2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Maimone Shows One

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Checked to on the river by the small blind with {2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Clubs} on the felt, Nick Maimone fired in 10,500 from late position. The pot was swollen to over 25,000 before that bet, and his opponent wound up folding. Maimone mucked but reached in and turned over the {k-Spades}.

He remains one of the heftier stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
90,000
10,200
10,200

Tags: Nick Maimone

Farrell Concedes

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Kiryl Radzivonau opened for 1,000 in middle position and called a three-bet to 3,200 from Niall Farrell, in the cutoff. Both players checked the flop for a board of {6-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Radzivonau bet 3,600 and Farrell called. Radvizonau fired 8,800 on the {j-Spades} river. Farrell grimaced and mucked his cards in short order.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kiryl RadzivonauNiall Farrell

Updated Chip Counts; Kassouf Gone

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
128,000
68,000
68,000
WPT 1X Winner
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
107,000
60,850
60,850
WPT 3X Winner
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
68,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
56,000
20,000
20,000
Chris Frank de
Chris Frank
53,000
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
Julian Thomas de
Julian Thomas
18,500
-11,500
-11,500
WPT 1X Winner
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
14,500
-12,700
-12,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
11,700
-1,725
-1,725
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
10,200
-10,900
-10,900
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
9,200
-29,400
-29,400
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
5,500
-2,700
-2,700
Will Kassouf gb
Will Kassouf
Busted

Zarco Bluffs Off to Akenhead

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jake Cody (L) and James Akenhead
Jake Cody (L) and James Akenhead

James Akenhead checked an {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop, and Javier Zarco bet 1,350 on his left. The two were in middle position. Akenhead called the bet and they checked the {9-Clubs} to see the {7-Diamonds} river. Akenhead checked again and Zarco bet 6,200. Akenhead called and Zarco revealed {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for a bluff, mucking when Akenhead showed {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
31,000
-21,700
-21,700
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
12,800
12,800
12,800

Tags: James AkenheadJavier Zarco

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Updated Counts; Montury Trending Up

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jean Montury fr
Jean Montury
120,000
62,000
62,000
EPT 1X Winner
Maxim Klopotok ua
Maxim Klopotok
90,000
Jasper Meijer van Putten nl
Jasper Meijer van Putten
75,000
25,000
25,000
Defending Champion
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
60,000
-20,000
-20,000
Paul van Oort nl
Paul van Oort
37,000
7,000
7,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
35,000
4,700
4,700
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
34,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
32,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joris Ruys nl
Joris Ruys
20,000
-7,000
-7,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
7,000

Big Slick Works for Konopelko

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

We didn't see how the money went in, but Andrei Konopelko called a big all-in shove worth about 15,000 on an {8-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{k-Diamonds} flop holding {a-}{k-}.

"Oops," his opponent said cheerfully enough before Konopelko even showed, knowing {a-}{q-} was no good.

The turn was a {6-Hearts} and the river brought paint for a brief sweat but the {j-Hearts} was a brick.

Player Chips Progress
Andrei Konopelko by
Andrei Konopelko
65,000

Tags: Andrei Konopelko

Beresford Cooked

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Conor Beresford opened for 1,100 and got three-bet to about 3,000 by the player on the button. Beresford shoved all in for around 12,000 and the cards were on their backs moments later.

Beresford: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Button: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, which had Beresford patting the table softly after the flop.

"Good luck, guys," he said.

Player Chips Progress
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
Busted

Tags: Conor Beresford

Roy Escapes Elimination

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Holding {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}, Jonathan Roy found himself at risk in a three-way preflop all-in situation. Roy was up against Elvis Petcu with {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds} and Amir Touma, who held {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}.

After the {7-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop and {2-Hearts} turn, Touma was in prime position to knock both players out, holding the bigger stack. However, the {K-Clubs} on the river kept all three players in: Roy tripled up with the shortest stack, while Petcu snatched the side pot from Touma.

Player Chips Progress
Amir Touma lb
Amir Touma
37,000
-48,000
-48,000
Elvis Petcu ro
Elvis Petcu
25,000
Jonathan Roy ca
Jonathan Roy
22,000

Tags: Jonathan Roy