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

Adams Chops

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

As we arrived, the turn was already out in a pot between Timothy Adams (button) and his neighbor Andrei Krylou (small blind).

Both checked on {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and the {J-Clubs} river completed the board. Krylou checked again and Adams bet 6,500. Krylou went into the tank and the clock was called after several minutes. He eventually called.

Adams reluctantly first showed the {K-Clubs} followed by the {9-Hearts}. Krylou tabled {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and the two chopped the pot as both played a pair of sevens, with an ace - king- jack.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000 3,000

Tags: Timothy AdamsAndrei Krylou

Neves Still Hot

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Helio Neves opened early and got three-bet to about 2,600 before Xiaoyang Luo shoved for roughly 16,000. Neves put in a call and the three-bettor mucked in short order.

Luo: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Neves: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Luo could only shake his head in wonder at Neves' hot run, and it continued with a {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} board.

Player Chips Progress
Helio Neves br
Helio Neves
103,000 31,000
Xiaoyang Luo cn
Xiaoyang Luo
Busted

Tags: Helio NevesXiaoyang Luo

Double Knockout for Fatehi

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Ali Reza Fatehi
Ali Reza Fatehi

The media cards of Jose Nunez Fernandez and Saar Wilf ended up on the main registration desk, which meant that both were eliminated. A quick look at their former table quickly brought to light who had taken both stacks as Ali Reza Fatehi was sitting behind a mountain of chips.

According to Fatehi, it was a three-way all in with pocket aces for him, pocket jacks for Saar Wilf and pocket queens for Nunez Fernandez. Fatehi flopped a set while one of the opponents turned the nut flush draw. However, the river paired the board and the full house of Fatehi scored a double knock out.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Reza Fatehi ir
Ali Reza Fatehi
110,000 38,600
Jose Nunez Fernandez es
Jose Nunez Fernandez
Busted
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
Busted

Tags: Saar WilfJose Nunez FernandezAli Reza Fatehi

Hartmann Left on Life Support

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Preflop, Pascal Hartmann made it 3,200 to go from the button and picked up a single caller in Joao Vieira out of the hijack. The flop fell {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Vieira checked before calling a bet of 2,400 by Hartmann. Both checked through the {10-Spades} turn and the {2-Hearts} fell on the river.

Vieira checked and Hartmann bet 7,700, which then saw Vieira check-shove for 22,900. Hartmann called after some consideration and was shown the {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} for the nut straight by Vieira. Hartmann wanted to muck, but as it was an all in showdown, his {A-Spades}{K-Spades} was exposed.

Down to 2,300, Hartmann shoved the next hand with the {J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. Jannick Wrang called in the small blind with {A-Spades}{7-Spades} and the {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} flop seemingly locked up the double and possible comeback for the German. However, the {9-Hearts} turn and {J-Hearts} river ended the hand in a split pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
60,000 2,500
Jannick Wrang dk
Jannick Wrang
EPT 1X Winner
13,000 1,000
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
2,500 -14,000

Tags: Pascal HartmannJoao VieiraJannick Wrang

Kramer is Fighting

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Among the next players to bust were Wael Sarkis, Dimitrios Michailidis, Epstathios Kavoukis and Thi Nguyen.

[Removed:172] has dropped to less than the starting stack and just got involved into a pot with Zico Tjin-Asjoe. The latter called a bet of 2,500 by Kramer on the {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop before check-folding the {7-Spades} turn to a second bet worth 3,300.

Below are further assorted counts including some new big stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
Day 4 Chip Leader
143,000 13,000
Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
107,000 17,000
Oleh Okhotskyi ua
Oleh Okhotskyi
75,000 75,000
[Removed:172] de
[Removed:172]
20,000 -9,500
Wael Sarkis lb
Wael Sarkis
Busted
Epstathios Kavoukis gr
Epstathios Kavoukis
Busted
Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
Busted
Thi Nguyen ca
Thi Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Dimitrios MichailidisThi NguyenWael SarkisZico Tjin-Asjoe

"Nice Hand Sir!"

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We only caught the tail end of a hand that looked very interesting and got the rest of the details from our colleagues at the PokerStars Blog.

Greenwood opened the button for 1,000 and big blind Clement Richez 3-bet to 4,400. Greenwood called.

As the flop came {5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}, both players checked. The {3-Hearts} hit the turn and Frenchman Richez bet 7,500. Greenwood called.

On the {8-Spades} river, with the board now reading {5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades}, Richez checked. Greenwood bet 13,000 and Richez tanked for some time before he eventually called.

Greenwood showed {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and that proved a winner as Richez folded.

"Nice hand sir!" table mate Parker Talbot said.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
52,000 32,000
Clement Richez fr
Clement Richez
12,000 -20,000

Tags: Sam Greenwood

Stuer Shoving

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

After an open to 800 and a call on the button, Julian Stuer moved in for 8,700 in the small blind. The raiser mucked but the player who called initially pondered for awhile. Ultimately, he ended up folding as well, though.

Player Chips Progress
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
12,150 -12,850

Tags: Julian Stuer

Farber Tests Varnica

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

In a pot that was bloated to 8,000 preflop, Ante Varnica checked in the hijack and called 4,000 from PokerStars qualifier Konstantin Farber, on his left. With {5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} on the board on the turn, Varnica check-called the next barrel of 8,000. On the {10-Hearts} river, Farber put his foe all in and Varnica couldn't find a call.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
90,000 90,000
Ante Varnica hr
Ante Varnica
17,000 -31,000

Tags: Ante VarnicaKonstantin Farber

Contrasting Fortunes

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Saar Wilf
Saar Wilf

Michal Mrakes has rocketed up the chip counts, turning what we last counted as 80,000 into a stack of about 130,000. However, while some rise, others must fall, and Saar Wilf is experiencing the latter turn of events at the neighboring table. Once one of the top stacks, he's now down to shoving preflop with about 20 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
Day 4 Chip Leader
130,000 50,000
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
8,000 -33,000

Tags: Michal MrakesSaar Wilf