Main Event
Day 4 Started
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
Day 4 Seat Draw
Table 1 will start as the feature table.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fatima Moreira De Melo | Netherlands | 723.000 | 60 |
| 1 | 2 | John Mooney | United Kingdom | 120.000 | 10 |
| 1 | 4 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 931.000 | 78 |
| 1 | 5 | Matas Cimbolas | Lithuania | 630.000 | 53 |
| 1 | 6 | Ji Zhang | Germany | 592.000 | 49 |
| 1 | 7 | Nir Levy | Israel | 480.000 | 40 |
| 1 | 8 | Lawrence Bayley | United Kingdom | 453.000 | 38 |
| 2 | 1 | Dmitry Ponomarev | Russia | 478.000 | 40 |
| 2 | 2 | Walter Oaquim | Brazil | 328.000 | 27 |
| 2 | 3 | Colin Robinson | United States | 263.000 | 22 |
| 2 | 5 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 564.000 | 47 |
| 2 | 6 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 168.000 | 14 |
| 2 | 7 | Daniel Barriocanal De La Iglesia | Spain | 740.000 | 62 |
| 2 | 8 | James Mitchell | United Kingdom | 477.000 | 40 |
| 3 | 1 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 690.000 | 58 |
| 3 | 2 | Valentyn Shabelnyk | Ukraine | 603.000 | 50 |
| 3 | 4 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | 644.000 | 54 |
| 3 | 5 | Alex Foxen | United States | 761.000 | 63 |
| 3 | 6 | Petr Targa | Czech Republic | 481.000 | 40 |
| 3 | 7 | Mathew Frankland | United Kingdom | 230.000 | 19 |
| 3 | 8 | Omid Mojaverian | Iran | 231.000 | 19 |
| 4 | 1 | Robert Heidorn | Germany | 660.000 | 55 |
| 4 | 2 | Louis Salter | Ireland | 575.000 | 48 |
| 4 | 3 | Navot Golan | Israel | 888.000 | 74 |
| 4 | 4 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | 220.000 | 18 |
| 4 | 5 | Xixiang Luo | China | 461.000 | 38 |
| 4 | 6 | Valery Yantsevich | Belarus | 442.000 | 37 |
| 4 | 7 | Ivan Soshnikov | Russia | 427.000 | 36 |
| 5 | 1 | Michal Mrakes | Czech Republic | 1.032.000 | 86 |
| 5 | 2 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 271.000 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | Dermot Blain | Ireland | 275.000 | 23 |
| 5 | 4 | Petar Kalev | Bulgaria | 175.000 | 15 |
| 5 | 5 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 259.000 | 22 |
| 5 | 7 | Aleksandr Mordvinov | Russia | 506.000 | 42 |
| 5 | 8 | Gianluca Speranza | Italy | 508.000 | 42 |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Lentrodt | Germany | 370.000 | 31 |
| 6 | 3 | Serhii Popovych | Ukraine | 812.000 | 68 |
| 6 | 4 | Marcin Horecki | Poland | 450.000 | 38 |
| 6 | 5 | Dimitrios Kalaroutis | Greece | 425.000 | 35 |
| 6 | 6 | Assaf Ben Yosef | Israel | 793.000 | 66 |
| 6 | 7 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 585.000 | 49 |
| 6 | 8 | Kalidou Sow | France | 550.000 | 46 |
| 7 | 1 | Konstantin Farber | Germany | 600.000 | 50 |
| 7 | 2 | Gavin O'Rourke | Ireland | 803.000 | 67 |
| 7 | 3 | Gabriele Lepore | Italy | 377.000 | 31 |
| 7 | 4 | Jukka Paloniemi | Finland | 357.000 | 30 |
| 7 | 6 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | 825.000 | 69 |
| 7 | 7 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 1.270.000 | 106 |
| 7 | 8 | Jean Montury | France | 227.000 | 19 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,270,000 | |
|
1,032,000 | |
|
931,000 | |
|
888,000 | |
|
825,000 | |
|
812,000 | |
|
803,000 | |
|
793,000 | |
|
761,000 | |
|
740,000 | |
|
723,000 | |
|
690,000 | |
|
660,000 | |
|
644,000 | |
|
630,000 | |
|
603,000 | |
|
600,000 | |
|
592,000 | |
|
585,000 | |
|
575,000 | |
|
564,000 | |
|
550,000 | |
|
508,000 | |
|
506,000 | |
|
481,000 |
Day 4 Awaits
Yesterday's day of play at the PokerStars Championship Prague was dominated by the news that the European Poker Tour is coming back, and the birth of the Poker Players No Limit Hold'em Championship, a $25,000 event at the 2019 PCA with 300 seats added and $1,000,000 extra in the prize pool.
But for the players still active in the tournament, yesterday was all about making it to the money first and then making it to Day 4 after. 49 of them did both and will return to duty today on Day 4 of the last-ever PokerStars Championship event.
Leading the way is German player Paul Michaelis who brings a massive 1,270,000 (106 big binds) today. He's followed by Michal Mrakes (1,032,000, 86 big blinds) and Jason Wheeler (931,000, 76 big blinds). The shortest player coming back is John Mooney (120,000, 10 big binds).
Action gets underway at noon with blinds of 6,000 and 12,000, and an ante of 2,000. Levels will once again be 90 minutes long and 5 of them are scheduled before the bagging and tagging starts again.
| Level | Approximate Start Time | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante | BB's in Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 12:00 | 90 minutes | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 | 2,138 |
| Break | 13:30 | 20 minutes | ||||
| 21 | 13:50 | 90 minutes | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 | 1,603 |
| Break | 15:20 | 20 minutes | ||||
| 22 | 15:40 | 90 minutes | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 1,283 |
| Break | 17:10 | 20 minutes | ||||
| 23 | 17:30 | 90 minutes | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 | 1,067 |
| Break | 19:00 | 30 minutes | ||||
| 24 | 19:30 | 90 minutes | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 855 |
| End of Day | 21:00 |
* This is an approximate starting time. Any sort of delay can distort this. Check the tournament clock for accurate times.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Popovych Over a Million in Chips
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Serhii Popovych opened the action with a raise to 25,000 from the hijack. His neighbor, Marcin Horecki, three-bet to 79,000 and Popovych called.
Popovych check-called a bet of 65,000 on 
before they both checked the 
on the turn. The 
on the river completed the board and Popovych bet out 103,000. Horecki called by tossing in a single 5,000 chip, but soon had to add the other 98,000 as Popovych showed 
and Horecki mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,093,000 | 281,000 |
|
203,000 | -247,000 |
Oaquim Eliminated in Rough Fashion
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Daniel Barriocanal opened for a raise and called a three-bet from Walter Oaquim, who was in the big blind. They saw a 
flop and Oaquim bet 45,000. Barriocanal made it 100,000 and Oaquim shoved for about 255,000. Barriocanal called.
Barriocanal: 
Oaquim: 
Oaquim had flopped top set but saw a 
fall on the turn to bring Barriocanal his flush immediately. The river was a 
and the dealer moved to muck Oaquim's busted set.
"Wait," he said. "I need to take a picture."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,210,000 | 470,000 |
|
Busted |
Straight on the Board
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Valentyn Shabelnyk opened for a raise under the gun and called a three-bet to 60,000 from neighbor Diego Zeiter. He check-called another 60,000 on the 
flop. Both checked the 
and the 
brought a straight on board. Shabelnyk bet 130,000 and Zeiter called without hesitation.
Shabelnyk opened 
and Zeiter 
and they chopped.
Sow Takes From Kalaroutis
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
When we arrived, the flop was already out in a three-way hand. With 
on the table, big blind Kalidou Sow checked. From early position, Serhii Popovych bet 22,000 and Dimitrios Kalaroutis in the cutoff called.
Sow check-raised to 53,000 and Popovych folded, Kalaroutis called.
Sow bet 58,000 on the turn and Kalaroutis called again.
With the river coming the 
, Sow bet 165,000. Kalaroutis reluctantly called, but conceded as soon as was shown 
by Sow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
865,000 | 315,000 |
|
107,000 | -318,000 |
Min Bet the River
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Robert Heidorn opened under the gun plus one for 29,000. Ivan Soshnikov called from the big blind and check-called a bet of 22,000 on 
.
They both checked the 
on the turn before the 
completed the board. Soshnikov lead out for the minimum, 16,000. Heidorn thought about it for a bit before raising to 70,000. Soshnikov folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000 | 90,000 |
|
402,000 | -25,000 |
Kalev, Targa Eliminated
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Petar Kalev shoved on the button for 114,000 and got called by Gabriele Lepore in the big blind.
Lepore: 
Kalev: 
The board ran out 
, so the eight kicker played to bust Kalev.
At the neighboring table, Petar Targa called off his last 187,000 on a half-pot river shove when Valentyn Shabelnyk put him to the test. Shabelnyk had a flush on a paired board, while Targa had merely paired his five with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,068,000 | 465,000 |
|
500,000 | 123,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |