2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

€50,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
€908,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€3,104,640
Entries
64
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 64

Sontheimer in Need of a Miracle

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop of {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, Steffen Sontheimer checked out of the big blind and Fedor Holz bet 20,000 from early position. Sontheimer check-raised to 68,000 and Holz moved all in for 175,000, which Sontheimer called.

Fedor Holz: {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Steffen Sontheimer: {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Running tens, kings, nines or a combination of them was needed to avoid a big setback for Sontheimer, but it was all over after a blank {7-Diamonds} turn, making the {7-Spades} river meaningless. Sontheimer was left with just two big blinds, which he then doubled with {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} against the {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} of Holz two hands later.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
360,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 2X Winner
GGPoker
Profile photo of Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
37,000
163,000
163,000

Tags: Fedor HolzSteffen Sontheimer