2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€466,714
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,525,950
Total Entries
727
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 727
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A Deal Has Been Made

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Instead of €368,700 for second and €500,800 for first, the 2 remaining players have agreed to a deal. Raffaele Sorrentino (starting heads up with 15,465,000 in chips) is to get €451,714, Andreas Klatt (with 6,350,000 in chips) gets €402,786. There's €15,000 in the middle to battle for when play continues.

Players are on dinner break for an hour.

Tags: Andreas KlattRaffaele Sorrentino

Andrey Bondar Eliminated in 3rd Place (€271,500)

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Andrey Bondar
Andrey Bondar

Hand #108: Raffaele Sorrentino raised from the small blind with {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts} to 370,000. Andrey Bondar called with {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and flopped top pair on {4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

Sorrentino bet 425,000 into 800,000. Bondar didn't waste much time raising to 1,200,000. Sorrentino called.

The {6-Spades} hit the turn and Sorrentino checked. Bondar shoved for 3,410,000 and Sorrentino snap called.

The 10,020,000 pot went to Sorrentino as the river {9-Clubs} completed the board. Down to the heads up, just two players remain.

Tags: Andrey BondarRaffaele Sorrentino

Hands #103-107: Klatt Playing Back at Sorrentino

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #103: Raffaele Sorrentino raised to 350,000 with {8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. He took down the pot.

Hand #104: Andreas Klatt completed with {a-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Sorrentino checked the {q-Hearts}{5-Spades}. The flop came {9-Spades}{a-Clubs}{q-Spades} and both players checked to the {4-Spades}. Klatt bet 240,000 and Sorrentino called. The river was a {7-Clubs}. Klatt bet 465,000, and Sorrentino paid it off.

Hand #105: Klatt held {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} on the button, and he made it 325,000. Sorrentino three-bet to 825,000 in the small blind with {k-}{7-}. Klatt shoved all in for about 4 million and won the pot.

Hand #106: Sorrentino opened button with {3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} to 330,000. Klatt defended his big blind with {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}. The flop came {a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, and Klatt checked. Sorrentino bet 330,000. Klatt called. Both players checked the {q-Hearts}, and the river was an {a-Diamonds}. Klatt bet 750,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #107: Andreas Klatt limped in from the small blind with {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. Big blind Raffaele Sorrentino raised to 460,000. Klatt checked his cards once more and raised to 1,575,000. Sorrentino folded.

Tags: Andreas KlattRaffaele Sorrentino

Maxim Panyak Eliminated in 4th Place (€199,900)

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Maxim Panyak
Maxim Panyak

Hand #102: Raffaele Sorrentino opened {K-Spades}{J-Spades} on the button for 330,000. Panyak shoved for 1.9 million from the small blind with {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Sorrentino asked for a count and quite determined announced he was calling.

The flop came {K-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}, just about as good a flop as they could come for Sorrentino.

As the {5-Hearts} hit the turn and {7-Clubs} completed the board, Panyak exited in 4th place.

Panyak, an experienced player who qualified for this event online, receives €199,900. The remaining 3 players are guaranteed €271,500 from here on out.

Tags: Raffaele SorrentinoMaxim Panyak

Hands #93-101: Sorrentino Opening Up

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #93: Maxim Panyak checked {q-Clubs}{4-Hearts} after Raffaele Sorrentino completed {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. The flop came {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, and Sorrentino bet 190,000. Panyak called. The turn was a {2-Hearts} and Sorrentino checked. Panyak checked it back. Sorrentino bet 425,000 on the {4-Spades}, and Panyak called, taking it down with his pair.

Hand #94: Andreas Klatt shoved under the gun with {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and won the pot.

Hand #95: Sorrentino raised with {9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} under the gun and took it down.

Hand #96: Sorrentino got a walk.

Hand #97: Klatt had {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} on the button and shoved. Nobody called.

Hand #98: Sorrentino opened on the button with {q-Spades}{4-Hearts} to 330,000 and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #99: Sorrentino raised to 330,000 under the gun with {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Andray Bondar folded ace-jack before Klatt shoved with {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Sorrentino folded.

