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

Luca and Bensadoun Double

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The second bullet of Dominik Nitsche brought no success either and he has been eliminated. Soon after at the same table, [Removed:119] shoved for his last eight big blinds from the button and Rainer Kempe called in the big blind.

[Removed:119]: {7-Spades}{4-Spades}
Rainer Kempe: {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The kicker problem would turn into fortune for the Frenchman, as the board ran out {K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}.

Ivan Luca also scored a double. He faced a raise by Alexander Uskov on the button and shoved out of the small blind for 166,000, which Uskov called.

Ivan Luca: {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Alexander Uskov: {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}

The {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop was of no help for Luca with the inferior flush draw, but he spiked the {8-Diamonds} on the turn. A blank {6-Diamonds} river changed nothing anymore and Luca survived.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
WSOP 1X Winner
335,000 151,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
245,000 45,000
Alexander Uskov ru
Alexander Uskov
245,000 -125,000
[Removed:119] fr
[Removed:119]
160,000 -10,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Alexander UskovDominik NitscheIvan LucaRainer Kempe