2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Chip Counts in the Break (full)

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
Day 3 Chip Leader
1,530,000 315,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
Day 5 Chip Leader
1,089,000 9,000
Serhii Popovych ua
Serhii Popovych
1,050,000 -100,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
822,000 -112,000
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
Winamax
818,000 -132,000
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
800,000 380,000
Hon Cheong Lee hk
Hon Cheong Lee
800,000 -60,000
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
713,000 -35,000
Gavin O'Rourke ie
Gavin O'Rourke
710,000 110,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
700,000 80,000
Aleksandr Mordvinov ru
Aleksandr Mordvinov
670,000 295,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
634,000 169,000
Daniel Barriocanal es
Daniel Barriocanal
630,000 147,000
Jukka Paloniemi fi
Jukka Paloniemi
620,000 260,000
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin
WSOP 2X Winner
615,000 10,000
Dmitry Ponomarev ru
Dmitry Ponomarev
610,000 10,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
608,000 178,000
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
560,000 219,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
555,000 130,000
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
Day 4 Chip Leader
540,000 -181,000
Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
520,000 20,000
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
WPT 1X Winner
500,000 130,000
Assaf Ben Yosef il
Assaf Ben Yosef
497,000 267,000
Marti Roca de Torres es
Marti Roca de Torres
480,000 315,000
Gabriele Lepore it
Gabriele Lepore
470,000 -180,000

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Calamusa Bluffs Twice in One Hand

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Pierre Calamusa
Pierre Calamusa

Pierre Calamusa had an all-in wager in front of him in middle position when we got to his table. The board read {4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and Calamusa had put in about 350,000 effective, which looked to be over the size of the pot. Opponent Nir Levy was deep in the tank on the button and the supervisor had begun his one-minute clock countdown.

"Show me if I fold?" he asked.

Calamusa shook his head.

With two seconds left until his hand would be declared dead, Levy mucked. Calamusa immediately rolled {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs} over. Levy knuckled the table in salute.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
Winamax
950,000 445,000
Nir Levy il
Nir Levy
356,000 -94,000

Tags: Nir LevyPierre Calamusa

Negreanu Delivers Huge News From PokerStars

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu flew in specially to Prague to announce some big news from PokerStars about their live events next year.

Tags: PokerStars Championship Prague 20172017englishPSC PragueCzech RepublicDaniel NegreanuLaura CorneliusPokerStarsThe PokerStars Players Championship 20182018Team PokerStars ProPlatinum Pass

Petleshkov Bad Beated Out of the Tournament

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Alex Foxen opened under the gun plus one for 18,000 and Viliyan Petleshkov three-bet all in from the button for 119,000. Big blind Ji Zhang shoved over the top for 293,000 and Foxen folded.

Viliyan Petleshkov: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Ji Zhang: {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

The flop ({A-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades}) and turn ({5-Diamonds}) proved no harm to Petleshkov but the {J-Hearts} on the river made Zhang a set and Petleshkov hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Ji Zhang de
Ji Zhang
442,000 235,000
Viliyan Petleshkov bg
Viliyan Petleshkov
Busted

Tags: Alex FoxenJi ZhangViliyan Petleshkov

Popovych Eliminates Kolev

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Boris Kolev raised to 20,000 early and got three-bet to 62,000 by Serhii Popovych. Kolev shoved after thinking awhile and got snapped off for about 220,000.

Kolev: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Popovych: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The {5-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop made for a short sweat and the {3-Diamonds} officially ended any hopes Kolev had on the turn.

"How you running?" someone asked Popovych.

Player Chips Progress
Serhii Popovych ua
Serhii Popovych
1,150,000 660,000
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Serhii PopovychBoris Kolev

Orlov Falls Asleep Again, Wakes Up With Kings This Time

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Aleksandr Orlov
Aleksandr Orlov

A couple hands after shoving while just waking up on the table, Aleksandr Orlov pulled the same stunt again. This time, the dealer again had to wake him and he raised to 20,000. Big blind Jason Wheeler called.

Wheeler checked on {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Orlov pushed for 71,000. Wheeler called with {J-Spades}{4-Spades} and found out soon enough that he was trailing: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs} for Orlov.

The {7-Hearts} on the turn sealed it for Orlov and the {9-Spades} on the river was there just for good measures.

Dermot Blain was really laughing now, though he apologized to Wheeler as the latter had just lost a sizable pot.

"No, no, it's good," Wheeler said with somewhat of a wry smile.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
465,000 -135,000
Aleksandr Orlov ru
Aleksandr Orlov
194,000 114,000

Tags: Aleksandr OrlovDermot BlainJason Wheeler

Sow Over a Milly

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Kalidou Sow was in middle position and bet 150,000, roughly the size of the pot, on a completed board of {2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{j-Clubs}. Walter Oaquim made the call from the button after some thought, and Sow showed him {k-Spades}{2-Spades} for deuces full.

Player Chips Progress
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
Day 5 Chip Leader
1,080,000 460,000
Walter Oaquim br
Walter Oaquim
291,000 -99,000

Tags: Kalidou Sow

Unlucky Turn for Badziakouski

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Three players were staring at a board of {q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Mikita Badzakouski bet 45,000 from the big blind. The cutoff called but the small blind, Dmitry Ponomarev made it 115,000. Both players called and the river was a {3-Clubs}. Ponomarev moved in for about 115,000 and Badziakouski called, seeing a heads-up showdown.

"I have a set," Badziakouski announced. Ponomarev had a better one: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} beat {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitry Ponomarev ru
Dmitry Ponomarev
600,000 383,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
371,000 -172,000

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski

"Waking Up With Aces!"

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Aleksandr Orlov
Aleksandr Orlov

Aleksandr Orlov was seated under the gun but wasn't doing much when the dealer was done pitching cards. Staring from behind reflective shades and with his AirPods in, people wondered if he was maybe just not paying attention.

The dealer eventually asked him to make a move, and that's when the table found out Orlov was asleep. He woke up with a start, glanced at his cards, and moved in for 80,000.

The table was in stitches and Dermot Blain, sitting right behind him, shrugged when he folded, later telling the table he had ace-jack.

"I hope I don't find ace-queen here," one player said, convinced Orlov must've had a big hand when he woke up and instantly shoved.

The action folded around and Orlov won the pot.

"Show it!" the players said.

Orlov showed the {A-Diamonds} while he raked in the pot and started stacking.

"Waking up with aces!" one player jokingly said.

Orlov was the big blind the next hand, we're unsure if he stayed awake for that one.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Orlov ru
Aleksandr Orlov
80,000 10,000

Tags: Aleksandr Orlov