bondar

Hand #108: Raffaele Sorrentino raised from the small blind with {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts} to 370,000. Andrey Bondar called with {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and flopped top pair on {4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

Sorrentino bet 425,000 into 800,000. Bondar didn't waste much time raising to 1,200,000. Sorrentino called.

The {6-Spades} hit the turn and Sorrentino checked. Bondar shoved for 3,410,000 and Sorrentino snap called.

The 10,020,000 pot went to Sorrentino as the river {9-Clubs} completed the board. Down to the heads up, just two players remain.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
15,465,000
4,540,000
4,540,000
Profile photo of Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
6,350,000
480,000
480,000
Profile photo of Andrey Bondar ru
Andrey Bondar
Busted

Tags: Andrey BondarRaffaele Sorrentino

Hands #103-107: Klatt Playing Back at Sorrentino

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #103: Raffaele Sorrentino raised to 350,000 with {8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. He took down the pot.

Hand #104: Andreas Klatt completed with {a-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Sorrentino checked the {q-Hearts}{5-Spades}. The flop came {9-Spades}{a-Clubs}{q-Spades} and both players checked to the {4-Spades}. Klatt bet 240,000 and Sorrentino called. The river was a {7-Clubs}. Klatt bet 465,000, and Sorrentino paid it off.

Hand #105: Klatt held {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} on the button, and he made it 325,000. Sorrentino three-bet to 825,000 in the small blind with {k-}{7-}. Klatt shoved all in for about 4 million and won the pot.

Hand #106: Sorrentino opened button with {3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} to 330,000. Klatt defended his big blind with {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}. The flop came {a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, and Klatt checked. Sorrentino bet 330,000. Klatt called. Both players checked the {q-Hearts}, and the river was an {a-Diamonds}. Klatt bet 750,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #107: Andreas Klatt limped in from the small blind with {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. Big blind Raffaele Sorrentino raised to 460,000. Klatt checked his cards once more and raised to 1,575,000. Sorrentino folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
10,925,000
-2,130,000
-2,130,000
Profile photo of Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
5,870,000
2,530,000
2,530,000
Profile photo of Andrey Bondar ru
Andrey Bondar
5,020,000
-400,000
-400,000

Tags: Andreas KlattRaffaele Sorrentino

Maxim Panyak Eliminated in 4th Place (€199,900)

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Maxim Panyak
Maxim Panyak

Hand #102: Raffaele Sorrentino opened {K-Spades}{J-Spades} on the button for 330,000. Panyak shoved for 1.9 million from the small blind with {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Sorrentino asked for a count and quite determined announced he was calling.

The flop came {K-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}, just about as good a flop as they could come for Sorrentino.

As the {5-Hearts} hit the turn and {7-Clubs} completed the board, Panyak exited in 4th place.

Panyak, an experienced player who qualified for this event online, receives €199,900. The remaining 3 players are guaranteed €271,500 from here on out.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
13,055,000
835,000
835,000
Profile photo of Andrey Bondar ru
Andrey Bondar
5,420,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
3,340,000
990,000
990,000
Profile photo of Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
Busted

Tags: Raffaele SorrentinoMaxim Panyak

Hands #93-101: Sorrentino Opening Up

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #93: Maxim Panyak checked {q-Clubs}{4-Hearts} after Raffaele Sorrentino completed {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. The flop came {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, and Sorrentino bet 190,000. Panyak called. The turn was a {2-Hearts} and Sorrentino checked. Panyak checked it back. Sorrentino bet 425,000 on the {4-Spades}, and Panyak called, taking it down with his pair.

Hand #94: Andreas Klatt shoved under the gun with {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and won the pot.

Hand #95: Sorrentino raised with {9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} under the gun and took it down.

Hand #96: Sorrentino got a walk.

Hand #97: Klatt had {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} on the button and shoved. Nobody called.

Hand #98: Sorrentino opened on the button with {q-Spades}{4-Hearts} to 330,000 and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #99: Sorrentino raised to 330,000 under the gun with {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Andray Bondar folded ace-jack before Klatt shoved with {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Sorrentino folded.

Hand #100: Klatt picked up {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} in the small blind. He completed the blind. Sorrentino checked the {q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. The flop came {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, and Klatt put in a bet of 240,000 and took it down.

