2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€675,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,146,750
Entries
855
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Toma Finishes as Chip Leader, Team PokerStars Has a Good Day 1b

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Tsugunari Toma
Tsugunari Toma

Day 1b of PokerStars Championship Prague €5,300 Main Event wrapped up with a tightly bunched group packed at the top of the chip counts.

Nobody could quite catch Tsugunari Toma, who finished up with 181,600 to give him a narrow lead among the 331 players who bagged.

Toma, who hails from Japan, was one of the lesser-known players who participated in the €50,000 Super High Roller right here in Prague just days ago. While he failed to log a cash in that particular event, he does have over $450,000 in tournament earnings and that high-level experience could serve him well in the Main Event.

Others bagging big included Xixiang Luo (174,900) and Matas Cimbolas (171,500).

Cimbolas, a Lithuanian player, put together a profitable run to seventh place here last year at EPT Prague in the €10,300 High Roller. He navigated to seventh place for €134,287. He's also coming off of a big stateside score, as he just took second in a major event in Florida for $262,440.

What's more, Cimbolas bagged second in the EPT Prague Main Event Day 1b last year as well, going on to a 42nd-place finish.

Luo put together a strong showing in PokerStars Championship Macau earlier this year, collecting two trophies and advancing to two more final tables.

It was also a good day for Team PokerStars, as Pros Marcin Horecki (110,400), Igor Kurganov (100,000), Fatima Moreira de Melo (72,400), Jake Cody (66,400), Liv Boeree (27,200) and Felipe Ramos (16,900) all advanced, as did Friend of PokerStars Maria Konnikova (46,200).

The 655 entries on Day 1b combine with the Day 1a runners to form a total field of 848 with registration still remaining open until the start of Day 2, which will help accommodate some of the high rollers who were busy with the €25K Single-Day on Wednesday. Many filtered into the Main during the latter stages of Day 1b.

The unofficial defending champ — since he won this event last year under the EPT banner — also showed up and put together a hot start. Jasper Meijer van Putten drew an interesting seat assignment next to Marton Czuczor, whom he conquered heads up last year. Meijer van Putten got up past 70,000 but ultimately put 49,200 in the bag.

Players eliminated during Day 1b play included Max Silver, Kenny Hallaert, Antoine Saout and Will Kassouf.

Everyone who found a bag will meet up at noon on Thursday for Day 2. Come back PokerNews for more live coverage then.

Official Top 10 Chip Counts

PlayerHome CountryChip Count
Tsugunari TomaJapan181,600
Xixiang LuoChina174,900
Matas CimbolasLithuania171,500
Michel DattaniPortugal167,800
Narcis-Gabriel NedelcuRomania167,500
Thomas LentrodtGermany153,200
Petr SvobodaCzech Republic146,400
Shabtai KorenIsrael144,200
Vlado BanicevicMontenegro143,500
Dean HutchisonUK137,100

Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatNameCountryChipsBig Blinds
11Edgaras KancaitisLithuania59,60060
12Slobodan RuzicicSerbia75,30075
13Bekir Tolga SivritepeTurkey134,600135
14Roman PavliukUkraine15,50016
15Arnaud EnselmeFrance23,00023
16Servando PerezSpain80,50081
17Steven WarburtonUK60,00060
18Ognyan DimovBulgaria96,60097
19Robert HeidornUK42,00042
      
21Oleg VasylchenkoUkraine138,900139
22Valentyn ShabelnykUkraine45,40045
23Jean-Pascal SavardCanada124,500125
24Petr SvobodaCzech Republic146,400146
25Arben CimiljiNorway108,300108
26Liviu IgnatRomania98,20098
27Erik WalfridssonSweden127,700128
28Maxim KlopotokUkraine131,600132
29Marcin HoreckiPoland110,400110
      
31Christoph VogelsangGermany18,30018
32Paul TedeschiFrance73,20073
33Sebastian LangrockGermany38,60039
34Markus GrabherAustria30,90031
35Maria KonnikovaUSA46,20046
36Robin HegeleGermany36,80037
37Paul GreselNetherlands26,70027
38Boris KuzmanovicCroatia124,800125
39James AkenheadUK35,50036
      
