2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Moreau and Banic Double; Varnell Thriving

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Craig Varnell confirmed a big double through Ivan Banic to leave the latter short. According to Varnell, he four-bet to 20,000 and Banic just called after having three-bet to 8,000. Varnell bet a {A-}{J-}{10-} flop from the hijack for 23,000 and picked up a call before shoving the {9-} turn for 20,000 with {J-}{10-}. Banic called with {A-}{Q-} and the {6-} river bricked.

Picking up the live action after, Alexandre Moreau defended the big blind against Walid Bou Habib and the duo checked down the {J-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop and the {Q-Diamonds} turn. On the {10-Hearts} river, Moreau somehow got his stack of 38,500 in with {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Bou Habib mucked ace-king for the nut straight after having paid off his opponent.

Then, Banic got his short stack in with {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and initial raiser Stephen Woodhead called the extra chips with {J-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and Banic stayed in.

Among those that were less fortunate and ran out of chips entirely were Bogdan Capitan, Vladas Tamasauskas, Anton Morgenstern and Anatoly Korochenskiy.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
130,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alexandre Moreau fr
Alexandre Moreau
83,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Stephen Woodhead gb
Stephen Woodhead
22,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Ivan Banic hr
Ivan Banic
10,000
-80,000
-80,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Bogdan Capitan ro
Bogdan Capitan
Busted
Profile photo of Vladas Tamasauskas lt
Vladas Tamasauskas
Busted
Profile photo of Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
Busted
Profile photo of Anatoly Korochenskiy ru
Anatoly Korochenskiy
Busted

Tags: Alexandre MoreauCraig VarnellIvan BanicStephen WoodheadWalid Bou HabibVladas TamasauskasAnatoly KorochenskiyAnton MorgensternBogdan Capitan