Level: 17
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
€50,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€3,104,640
Entries
64
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Haxton Doubles Smith, Smith Doubles Haxton
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Isaac Haxton opened for 65,000 under the gun and Charlie Carrel in middle position called. Big blind Dan Smith squeezed all in for 385,000 and Haxton reshoved. Carrel folded.
Isaac Haxton: 
Dan Smith: 
The board ran out 
and Smith doubled, leaving Haxton with 13 big blinds.
The next hand, action folded to Dan Smith in the small blind and he pushed all in to put Haxton to the test. Haxton called.
Dan Smith: 
Isaac Haxton: 
The board ran out 
and Haxton doubled back through Smith, getting them back to the same situation two hands ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000 | 40,000 |
|
390,000 | 5,000 |
"I Take That Three Now"
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress opened from the button and then quickly called the shove of Byron Kaverman for around 600,000.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Byron Kaverman: 
"I take that three now," Kaverman said before the community cards were dealt. He left his seat after the 
flop, and was drawing dead on the turn, not even seeing the 
hit on the river that gave him a meaningless inferior full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,480,000 | 835,000 |
|
Busted |
Seidel Shoves Twice
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Charlie Carrel raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Erik Seidel moved all in from one seat over to force folds all around. Soon after, Adrian Mateos made it 65,000 to go from under the gun and Ramin Hajiyev, as well as Seidel in the big blind, called. On the 
flop, the action checked to Hajiyev, who bet 95,000. Only Mateos called and the duo checked the turn and river.
Hajiyev showed 
and Mateos mucked 
.
The next hand, Carrel opened to 60,000 again and Seidel shoved for 550,000 on the button to claim the pot uncontested once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,180,000 | 172,000 |
|
950,000 | -125,000 |
|
675,000 | -30,000 |
|
550,000 | -120,000 |
Final 16
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | Rainer Kempe |
| 2 | Dan Smith | Steve O'Dwyer |
| 3 | Isaac Haxton | Mike Watson |
| 4 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Mustapha Kanit |
| 5 | Charlie Carrel | Sergio Aido |
| 6 | Erik Seidel | Daniel Dvoress |
| 7 | Adrian Mateos | Fedor Holz |
| 8 | Ramin Hajiyev | Byron Kaverman |
O'Dwyer Busts Peters
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer opened the cutoff for 70,000 and big blind David Peters shoved for 460,000. O'Dwyer called to put Peters at risk.
Steve O'Dwyer:
David Peters: 
The board ran out 
and Peters got his things and headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,460,000 | 490,000 |
|
Busted |
Vogelsang Runs out of Chips
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
After a raise of Charlie Carrel, Christoph Vogelsang got his last few big blinds in out of the small blind with the 
and Carrel called with the 
.
The board came 
and Carrel paired his eight to eliminate Vogelsang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,075,000 | 175,000 |
|
Busted |
Holz Binks a Lucky River
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Fedor Holz open-shoved once to claim the blinds and antes. Soon after he was in the small blind and Daniel Dvoress raised to 60,000 on the button. Holz shoved for 370,000 in the small blind and Dvoress called.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Fedor Holz: 
"That's good," Holz said and tapped the table once the cards were turned over. It didn't get much better for him on the flop, as some of his outs were gone. The turn was a blank, but a magic river let the German wunderkind double back into contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
770,000 | 340,000 |
|
|
645,000 | -205,000 |
Seidel Finds Lucky Double
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
The first hand back from break, Isaac Haxton opened for 65,000 under the gun plus one. The action folded to Erik Seidel in the big blind and he pushed for 330,000. Haxton called.
Isaac Haxton: 
Erik Seidel: 
Seidel was on the verge of elimination but that all changed as hit the flop. Seidel was guaranteed the double up after the hit the turn. The 
on the river was there just for good measures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
705,000 | 366,000 |
|
|
675,000 | -275,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000