41Samu RiihelaFinland24,00024
42Liv BoereeUK27,20027
43Oleg LipkinRussia39,00039
44Rosen AngelovBulgaria25,10025
45Niklas AstedtSweden73,70074
46Francois TosquesFrance42,70043
47Andreas VlachosGreece67,00067
48Alex FoxenUSA52,50053
49Tobias PetersNetherlands16,90017
      
51Dzhavad AbdolvandUkraine52,00052
52Zico Tjin-AsjoeNetherlands62,70063
53Alex BilokurRussia52,30052
54Wagner Da Gloria FelicioPortugal86,60087
55Michal SchuhCzech Republic40,80041
56Ji ZhangGermany29,70030
57Denis StrebkovRussia28,00028
58Arunas SapitaviciusLithuania73,80074
59Eirik IndahlNorway42,00042
      
61Aeragan ArunanUK57,40057
62Paul MichaelisGermany99,30099
63Tomas JozonisLithuania93,40093
64Jack SinclairUK22,90023
65Pavel PlesuvMoldova54,70055
66Marcin KreftPoland34,00034
67Jerwin PascoPhilippines28,40028
68Jonas LauckGermany49,90050
69Tony PoulengerisUK44,10044
      
71Georgios VrakasGreece82,00082
73Andreas KlattGermany20,50021
74Hady El AsmarLebanon82,50083
75Krzysztof DembekPoland16,10016
76Ionel AntonRomania17,50018
77Gytis BernataviciusLithuania55,50056
78Jerome Da Costa SoaresFrance25,20025
79Alexis FleurFrance91,10091
      
81Ping LinChina11,50012
82Pedro CairatArgentina34,90035
84Amjad Nader MustafaSaudi Arabia83,90084
85Assaf Ben YosefIsrael67,40067
86Joe MouawadLebanon62,00062
87Davor LaniniItaly39,50040
88Lukasz WinskiPoland77,30077
89Aleksandr OrlovRussia72,00072
      
91Viliyan PetleshkovBulgaria21,40021
92Guillaume BranellecFrance22,70023
93Ivan DeyraFrance19,30019
94Dmitrii DeviatovRussia60,20060
96Felipe RamosBrazil16,90017
97Daniel NietrzebkaPoland89,70090
98John JuandaIndonesia38,30038
99Rui Neves FerreiraPortugal95,90096
      
101Sylvain LoosliFrance24,90025
102Filipe OliveiraPortugal43,60044
103Markus DurneggerAustria104,000104
104Martin MeciarSlovakia25,80026
105Jake CodyUK66,40066
106Ryan RiessUSA74,50075
107Anton PetrovRussia109,900110
108Goran MandicCroatia52,80053
109Foeke DeinumNetherlands47,80048
      
111Antonin DudaCzech Republic44,20044
112Michael KaneUK42,50043
113Makram SaberLebanon20,00020
114David UrbanSlovakia65,90066
115Virgil GrecuRomania41,40041
116Asi MosheIsrael65,40065
117Shabtai KorenIsrael144,200144
118Akin TunaGermany155,600156
119Jason WheelerUSA104,000104
      
121Francois EvardSwitzerland86,00086
122Nir LevyIsrael68,80069
123Mikhail PetrovRussia105,800106
124Narcis-Gabriel NedelcuRomania167,500168
125Andrew MilesUK37,60038
126Rocco PalumboItaly48,00048
128Ignacio Barcenas RomeraSpain5,9006
129Carsten Dall JeppesenDenmark117,100117
      
131Igor KurganovRussia100,000100
132Ben JacksonUK11,10011
133Yiannis LiperisUK131,000131
134Oleksandr TrokhymenkoUkraine55,10055
135Mathias SiljanderFinland78,40078
137Dimitrios KalaroutisGreece80,20080
138Kontis MiltiadisUK86,10086
139Dominik PankaPoland73,00073
      
