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

Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
140,000
12,000
12,000
WPT 1X Winner
Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
75,000
2,400
2,400
Jasper Meijer van Putten nl
Jasper Meijer van Putten
45,000
-30,000
-30,000
Defending Champion
Quentin Lecomte fr
Quentin Lecomte
45,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
35,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Paul Gresel nl
Paul Gresel
33,000
-15,000
-15,000
Maria Lampropoulos ar
Maria Lampropoulos
30,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
25,000
-25,000
-25,000
Kees van Brugge nl
Kees van Brugge
20,000
-17,000
-17,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
18,000
-28,500
-28,500
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
9,000
-1,000
-1,000

Vogelsang Timebank-Folds the Best Hand

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

On a completed board of {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, Christoph Vogelsang was facing an all-in bet for his last 15,000. The perpetrator was Arben Cimilji, who sat stoically while time was ticking away.

Vogelsang took his time and one of his tablemates eventually called the clock on him. With mere seconds remaining, the German high roller flung {J-}{10-} face-up in the muck. Cimilji immediately flashed {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for the bluff and Vogelsang mustered up a thin smile.

"Thanks for calling the clock," laughed Cimilji to the tablemate who spoke up.

Player Chips Progress
Arben Cimilji no
Arben Cimilji
70,000
70,000
70,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
15,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang

Foxen Arrives

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Alex Foxen has shipped over the pond fresh off a monster score for second place in WPT Five Diamond at Bellagio. Foxen claimed over $1.1 million for that runner-up finish, roughly doubling his live tournament cashes. We'll see if he can put together a strong follow-up showing here in Europe.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
80,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
76,100
-13,900
-13,900
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
70,000
14,800
14,800
Chris Frank de
Chris Frank
69,000
16,000
16,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
68,700
-38,300
-38,300
WPT 3X Winner
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
53,000
-17,000
-17,000
Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
51,200
24,700
24,700
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
48,200
-8,800
-8,800
EPT 1X Winner
Jasper Meijer van Putten nl
Jasper Meijer van Putten
46,400
1,400
1,400
Defending Champion
Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
46,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
46,000
15,500
15,500
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
33,300
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
33,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Jimmy Guerrero fr
Jimmy Guerrero
29,400
-15,600
-15,600
DJ Alexander us
DJ Alexander
25,500
-8,500
-8,500
Marton Czuczor hu
Marton Czuczor
25,300
-18,700
-18,700

Tags: Alex Foxen

Kooij Caged

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Teunis Kooij was relegated to the short stack after losing a big hand earlier today. Kooij held {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} on a {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{X-} flop and barreled two streets. The Dutchman missed all outs to his straight flush draw and gave up on the river. Kooij was left with 13 big blinds before his final hand.

Each of those remaining blinds went in when it was on him in the small blind. In the big blind, Yiannis Liperis wasted no time and slid in a quick call.

Teunis Kooij: {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Yiannis Liperis: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}

There was no help for Kooij on {2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades} and he bowed out in the penultimate level of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
140,000
140,000
140,000
Teunis Kooij nl
Teunis Kooij
Busted

Tags: Teunis KooijYiannis Liperis

Toma Among Leaders

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Tsugunari Toma, pictured in the €50K.
Tsugunari Toma, pictured in the €50K.

Tsugunari Toma, who participated in the €50,000 Super High Roller here in Prague, appears to be in strong contention for the chip lead. He's up to 175,000 after winning a pot wherein a player under the gun bet 1,100 on a flop of {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Spades}. Toma made it 3,500 to go and action continued to the {3-Diamonds} turn. The first player checked and conceded the pot when Toma bet 6,500.

Player Chips Progress
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
175,000
175,000
175,000

Tags: Tsugunari Toma

Late-Showing Luca Bluffs, Busts

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Ivan Luca and Maria Lampropoulos were among those to register late and jumped in during the seventh level. However, Argentina's poker power couple has been reduced to just one after a mistimed bluff by Luca spelled his demise.

With the board reading {6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Spades}, Luca check-called a 3,700 bet from his opponent. On the {Q-Spades} river, Luca checked and his opponent bet 9,300. Luca check-raised all in for around 20,000, his opponent double-checked his hole cards to make sure, then quickly called.

Luca tabled {A-Spades}{7-Clubs} for nothing but the nut flush blocker and was already stepping away from the table when his opponent revealed {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ivan Luca

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Last Level of the Day

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

The final 75 minutes of the day have begun and currently, 652 players have registered for Day 1b of the PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event. 388 of them are still in contention to make it to Day 2.

Updated Counts; PokerStars Festival Winner Svoboda Among Leaders

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Petr Svoboda, who won the €1,100 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov National Championship back in March for €124,346, is among the chipleaders.

Petr Svoboda
Player Chips Progress
Petr Svoboda cz
Petr Svoboda
165,000
165,000
165,000
Dani Juncadella es
Dani Juncadella
125,000
30,000
30,000
Marco Regonaschi it
Marco Regonaschi
115,000
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
60,000
-10,000
-10,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
35,000
18,700
18,700
Winamax
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sarah Herzali fr
Sarah Herzali
27,000
-1,000
-1,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
25,000
-28,000
-28,000

Tedeschi's Got it

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Paul Tedeschi
Paul Tedeschi

Paul Tedeschi bet 6,600 in the cutoff after an opponent in the small blind checked to him {j-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. That player called and then led out 6,500 on the {2-Hearts} river. Tedeschi raised to 21,000 leaving about 10,000 back. After a couple of minutes in the tank, the small blind called and mucked to {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
84,500
33,300
33,300

Tags: Paul Tedeschi