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

Nitsche Busts; Vaskaboinikau Doubles

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Xiaoyang Luo raised to 9,000 and Dominik Nitsche moved all in for 28,500 from the cutoff, which Luo called.

Dominik Nitsche: {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Xiaoyang Luo: {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The board came {J-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Nitsche was eliminated.

In the very next hand, Luo made it 9,000 again and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau moved all in. Dietrich Fast in the small blind asked for a count and moved all in himself once it was determined to be for 51,000. Luo sighed and folded.

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Dietrich Fast: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

The {K-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Spades} flop gave the Belorussian top set and Fast needed a jack to improve to a straight. After the {10-Clubs} turn, Vaskaboinikau locked up the double and the {J-Hearts} on the river gave Fast a meaningless straight.

Player Chips Progress
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
220,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Xiaoyang Luo cn
Xiaoyang Luo
165,000
35,000
35,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
115,000
17,000
17,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dietrich FastDominik NitscheMikalai VaskaboinikauXiaoyang Luo

Kanit Jams Into Luca

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

With more than 80,000 already in the middle and the turn showing {7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, Ivan Luca bet 52,000 out of the big blind and Mustapha Kanit called from the under-the-gun position. The {5-Spades} fell on the river and Luca let the clock run down to two seconds before announcing a check.

Kanit moved all in for 99,000 and Luca asked for a count, used one time bank extension before letting go.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
310,000
30,000
30,000
Winamax
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
250,000
-110,000
-110,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ivan LucaMustapha Kanit

Timothy Adams Eliminated by Rocco Palumbo

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

Within two hands, the second bullet of Timothy Adams has seen his stack reduced to zero as Rocco Palumbo first doubled through him and soon after finished off the job he had started.

First Palumbo won a race for 120,000 with {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} versus {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} as the board came {J-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{K-Hearts}. Then, it was Palumbo that raised to 9,000 under the gun and Adrian Mateos called from one seat over. Adams moved all in or 45,500 from the small blind and Palumbo called, while Mateos folded.

Timothy Adams: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Rocco Palumbo: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

The flop came {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and a queen was no option for Palumbo, but he got there with the {A-Spades} turn. Adams needed a queen to avoid the elimination, but the river was a blank {J-Diamonds} to see the Canadian on his way to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
300,000
207,000
207,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
163,000
-2,500
-2,500
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Adrian MateosRocco PalumboTimothy Adams

Thorel Back at Building a Stack

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

David Peters made it 10,000 to goand Jean-Noel Thorel on the button reraised to 20,000, which Peters called. After the flop of {Q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, Peters checked and a quick bet of 25,000 by Thorel ended the hand right there. The stack of the Frenchman has experienced some kind of roller coaster over the last few hours and moves up once again.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
180,000
-55,000
-55,000
David Peters us
David Peters
110,000
-85,000
-85,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: David PetersJean-Noel Thorel

Mateos Busts Aldemir

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Adrian Mateos opened under the gun and Kitson Kho called from the hijack. Over on the button, Koray Aldemir squeezed all in for 63,500. The blinds got out of the way and Mateos over shoved for 84,500. Kho went deep into the tank, used a time bank card, and eventually folded.

Adrian Mateos: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Koray Aldemir: {10-Spades}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{A-Spades} and Aldemir exited the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
165,500
50,500
50,500
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Kitson Kho ph
Kitson Kho
85,000
-15,000
-15,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Adrian MateosKitson KhoKoray Aldemir

Kenney and Chidwick Eliminated

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Oleksii Khoroshenin and Mustapha Kanit emerged as new big stacks while Ivan Luca added some more chips to the growing tower. In the meanwhile, Bryn Kenney on his first bullet and Stephen Chidwick on his second bullet have been eliminated.

Daniel Dvoress is still on the first bullet but grinds a short stack for quite some time now. Dvoress had raised on the button on the big blind of Ole Schemion and the latter bet 12,000 on the {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} turn. Dvoress called and the {K-Clubs} river was checked to him. The clock ran down to three seconds and the Canadian moved all in, Schemion immediately let go.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
360,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
340,000
160,000
160,000
EPT 1X Winner
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
280,000
140,000
140,000
Winamax
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
260,000
73,000
73,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
65,000
-53,000
-53,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bryn KenneyDaniel DvoressIvan LucaMustapha KanitOle SchemionOleksii KhorosheninStephen Chidwick

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Kho Joins; Luo Doubles

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Hong Kong's Kitson Kho joined the field while fellow Chinese player Xiaoyang Luo just doubled one table over. It was Stefan Schillhabel that raised the action and made it 7,000 to go. Luo called on the button and Dominik Nitsche in the small blind three-bet to 32,000. Schillhabel folded and Luo moved all in to see Nitsche ask for a count from the other side of the table.

Luo's shove was for 58,500 and Nitsche called.

Xiaoyang Luo: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}
Dominik Nitsche: {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

While the {7-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop gave the four-time WSOP bracelet winner some back door outs to a flush, Nitsche couldn't win the hand anymore as soon as the {7-Clubs} hit on the turn. That made the {2-Diamonds} river a mere formality and Nitsche dropped below the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Xiaoyang Luo cn
Xiaoyang Luo
130,000
30,000
30,000
Kitson Kho ph
Kitson Kho
100,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
70,000
-90,000
-90,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Xiaoyang LuoStefan SchillhabelDominik NitscheKitson Kho

Kenney Can't Call

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Bartlomiej Machon opened for 7,000 under the gun and Bryn Kenney in the cutoff called, as did Ole Schemion on the button.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Machon checked. Bryn followed suit and checked as well, Schemion bet 17,000. Machon folded, Kenney called.

Kenney check-called another 34,000 on the {3-Diamonds} turn before he checked one final time on the {7-Clubs} river. Schemion moved in for 56,000 or so, Kenney folded. Schemion showed the {A-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
187,000
87,000
87,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
69,000
-76,000
-76,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bartlomiej MachonBryn KenneyOle Schemion