141Yorane KerignardFrance114,200114
143Paul Fontan CastrillonSpain23,00023
144Benjamin ChalotFrance58,50059
145Pierre CalamusaFrance53,00053
146Ihar SoikaBelarus74,60075
147Sergi ReixachSpain58,40058
148Ondrej PulecCzech Republic117,600118
149Viktor UstimovRussia41,60042
      
151Vlad DarieRomania64,10064
152Sonny FrancoFrance48,20048
153Ante VarnicaCroatia76,20076
154Yordan DimitrovBulgaria57,70058
155Koray AldemirGermany31,80032
156Davidi KitaiBelgium39,80040
157Georgios ZisimopoulosGreece96,80097
158Georges HannaLebanon57,20057
159Aleksandr MordvinovRussia69,20069
      
161Bruno LopesFrance59,40059
162Stefanita FecheteRomania41,20041
163Nazim Murat KilicTurkey37,30037
165Javier Gomez ZapateroSpain57,40057
166Yury KanunnikovRussia62,00062
167Colin RobinsonUSA65,50066
168Olivier JarnyFrance115,900116
169Piotr WiecekPoland60,10060
      
171Nicola CappellessoItaly72,60073
172Jacek PustułaPoland88,00088
173Bartlomiej MachonPoland44,60045
174Hon Cheong LeeHong Kong74,90075
175Kenneth HicksUSA66,50067
176Simon BurnsUK27,10027
177Alexandr MerzhvinskiiRussia123,800124
178Benjamin LamprechtAustria74,00074
179Marti Roca De TorresSpain170,900171
      
182Valon BudimaAlbania123,600124
183Milan SimkoCzech Republic20,50021
184Christopher AndlerSweden71,40071
185Antonio ScalziItaly12,10012
186Paraschos StavridisGreece103,700104
187Oleg LarichevRussia73,20073
188Christopher KyriacouUK48,00048
189Bartosz PiesiewiczPoland94,00094
      
191Morten HalvorsenNorway131,800132
192Ghassan YaredLebanon50,60051
193Matthew MossUK45,20045
194Antonio PalmaPortugal90,80091
195Aleksandr GofmanRussia13,30013
197Parker TalbotCanada35,10035
198Johnny HansenDenmark28,70029
199Albert DaherLebanon14,20014
      
201Maksim PaddubniakBelarus78,50079
202Igor YaroshevskyyUkraine28,90029
203Rasmus VogtDenmark54,20054
204Fabian WahlersGermany64,00064
205Jukka PaloniemiFinland40,20040
206Luca MoschittaItaly82,00082
207Peter NighUSA39,10039
209Anthony HobbsUK11,80012
      
212Robert LenzGermany106,000106
213James MitchellUK82,40082
214Adrian MateosSpain52,10052
215Artem MetalidiUkraine87,10087
216Joao VieiraPortugal18,20018
217Anton YakubaRussia139,800140
218Lawrence BayleyUK77,70078
219Philippe FeronFrance62,50063
      
221Xia LinChina85,40085
222Cathal ShineIreland134,400134
223Jeff HakimLebanon20,50021
224Gianluca SperanzaItaly76,60077
225Michael KoranSwitzerland45,50046
226Liwei SunItaly91,00091
228Louis LinardFrance37,50038
229James Paul RannUK80,70081
      
231Gab Yong KimSouth Korea89,40089
232Daniel BarriocanalSpain124,300124
233Sergey EmKazakhstan34,90035
235Valentin MessinaFrance38,70039
236Raffaele SorrentinoItaly81,00081
237Mariano SalisItaly6,1006
238Oleh HaisiukUkraine30,20030
239Cesar GarciaSpain88,30088
      
241Dietrich FastGermany44,30044
242Gad MorgensternIsrael22,40022
243Hanno OffenGermany41,80042
244Stoyan ObreshkovBulgaria14,30014
245Gilbert DiazFrance55,80056
246Balazs BotondHungary76,50077
247Kfir LevyIsrael27,00027
248Fatima Moreira De MeloNetherlands74,20074
249Jozef BartalosSlovakia40,70041
      
