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

Durnegger Takes From Kisacikoglu

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Markus Durnegger already took down a 7,000-pot without showdown early on and just claimed another, this time against initial raiser Orpen Kisacikoglu on the cutoff. Durnegger in the big blind and his sole opponent checked the {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} turn and Durnegger then bet the {7-Diamonds} river for 1,250, which was pretty much exactly the size of the pot.

Kisacikoglu called and was shown {A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} by the Austrian, which was good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
56,000 6,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
46,500 -3,500

Tags: Markus DurneggerOrpen Kisacikoglu

Up to 61 Entries

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Among those to show up with a ticket in hand and wait for new tables were two former EPT High Roller champions in Josip Simunic and Thomas Muehloecker, both from Austria, along with plenty of other High Roller regulars.

Player Chips Progress
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
50,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
50,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
50,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
50,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
50,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
50,000
Neel Murthy us
Neel Murthy
50,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
50,000
Nicola Grieco it
Nicola Grieco
50,000
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
50,000

Tags: Thomas MuehloeckerJosip Simunic

Margereson Gets Value From Sontheimer

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

On a {J-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop, Scott Margereson bet 800 and Steffen Sontheimer was the only caller. Both players checked the {7-Diamonds} on the turn. Margereson bet 2,700 on the {A-Hearts} river and Sontheimer snapped it off.

Margereson showed {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} and Sontheimer mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
WPT 1X Winner
54,000 4,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
47,000 -3,000

Tags: Steffen SontheimerScott Margereson

In The Field

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Adolfo Vaeza uy
Adolfo Vaeza
50,000
Julian Thomas de
Julian Thomas
WPT 1X Winner
50,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
50,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax.fr
50,000
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
50,000
Muhyedine Fares sn
Muhyedine Fares
50,000
Mikhail Korotkikh ru
Mikhail Korotkikh
50,000
Maxi Lehmanski de
Maxi Lehmanski
50,000
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
50,000
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
50,000
Alain Goldberg fr
Alain Goldberg
50,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Eric Sfez fr
Eric Sfez
50,000
Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu
50,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
50,000
David Urban sk
David Urban
50,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
50,000
Sergio Cabrera es
Sergio Cabrera
50,000

Winter is Having a Ball

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

In the previous hand, the board showed {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Sean Winter checked before Fahredin Mustafov bet 4,400. Winter check-raised to 16,000 from the cutoff, Mustafov then used one of his time banks. Ultimately, Winter forced a fold, showing the {6-Clubs}.

One hand later, Winter opened to 500 from the hijack and Mustafov three-bet to 2,000 from one seat over. He looked over to Winter and cracked a smile, as did other players at the table, and Winter called. Winter ended up check-calling the {A-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop for 2,000 and checked the {5-Hearts} turn as well. Mustafov now bet 5,000 and Winter check-raised to 16,000 once again.

Mustafov folded ... and was shown the {6-Clubs} again, causing more laughter at the table.

Nick Petrangelo then arrived at the table after just having signed up and said "Sean, what are you doing here? You didn't play any until this one?" which Winter confirmed, as he had just arrived here in Monte-Carlo.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
77,000 27,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
23,000 -27,000

Tags: Nick PetrangeloFahredin MustafovSean Winter

Mustafov Can't Fold Out Silver

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Adrian Mateos raised to 600 under the gun and blinds Fahredin Mustafov and Max Silver came along. All players checked the {Q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop. Silver bet 1,600 on the {J-Clubs} turn, Mateos folded, Mustafov check-raised to 5,000 and Silver called.

Mustafov bet 6,500 on the {K-Spades} river and Silver called after ten seconds. The Bulgarian briefly flashed {A-}{3-}, Silver showed {K-}{Q-} and took it down.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
78,000 28,000
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
10,500 -12,500

Tags: Max SilverFahredin Mustafov

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Karlic and Finger Going Up

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Dietrich Fast three-bet an open raise by Vladimir Troyanovskiy from 525 to 2,000 and Troyanovskiy called. On the {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} flop both players checked and Troyanovskiy check-folded the {3-Spades} turn to a bet worth 3,700. Troyanovskiy has already lost a decent portion of his stack, while Gerald Karlic in the seat next to Fast is off to a good start.

Martin Finger has even more than that. After a preflop raise and three-bet to 1,600 by Andrew Chen, Finger called and check-called a bet worth 1,600 on the {10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop. On the {4-Spades} turn, Finger check-called a bet worth 4,400 and then bet the {10-Clubs} river for 8,300.

Chen tossed in a chip for the call and flashed one of his cards, then mucked when he was shown {Q-Spades}{10-Spades} by Finger.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
69,000 19,000
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
58,000 58,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
WSOP 1X Winner
52,000 2,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
39,000 -11,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
30,800 -19,200

Tags: Andrew ChenDietrich FastGerald KarlicMartin FingerVladimir 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