Vlado Banicevic moved all in first to act and the action folded to Dario Sammartino on the button. The Italian asked for a count and the shove of Banicevic was for 251,000 in total. Sammartino then moved all in and forced out both players in the blinds.
Vlado Banicevic:
Dario Sammartino:
The flip went to Sammartino, who didn't hit one of his two over cards but instead the nut flush on a board of . Once the fourth diamond fell on the river, Banicevic shot out of his chair in disgust and left the table without a word. The player from Montenegro received €87,040 for his efforts and the remaining 10 players continue on two five-handed tables.
Thomas Muehloecker raised to 45,000 in late position, Felipe Ramos three-bet to 135,000 from the small blind, julian Stuer four-bet to 250,000 from the big blind, Muehloecker folded and Ramos five-bet shoved for 770,000.
Stuer called it off to create the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Felipe Ramos:
Julian Stuer:
There was no help in sight for the last Team PokerStars Pro on a board and he was eliminated. Stuer is now the overwhelming chipleader, Ramos had to settle for the 12th place prize of €75,600.
Thomas Muehloecker made it 45,000 to go from the cutoff and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 135,000 on the button. Julian Thomas asked for the bet size out of the big blind and folded, while Muehloecker clicked it back to 285,000. Mateos had another 529,000 behind after his bet and announced all in, which Muehloecker called in a heartbeat.
Thomas Muehloecker:
Adrian Mateos:
"Queens against kings," Mateos said in Spanish to his rail and saw the board run out . After winning the €50,000 Single-Day High Roller, Mateos had to settle for 13th place this time around and collected another €75,600.
Josip Simunic shoved nearly all of his 175,000 stack forward from under the gun. Murad Akhundov reshoved all in from the small blind and covered Simunic barely.
"Hit Mario, hit!" Simunic said, referring to the Super Mario figurine on his stack, before calling the rest off.
Josip Simunic:
Murad Akhundov:
"Ooh, hold Mario!," Simunic gasped upon seeing the showdown. Despite calling upon the plumber's powers, Simunic tumbled a long way down the green pipe on the flop.
"Hit Mario!" Simunic begged, but Mario didn't come through on the turn and river. Simunic received €68,720 for his 14th place.
The redraw of the last two tables was barely completed when Adrian Mateos raised to 35,000. Sylvain Loosli shoved for just over 200,000 out of the blinds and Mateos called.
Sylvain Loosli:
Adrian Mateos:
The two over cards failed to show up on a board of , but Mateos found three clubs to go along with his two and make the nut flush. Loosli was eliminated in 16th place for €61,850, and all remaining 15 players are now guaranteed at least €68,720.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 45,000 in the small blind. Felipe Ramos went all-in in the big blind and Gruissem called.
Philipp Gruissem:
Felipe Ramos:
The flop proved no help to Gruissem but the on the turn certainly did. Ramos needed an ace or eight to eliminate Gruissem and spiked the on the river. Gruissem, who won the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller earlier this week, finished 17th for €61,850.
2014 WSOP Main Event winner Martin Jacobson has been eliminated in 19th place. The Swede raised most of his 150,000 stack from the cutoff. Charlie Carrel shoved from the small blind and Jacobson called the few extra chips off.
Martin Jacobson:
Charlie Carrel:
Carrel and Jacobson both paired up on the flop but Carrel picked up a flush draw as well. The Brit completed the draw on the turn and the river was the . Jacobson went home with €54,980.
An amazing week at the PokerStars Championship Monte-Carlo has come to an end for Daniel Dvoress. The Canadian finished 3rd in the €100,000 Super High Roller (€832,800), 2nd in the €50,000 High Roller (€652,000) and 7th in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller (€100,000).
Dvoress added another €50,400 on top of that by finishing 21st in this tournament. In his final hand, Dvoress raised to 152,000 on the button and left himself with 15,000 behind. Sylvain Loosli reshoved from the big blind and Dvoress tank-called his remaining 15,000 off.
Sylvain Loosli:
Daniel Dvoress:
The board ran out and Loosli eliminated Dvoress with the king on the turn. All remaining 20 players have now locked up €54,980.
One of the two remaining PokerStars Team Pros has been eliminated. It was Igor Kurganov who raised to 24,000 in the cutoff and Julian Stuer three-bet to 78,000 in the big blind. Kurganov four-bet shoved for around 360,000 and Stuer quickly called.
Julian Stuer:
Igor Kurganov:
"Mamaaa" demanded Kurganov, asking for one of the remaining two queens in the deck. However, he was drawing very thin on the flop and officially drawing dead on the turn. The meaningless on the river for the inferior set ended the hand and Kurganov's run in 24th place for €45,820.
At 12:30 p.m. local time, the final day of the 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® €25,750 High Roller will kick off. A massive first place prize of €1,015,000 awaits the victor tonight, and 27 players are still in contention to add those seven figures to their bankroll. The bubble burst late last night; all remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least €45,080.
The field is led by Thomas Muehloecker from Austria, who will start the day with 887,000 in chips. Muehloecker is followed by a slew of very accomplished players such as Charlie Carrel (747,000), Dario Sammartino (690,000), Adrian Mateos (562,000), John Juanda (510,000), the PokerStars Team Pros Igor Kurganov (279,000) and Felipe Ramos (239,000), Aliaksei Boika (235,000), Sylvain Loosli (220,000), Dmitry Yurasov (216,000), Philipp Gruissem (201,000), Martin Jacobson (153,000) and Daniel Dvoress (108,000).
It's Dvoress' fourth cash in a high roller tournament at the 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®, an incredible feat in these world-class fields. The Canadian final tabled the other three events but has to work his way up from one of the shortest stacks to reach his fourth.
Play will resume with blinds at 5,000 / 10,000 and a running ante of 1,000. Due to the long bubble phase, a lot of players were left short-stacked and will be looking for a quick double-up to get themselves back in contention. Follow PokerNews throughout the day as we play down to the winner of the PokerStars Championship €25,750 High Roller.