Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,525,950
Entries
727
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Take 20
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Players are on break for 20 minutes.
In the Field
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Zabrodskyy Holds
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Vasyl Zabrodskyy, in the cutoff, got in a battle with a player in the big blind on a 
flop that resulted in each player putting in what looked to be around 7,000. On the 
turn, the big blind checked and Zabrodskyy bet 12,000. The big blind moved all in and got a snap-call. He looked disappointed and turned over 
for a pair and a flush and he did need to improve against 
.
The river brought a 
, no help to the big blind, and Zabrodskyy celebrated with a fist pump.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 |
Zervos Shoves the River
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On a completed board of 
, Harry Lodge bet 6,300 and Alexios Zervos moved in for 16,175. Despite the solid odds, Lodge gave it up after a minute of thought and Zervos added some much-needed chips.
Zervos cashed last year's EPT Grand Final, finishing 53rd for €16,830. His biggest accomplishment to date was a deep run in the 2014 WSOP Main Event, where he finished 55th for $124,447.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | |
|
45,000 |
Hoefer Gives Up on the End
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
German bracelet winner Paul Hoefer checked over to Bulgarian qualifier Fahredin Mustafov on a 
flop, and Mustafov bet 2,500 from the cutoff, about half pot. Hoefer called. He check-called a further 3,800 on the 
turn, and the river was a . Hoefer checked a final time, and this time Mustafov put him all in for about 12,500. Hoefer thought roughly a minute and then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
12,500 | -17,500 |
Counts
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 20,000 |
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
35,000 | -3,000 |
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
29,900 | -100 |
|
28,500 | |
|
28,000 | -2,000 |
|
22,000 | -4,900 |
Shock and Disgust Searching Stapes Room!
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Access all areas had been granted for taking the film camera in to commentator Joe "Stapes" Stapleton's hotel room at the PSCMonte-Carlo. But was Laura really prepared at what to expect....?
"ElkY" Checks the Boat
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
A player on the button bet 2,375 on a board of 
, and PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier sprang to life with a check-raise to 6,625. His opponent thought about a minute and called, and ElkY turned over 
for aces full to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
Riess, Wheeler Among Recent Entries
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Here are some more players who have recently taken seats. Ismael Bojang appears to have lost about half of his starting stack in the early going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
14,000 |