Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2017 PokerStars Championship Prague
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Prague
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,146,750
Entries
855
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Darie Bets Big
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Three players created a pot of a little over 3,000 preflop and everyone checked the 
flop. On the 
turn, the big blind checked and Vlad Darie bet 2,800 from the cutoff. Both of his opponents quickly folded and the Romanian scooped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
||
Liao Wins With Ace-King
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
With the board completed with 
, Xianyong Liao checked to his opponent, who bet 4,500 into an already sizable pot.
"Ok, I call," Liao said as he quickly flicked in a chip. His opponent showed 
for busted flush and straight draws and Liao showed 
to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 |
The Field is Growing
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The field is currently up to 447 players. Here are some of the latest players to sit down, including former EPT Player of the Year Ondrej Vinklarek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
What are the Odds?
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Defending champion — of sorts, anyway, as the event technically has a different name despite being under the same sponsor and price point — Jasper Meijer van Putten has arrived and taken a seat in the PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event.
As with any champion's arrival, it's noteworthy. However, what's even more remarkable is the seat he's drawn: the one to the immediate right of Marton Czuczor, whom Meijer van Putten defeated heads up one year ago. Technically, they aren't sitting right next to each other in the physical sense, as Meijer van Putten's in Seat 9 while Czuczor is in Seat 1. Still, they're next to each other in the poker sense, and we'll see if it results in any battles as Day 1b plays out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
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|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
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|
30,000 | |
|
|
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Updated Counts
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Recent entries include EPT11 Malta winner Jean Montury.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
31,000 | |
|
||
|
31,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
27,000 | |
|
27,000 | |
|
23,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
Kassouf Finds a River Fold
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Will Kassouf defended his big blind from a cutoff raise and saw a 
flop. The Brit check-called 450 and 900 more on the . On the 
river, he checked a final time. Faced with 1,350, he decided on a fold, finishing up an uncharacteristically silent hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,300
300
|
300 |
Photos: PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event Day 1b
Photos by Neil Stoddart.
Forman Fires Two
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Long-time Czech grinder Miroslav Forman, who has relocated to Malta for his online poker career, raised to 450 from the cutoff and both blinds Jacques Der Megreditchian and Navot Golan tagged along. On the 
flop, Forman bet 550 and both blinds called.
The turn brought the 
and Forman fired a second barrel worth 2,500. Only Der Megreditchian called before both players checked the 
on the river.
Der Megreditchian showed 
, Forman nodded and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Counts
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | |
|
38,000 | |
|
35,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |