2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Mitchell Doubles

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Gavin O'Rourke opened the cutoff for 35,000 before James Mitchell on the button bumped it up to 88,000. The blinds got out of the way and O'Rourke shoved. Mitchell called instantly, putting his tournament life on the line for 399,000 total.

Gavin O'Rourke: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
James Mitchell: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Michell doubled, leaving O'Rourke with just 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
838,000
496,000
496,000
Gavin O'Rourke ie
Gavin O'Rourke
70,000
-382,000
-382,000

Tags: Gavin O'RourkeJames Mitchell

When Heroes Get Short

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski

Mikita Badziakouski bet 35,000 on a board of {k-Spades}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} from the big blind and Kalidou Sow made it 100,000 to go on the button. Badziakouski called and they saw an {a-Diamonds} fall. Badziakouski checked and Sow bet 115,000.

"This would be so brutal to lose to pocket fives," Badziakouski said with a mile after tanking for a bit. He then called a clock on himself.

"I just want to be a hero."

Apparently, Badziakouski couldn't resist the role of hero as he called but couldn't beat {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}.

"I knew you were bluffing on the turn," Badziakouski said. "Nice hand."

At another table, Jean Montury went bust.

Player Chips Progress
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
775,000
229,000
229,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
172,000
-355,000
-355,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jean Montury fr
Jean Montury
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jean MonturyKalidou SowMikita Badziakouski

Strategy Lessons

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Robert Heidorn was in the small blind and check-called 100,000 from cutoff Valery Yantsevich on a board of {3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{10-Clubs}. On the {j-Spades} river, Heidorn jammed.

"He's all in?" Yantsevich asked excitedly. "I call, I have nuts."

Heidorn, though, also had the nuts. As the dealer chopped up the pot, Yantsevich wondered aloud about Heidorn's play.

"How do you check-call this?" he asked. "You lose to every ace-high. Unless you are just always donk-betting."

Player Chips Progress
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
1,290,000
40,000
40,000
Valery Yantsevich by
Valery Yantsevich
652,000
162,000
162,000

Tags: Robert HeidornValery Yantsevich

Mitchell Busts O'Rourke

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

James Mitchell opened under the gun and big blind Gavin O'Rourke called. O'Rourke check-raised all in for about 180,000 on {4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades} and Mitchell called.

James Mitchell: {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Gavin O'Rourke: {6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

The {4-Clubs} on the turn and {Q-Spades} on the river weren't cards O'Rourke was in need of and he exited the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
930,000
92,000
92,000
Gavin O'Rourke ie
Gavin O'Rourke
Busted

Tags: Gavin O'RourkeJames Mitchell

Ben Yosef Eliminated Before Break

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Assaf Ben Yosef shoved 133,000 in the cutoff and Pierre Calamusa put him at risk from the button.

Ben Yosef: {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Calamusa: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

It was a bad spot for Ben Yosef and he found no salvation on the {3-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Spades}{a-Spades}{2-Hearts} board, which left him dead on fourth.

Player Chips Progress
Assaf Ben Yosef il
Assaf Ben Yosef
Busted

Chip Counts (full)

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin
1,859,000
359,000
359,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
1,483,000
198,000
198,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Thomas Lentrodt de
Thomas Lentrodt
1,430,000
285,000
285,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
1,370,000
-29,000
-29,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Hon Cheong Lee hk
Hon Cheong Lee
1,350,000
75,000
75,000
Serhii Popovych ua
Serhii Popovych
1,213,000
-137,000
-137,000
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
1,140,000
40,000
40,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
1,125,000
-165,000
-165,000
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
1,120,000
190,000
190,000
Valery Yantsevich by
Valery Yantsevich
1,030,000
378,000
378,000
Valentyn Shabelnyk ua
Valentyn Shabelnyk
995,000
291,000
291,000
Colin Robinson us
Colin Robinson
970,000
48,000
48,000
Daniel Barriocanal es
Daniel Barriocanal
950,000
-193,000
-193,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
910,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
900,000
56,000
56,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Navot Golan il
Navot Golan
845,000
-270,000
-270,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
750,000
-25,000
-25,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Lawrence Bayley gb
Lawrence Bayley
690,000
220,000
220,000
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
665,000
-185,000
-185,000
Winamax
Aleksandr Mordvinov ru
Aleksandr Mordvinov
610,000
-110,000
-110,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
598,000
-279,000
-279,000
PokerStars
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
587,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
431,000
-79,000
-79,000
WPT 1X Winner
Nir Levy il
Nir Levy
416,000
56,000
56,000
Gabriele Lepore it
Gabriele Lepore
414,000
14,000
14,000

Read full

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000