2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Moreau and Banic Double; Varnell Thriving

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Craig Varnell confirmed a big double through Ivan Banic to leave the latter short. According to Varnell, he four-bet to 20,000 and Banic just called after having three-bet to 8,000. Varnell bet a {A-}{J-}{10-} flop from the hijack for 23,000 and picked up a call before shoving the {9-} turn for 20,000 with {J-}{10-}. Banic called with {A-}{Q-} and the {6-} river bricked.

Picking up the live action after, Alexandre Moreau defended the big blind against Walid Bou Habib and the duo checked down the {J-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop and the {Q-Diamonds} turn. On the {10-Hearts} river, Moreau somehow got his stack of 38,500 in with {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Bou Habib mucked ace-king for the nut straight after having paid off his opponent.

Then, Banic got his short stack in with {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and initial raiser Stephen Woodhead called the extra chips with {J-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and Banic stayed in.

Among those that were less fortunate and ran out of chips entirely were Bogdan Capitan, Vladas Tamasauskas, Anton Morgenstern and Anatoly Korochenskiy.

Tags: Alexandre MoreauCraig VarnellIvan BanicStephen WoodheadWalid Bou HabibVladas TamasauskasAnatoly KorochenskiyAnton MorgensternBogdan Capitan