€10,300 PLO High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
€10,300 PLO High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Buy-in
€10,300
Entries
60
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Eleven Players Remain in PLO High Roller With Sampo Ryynanen Leading
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
A field of 60 runners has been reduced to 11 after 14 levels of play in the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® €10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. Finnish player Sampo Ryynanen has the chip leader after turning his 50,000 starting stack into 590,000 by day's end.
Ryynanen won a massive during Level 14 (2,500/5,000) that propelled him from the middle of the pack into the chip lead. As he told us after the players bagged, he got it in preflop with aces three ways. Veselin Karakitukov also held aces, while chip leader George Wolff had a double-suited queen-high rundown.
However, Ryynanen's other two cards happened to be ten-four, and that made all the difference in the world when he hit two pair on a board with mostly low cards, busting the unlucky Karakitukov and doubling through Wolff, who likely had the best equity in the pot.
Imad Derwiche (512,000) and Sylvain Loosli (502,000) also bagged north of 10 starting stack. Derwiche the final table of the €25K High Roller here each of the last two years for over €1 million in winnings, and now he's looking to add a big PLO score to those successes.
The tournament offered players one reentry option and plenty took advantage, as the early stages of the event proved to be fairly action-packed. Fedor Holz, Ole Schemion, Isaac Haxton and PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos were among those swinging and missing at least once.
Notables Mike Watson, Anthony Zinno and Ami Barer all made it through, although they're among the shorter stacks.
The restart will be at noon local time on Tuesday, with the players battling for €174,600 in first-place prize money. Here's a look at how the field will be sitting when play resumes:
| Seat | Table 1 (Stack) | Table 2 (Stack) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sampo Ryynanen (590,000) | Anthony Zinno (142,000) |
| 2 | Sylvain Loosli (502,000) | Imad Derwiche (512,000) |
| 3 | -- | -- |
| 4 | Dominykas Karmazinas (247,000) | Ami Barer (73,000) |
| 5 | George Wolff (78,000) | Bogdan Capitan (278,000) |
| 6 | -- | -- |
| 7 | Mike Watson (193,000) | Konstantinos Bouloutsos (244,000) |
| 8 | -- | Minh Phuc Nguyen (142,000) |
End of Day 1 Counts (full)
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000 | -10,000 |
|
512,000 | 85,000 |
|
502,000 | 72,000 |
|
278,000 | 72,500 |
|
247,000 | -21,000 |
|
244,000 | -76,000 |
|
193,000 | 28,000 |
|
142,000 | 59,500 |
|
142,000 | -180,000 |
|
78,000 | -22,000 |
|
73,000 | -30,000 |
Photos: PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo €10,300 PLO
Photos by Manuel Kovsca.
Ryynanen in Front; Loosli Busts Geeng
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
We missed what sounded like a massive three-way all in at Table 2, which ended with Sampo Ryynanen busting Veselin Karakitukov and doubling through George Wolff. It sounded like Ryynanen and Karakitukov each had aces.
Then, Daniel Geeng raised on the button to 12,000 and Sylvain Loosli made it 38,500. Geeng called and 
flopped. Loosli bet 75,000 and Geeng tanked awhile before announcing all in for what turned out to be 167,000. Loosli called.
Loosli: 
Geeng: 
Geeng had outs with a gutter and a flush draw, but the sweat was short as a 
hit. Only the final three would give the pot to Geeng, but the river was a 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 410,000 |
|
|
430,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
100,000 | -245,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Derwiche Finally Dented; Greenwood Finished
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Imad Derwiche defended his big blind from a Minh Phuc Nguyen button open and then checked a 
flop. Nguyen bet 6,500 and Derwiche slid 20,000 in. Nguyen called. On the 
turn, he called another 25,000, then both checked the .
"You win," Derwiche announced.
Nguyen tabled 
for kings full on the flop.
At the same table, Sam Greenwood's seat is empty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
427,000 | 47,000 |
|
|
322,000 | 112,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts from Table 2
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Francesco Grande just got his stack in with a gutter, flush draw, and a pair against the superior flush draw, pair, and gutter of George Wolff. Both players turned flushes to give Wolff the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000 | 94,500 |
|
|
268,000 | -32,000 |
|
|
260,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
194,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 49,000 |
|
|
182,500 | 39,500 |
|
|
165,000 | -7,500 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts From Table 1
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000 | 42,000 |
|
|
320,000 | 116,000 |
|
|
210,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
205,500 | -2,500 |
|
|
103,000 | -27,000 |
|
|
82,500 | -24,500 |
|
|
76,000 | -5,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Final Two Tables
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Zinno | Sampo Ryynanen |
| 2 | Imad Derwiche | Veselin Karakitukov |
| 3 | Sam Greenwood | Sylvain Loosli |
| 4 | Ami Barer | Dominykas Karmazinas |
| 5 | Bogdan Capitan | George Wolff |
| 6 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Francesco Grande |
| 7 | Konstantinos Bouloutsos | Mike Watson |
| 8 | Minh Phuc Nguyen | Daniel Geeng |