251Tuukka MeklinFinland30,80031
252Przemyslaw KlejnowskiPoland12,20012
253Steve O'DwyerIreland52,80053
254Jiri HorakCzech Republic24,50025
255Andrei KonopelkoBelarus66,50067
257Dean HutchisonUK137,100137
258John MooneyUK118,900119
259Dermot BlainIreland78,00078
      
261Navot GolanIsrael91,30091
262Alin GrasuRomania36,30036
263Sergio Da SilvaPortugal40,50041
264Nicolas ChouityLebanon48,10048
265Dmitry PonomarevRussia101,200101
266Mauricio Salazar SanchezColombia51,90052
267Brian AltmanUSA72,50073
268Simone SperanzaItaly45,20045
269Dejan JovanovicSweden52,00052
      
271Mykhailo GutyiUkraine47,00047
272Clement RichezFrance45,00045
273[Removed:321] TaleUK25,40025
274Kristen BicknellCanada46,60047
275Tom MiddletonUK12,40012
276Boris PesicSwitzerland42,90043
277Matous HouzvicekCzech Republic80,70081
278Hugo PingrayFrance62,00062
279Fabio SperlingGermany76,80077
      
281Aleksander SpadijerMontenegro32,50033
282Pim KuipersNetherlands23,40023
283Anatolii ZyrinRussia78,90079
285Yaniv PeretzIsrael66,00066
286Marco RegonaschiItaly128,000128
287Sergio CastelluccioItaly55,10055
288Kamil DoboszPoland34,00034
289Francisco RodriguesPortugal41,10041
      
291Jussi NevanlinnaFinland57,00057
292Raul MartinezSpain73,40073
293Ghassan BitarGhana55,30055
294Ismael BojangGermany83,70084
295Charles La BoissonniereCanada65,50066
296Jean-Jacques ZeitounFrance47,00047
297Mikhail RudoyRussia142,400142
298Floris PayraudeauFrance47,00047
299Christopher FrankGermany78,60079
      
301Boris KolevBulgaria67,20067
302Mikhail FilatovKazakhstan33,00033
303Vladimir LappoBelarus53,60054
304Martin StaszkoCzech Republic133,100133
305Robert WirthGermany29,50030
306Samuel GrigorianNetherlands65,20065
307Luciana ManoleaRomania47,00047
308Tomasz ChmielPoland77,10077
309Levente SzaboHungary34,00034
      
311Ivan KiselevRussia63,50064
312Rui Manuel DoresPortugal18,60019
313Valery YantsevichBelarus61,00061
315Daniel BelovEstonia75,70076
316Victor IlyukhinUK39,70040
317Mathew FranklandUK48,70049
318Matas CimbolasLithuania171,500172
319Pavel SourekCzech Republic59,20059
      
321Andrey DemidovRussia57,50058
322Petr TargaCzech Republic118,700119
323Vojtech RuzickaCzech Republic25,80026
324Andrea BenelliItaly27,10027
325Timothy AdamsCanada104,700105
326Gavin O'RourkeIreland9,0009
327Vitaliy LiRussia60,80061
328Walter BeckmannGermany31,40031
329Henrik HecklenDenmark105,400105
      
332Simeon NaydenovBulgaria14,50015
333Helio NevesBrazil9,90010
334Pavlos XanthopoulosGreece120,500121
335Kim KilroyCanada21,70022
336Manig LoeserGermany42,90043
337Jean MonturyFrance111,000111
338Mikhail SurinRussia76,10076
339Micky BlasiItaly27,10027
      
341Nikolaos IliakisGreece111,500112
342Mihaita CroitoruRomania101,400101
343Harry LodgeUK67,80068
344Nikolay FalRussia36,70037
345Romain LewisFrance27,60028
346Vlado SevoAustria58,50059
347Michal MrakesCzech Republic202,700203
348Artan DedushaUK29,80030
      
