2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

€25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€1,015,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,750
Prize Pool
€4,581,500
Entries
187
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Kisacikoglu Hits The Rail

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Orpen Kisacikoglu

A massive confrontation between Josip Simunic and Orpen Kisacikoglu has left the latter empty-handed. The pot was already five-bet preflop and contained around 40,000, with Kisacikoglu putting in the last raise.

On the {J-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop, Simunic checked, Kisacikoglu bet 10,000, Simunic check-raised all in and Kisacikoglu reluctantly called it off for 29,250 total.

Josip Simunic: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Orpen Kisacikoglu: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

Kisacikoglu was drawing very slim and was dead after the {K-Hearts} landed on the turn. Simunic had the Turkish high roller slightly covered, who no doubt will be back shortly to fire his second bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
105,000 55,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Josip SimunicOrpen Kisacikoglu

Silver on Almost Four Times the Starting Stack

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Max Silver headed into the break and his stack was massive to say the least. The Brit and Nick Petrangelo confirmed what happened. Silver raised to 600 and picked up two callers including John Juanda on the button and Eric Sfez in the big blind called. On the {J-Spades}{4-Spades}{4-} flop, only Sfez called the bet of 1,200 by Silver before the {A-Spades} fell on the turn.

Sfez bet 1,700 and Silver raised to 5,500, Sfez then raised to 14,000 and Silver called. After the {Q-Clubs} river, Sfez check-called a bet of 25,000 and mucked {K-Spades}{9-Spades} while Silver showed pocket aces to drag in another big pot.

Table short stack is Oleh Korotkikh with fewer than one third of the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
190,000 55,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
48,700 -1,300
Eric Sfez fr
Eric Sfez
46,000 -4,000
Oleh Korotkikh
Oleh Korotkikh
15,000 15,000

Tags: Eric SfezJohn JuandaMax SilverNick PetrangeloOleh Korotkikh

Sontheimer Busts First Bullet

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Steffen Sontheimer was spotted walking out of the tournament area and passing by the table of Dietrich Fast and Oliver Weis, where he explained to have just busted with pocket aces. "I had to check-fold the river early on, this time I check-called and it was no good," Sontheimer added.

His previous table confirmed what happened, and it was Jack Salter that got the chips. On a {10-}{10-}{6-}{8-}{9-} board with a flush draw on the flop, Sontheimer three-bet preflop from 500 to 2,500 in the small blind before check-calling all three streets with aces. Salter showed {10-Spades}{9-Spades} for a rivered full house and that was it for now for Sontheimer.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
87,000 36,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
Busted

Tags: Dietrich FastJack SalterSteffen Sontheimer

Two PokerStars Team Pros Join in Level Two

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Both Vanessa Selbst and Igor Kurganov joined late in level two, while Anthony Zinno, Sylvain Loosli and Marius Gierse also just took their seat. Gierse was eliminated on Day 4 of the Main Event not long ago and Loosli finished third in yesterday's €10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
50,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
50,000
Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
50,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
50,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
50,000

Tags: Vanessa SelbstSylvain LoosliIgor KurganovAnthony ZinnoMarius Gierse

Grieco takes from Schemion

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Both Ole Schemion and Nicola Grieco started well and are above starting stack. The duo just tangled in a bigger pot with the turn showing {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{K-Clubs} and Grieco checked from under the gun. Schemion bet 3,800 and Grieco check-raised to 7,225 before being reminded that a min-raise had to be at least 7,600.

Grieco did exactly that and Schemion called before the {7-Spades} river brought no betting action. Grieco rolled over {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a flush and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Nicola Grieco it
Nicola Grieco
57,000 7,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
54,000 4,000

Tags: Nicola GriecoOle Schemion

Troyanovskiy Is Not Happy

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 525 from the cutoff, and Dietrich Fast three-bet to 2,000 like he had done previously already. Troyanovskiy called and the flop of {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{8-Hearts} went check, check. On the {8-Diamonds} turn, Troyanovskiy bet 2,250 and was called before making it another 5,000 to go on the {5-Clubs} river.

Fast called and Troyanovskiy rolled over {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} for kings and jacks. Fast had that beat with {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for a flush and raked in the pot. Half a minute passed and Troyanovskiy started some table talk with his neighbor, visibly unhappy with how the last hand played out.

Player Chips Progress
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
WSOP 1X Winner
69,000 17,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
31,500 -7,500

Tags: Dietrich FastVladimir Troyanovskiy

Adams Takes from Thorel

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Picking up the action on the {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} turn, Timothy Adams bet 4,500 out of the small blind for well more than the size of the pot. His sole opponent Jean-Noel Thorel called in the cutoff and the {8-Clubs} on the river paired the board for the second time. Thorel now faced a bet worth 7,000 by Adams and elected to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
58,000 8,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
47,000 -3,000

Tags: Timothy AdamsJean-Noel Thorel