2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

€25,500 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€324,727
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€1,225,000
Entries
50
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Mateos Doubles Through Luca; Busts Alvarado After

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Adrian Mateos back on top of the counts
Adrian Mateos back on top of the counts

Ivan Luca's open-raise was followed by a three-bet of Adrian Mateos in the big blind and Luca four-bet all in, which Mateos called for 265,000.

Adrian Mateos: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}
Ivan Luca: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

The board of {K-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{7-Hearts} left Luca with next to no chips, and he shoved the next hand for 14,000 from under the gun. Kitson Kho called out of the big blind for the second all in showdown in a row.

Ivan Luca: {A-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Kitson Kho: {J-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

While Kho got there with the {J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop, the {8-Spades} turn and {A-Spades} river run out gave Luca the better hand.

It only took a few moments and the action accelerated once again. JC Alvarado opened the cutoff for 17,000 with about 150,000 or so behind. From the button, Mateos moved all in having everyone behind him and Alvarado easily covered. The blinds quickly folded, Alvarado called just as fast.

JC Alvarado: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
Adrian Mateos: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

The board ran out {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and just like that, with the wheel for Mateos, Alvarado hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
752,000 576,000
Kitson Kho ph
Kitson Kho
60,000 -25,000
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 -300,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
Busted

Tags: Adrian MateosIvan LucaJC AlvaradoKitson Kho

Quads for Schemion

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

Albert Daher raised to 16,000 from under the gun and was called three ways by Orpen Kisacikoglu in the cutoff, Daniel Dvoress in the small blind and Ole Schemion in the big blind. The flop came {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Dvoress as well as Schemion checked. Daher bet 21,000 and received calls from Kisacikoglu as well as Dvoress.

Schemion check-raised all in for his last 64,000 and that forced out Daher. Kisacikoglu moved all in over the top to see Dvoress quickly ask for a count. The isolation was for 293,000, which represented almost the entire stack of Dvoress, who ended up using both of his remaining time bank extensions before folding.

Ole Schemion: {Q-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Orpen Kisacikoglu: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

If there was any doubt over the outcome of the hand, the {3-Diamonds} on the turn put a deadlock on the hand for Schemion with quads. This made the {2-Hearts} on the river a formality and the German got back into contention.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
410,000 50,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
WSOP 2X Winner
301,000 6,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
229,000 4,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
210,000 110,000

Tags: Albert DaherDaniel DvoressOle SchemionOrpen Kisacikoglu

Kruk Kaput

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel opened under the gun for 25,000 and his neighbor Christopher Kruk shoved for 159,000. Action folded to big blind Christoph Vogelsang and he asked how much it was. Upon finding out it was 20 big blinds to him, he over shoved. Thorel folded.

Christopher Kruk: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Christoph Vogelsang: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and Kruk was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
440,000 270,000
Christopher Kruk ca
Christopher Kruk
Busted

Tags: Christoph VogelsangChristopher KrukJean-Noel Thorel

Muehloecker Sends Fast to the Rail

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Dietrich Fast
Dietrich Fast

Thomas Muehloecker raised from the button and Dietrich Fast called out of the big blind to see both players check through a flop of {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. On the {7-Diamonds} turn, Fast bet 55,000 and Muehloecker took one time bank extension before calling.

The {2-Diamonds} appeared on the river and Fast took one time bank extension to check after one additional minute of consideration. Muehloecker moved all in for 175,000, which had Fast's 125,000 covered, and he took another two of his remaining three time bank extensions before calling it off.

Muehloecker showed {7-Hearts}{7-Spades} for a set of sevens and Fast mucked {9-Spades}{3-Spades} for two pair before exiting the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
435,000 165,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Dietrich FastThomas Muehloecker

€386,000 Reserved for the Winner

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With registration closed, the prize pool has been announced. The €1,225,000 is to be divided over 7 players, with the winner walking away with €386,000.

PositionPrize
1€386,000
2€278,700
3€177,600
4€134,800
5€104,000
6€79,600
7€64,300

Level: 10

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Petrangelo Eliminated

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo

Mustapha Kanit opened the button for 16,000 and called Nick Petrangelo's big blind shove for just a few chips more.

Nick Petrangelo: {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Mustapha Kanit: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

Petrangelo flopped extra outs with {4-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Spades} and added some chop outs with the {7-Spades} on the turn, but the {8-Diamonds} on the river bricked and he hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
390,000 70,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mustapha KanitNick Petrangelo

Three-Way All In; No Seat Open

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ole Schemion's raise to 14,000 in the hijack was followed by the shove of Albert Daher for 116,000 in the cutff and Oleksii Khoroshenin called on the button. Schemion used one time bank extension and moved all in himself, which Khoroshenin called.

Albert Daher: {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Ole Schemion: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Oleksii Khoroshenin: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Schemion grinned and pumped his fist, while the rest of the table laughed. Daher had the worst of it preflop, but tripled up with a full house thanks to the board of {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}. After paying off Daher, Schemion doubled his last 50,000 through Khoroshenin.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
360,000 220,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
EPT 1X Winner
205,000 -140,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
100,000 -160,000

Tags: Albert DaherOle SchemionOleksii Khoroshenin

Vogelsang Doubles Through Machon

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Christoph Vogelsang
Christoph Vogelsang

Daniel Dvoress has grinded up his stack to 300,000 while Christoph Vogelsang just doubled through Bartlomiej Machon.

Vogelsang shoved for 80,000 and Machon in the small blind asked for the amount before announcing the call.

Christoph Vogelsang: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Bartlomiej Machon: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

The board came {K-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Machon almost got there with a gutshot.

Soon after there was another interesting hand on the same table that saw Jean-Noel Thorel limp in. Thomas Muehloecker raised to 21,000 and Thorel called. On the {Q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop both players checked and Thorel bet the {3-Clubs} turn for 21,000, Muehloecker called. After the {J-Clubs} river, Thorel checked and folded when Muehloecker made it 80,000 to go.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
WSOP 2X Winner
295,000 230,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
270,000 115,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
195,000 15,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
170,000 85,000
Bartlomiej Machon pl
Bartlomiej Machon
120,000 20,000

Tags: Bartlomiej MachonChristoph VogelsangDaniel DvoressJean-Noel ThorelJulian ThomasThomas Muehloecker

Several All In Showdowns In Quick Succession

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Down to the last three tables the players wasted little time to get their stacks in. Igor Kurganov was sent to the rail, as was Mikita Badziakouski, while Orpen Kisacikoglu and Albert Daher doubled up.

Daher doubled for 69,000 with {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds} against {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} as Dietrich Fast could not catch anything on a board of {5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs}.

Up next was Kisacikoglu, who was at risk for 111,000 out of the big blind with the {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. Oleksii Khoroshenin on the button turned over the {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and the board came {9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

Last but not least, Badziakouski shoved for 71,000 and Khoroshenin called from one seat over.

Mikita Badziakouski: {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
Oleksii Khoroshenin: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The board came {A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} and Khoroshenin recovered almost all of the chips he had just lost by sending Badziakouski to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
EPT 1X Winner
345,000 -40,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
WSOP 1X Winner
240,000 42,500
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
225,000 125,000
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
140,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
Busted

Tags: Albert DaherDietrich FastIgor KurganovMikita BadziakouskiOleksii KhorosheninOrpen Kisacikoglu