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

"Where is the Barrel?"

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

Matas Cimbolas bet 86,000 from under the gun on a board of {j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Paul Michaelis called in the next seat and they saw a {6-Hearts} river. Cimbolas thought awhile and checked. Michaelis checked back and his {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} prevailed over {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

"Where is the barrel?" Michaelis wondered.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
Day 3 Chip Leader
1,215,000 140,000
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
WPT 1X Winner
370,000 -180,000

Tags: Paul MichaelisMatas Cimbolas

Stavridis Doubles in Massive Pot

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

Paris Stavridis was first to act and raised to 18,000. Matas Cimbolas called from the hijack before Gabriele Lepore squized to 73,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Stavridis shoved all in for 241,000. Matas Cimbolas tanked for some time, inquired how much Lepore had behind (650,000, a massive stack) and eventually moved in.

"How much you playing?" Lepore instantly asked.

"I cover," is all Cimbolas answered.

Eventually, Lepore tossed his cards into the muck, claiming to fold {A-}{K-}.

Matas Cimbolas: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Paris Stavridis: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

The flop of {J-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} wasn't doing anything for anyone just yet, but the {Q-Diamonds} on the turn definitely did. Stavridis hit top set while Cimbolas picked up a flush draw.

The river {7-Clubs} was a blank and Stavridis doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriele Lepore it
Gabriele Lepore
650,000 -225,000
Paris Stavridis gr
Paris Stavridis
575,000 325,000
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
WPT 1X Winner
550,000 -400,000

Tags: Matas CimbolasGabriele LeporeParis Stavridis

Moreira de Melo Punts Akenhead, Staszko to the Rail

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

James Akenhead shoved all in for 116,000 in the hijack and Martin Staszko reshipped in the cutoff for 215,000. Fatima Moreira de Melo woke up with another jam on the button.

Akenhead: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Staszko: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Moreira de Melo: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Moreira de Melo had found a fantastic spot in another three-way all in. She got a sweat on the flop when her opponents flopped gutters but the {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades}{10-Spades} board was ultimately safe for her.

Player Chips Progress
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
934,000 372,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
Busted
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
Busted

Tags: Fatima Moreira De MeloJames AkenheadMartin Staszko

Ferreira Eliminated

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

Rui Neves Ferreira was all in for 220,000 in the big blind with {k-Spades}{q-Spades} and Jason Wheeler had put him at risk from middle position with {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. The board was finishing out with {6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{a-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, enabling Wheeler to dodge some outs on the turn to score the elimination.

From the sound of the chatter after the hand, it seemed like there had been a check-raise on the flop, possibly for all of the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
600,000 219,000
Rui Neves Ferreira pt
Rui Neves Ferreira
Busted

Tags: Rui Neves FerreiraJason Wheeler

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
1,075,000 200,000
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
WPT 1X Winner
950,000 90,000
Gabriele Lepore it
Gabriele Lepore
875,000 425,000
Hon Cheong Lee hk
Hon Cheong Lee
860,000 255,000
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
748,000 152,000
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
Day 4 Chip Leader
721,000 171,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
620,000 190,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
Day 5 Chip Leader
620,000 -93,000
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin
WSOP 2X Winner
605,000 110,000
Gavin O'Rourke ie
Gavin O'Rourke
600,000 150,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
562,000 -141,000
Omid Mojaverian ir
Omid Mojaverian
556,000 -279,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
543,000 364,000
Valery Yantsevich by
Valery Yantsevich
510,000 -20,000
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
Winamax
505,000 105,000
Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
500,000 -120,000
Ivan Soshnikov ru
Ivan Soshnikov
490,000 80,000
Serhii Popovych ua
Serhii Popovych
490,000 250,000
Daniel Barriocanal es
Daniel Barriocanal
483,000 -62,000
Walter Oaquim br
Walter Oaquim
480,000 160,000
Nir Levy il
Nir Levy
450,000 -180,000
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
435,000 105,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
430,000 160,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
425,000 -90,000
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
420,000 176,000

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Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Montury Limps the Button (With Ace-Five and Wins)

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Jean Montury limped in from the button for 6,000 and big blind Michal Mrakes checked.

Mrakes check-called a bet of 9,000 on {6-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{J-Spades} before checking again on the {A-Spades} turn. This time, Montury checked behind and the {J-Hearts} completed the board. Mrakes checked, and then called a bet of 19,000.

Montury tabled {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Mrakes mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
Day 4 Chip Leader
550,000 -5,000
Jean Montury fr
Jean Montury
EPT 1X Winner
250,000 122,000

Tags: Michal MrakesJean Montury

Fiodor Martino Eliminated

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

From early position, Fiodor Martino shoved for 100,000 exactly. Action folded around to the small blind who tanked for a bit and folded. Gianluca Speranza in the big blind instantly called.

Fiodor Martino: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Gianluca Speranza: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and Martino exited.

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
373,000 173,000
Fiodor Martino it
Fiodor Martino
Busted

Tags: Gianluca SperanzaFiodor Martino