Hand #100: Klatt picked up {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} in the small blind. He completed the blind. Sorrentino checked the {q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. The flop came {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, and Klatt put in a bet of 240,000 and took it down.

Hand #101: Andrey Bondar raised to 360,000 with {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. Andreas Klatt, on the button with {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, shoved for 2,680,000. The blinds folded, and so did Bondar after some time in the tank.

Tags: Andreas KlattAndrey BondarMaxim PanyakRaffaele Sorrentino

Hands #86-92: Big Hands, Small Pots

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #86: Maxim Panyak raised {A-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} from the small blind and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #87: Raffaele Sorrentino was first to act and raised {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} to 350,000. Everyone folded, pot to Sorrentino.

Hand #88: Raffaele Sorrentino received a walk in the big blind with {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}.

Hand #89: Andrey Bondar raised {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts} to 365,000, enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Hand #90: On the button, Raffaele Sorrentino raised {K-Spades}{7-Clubs} to 320,000. Again just folds followed, blinds and antes to the chip leader.

Hand #91: Raffaele Sorrentino opened {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} for 330,000. In the small blind, Andrey Bondar found {9-Spades}{9-Hearts} and called. Bondar checked on {4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Sorrentino bet 360,000 into 900,000. Bondar called and saw the {10-Hearts} hit the turn. Two checks later, the {A-Hearts} completed the board. Bondar, with the flush, checked. Sorrentino checked behind and had to leave the pot to Bondar.

Hand #92: Andrey Bondar opened the button with {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}. His raise to 365,000 was not called by the small blind but big blind Raffaele Sorrentino called from the big with {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}. The {5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Spades} flop hit and Sorrentino checked. Bondar checked back his flopped set and the {3-Hearts} on the turn saw Sorrentino check again. Bondar bet 375,000 into 890,000 and took down the pot as Sorrentino folded instantly.

Tags: Andrey BondarMaxim PanyakRaffaele Sorrentino

Michael Kolkowicz Eliminated in 5th Place (€147,120)

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Michael Kolkowicz
Michael Kolkowicz

Hand #85: Raffaele Sorrentino opened to 330,000 with {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs} on the button. Michael Kolkowicz shoved all in for 1,970,000 with {6-Spades}{2-Hearts} in the small blind. The flop came {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, giving Sorrentino trips and Kolkowicz a gutshot. The {7-Diamonds} turn gave Kolkowicz a few more outs but the river was a {7-Spades}.

Tags: Michael KolkowiczRaffaele Sorrentino

Hands #81-84: Raffaele Sorrentino Moves Over the 10 Million Mark

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Diego Zeiter and Raffaele Sorrentino
Diego Zeiter and Raffaele Sorrentino

Hand #81: Michael Kolkowicz with {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} on the button raised to 375,000. No action on the aces as both blinds folded.

Hand #82: Raffaele Sorrentino opened under the gun to 350,000 with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. Michael Kolkowicz, right next to him, called with {A-Spades}{9-Spades}. Andreas Klatt found {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} in the big blind and over called to make it 3-handed.

The flop came {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and Klatt checked. Sorrentino bet 400,000 into 1,230,000 prompting a call from Kolowicz, Klatt folded. The {J-Diamonds} on the turn saw Sorrentino check. Kolowicz bet 300,000 in 2,030,000 and Sorrentino called. The {5-Hearts} completed the board and both players instantly checked.

Hand #83: Maxim Panyak moved in from the cutoff for 1,725,000 with {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. Bondar instantly folded {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}, the two blinds folded right away as well.

Hand #84: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} for Raffaele Sorrentino in the small blind and he raised to 425,000. Michael Kolkowicz found a playable hand with {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} in the big blind and called. {5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Spades} on the flop and Sorrentino bet 430,000. Kolkowicz called to see an {8-Spades} turn. Sorrentino fired a second bullet, making it 850,000. Michael Kolkowicz tanked for some time and folded.

Tags: Andreas KlattAndrey BondarMaxim PanyakMichael KolkowiczRaffaele Sorrentino

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000