2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

€10,300 PLO High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq1010
Prize
€174,600
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Entries
60
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Updated Chip Counts at Break

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Players are on dinner break for 75 minutes, with registration set to end when they get back. Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa busted out and reentered.

Player Chips Progress
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
174,000 69,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
160,000 47,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
146,000 46,000
Veselin Karakitukov bg
Veselin Karakitukov
106,000 10,000
David Dayan br
David Dayan
91,000 -109,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
69,400 29,400
Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa cl
Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa
50,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Bensadoun Eliminated

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

[Removed:119] limped in first to act and Luc Greenwood made it 4,000 in the cutoff. Bensadoun tried shoving but the dealer said 12,800 was his max bet. He put that amount in, and Greenwood quickly called. The flop came {10-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}, and Bensadoun put his last 15,000 or so in. Greenwood called without delay.

Greenwood: {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}
Bensadoun: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades}

Bensadoun had top two and was fading a combo draw along. The turn was a {10-Hearts} but the river {6-Clubs} filled Greenwood's flush draw. Bensadoun nodded in submission and gathered his belongings, having exhausted both allotted bullets.

Player Chips Progress
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
88,500 48,700
[Removed:119] fr
[Removed:119]
Busted

Tags: Luc Greenwood

Bouloutsos Doubles Through Bulychev

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

On a flop of {7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} Ilya Bulychev got his last 30,000 or so in against Konstantinos Bouloutsos.

Bulychev: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{q-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Bouloutsos: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}

Bouloutsos was in good shape with a flush draw plus overpair. The {7-Clubs} turn helped him reduce Bulychev's outs, and the {3-Hearts} was a blank on the end.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantinos Bouloutsos gr
Konstantinos Bouloutsos
85,000 31,000
Ilya Bulychev ru
Ilya Bulychev
Busted

Tags: Ilya BulychevKonstantinos Bouloutsos

Thanks, durrrr

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

George Wolff bet 33,700 from the button on a completed board of {6-Hearts}{9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{k-Spades}. Big blind Bogdan Capitan flicked in a chip to call, and Wolff showed pocket jacks with a nine in his hand for good measure. He swept up the sizable pot.

"I learned that from Tom 'durrrr' Dwan," he proclaimed.

Reentries continue to pour in. Alexander Uskov and Murad Akhundov used theirs.

Player Chips Progress
George Wolff us
George Wolff
220,000 70,000
Bogdan Capitan ro
Bogdan Capitan
55,000 -20,000
Alexander Uskov ru
Alexander Uskov
50,000 -26,000
Murad Akhundov az
Murad Akhundov
50,000 43,700

Tags: Alexander UskovBogdan CapitanGeorge WolffMurad Akhundov

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

Watson Doubles to Leave Akhundov on Fumes

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

After an early open by Ilya Bulychev and two calls, Murad Akhundov put in 16,000 from the small blind. Bulychev called, as did Mike Watson in the cutoff. The flop came {4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{j-Hearts}, and Akhundov potted all in. Bulychev mucked but Watson quickly called.

Watson: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Akhundov: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

Watson had a pile of outs with his flush draw and two pair chances, and the {10-Clubs} got him there with tens up. The river was a harmless {5-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
100,000 50,000
Murad Akhundov az
Murad Akhundov
6,300 -26,700

Tags: Ilya BulychevMike WatsonMurad Akhundov

Watson, Riebau-Schmithals Eliminated

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals

Fabian Riebau-Schmithals just got all in with {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} against the {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{j-Spades}{8-Spades} of Francesco Grande. It appeared the money went in on the {10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} flop. The turn was a {7-Hearts} and the river a {k-Diamonds}, giving Grande a straight to bust his short-stacked foe.

At another table, Mike Watson lost the last of his chips. George Wolff was the man stacking them.

Player Chips Progress
George Wolff us
George Wolff
150,000 34,500
Francesco Grande it
Francesco Grande
62,000 36,000
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals de
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals
Busted
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Francesco GrandeGeorge WolffMike WatsonFabian Riebau-Schmithals

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Ludovic Geilich has reentered. Since there were four full tables, the tournament has expanded to include five tables now.

Player Chips Progress
Minh Phuc Nguyen au
Minh Phuc Nguyen
169,000 25,000
Michail Karapanos gr
Michail Karapanos
94,000 44,000
Bogdan Capitan ro
Bogdan Capitan
75,000 25,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
59,000 -1,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
50,000 50,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 -10,000
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
WSOP 2X Winner
35,000 -90,000
Murad Akhundov az
Murad Akhundov
33,000 -17,000
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals de
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals
19,400 -4,500
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
14,000 -36,000