Hand #101: Andrey Bondar raised to 360,000 with {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. Andreas Klatt, on the button with {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, shoved for 2,680,000. The blinds folded, and so did Bondar after some time in the tank.

Tags: Andreas KlattAndrey BondarMaxim PanyakRaffaele Sorrentino

Hands #86-92: Big Hands, Small Pots

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #86: Maxim Panyak raised {A-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} from the small blind and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #87: Raffaele Sorrentino was first to act and raised {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} to 350,000. Everyone folded, pot to Sorrentino.

Hand #88: Raffaele Sorrentino received a walk in the big blind with {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}.

Hand #89: Andrey Bondar raised {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts} to 365,000, enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Hand #90: On the button, Raffaele Sorrentino raised {K-Spades}{7-Clubs} to 320,000. Again just folds followed, blinds and antes to the chip leader.

Hand #91: Raffaele Sorrentino opened {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} for 330,000. In the small blind, Andrey Bondar found {9-Spades}{9-Hearts} and called. Bondar checked on {4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Sorrentino bet 360,000 into 900,000. Bondar called and saw the {10-Hearts} hit the turn. Two checks later, the {A-Hearts} completed the board. Bondar, with the flush, checked. Sorrentino checked behind and had to leave the pot to Bondar.

Hand #92: Andrey Bondar opened the button with {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}. His raise to 365,000 was not called by the small blind but big blind Raffaele Sorrentino called from the big with {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}. The {5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Spades} flop hit and Sorrentino checked. Bondar checked back his flopped set and the {3-Hearts} on the turn saw Sorrentino check again. Bondar bet 375,000 into 890,000 and took down the pot as Sorrentino folded instantly.

Tags: Andrey BondarMaxim PanyakRaffaele Sorrentino

Michael Kolkowicz Eliminated in 5th Place (€147,120)

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Michael Kolkowicz
Michael Kolkowicz

Hand #85: Raffaele Sorrentino opened to 330,000 with {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs} on the button. Michael Kolkowicz shoved all in for 1,970,000 with {6-Spades}{2-Hearts} in the small blind. The flop came {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, giving Sorrentino trips and Kolkowicz a gutshot. The {7-Diamonds} turn gave Kolkowicz a few more outs but the river was a {7-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
12,220,000
2,215,000
2,215,000
Profile photo of Andrey Bondar ru
Andrey Bondar
5,385,000
-340,000
-340,000
Profile photo of Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
2,350,000
-530,000
-530,000
Profile photo of Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
1,865,000
Profile photo of Michael Kolkowicz fr
Michael Kolkowicz
Busted

Tags: Michael KolkowiczRaffaele Sorrentino

Hands #81-84: Raffaele Sorrentino Moves Over the 10 Million Mark

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Diego Zeiter and Raffaele Sorrentino
Diego Zeiter and Raffaele Sorrentino

Hand #81: Michael Kolkowicz with {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} on the button raised to 375,000. No action on the aces as both blinds folded.

Hand #82: Raffaele Sorrentino opened under the gun to 350,000 with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. Michael Kolkowicz, right next to him, called with {A-Spades}{9-Spades}. Andreas Klatt found {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} in the big blind and over called to make it 3-handed.

The flop came {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and Klatt checked. Sorrentino bet 400,000 into 1,230,000 prompting a call from Kolowicz, Klatt folded. The {J-Diamonds} on the turn saw Sorrentino check. Kolowicz bet 300,000 in 2,030,000 and Sorrentino called. The {5-Hearts} completed the board and both players instantly checked.

Hand #83: Maxim Panyak moved in from the cutoff for 1,725,000 with {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. Bondar instantly folded {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}, the two blinds folded right away as well.

Hand #84: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} for Raffaele Sorrentino in the small blind and he raised to 425,000. Michael Kolkowicz found a playable hand with {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} in the big blind and called. {5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Spades} on the flop and Sorrentino bet 430,000. Kolkowicz called to see an {8-Spades} turn. Sorrentino fired a second bullet, making it 850,000. Michael Kolkowicz tanked for some time and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
10,005,000
2,295,000
2,295,000

Tags: Andreas KlattAndrey BondarMaxim PanyakMichael KolkowiczRaffaele Sorrentino

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000