2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Main Event
Day: 2
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
Entries
727
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Schemion Loses to Smith

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

As we walked passed Table 22, a pot was brewing between Ole Schemion (hijack) and Dan Smith (cutoff). The board read {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and Schemion check-called a bet of 10,000.

The {5-Diamonds} on the river saw Schemion check again. Smith bet 36,000 and Schemion contemplated what to do for quite some time. He wasn't too happy with the spot he was in but eventually called.

Smith showed {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Schemion mucked with a look of disgust on his face.

The table they're on seems to be made for tv, as besides Schemion and Smith the table hosts Faraz Jaka, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Celina Lin and Rocco Palumbo. Yet, the feature table has been swapped out for Antonius' table and the one with Schemion and Smith is just in between all the others.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
297,000 67,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
66,000 -104,000

Tags: Dan SmithOle Schemion

George and Allain Struggling, Blain Done

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Dermot Blain was one of the most recent casualties after a short-stacked roller coaster day. Adrien Allain, who finished runner up to Jan Bendik at the last ever European Poker Tour Grand Final here in Monte-Carlo last year, is also among the short stacks.

Same applies for Christopher George, who since suffered a big setback, while PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
120,000 45,000
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
72,000 -30,000
Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
WPT 1X Winner
45,000 -30,000
Christopher George us
Christopher George
40,000 -80,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
Busted

Tags: Adrien AllainBertrand GrospellierChristopher GeorgeDermot BlainJan Bendik

Mityayev Finds a Double

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Ruslan Mityayev just open-shoved for his last 29,100 from early position and the action folded around to Robert Pankowski in the big blind, who checked his cards and then quickly called.

Ruslan Mityayev: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Robert Pankowski: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

Mityayev stood up from his seat and saw the board run out {10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. He then mentioned in table chat that the snap-call was rather surprising, and Pankowski was left with just a few big blinds. The same table also features the two big stacks Thiago Crema and Christopher Frank, as well as British poker pro James Mitchell.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
265,000 35,000
Thiago Crema br
Thiago Crema
260,000 131,300
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
130,000 21,000
Ruslan Mityayev ua
Ruslan Mityayev
60,000 31,900
Robert Pankowski pl
Robert Pankowski
11,000 -22,000

Tags: Christopher FrankJames MitchellRobert PankowskiRuslan MityayevThiago Crema

Kamatakis Busts Goryachev

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

There are plenty of chips on the table as Jason Wheeler, Igor Yaroshevskyy and Hannes Speiser are all above average. But Iliodoros Kamatakis tops all of that after just having knocked out Viacheslav Goryachev.

Goryachev raised to 4,000 from under the gun and Kamatakis called in the big blind. On the {Q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop both players checked. Kamatakis then bet the {7-Clubs} turn for 6,000 and Goryachev raised to 14,000. "How much do you have back? Why do you not call?" Kamatakis called and Goryachev showed his remaining 17,000 behind.

Kamatakis then moved all in and Goryachev called it off.

Iliodoros Kamatakis: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}
Viacheslav Goryachev: {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The {J-Clubs} river was a blank and Goryachev was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Iliodoros Kamatakis gr
Iliodoros Kamatakis
310,000 100,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
250,000 -5,000
Hannes Speiser at
Hannes Speiser
210,000 121,600
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
138,000 3,000
Viacheslav Goryachev ru
Viacheslav Goryachev
Busted

Tags: Igor YaroshevskyyIlios KamatakisJason WheelerViacheslav GoryachevHannes Speiser

Rail Hitters

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The following players have all been eliminated. Noted, Daniel Smith is a rounder from Monaco, not to be confused with Dan Smith who's still going strong in this event. Jussi Nevanlinna can already be found in the €10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller next to Anthony Zinno.

Player Chips Progress
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
Busted
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
Busted
Jussi Nevanlinna fi
Jussi Nevanlinna
Busted
[Removed:13] fr
[Removed:13]
Busted
Daniel Smith au
Daniel Smith
Busted
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
Busted

Tags: Anthony ZinnoJussi Nevanlinna

Schemion Moved to Future Feature Table

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Ole Schemion's table, the farthest in the room, just broke down. The German wunderkind got moved to a cosy spot between Fatima Moreira de Melo and Dan Smith. With Celina Lin and Faraz Jaka at the same table, the PokerStars live crew will no doubt have their sights set on Table 22.

Schemion hadn't even unracked all his chips yet or he was already playing his first hand. He called a raise from Jerome L'Hostis, but folded to a river bet on {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
230,000 -10,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
170,000 -40,000
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
170,000 20,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
115,000 75,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
50,000 -30,000

Tags: Celina LinDan SmithFaraz JakaFatima Moreira De MeloOle Schemion

Vogelsang Calls With Bottom-Pair to Bust Kurganov

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Igor Kurganov
Igor Kurganov

Jack Salter was first to act and limped under the gun. Igor Kurganov over limped from late position, the small blind completed and big blind Christoph Vogelsang checked his option.

All four of them checked on {8-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts} so the {10-Spades} on the turn was seen for free. Action checked to Kurganov and he bet 5,500. The small blind folded, Vogelsang called, Salter folded.

Heads up to the {K-Hearts} river and Vogelsang checked again. Kurganov pushed for 22,800 and action was on Vogelsang. The German high-roller took a fair amount of time before he eventually called.

"Straight!" Kurganov shouted.

But since it wasn't pineapple and there was no 2-card straight possible, Kurganov quickly admitted he had nothing. Kurganov showed {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Vogelsang tabled {6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for the winner.

Salter was sure not to let the bottom-pair call go unnoticed, while Kurganov got up and conversed a bit with Vogelsang about the hand. The Team Pro is out, Vogelsang up to over 160,000.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
161,000 46,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
Busted

Tags: Igor KurganovChristoph VogelsangJack Salter

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Lybaert Takes Down Reskallah

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Aladin Reskallah open-shoved 24,900 from middle position. Bart Lybaert called one seat over and the other players got out of the way.

Aladin Reskallah: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Bart Lybaert: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

No magic for Reskallah on a {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs} board and Lybaert added Reskallah's chips to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
150,000 -5,000
Aladin Reskallah fr
Aladin Reskallah
Winamax
Busted

Tags: Aladin ReskallahBart Lybaert