Main Event Day 1a | 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

04-29-2017 20:51 UTC+1

Runner-Runner Ruins Fatehi's Suckout

mnuwwarah

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Ali Reza Fatehi opened to 1,800, and Pascal Hartmann made it 5,300 to go in the big blind. Fatehi came back with 17,100 and called off his remaining stack, a little under 50,000 total, when Hartmann jammed.

Hartmann:
Fatehi:

Victory seemed all but assured for Hartmann until flopped to give Fatehi a straight. Running and sent the pot back to the German though, giving him a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Hartmann	173,500 33,500	33,500
Ali Reza Fatehi	Busted

Tags: Ali Reza Fatehi Pascal Hartmann

04-29-2017 20:48 UTC+1

Schemion Pains Silver

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Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

After unknown earlier action, three players arrived on the turn on a board. From the big blind, Schemion bet 3,300, Silver called and the third player folded.

The river brought the and the German opted for an overbet of 15,000. Silver quickly called, but got shown the bad news as Schemion tabled for queens full. Silver flashed before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	135,000 10,000	10,000

Max Silver	17,100 3,600	3,600

Tags: Max Silver Ole Schemion

04-29-2017 20:42 UTC+1

Banic Takes from Lijo

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Right back from the dinner break, Lander Lijo raised to 1,500 and Ivan Banic called in the big blind. The duo checked the flop and Banic then check-called a bet worth 3,500 on the turn. Banic's bet of 9,100 on the river won the pot uncontested, as Lijo folded and dropped back to starting stack.

Banic has three times of that, only trailing Craig Varnell on the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Varnell	94,000 1,000	1,000

Ivan Banic	90,000 5,000	5,000

Lander Lijo	30,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Craig Varnell Ivan Banic Lander Lijo

04-29-2017 20:40 UTC+1

Post-Dinner Counts on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vicente Delgado	130,000 15,000	15,000
Ole Schemion	125,000 35,000	35,000

Peter Eichhardt	124,000 -6,000	-6,000

Iliodoros Kamatakis	95,000 60,000	60,000
Alexandre Moreau	88,000 8,000	8,000
Nick Petrangelo	75,000 29,000	29,000

Hossein Ensan	70,000 8,000	8,000

Bart Lybaert	67,000 17,000	17,000
Ramin Hajiyev	65,000 65,000	65,000
Alin Grasu	60,000 13,000	13,000
Romain Nardin	55,000 30,000	30,000
Preben Stokkan	55,000 25,250	25,250
Mark Teltscher	50,000 15,500	15,500

Yan Li	45,000 45,000	45,000
Noah Vaillancourt	42,000 -7,500	-7,500
Isaac Haxton	39,000 2,000	2,000

Paul-Francois Tedeschi	32,000 -16,000	-16,000
Christoph Vogelsang	32,000 32,000	32,000
Justin Bonomo	27,000 -25,000	-25,000

Keven Stammen	23,000 -12,000	-12,000

Stephen Woodhead	12,000 -5,500	-5,500
Gaelle Baumann	8,000 -2,200	-2,200

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

04-29-2017 19:20 UTC+1

Dinner Break on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The remaining 142 players out of a 231-entry strong field thus far have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9.33 p.m. local time. When the action resumes, another two levels of 75 minutes each are scheduled before bagging and tagging.

04-29-2017 19:15 UTC+1

Early Dinner for Alt

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Maxi Lehmanski opened to 1,200 from middle position and the action folded to Dinesh Alt, who pushed for his last 6,225 on the button. The big blind was about to call before being reminded that there was an all in, then folded. Lehmanski quickly called and Alt was the player at risk.

Dinesh Alt:
Maxi Lehmanski:

After a board of , Alt was eliminated and said "best hand in an hour" with a dry smile on the face before exiting the tournament area close to the end of level six.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxi Lehmanski	39,500 15,500	15,500
Dinesh Alt	Busted

Tags: Dinesh Alt Maximilian Lehmanski

04-29-2017 19:13 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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mnuwwarah

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	80,000 20,000	20,000

Vanessa Selbst	79,000 4,000	4,000

Ema Zajmovic	72,000 12,000	12,000

Manig Loeser	55,000 25,000	25,000

Paul Tedeschi	27,200 27,200	27,200
Gaelle Baumann	10,200 -19,800	-19,800

Martin Jacobson	8,800 4,500	4,500

Murad Akhundov	8,400 -21,600	-21,600

04-29-2017 19:12 UTC+1

Schillhabel Coolers Moore for Monster Pot

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mnuwwarah

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Stefan Schillhabel, pictured at a different event.

We didn't catch the action, but a preflop raising war between Stefan Schillhabel (button) and Joshua Moore (small blind) wound up with the latter all in for 95,000 and called.

Schillhabel:
Moore:

It was a cooler in Schillhabel's favor, and the board ran out , leaving the aces best. Moore seemed none too worried about the nasty scenario he'd run into.

"Happens," he said with a smile. "Good luck, guys."

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Schillhabel	235,000 85,000	85,000

Joshua Moore	Busted

Tags: Joshua Moore Stefan Schillhabel

04-29-2017 19:10 UTC+1

Seat Open for Kerignard

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Yorane Kerignard and table neighbor Frank Werder got into a raising war that saw the former end up all-in for less than the starting stack with the . Werder had that dominated with on the button and the board came . The over card and flush draw failed to hit for Kerignard and the Frenchman was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Werder	51,000
Yorane Kerignard	Busted

Tags: Yorane Kerignard Frank Werder