Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
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
Chip Lead Race
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
At this stage, three players have widened the gap between themselves and everyone else in the race for the chip lead. George Wolff is still in front, but Imad Derwiche and Dominykas Karmazinas have closed the gap. Derwiche is at Wolff's table, albeit across from him, but any fireworks between those two would likely go a long way to determining the leader at day's end.
Derwiche has been on fire since reentering. He just raked in a pot after Anthony Zinno limped early and Bogdan Capitan made it 18,000. Derwiche called, as did Zinno. Derwiche led into both opponents for 40,000 on the 
flop and got two fairly quick folds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
362,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
338,000
249,400
|
249,400 |
|
300,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Uskov Eliminated
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Alexander Uskov pushed the last 15,000 or so in over a button raise from Minh Phuc Nguyen.
Nguyen: 
Uskov: 
The flop came 
and the rest was a mere formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
Busted |
Ramos' Surge Short-Lived
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Felipe Ramos was down to 7,500 after presumably losing a pot to Daniel Geeng, who was now around 200,000 and opened to 10,000 in middle position. Sylvain Loosli made it 36,000 to go, and Ramos put his last crumbs in. Geeng called the three-bet and the flop came 
. Geeng check-folded to a small bet.
Loosli: 
Ramos: 
Ramos had not looked and was disappointed to see he didn't have much of a sweat. He did pick up a tiny amount of equity on the 
turn but the 
river made Loosli aces full.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
199,000
85,900
|
85,900 |
|
137,000
104,500
|
104,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Here and There
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Three sizable hands just went down, one at each table.
Table 1
We didn't see exactly what happened, but Vladimir Troyanovskiy busted out to an opponent who ran the nut straight with a rundown.
Table 2
After a 
flop, George Wolff got it in there with 
and had Bogdan Capitan at risk. Capitan had 
for a gutter and nut flush draw. The 
was a brick but the river was a . Wolff sighed and sent Capitan 89,000.
Table 3
A large pot had developed between Sam Greenwood in the blinds and Sylvain Loosli in late position. Greenwood bet 35,000 on the end with the board reading 
. Loosli made it 100,000, and Greenwood went deep into the tank, sighing and talking to himself. While the Wolff/Capitan hand went down, Greenwood must have called and lost, because the next time we looked over, he was left with just over 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
|
250,500
-111,500
|
-111,500 |
|
208,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
81,000
-124,000
|
-124,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Updated Chip Counts From Table 1
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
320,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
210,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
205,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
103,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
||
|
82,500
-24,500
|
-24,500 |
|
||
|
|
76,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
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
|
94,500 |
|
|
268,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
|
260,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
194,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
190,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
182,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
165,000
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
||
|
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
|
47,000 |
|
|
322,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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