351Michael WangUSA18,80019
352Serdar DemircanSweden28,00028
353Dmitry GrishinRussia60,80061
354Stephen ChidwickUK9,1009
355Andrey KotelnikovRussia70,90071
356Benjamin PollakFrance18,50019
357Konstantin FarberGermany120,000120
358Antony MezzarobbaFrance50,00050
359Petar KalevBulgaria70,80071
      
361Yuliyan KolevBulgaria115,200115
362Kalidou SowFrance110,000110
363Ryan FrondaUK6,9007
364Mattia BaccassinoItaly104,300104
365Mikhail KorotkikhRussia86,20086
366Carlo SavinelliItaly106,100106
367Miguel UseBelgium77,30077
368Martin LesjoNorway26,10026
369Aleksei IstominRussia46,10046
      
371Mihai ManoleRomania111,000111
372Milos LalovicSerbia32,90033
373Alexander TimmanNetherlands21,60022
374Julian HeroldGermany21,00021
376Kevin KilleenIreland17,10017
377Dan Serban BorlanRomania104,000104
378Jean FerreiraCanada16,00016
379Guillaume Pau DavyFrance43,10043
      
382Arsenii KarmatckiiRussia64,80065
383Omid MojaverianIran113,800114
384Jasper Meijer Van PuttenNetherlands49,50050
385Jans ArendsNetherlands41,50042
386Denis TimofeevRussia53,10053
387Kees van BruggeNetherlands15,90016
388Quentin LecomteFrance23,60024
389Alessio IsaiaItaly87,30087
      
391Davide SurianoItaly89,80090
392Robert SkopalikCzech Republic82,50083
393Ivan SoshnikovRussia63,90064
394Ioannis Angelou KonstasGreece32,30032
395Louis SalterIreland39,20039
396Bryan ParisUSA47,70048
397Benoit LamFrance28,60029
398Vlado BanicevicMontenegro143,500144
399Xixiang LuoChina174,900175
      
401Stefan SchillhabelGermany50,00050
402Gabriele LeporeItaly101,200101
403Tsugunari TomaJapan181,600182
404Ondrej JakubcikCzech Republic80,70081
405Knut KarnappGermany32,30032
406Mykola YarmolaUkraine21,00021
407Amir Etemad SaeidIran54,80055
408Dejuante AlexanderUSA45,60046
409Diego ZeiterSwitzerland41,40041
      
411Gaelle BaumannFrance10,80011
412Sebastian BenzGermany56,50057
413Timur MargolinIsrael75,60076
414Sebastian KappenbergGermany123,300123
415Thomas LentrodtGermany153,200153
417Thomas MuehloeckerAustria29,20029
418Haim MagrilshviliIsrael38,00038
419Ali Reza FatehiIran45,00045
      
421Kliment Roussev TarmakovCanada59,40059
422Vadzim LipaukaBelarus19,60020
423Gary FisherUK64,00064
424Jonathan RoyCanada31,30031
425Ivan ZhechevBulgaria78,90079
426Andreas SamuelssonSweden40,40040
427Alexandr ReskoCzech Republic47,50048
428Jan BednarCzech Republic73,50074
429Aleksandr LevashovRussia28,00028
      
431Ran IlaniIsrael38,90039
432Viacheslav GoryachevRussia40,00040
433Hari BercoviciIsrael53,50054
434Nick MaimoneUSA97,30097
435Dmitry VitkindRussia52,00052
436Bartosz StasiewiczPoland118,300118
437Elvis PetcuRomania91,50092
438Abou Saleh EliasLebanon12,50013
439Georgios SotiropoulosGreece15,30015
      
441Daniel JuncadellaSpain91,70092
442Walter OaquimBrazil31,70032
444Hossein EnsanGermany37,00037
445Thomas MercierBelgium53,20053
446Antonin TeisseireFrance45,80046
447Marcin JaworskiPoland20,30020
448Viktor LaviCzech Republic16,50017
449Jeff SarwerFinland47,80048
      
