2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

Main Event
Day: 5
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

Cimbolas Limp-Shoves and Doubles

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Matas Cimbolas
Matas Cimbolas

Matas Cimbolas limped in from the small blind, Valentyn Shabelnyk raised to 160,000 from the big blind, Cimbolas limp-shoved for 1,425,000 total and Shabelnyk called after a twenty seconds.

Matas Cimbolas: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Valentyn Shabelnyk: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

It was a classic raise for half of Shabelnyk's stack and a pot worth 3 million chips. The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{2-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Cimbolas' pair held up for a huge double.

Player Chips Progress
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
2,875,000
1,335,000
1,335,000
WPT 1X Winner
Valentyn Shabelnyk ua
Valentyn Shabelnyk
1,970,000
-1,695,000
-1,695,000

Tags: Matas CimbolasValentyn Shabelnyk

Thomas Lentrodt Eliminated in 12th Place (€42,600)

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Thomas Lentrodt
Thomas Lentrodt

Thomas Lentrodt committed his last 575,000 on the button after Colin Robinson had opened in middle position. Robinson quickly called off the 11.5 big blind shove.

Thomas Lentrodt: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Colin Robinson: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Lentrodt waved goodbye to his tablemates. The German exited in 12th place and received €42,600 for his accomplishment, the biggest cash of his poker career.

Player Chips Progress
Colin Robinson us
Colin Robinson
3,325,000
1,065,000
1,065,000
Thomas Lentrodt de
Thomas Lentrodt
Busted

Tags: Colin RobinsonThomas Lentrodt

Lepore Puts Heidorn to the Test

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Gabriele Lepore limped in from the small blind and Robert Heidorn checked. Lepore bet 55,000 on the {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop and Heidorn called. Both players checked the {8-Spades} on the turn.

On the {7-Spades} river, Lepore checked, Heidorn bet 175,000 and Lepore responded with a check-raise all in.

Heidorn went into deep thought and tanked for several minutes.

"What do you have?" he asked, but Lepore sat stoically with his sunglasses on and wasn't planning on interacting.

Heidorn thought some more before relinquishing his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriele Lepore it
Gabriele Lepore
1,950,000
250,000
250,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
525,000
-250,000
-250,000

Tags: Gabriele LeporeRobert Heidorn

Outer Table Counts

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

All small pots at the outer table in the past 20 minutes. Robert Heidorn has slipped below the 20 big blind mark.

Player Chips Progress
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
3,550,000
125,000
125,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
2,900,000
200,000
200,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Aleksandr Mordvinov ru
Aleksandr Mordvinov
1,950,000
110,000
110,000
Gabriele Lepore it
Gabriele Lepore
1,700,000
-25,000
-25,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
1,100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
775,000
-75,000
-75,000

Lodge Wins From Cimbolas

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

After winning two hands in a row, Matas Cimbolas defended against a cutoff open from Harry Lodge. Cimbolas check-called 100,000 on the {J-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop.

On the {K-Spades} turn, Cimbolas checked and Lodge bet 315,000. The Lithuanian thought for a minute before folding his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
2,400,000
-145,000
-145,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
1,540,000
-210,000
-210,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Harry LodgeMatas Cimbolas

Two For Cimbolas

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Jason Wheeler and Matas Cimbolas are seated next to each other and have tangled in several blind on blind battles already. This time, they clashed in a different spot as Wheeler made it 105,000 under the gun and Cimbolas three-bet to 270,000 in the next seat. Wheeler opted to fold this time.

The next hand, Cimbolas raised 110,000 under the gun to pick up the blinds and antes.

Player Chips Progress
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
1,750,000
260,000
260,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jason WheelerMatas Cimbolas

Mrakes Takes Two From Foxen

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Michal Mrakes
Michal Mrakes

Alex Foxen opened to 120,000 on the button, Michal Mrakes three-bet to 375,000 from the small blind and Foxen folded. The hand after, Kalidou Sow made it 100,000 under the gun, Alex Foxen three-bet to 280,000 from the cutoff and Mrakes cold four-bet to 675,000 on the button.

Sow snap-folded, Foxen tank-folded to surrender the second pot in succession to Mrakes.

Player Chips Progress
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
2,700,000
840,000
840,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
1,100,000
-450,000
-450,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alex FoxenKalidou SowMichal Mrakes

Which Poker Players Have Bitcoin?

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are words we cannot escape the hype of around the world at the moment, especially in the poker tournament room. But which poker players have it, who wishes they had it and who has had enough of hearing about it?

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