2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Main Event
Day: 2
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
Total Entries
855
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 855
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Varnica Eliminated

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ante Varnica got his last 100,000 or so in preflop with {10-}{10-} but early opener Cathal Shine had him beat with {j-}{j-}. The board ran out devoid of help for Varnica and he took his leave.

Tags: Ante Varnica

Adams Eliminated

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

Thomas Mercier opened the button for 6,200 and small blind Jean-Jacques Zeitoun called. Big blind Timothy Adams squeezed all in for 57,600 and Mercier tanked long before releasing his cards into the muck.

Now it was Zeitoun with the decision and he tanked for a bit before deciding to call.

Jean-Jacques Zeitoun: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Timothy Adams: {A-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

The flop came {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Adams asked for a seven. Instead, the {K-Diamonds} hit and Adams now asked for a king. He got neither an no ace would appear either. The {2-Spades} hit and Adams started to gather his things before exiting.

Tags: Jean-Jacques ZeitounTimothy Adams

Michaelis with a Big Stack

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Paul Michaelis is close to 500,000 in chips and the WSOP bracelet winner from Germany recalled the hand that peopelled his stack a lot.

According to Michaelis, he faced a raise to 5,000 by Igor Dubinskyy and the player on the button called. Michaelis made it 23,000 to go and just Dubinskyy called. On a {K-}{4-}{3-} flop he bet 15,000 into 50,000 and Dubinskyy called before doing so again for 50,000 on a {10-} turn.

The {3-} river paired the board and Michaelis moved all in for effectively 90,000, as that's what Dubinskyy had left. The Ukrainian called with ace-king and Michaelis had pocket tens for a turned set and rivered full house.

Omid Mojaverian still seems the man to beat in the last level of the night, though, while Boris Kolev also nears half a million in chips.

Tags: Boris KolevIgor DubinskyOmid MojaverianPaul Michaelis

Walfridsson Passes 500K

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Action folded to Erik Walfridsson and he raised from the small blind, proceeding to snap-call when big blind Maxim Klopotok jammed for about 85,000.

Walfridsson: {a-}{a-}
Klopotok: {5-}{5-}

The flop came {q-}{9-}{j-} and the turn an {8-}, so Walfridsson generously suggested a ten fall so they chop. The river was a {4-}, though.

Tags: Erik WalfridssonMaxim Klopotok

Robinson Among Big Stacks

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Colin Robinson defended his big blind against a raise by Mattia Baccassino and check-called a bet of 8,300 on the {5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} flop. Both ended up checking through the {A-Diamonds} turn and the {9-Clubs} river and Robinson sighed before turning over the winning {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. Right after he won another pot when his sole opponent called a bet of 9,500 on the {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} river.

Robinson turned over {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs} for top pair and his opponent said "you three-outered me."

The fireworks came soon after when Jakutis Povilas lost 60% of his stack to Yury Kanunnikov after being unable to beat the {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} of the Russian on a board of {Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs}{10-Spades}{J-Spades}.

Tags: Colin RobinsonJakutis PovilasMattia BaccassinoYury Kanunnikov

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Durnegger Lucky to Eliminate Lavi

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

From the hijack, Viktor Lavi shoved all in for 36,200. Markus Durnegger announced a call on the button. The small blind tank-folded and the big blind mucked right away.

Durnegger: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Lavi: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, giving Durnegger a winning boat.

Tags: Markus DurneggerViktor Lavi

Van Putten Exits

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Jasper Meijer Van Putten
Jasper Meijer Van Putten

Jasper Meijer van Putten's bust out slip was handed to PokerNews, and we contacted him to find out what had happened to the defending champion.

Van Putten told us that Tsugunari Toma opened the cutoff with a raise and Boris Kolev, chip leader of the table with 400,000 at the time, called. Meijer van Putten defended his big blind with {10-}{8-} offsuit.

The flop came {10-}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Meijer van Putten checked. Toma bet the size of half the pot and his neighbor the chip leader raised small. Meijer van Putten shoved for 40,800, 17 big blinds. Toma folded but Kolev wasn't intending on doing the same and called with {6-}{6-} for middle set.

Meijer van Putten hit a {10-} on the turn to remain hopeful but a {J-} on the river didn't help him and the Dutchman exited the tournament area.

Tags: Jasper Meijer van PuttenTsugunari TomaBoris Kolev

Value for Zeiter

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

With the completed board showing {K-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{Q-Spades}{4-Hearts}, Diego Zeiter bet 15,500 out of the small blind. Two players were still to act including Ondrej Pulec and the Czech called. Yorane Kerignard counted his stack carefully and eventually folded.

Zeiter rolled over the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for trips nines and that was good enough to win the pot.

Tags: Diego ZeiterYorane KerignardOndrej Pulec

Where Did Toma's Chips Go?

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Tsugunari Toma had been cruising for most of the day with a big stack but suddenly sits at just 80,000. A quick look at his table reveals one massive stack in Boris Kolev and the latter confirmed that he scored a big double.

According to Kolev, he faced a raise from under the gun and several callers including Toma in the cutoff. Kolev squeezed from the button and action folded back to Toma, who shoved with {K-}{7-}. Kolev called with {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} and flopped two aces to lock up the hand.

Tags: Boris KolevTsugunari Toma