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

Two Shoves Go Uncalled

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

On a board of {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, Imad Derwiche led out for 10,000 into three opponents. Only Felipe Ramos, on his immediate left, called. The river was a {3-Spades} and Ramos shoved all in when Derwiche checked. The latter decided to fold.

At another table, Dominykas Karmazinas bet 16,000 on a board of {9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} from the cutoff. Ka Kwan Lau moved all in for 28,900 more, and Karmazinas thought a bit before mucking.

Player Chips Progress
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
105,000
55,000
55,000
Ka Kwan Lau es
Ka Kwan Lau
79,400
29,400
29,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Dominykas Karmazinas lt
Dominykas Karmazinas
68,000
18,000
18,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
59,000
22,400
22,400

Tags: Dominykas KarmazinasFelipe RamosKa Kwan LauImad Derwiche

Geilich Busted Immediately

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Just after we took note of his entry in the event, Ludovic Geilich busted out. He found himself in a three-way all in with solid equity on a {9-Clubs}{k-Spades}{4-Spades} flop:

Geilich: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Konstantinos Bouloutsos: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Ilya Bulychev: {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{j-Spades}{10-Clubs}

Bulychev's two pair held up as it ran out {3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. He doubled through Bouloutsos, who won a small side pot against Geilich.

Player Chips Progress
Ilya Bulychev ru
Ilya Bulychev
107,500
53,000
53,000
Konstantinos Bouloutsos gr
Konstantinos Bouloutsos
54,000
4,000
4,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
Busted

Tags: Ilya BulychevKonstantinos BouloutsosLudovic Geilich

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

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

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
34,500
Francesco Grande it
Francesco Grande
62,000
36,000
36,000
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals de
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals
Busted
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner

Tags: Francesco GrandeGeorge WolffMike WatsonFabian Riebau-Schmithals

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
100,000
50,000
50,000
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Murad Akhundov az
Murad Akhundov
6,300
-26,700
-26,700

Tags: Ilya BulychevMike WatsonMurad Akhundov