2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

€25,500 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
69
Prize
€485,135
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€2,082,500
Entries
81
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Greenwood and Kurganov Play a Big One

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Luc Greenwood (photo from archive)
Luc Greenwood (photo from archive)

Timothy Adams opened from early position for 2,500. Daniel Monosson called before Luc Greenwood squeezed from the button to 10,000. Big blind Igor Kurganov cold four-bet to 25,000 and Adams and Monosson got out of the way. Greenwood called in position.

Both players checked the {5-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{J-Spades} flop and the {Q-Diamonds} hit the turn. Kurganov tossed in a single 25,000-chip and action was on Greenwood. He tanked for some time and eventually used a time bank chip to gain an additional 30 seconds to think about it. With a few seconds left to act, he called.

The river {K-Spades} saw Kurganov tank. He too used a time bank chip but eventually decided to check. Greenwood checked behind.

Kurganov looked at his cards and the dealer and showed them to Greenwood. The dealer announced Kurganov had {9-}{9-}. Greenwood tabled {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and Kurganov mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
151,000 51,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
58,000 -42,000

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