Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
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
More Familiar Faces on Board
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Among those to join at the start of level three were poker superstars Erik Seidel, Dan Smith and Dan Colman. Imad Derwiche won the €10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event last night and other notables in include Dmitry Yurasov, Rocco Palumbo and Maxi Lehmanski. Orpen Kisacikoglu has become the second player to buy in for the second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Photos Day 1
Courtesy of Manuel Kovsca, PokerStars.
Selbst Rising
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Shortly after Ivan Luca and Adrian Mateos chopped a pot with 
versus 
on a board of 
, it was Vanessa Selbst in the big blind and Erik Seidel in the hijack was her only remaining opponent. Selbst checked a flop of 
and Seidel bet 1,000 before calling Selbst's check-raise to 2,600.
The 
turn was checked through and Selbst then claimed the pot uncontested by betting the 
river for 4,700, as Seidel folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | 12,000 |
|
55,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
54,000 | 4,000 |
|
49,000 | -1,000 |
Jacobson Uses A Time Bank Chip
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson and Josip Simunic were playing a 16,000 pot with action on Simunic. He checked a 
board, Jacobson bet 9,000 and Simunic called.
On the 
river, Simunic checked and Jacobson considered his options. With four seconds left on the shot clock, Jacobson used a time bank chip for extra time, then checked after another fifteen seconds.
Simunic showed 
, Jacobson nodded and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 15,000 |
|
42,000 |
A "Speeding Ticket" for Silver
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
The board was already complete, showing 
, and Max Silver bet 4,500 out of the small blind. Nick Petrangelo in the big blind took a long time to make a decision and used one time bank. With a few seconds left on his minute of extra consideration, he called and Silver showed 
for a failed gutshot.
Petrangelo dragged in the pot with 
and then gave Silver a little speech about having received a speeding ticket, before adding "I normally have all my time bank, and I never use it on a Day 1." This time it proved to be very useful to take it, as Petrangelo bumped up his stack while Silver remains at the top of the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | -10,000 |
|
60,000 | 10,000 |
Simao Next Casualty
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Joao Simao entered not long ago, but he was in fact eliminated less than half an hour after sitting down. The other two additions to the field were Jan-Eric Schwippert, Romain Lewis, Viacheslav Buldygin and Sam Grafton.
Lewis and Buldygin ended up on the same table and the former got into a raising war with Mike Watson. The Canadian squeezed to 6,600 in the big blind and Lewis then reraised to 17,000 in the hijack to force a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 7,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
37,000 | -3,000 |
|
Busted |
Kurganov takes from Soulier
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Georgios Karakousis raised to 700 and then folded to a three-bet by Fabrice Soulier and a call by Igor Kurganov in the cutoff. On the 
flop, Soulier check-called a bet worth 3,000 by Kurganov and the 
turn saw both players check.
Soulier also checked the 
river and eventually called when Kurganov bet 6,000. Kurganov turned over for top pair top kicker, and that ended up as the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | 12,000 |
|
42,000 | -16,000 |
Stuer Sends Palumbo Packing
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Picking up the action with a raise to 2,900 by Julian Stuer on the button, Rocco Palumbo then followed that up with a reraise to 8,000 in the cutoff and Stuer called. Both players checked the 
flop and Palumbo bet 10,300 on the 
turn. Stuer called and Palumbo slowed down, checking the 
river.
Stuer moved all in for effectively 28,150, as that's what Palumbo had left. The Italian used one time bank and started table talk, but Stuer showed no reaction at all. A dsecond time bank was used and Palumbo then called. Stuer rolled over and Palumbo mucked 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Durnegger Shoves on Jacobson
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Martin Jacobson is down one more time bank chip after a clash with Markus Durnegger. On a board reading 
, Jacobson had 10,000 in front of him and Durnegger used one of his time banks before shoving all in.
Jacobson needed more time than the shot clock allowed and used another one of his time banks. With one second left, Jacobson ended up folding his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
35,000 | -7,000 |