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

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
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
360,000
120,000
120,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
37,000
-163,000
-163,000

Tags: Fedor HolzSteffen Sontheimer