451Michel DattaniPortugal167,800168
452Ramon Miquel MunozSpain120,000120
453Oliver WeisGermany105,800106
454Maria LampropulosArgentina15,70016
455Samy OuellaniFrance87,00087
456Taylor BlackUSA71,70072
458Rens FeenstraNetherlands15,50016
459Stephen AyresUK68,30068
      
461Norbert SzecsiHungary101,300101
462Hamad AlmannaiQatar50,90051
463Alexandru PapazianRomania35,20035
464Fazeel MunawarCanada36,30036
465Justas VaiciulionisLithuania54,00054
466Jaroslaw SikoraPoland107,700108
467Yury MasliankouBelarus20,40020
468Fiodor MartinoItaly43,40043
469Serhii PopovychUkraine31,60032
      
471Jonathan ProudfootUK39,30039
472Igor DubinskyyUkraine61,70062
474Ondrej VinklarekCzech Republic82,00082
475Jakub MichalakPoland57,50058
476Chris DowlingIreland61,10061
477Olli AutioFinland115,000115
478Robert ZipfGermany64,50065
479Jakutis PovilasLithuania103,100103
      
481Fidan ZahitiSweden125,500126
482Valdemar KwaysserHungary50,10050
483Daniel WilsonIreland132,000132
484Witold KrawczykPoland43,60044
485Andrzej SiemieniakPoland69,30069
486Josip SimunicAustria57,90058
487Slaven PopovBulgaria19,10019
488Pavlo KolinkovskyiUkraine42,40042
489Jokin BlancoSpain20,30020

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Pro Driver Dani Juncadella Races Off to Early Lead in Prague Main Event

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Dani Juncadella
Dani Juncadella

Dani Juncadella, a professional racing driver from Spain, has gotten off to a fast start here in Prague. He has been a test driver for the Formula 1 team Force India and competed in Formula 3 Euro Series and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.

He's currently employed by Mercedes and has recently been active in the Blancpain GT Series. PokerNews spoke to Juncadella during the second break to ask about his tournament and how poker and racing relate to each other. Read more here

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Cody Eliminates Grzeska

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

After a raise to 600 in middle position, Marek Grzeska called in the cutoff. Jake Cody made it 2,700 on the button and Grezska was the only caller.

On the {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} flop, Grzeska checked, Cody bet 3,700 and Grzeska check-raised to 12,000. Cody checked how much Grzeska had behind (around 8,000), then moved all in. Grzeska immediately called off the rest of his stack.

Jake Cody: {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Marek Grzeska: {J-Spades}{10-Spades}

Grezska needed to fill up but bricked the {6-Hearts} turn and {A-Spades} river, ending his tournament life.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake Cody
60,000
37,000
37,000
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Marek Grzeska
Busted

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Juncadella Speeds Ahead of the Pack

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante
Dani Juncadella
Dani Juncadella

One of the early chipleaders of the day is Dani Juncadella, who's more than tripled his stack in the opening stages and currently sits behind 95,000. Although he's making his mark already at a tough table containing Georgios Sotiropoulos and Lawrence Bayley, among others, Juncadella's day-to-day job is even more impressive: professional racing driver.

Juncadella has been a test driver for Formula 1's Force India team in the past and will be driving for the HWA team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) next year, a very popular racing division in Europe. Juncadella played the National Championship earlier this week, where he fired two bullets to no avail.

He can be followed on Twitter under his handle @dani_juncadella.

Player Chips Progress
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Dani Juncadella
95,000
95,000
95,000

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What are the Odds?

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Marton Czuczor vs Jasper Meijer van Putten Heads Up
Marton Czuczor vs Jasper Meijer van Putten Heads Up

Defending champion — of sorts, anyway, as the event technically has a different name despite being under the same sponsor and price point — Jasper Meijer van Putten has arrived and taken a seat in the PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event.

