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Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Freddy Deeb is back and making waves at day 1a of the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® Main Event. He explains where he has been the past few years.
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,525,950
Entries
727
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Another 20-minute break for the players.
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
The Schemion/Haxton/Petrangelo table broke and the German has moved to the right of Ukranian qualifier Dmytro Shuvanov. The two got involved right away, with Schemion being the aggressor on a 
board.
Schemion had bet 7,550 in a pot of over 10,000 and Shuvanov went deep in the tank. After glossing it over for a minute, Shuvanov stacked up his chips, looked up to the ceiling, then spent another minute thinking before shoving all in for 24,550. Schemion gave it half a minute of thought before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
20,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
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Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
After Nick Petrangelo opened for 800 under the gun, Peter Chan called, as did Isaac Haxton. In the small blind, Keven Stammen woke up with a reraise to 3,100. That got Petrangelo out, but Chan decided on a reraise to 9,000. After Haxton folded, Stammen took little time before jamming for just over 25,500. Chan let him have it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,250
-22,750
|
-22,750 |
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
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Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
78,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
63,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
52,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
|
42,000
-20,400
|
-20,400 |
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
|
37,000
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
||
|
34,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
|
32,050
32,050
|
32,050 |
|
32,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
25,800
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
|
|
25,450
-1,550
|
-1,550 |
|
24,875
-7,125
|
-7,125 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
20,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
16,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
||
|
9,000
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Michel Pereira Marques was moved as next player in the big blind and Freddy Deeb was quite happy about that. "Can you believe that? They moved him away. I could not beat him in any pot, nobody could," Deeb said while facing a raise to 700 by Vicente Delgado from under the gun.
The small blind and Deeb in the big blind called. On the 
flop all three players checked. After the 
turn, the small blind checked and Deeb bet 400, which Delgado caused to fold and the small blind to call. The 
river was checked again and the small blind flashed 
, which trailed Deeb's 
.
"So far so good," Deeb said. "Maybe it was a good thing they moved him."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
10,800
-16,200
|
-16,200 |
|
|
||
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Osman Aksu raised to 800 from under the gun and Vanessa Selbst called from one seat over. Ilkin Amirov then moved all in for his last 9,925 from two seats over and the action folded back to Aksu, who tossed in two T-5,000 chips. Selbst folded and the cards were turned over.
Ilkin Amirov: 
Osman Aksu:
The 
flop gave Aksu a gutshot, and he picked up further outs with the turn. Both draws hit, as the 
appeared on the river and Amirov was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
2,800
|
2,800 |
|
|
||
|
33,000 | |
|
Busted | |
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Sergio Aido raised to 950 and table neighbor Andrei Konopelko three-bet to 3,000. Aido moved all in and Konopelko called for his last 10,800.
Andrei Konopelko: 
Sergio Aido:
The board came 
and Konopelko got there on the river to double up with his short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | |
|
18,700
-1,900
|
-1,900 |
|
|
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Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
As we arrived, the action was already on the turn with Justin Bonomo betting 10,000 to put Neel Murthy all in. The board was 
and Bonomo acted out of early position. Murthy, who made the final table of the event in Dusk Till Dawn just 2 weeks ago, tanked for a bit and eventually called for his last 6,200 or so.
| Player | Hand | Equity on |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Bonomo |  | 50% |
| Neel Murthy |   | 50% |
With an open ended straight flush draw, the two eights and some counterfeit outs, Murthy had a lot of cards to root for.
The 
on the river, however, wasn't one of them. Murthy departed silently while Bonomo collected the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
After an early open, Martin Jacobson made it 2,500 to go, only to see Vanessa Selbst reraise to 6,100 in the cutoff. The original opener tanked and mucked, but Jacobson wasn't going anywhere. He came back with a five-bet to 11,200, and Selbst instantly released her cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,200
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
39,400
8,400
|
8,400 |
|
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