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
Total Entries
64
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 64

Smith Doubles Through Thorel and Busts Auyezkanov

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Aidyn Auyezkanov
Aidyn Auyezkanov

Aidyn Auyezkanov open-shoved for his last 115,000 and Dan Smith reraised all in for 166,000 out of the small blind. Jean-Noel Thorel was in the big blind and eventually called to put two players at risk.

Dan Smith: {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}
Aidyn Auyezkanov: {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Jean-Noel Thorel: {A-Spades}{4-Hearts}

After a board of {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, the third-place finisher of this very event in 2016 was eliminated and Thorel was left short after paying off Smith.

Tags: Aidyn AuyezkanovDan SmithJean-Noel Thorel