As with any champion's arrival, it's noteworthy. However, what's even more remarkable is the seat he's drawn: the one to the immediate right of Marton Czuczor, whom Meijer van Putten defeated heads up one year ago. Technically, they aren't sitting right next to each other in the physical sense, as Meijer van Putten's in Seat 9 while Czuczor is in Seat 1. Still, they're next to each other in the poker sense, and we'll see if it results in any battles as Day 1b plays out.

Player Chips Progress
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Simeon Naydenov
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Krasimir Yankov
30,000
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Nick Maimone
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jasper Meijer van Putten
30,000
Defending Champion
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Dominik Panka
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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Matas Cimbolas
30,000
WPT 1X Winner

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Big Start for Cody

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody is sitting pretty behind a 50,000 stack in the early stages. According to Cody, the player to his right opened to 250 and Cody three-bet to 800 in the cutoff holding {9-}{9-}. His opponent four-bet to 2,750 and Cody called.

On the {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-} flop, Cody's opponent bet 2,700 and the Brit called with top set in position. Both players checked the {2-Diamonds} on the turn. On the {10-Diamonds} river, Cody's opponent bet 2,650, Cody raised to 13,000 and received a call to take a big chunk out of his opponent's stack.

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Jake Cody
50,000
50,000
50,000

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Welcome to Day 1b of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event

Jasper Meijer van Putten wins Event #2 - €10,300 Single Reenty
Jasper Meijer van Putten wins Event #2 - €10,300 Single Reenty

At noon local time, cards are in the air for the second of two starting days of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event, the seventh and final PokerStars Championship Main Event of its inaugural season. Yesterdays Day 1a attracted a field of 193 players. 77 of them advanced to Day 2, with Czech Republic's very own Michal Mrakes in the lead with 202,700.

Prague has been woven with the PokerStars Championship's past, the European Poker Tour (EPT), and has been a stop since 2007 (EPT4). The gorgeous Hilton Hotel Prague is expected to be packed today as players from all over aspire to become the next in line to lift the trophy in "the City of a Hundred Spires".

Past EPT Prague Main Event Winners

SeasonBuy-inEntrantsPrize poolChampionPrize
4€4,700+€300555€2,530,240Arnaud Mattern€708,400
5€5,000+€250570€2,764,500Salvatore Bonavena€774,000
6€5,000+€250586€2,842,100Jan Skampa€682,000
7€5,000+€300563€2,730,550Roberto Romanello€640,000
8€5,000+€300722€3,501,700Martin Finger€720,000
9€5,000+€300864€4,190,400Ramzi Jelassi€835,000
10€5,000+€3001,007€4,883,950Julian Track€725,700
11€5,000+€3001,107€5,368,950Stephen Graner€969,000
12€5,000+€3001,044€5,063,400Hossein Ensan€754,510
13€5,000+€3001,178€5,781,200Jasper Meijer van Putten€699,300

Last year's winner Jasper Meijer van Putten will be in the field today and the Dutchman is already off to a fantastic start in Prague. Just days ago, Meijer van Putten won the €10,300 Single Reentry and added €150,000 and a PokerStars Championship trophy to his mantle top. Another one to watch for is Raffaele Sorrentino, who won the PokerStars Championship Presented by Monte-Carlo Casino Main Event earlier this year. Sorrentino nearly repeated that feat in Barcelona, where he finished 3rd for €850,110, almost making him the first two-time champion in the PokerStars Championship's short history.

Like Day 1a, Day 1b features a price tag of €5,300 and all players receive 30,000 in chips. Eight levels of 75 minutes each will be played, with a 75-minute dinner break at the end of level six. Day 1b will end around midnight and late registration is open up until the start of level 2.

Next to Day 1b, a €25,500 Single Day High Roller will take place. Updates of that tournament can be found here. Follow PokerNews throughout the day for all updates of the PokerStars Championship Prague!

Day 1 Level Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
175 minutes50100-
275 minutes75150-
Break20 minutes   
375 minutes10020025
475 minutes15030050
Break20 minutes   
575 minutes20040050
675 minutes25050075
Dinner Break75 minutes   
775 minutes300600100
875 minutes400800100

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