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Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
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2017 PokerStars Championship Prague
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Lodge Survives
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
After an open and a call, Harry Lodge shoved all in on the button. It was 187,000 and both of his opponents who voluntarily entered the pot called. They checked a 
flop to bring a 
turn. Ivan Soshnikov checked and quickly folded to a bet of around 180,000.
Lodge opened 
for the nuts but he could only smile and shake his head when Thomas Lentrodt showed him 
for a freeroll draw. The river was a 
, enabling Lodge to chop the pot and survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
303,000 | 83,000 |
"So small?"
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Thomas Lentrodt opened the cutoff for 26,000 and Navot Golan on the button called. Paul Michaelis in the big blind over-called and all three of them checked on 
.
The 
on the turn was checked by Michaelis and Lentrodt bet 42,000. Golan folded, Michaelis called.
Michaelis checked again on the river 
and saw Lentrodt bet 64,000.
"So small?" Michaelis said instantly, "I can never fold an ace here, can I?"
Michaelis called eventually but mucked upon being shown 
by Lentrodt.
"It was my intention for you not to fold," clarified Lentrodt before continuing the conversation in German as the dealer started shuffling for the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
920,000 | -160,000 |
|
900,000 | 198,000 |
Mrakes Eliminates Blain With Quads
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Michal Mrakes opened for 27,000 and called the shove of Dermot Blain a couple of seats over after some thought, for about 190,000.
Mrakes: 
Blain: 
The race was a short one: the 
flop gave Mrakes quads and instantly locked it up.
"Good luck, guys," Blain said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,440,000 | 340,000 |
|
Busted |
Montury Eliminates Mojaverian
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Omid Mojaverian shoved in the cutoff with about 140,000 and Jean Montury called with a very similar stack in the big blind.
Montury: 
Mojaverian: 
The race went to Montury as he flopped a ten and held on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 93,000 |
|
Busted |
Louis Salter Runs Ace-King Into Aces, Busts
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Louis Salter opened under the gun plus one and his neighbor Navot Golan in the hijack three-bet. Action folded back to Salter and he shoved for what appeared to be 430,000. Golan quickly called.
Louis Salter:
Navot Golan: 
The board ran out 
and that was the end of it for Salter, eliminated in 41st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,175,000 | 287,000 |
|
Busted |
Mrakes Eliminates Sinclair
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Michal Mrakes opened under the gun to 27,000 and Jack Sinclair jammed in the cutoff for about 180,000. Mrakes snap-called when it got back to him and revealed . Sinclair had 
and needed help. The 
board brought none.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000 | 68,000 |
|
Busted |
Robinson Gets Lucky to Double
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
When we heard the "all in and call", Paul Michaelis (under the gun) and Colin Robinson (big blind) had their chips in on for 340,000 each, with Robinson being the one at risk.
Paul Michaelis:
Colin Robinson:
The on the turn didn't do it for Robinson just yet, but the on the river did and he doubled while former chip leader Michaelis just sighed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,080,000 | -190,000 |
|
711,000 | 448,000 |
Luo Busts in Huge Pot
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
We missed the action and were only there for the showdown, but tablemate Louis Salter told us it had gone raise (Luo in the cutoff), three-bet (Soshnikov in the small blind), shove (Luo), call (Soshnikov).
Xixiang Luo: 
Ivan Soshnikov:
The board ran out 
and Luo busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
817,000 | 415,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts from Featured Table
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,310,000 | 379,000 |
|
864,000 | 141,000 |
|
790,000 | -35,000 |
|
638,000 | 8,000 |
|
496,000 | 43,000 |
|
401,000 | -191,000 |
|
375,000 | -105,000 |