€25,750 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
€25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Buy-in
€25,750
Prize Pool
€4,581,500
Entries
187
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Khoroshenin, Dvoress and Silver At the Top After Day 1 of the High Roller in Monte-Carlo
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Day 1 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® €25,750 High Roller was cut to seven levels of 60 minutes instead of the usual 10 levels in order to give all high-stakes regulars the chance to watch the upcoming semi-final of the Champions League here in the Principality of Monaco.
So far, 126 players entered and another 17 single re-entries were purchased to create a 143-entry strong field. However, the registration remains open for another three levels on Day 2, and until then hopefuls can join the action via either their first or second entry in order to take a shot at the guaranteed $1,000,000 first-place prize. Furthermore, all remaining players at the start of level 11 will receive an additional time bank to give themselves an extra minute of consideration.
The High Roller field was filled with a ton of big names, many of which already had plenty of success at the international poker tables, and it was EPT10 Vienna champion Oleksii Khoroshenin who ended up on top of the counts with 208,000. He was closely followed by Daniel Dvoress with 207,100, and the Canadian is enjoying an exceptional run at the French Riviera, already having final tabled no fewer than three high rollers in the span of one week and racked up an astonishing €1,584,800 in the process.
High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts Day 1
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | Ukraine | 208,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 207,100 |
| 3 | Max Silver | UK | 202,400 |
| 4 | Josip Simunic | Austria | 195,500 |
| 5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 183,300 |
| 6 | Julian Stuer | Germany | 176,000 |
| 7 | Erik Seidel | USA | 165,500 |
| 8 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 150,800 |
| 9 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 147,000 |
| 10 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 143,000 |
Other big stacks through to Day 2 include Max Silver (202,400), EPT11 Deauville High Roller champion Josip Simunic (195,500), Justin Bonomo (183,300), Julian Stuer (176,000), poker stalwart Erik Seidel (165,500), Charlie Carrel (143,000), Jimmy Guerrero (143,000), Byron Kaverman (130,200), Dan Colman (128,700), Ryan Riess (110,500) and Mustapha Kanit (101,800)
The PokerStars Team saw Daniel Negreanu (150,800), Felipe Ramos (100,200), Liv Boeree (95,800), Jason Mercier (91,100), and Igor Kurganov (71,000) advance. Only Vanessa Selbst failed to bag up chips after running her short stack with pocket nines into the pocket tens of Javier Gomez Zapatero. Selbst can enter again on her second entry in the first three levels of Day 2 and the same applies for all that participated today and ran out of chips entirely.
Among those to buy in twice and bust as many times were Rocco Palumbo, Orpen Kisacikoglu, Jack Salter and Neel Murthy. Other notables that were eliminated include [Removed:17], Ramin Hajiyev, Fabrice Soulier, Jason Wheeler, Thiago Crema, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Salman Behbehani and Ihar Soika.
Max Silver already had almost four times the starting stack during the first two levels of the day, and the biggest pot came off a turned full house that got paid off by Eric Sfez with the nut flush. Julian Stuer joined the big stacks after sending Rocco Palumbo to the rail. Palumbo four-bet preflop and then check-called a shove on a ten-high board with three clubs, holding ace-king only, to see Stuer turn over pocket aces. Orpen Kisacikoglu lost the first bullet with pocket queens against the pocket kings of Josip Simunic after a jack-high flop, and Bryn Kenney ran with pocket kings into the pocket aces of Javier Gomez Zapatero.
More than one third of the field has been eliminated thus far. The action will resume tomorrow at 12.30 p.m. local time and ten levels of one hour each are tentatively scheduled for the second and penultimate day of the event. The blinds will recommence at 500-1,000 with a running ante of 100, giving all new entrants in the first level of the day 50 big blinds worth. As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
A recap of today's action will follow shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
208,000 | 8,000 |
|
207,100 | 147,100 |
|
202,400 | 10,400 |
|
195,500 | 5,500 |
|
183,300 | 183,300 |
|
176,000 | -24,000 |
|
165,500 | -19,500 |
|
150,800 | 15,800 |
|
147,000 | 2,000 |
|
143,000 | 88,000 |
|
143,000 | 143,000 |
|
130,300 | 25,300 |
|
130,200 | 10,200 |
|
128,700 | |
|
119,800 | -10,200 |
|
119,700 | -20,300 |
|
119,400 | -15,600 |
|
119,400 | 69,400 |
|
118,500 | -16,500 |
|
111,300 | 42,300 |
|
110,500 | -14,500 |
|
101,800 | 56,800 |
|
100,600 | -9,400 |
|
100,200 | 200 |
|
95,800 | 5,800 |
It's a Wrap
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Day 1 of the €25,750 High Roller is in the books. Oleksii Khoroshenin has ended the day as the overall chipleader. Max Silver and Daniel Dvoress have also bagged big. All counts and an extensive recap follow shortly.
Colman Busts Behbehani
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Sean Winter and Salman Behbehani have been eliminated in the last hands of the night. In the case of Behbehani, he got his last 16,000 in with the 
and Dan Colman looked him up with 
. The board ran out 
and Behbehani will have to re-enter tomorrow in order to take a shot at the prize pool.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
128,700 | 68,700 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Soulier and Murthy Eliminated
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Fabrice Soulier defended his big blind against a raise by Dario Sammartino and check-raised the flop of 
for his last 10,000 with 
. Sammartino called with 
and held up thanks to the 
turn and 
river.
One table over, Neel Murthy shoved for around 15,000 with the 
and Sam Grafton reshoved in the cutoff with 
. The board came 
and that was it for Murthy, who won't be able to re-enter after busting on his second bullet.
The vacant seat was filled with a big stack, but no player next to it. Apparently, Oleksii Khoroshenin had already vanished before the last hands of the night and may very well be the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 32,000 |
|
65,000 | 18,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Last Three Hands
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
The clock has been stopped with 14 minutes left on the level and three more hands will be played for tonight.
Banicevic Takes the "German Sandwich"
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Igor Kurganov raised to 2,000 and Liv Boeree called, as did Vlado Banicevic in the small blind and Dietrich Fast in the big blind. Boeree said "I like German sandwich", referring to Kurganov and Fast, before she then asked Banicevic where he was from. "Montenegro" was the reply and Boeree added "that's the sauce, the spice."
The flop came [As19h7s] and the action checked to Kurganov, who bet 3,500. Only Banicevic called and the turn and 
river were then checked. Banicevic flashed 
and that ended up as the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 35,000 |
|
75,000 | 10,000 |
Luc Greenwood Shoves
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Jason Mercier opened the action with a raise to 1,700. Lucas Greenwood three-bet to 5,100, Dominik Nitsche four-bet to 13,000 on the button, Mercier folded and Greenwood called.
Both players checked the 
flop. Greenwood bet 10,000 on the 
turn and Nitsche called. On the 
river, Greenwood shoved 35,800 and Nitsche folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | -15,000 |
|
85,000 | 47,000 |
Luca Flops and Flips Well to Double
Level 7
: 400/800, 100 ante
Ivan Luca raised to 2,000 and Joao Simao called before Javier Gomez Zapatero three-bet to 8,000 from one seat over. The action folded back to Luca, who let the clock run down to just three seconds before announcing all in. Simao folded, but Gomez Zapatero quickly tossed in a single chip for the call.
Javier Gomez Zapatero: 
Ivan Luca:
The most classic race of tournament poker went to Luca, who flopped trips on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | -30,000 |
|
69,000 | 37,000 |