2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Assorted Updates

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Adrian Mateos, pictured in another event.
Adrian Mateos, pictured in another event.

Spanish superstar Adrian Mateos, who got third in the €50K Super High Roller today, just entered the event, taking a seat near the table recently vacated by both Quan Zhou and Ka Kwan Lau.

At other tables, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is short, and Fabrice Soulier doubled through Goran Mandic. We didn't see when the money went in, but Mandic bricked with {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} against the {a-}{q-} of Soulier, with the latter flopping trip queens.

Another big name on the poker circuit entered soon after Mateos in Ole Schemion.

Player Chips Progress
Goran Mandic hr
Goran Mandic
31,025 5,025
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
30,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
30,000 30,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000 15,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
10,500 -18,500
Ka Kwan Lau es
Ka Kwan Lau
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Adrian MateosBertrand GrospellierFabrice SoulierGoran MandicQuan ZhouOle Schemion

Back to the Drawing Board for Croitoru

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The roller coaster ride of Mihaita Croitoru is heading into yet another downhill period as the Romanian just paid off table neighbor Alessio Casiraghi to drop back below the starting stack. On the heads-up turn of {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}, Croitoru check-called a bet of 5,000 and did so again for 8,300 on the {3-Hearts} river.

Casiraghi turned over the {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for two pair and that was enough to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alessio Casiraghi it
Alessio Casiraghi
55,000
Mihaita Croitoru ro
Mihaita Croitoru
29,500 -20,500

Tags: Mihaita CroitoruAlessio Casiraghi

The Well-Known Casualties are Adding Up

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Mario Adinolfi and Fahredin Mustafov started well but their stacks have since vanished, and the same also applies for Tapio Vihakas, Juha Helppi and Simon Ravnsbaek.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
Busted
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
Busted
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted
Simon Ravnsbaek dk
Simon Ravnsbaek
Busted
Tapio Vihakas fi
Tapio Vihakas
Busted

Tags: Fahrerin MustafovJuha HelppiMario AdinolfiSimon RavnsbaekTapio Vihakas

Thorel Induces Two Folds

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Oliver Weis opened early and got three-bet to 3,500 by Jean-Noel Thorel. The small blind cold-called and Weis came along to make it three to a {j-Clubs}{a-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop. Thorel took two checks as an invitation to fire 6,000 and he raked in the pot after two relatively speedy folds.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
92,000 24,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
25,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelOliver Weis

Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
107,000 59,000
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
102,000 2,000
Olli Autio fi
Olli Autio
65,000 8,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
55,000
Marti Roca de Torres es
Marti Roca de Torres
49,300 18,300
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
46,900 4,900
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
WSOP 2X Winner
39,000 -17,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
34,900 900
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
34,500 -500
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
29,000 29,000
Stefan Jedlicka at
Stefan Jedlicka
21,000 -6,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000 -24,000

Sam Greenwood Eliminated

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

After an open to 1,100, Benjamin Chalot 3-bet to 3,200 from the hijack. Over on the button, Sam Greenwood cold 4-bet to 8,500 out of a 40,000 stack. The blinds and initial raiser folded, Chalot called.

Chalot checked on {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Spades} and Greenwood bet 4,000. Chalot shoved all in and after about half a minute or so, Greenwood called.

Sam Greenwood: {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Benjamin Chalot: {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The {3-Diamonds} on the turn wasn't one of the cards that immediately helped Greenwood, and neither was the {4-Diamonds} on the river. Greenwood done and dusted, Chalot up to 85,000.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Chalot fr
Benjamin Chalot
85,000 45,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Benjamin ChalotSam Greenwood

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

O'Dwyer Busts Petrangelo

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo

In a battle of the big names and High Roller regulars, Steve O'Dwyer bested Nick Petrangelo to send the latter to the rail, though both may very likely meet again the next day in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller.

With approximately 13,000 in the middle and the board reading {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{J-Clubs}, O'Dwyer bet 9,000 and Petrangelo called with another 22,000 behind. The {5-Diamonds} fell on the river and O'Dwyer moved all in to see Petrangelo quickly call with {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for a flopped set of sevens. O'Dwyer had the best of it with {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds} for a turned set of jacks and that was it.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
95,000 65,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Nick PetrangeloSteve O'Dwyer

Kuzmanovic Rises in the Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

According to Boris Kuzmanovic, he took most of the stack of Dan Chisu in two separate hands and the Romanian bowed out soon after along with Quan Zhou and Nariman Yaghmai.

Player Chips Progress
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
100,000 50,000
Boris Kuzmanovic hr
Boris Kuzmanovic
85,000 30,000
Fabrice Maltez fr
Fabrice Maltez
58,000 58,000
Alin Grasu ro
Alin Grasu
58,000 -2,000
Olli Autio fi
Olli Autio
57,000 27,900
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
54,000 22,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
42,000 5,800
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
41,000 -11,000
Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
38,000 -16,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
35,000 5,000
Tomas Jozonis lt
Tomas Jozonis
14,000 -38,000
Thomas Pettersson se
Thomas Pettersson
13,000 -6,000
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
Busted
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
Busted
Dan Chisu ro
Dan Chisu
Busted
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
Busted

Tags: Boris KuzmanovicDan ChisuQuan Zhou