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

Another Shot at Glory Awaits in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller in Prague

Isaac Haxton - EPT Prague 2016 €25,500 Single-Day High Roller Winner
Isaac Haxton - EPT Prague 2016 €25,500 Single-Day High Roller Winner

The next opportunity to shine awaits for the big names of the international poker circuit with the first of two Single-Day High Rollers of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague taking place at the stunning Hilton Hotel Prague. The tournament comes with a price tag of €25,500 and is the second most-expensive buy-in of the festival in "the City of a Hundred Spires."

Back in 2016 when the tour was still dubbed the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT), not only one but three events took place at the Hilton Hotel in Prague upon Twitter request by Steve O'Dwyer and the Irish/American poker pro is expected to be among those to take to the felt this time around again after participating in the €50,000 Super High Roller and bagging up chips on Day 1a of the €5,300 Main Event.

2016 EPT Prague Single-Day High Roller Events

Buy InEntriesPrize PoolChampionPrize
€25,50083€2,033,500Isaac Haxton€559,200
€25,50025€612,500Sam Greenwood€226,600
€25,50024€588,000Sergi Reixach€217,750

The Single-Day High Roller has also been a fixture on the schedule of the PokerStars Championship and the last two festivals in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona hosted two each. In 2017, Stephen Chidwick has claimed the top spot and trophy twice while other champions include Bryn Kenney, the initial suggestor of this specific tournament format, as well as Quan Zhou, Oliver Weis, Spanish superstar Adrian Mateos, Philipp Gruissem and Pavel Plesuv.

YearPSC StopBuy InEntriesPrize PoolChampionPrize
2017Bahamas$50,00069$3,313,035Bryn Kenney$969,075
2017Panama$25,50044$1,078,000Stephen Chidwick$366,500
2017MacauHK$206,00062HKD12,152,000Quan Zhou$469,090
2017MacauHK$206,00047HKD9,212,000Oliver Weis$402,860
2017Monte-Carlo€50,00064€3,104,000Adrian Mateos€908,000
2017Monte-Carlo€25,50085€2,082,500Philipp Gruissem€485,135
2017Barcelona€25,500112€2,744,000Stephen Chidwick€690,400
2017Barcelona€25,50066€1,617,000Pavel Plesuv€406,300

Action will get underway at approximately 12.30 p.m. local time. All levels last 30 minutes each and a single re-entry is available during the registration period for the first eight levels, the participants receive 100,000 in chips. After the end of level 12, a 75-minute dinner break takes place before the tournament will then play down to a winner until the early morning hours. As usual, the PokerStars High Roller event also comes with a 30-second shot clock and all players receive three time banks at the start, one more after the end of the registration period and an additional time bank after reaching the nine-handed final table.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the exclusive action from the tables for this event!

Tags: Adrian MateosBryn KenneyIsaac HaxtonOliver WeisPavel PlesuvPhilipp GruissemQuan ZhouSam GreenwoodSergi ReixachStephen ChidwickSteve O'Dwyer