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

George Builds Stack

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jean Paul Zaffran raised from under the gun and picked up calls by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in the cutoff and Christopher George on the button. The trio checked the {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop and the {9-Diamonds} turn. On the {7-Clubs} river, Zaffran bet 3,500 and ElkY called, as did George.

Zaffran tabled {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} and ElkY mucked, while George claimed the pot with {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Jean Paul Zaffran fr
Jean Paul Zaffran
125,000 83,600
Christopher George us
Christopher George
120,000 55,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
75,000 -35,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierChristopher GeorgeJean Paul Zaffran

Tkac Shoves into Ho

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Christoph Vogelsang raised to 3,600 from the cutoff and Jack Salter called on the button on a table full of big names. The flop came {10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Vogelsang bet 2,800, Salter raised to 10,600 and was called. After the {8-Diamonds} turn both players checked and Vogelsang's bet of 16,000 on the {5-Clubs} river went through uncalled. While the hand was going on for several minutes, Charlie Carrel, Preben Stokkan and Peter Eichhardt were discussing on how the shot clock in High Roller tournaments could be improved.

One table over, the turn showed {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Maria Ho bet 6,700 out of the big blind. The pot was around 15,000 and Patrik Tkac then moved in for 27,700 on the button. Ho gave it plenty of thought and elected to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
115,000 15,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
55,000 -25,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
50,000
Patrik Tkac sk
Patrik Tkac
49,000 11,400

Tags: Charlie CarrelChristoph VogelsangJack SalterMaria HoPeter EichhardtPreben StokkanPatrik Tkac

A Whole Lot of Counts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
210,000 60,000
Alexandre Moreau fr
Alexandre Moreau
195,000 131,800
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
140,000 100,700
Andreas Hoivold no
Andreas Hoivold
EPT 1X Winner
120,000 25,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
118,000 38,000
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
WPT 1X Winner
110,000 -93,000
Usman Siddique gb
Usman Siddique
110,000 58,500
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
98,000 24,800
Vicente Delgado es
Vicente Delgado
90,000 -17,000
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
EPT 1X Winner
75,000 -45,000
Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
70,000 22,600
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
55,000 6,600
Peter Eichhardt se
Peter Eichhardt
WSOP 1X Winner
55,000 -5,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
29,000 -31,000

Three Streets of Value for Toma

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Tsugunari Toma opened on the button and Liv Boeree defended her big blind. On the {8-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop, Boeree check-called a bet from her Japanese opponent. The turn was the {6-Spades} and Boeree check-called another bet, this time 8,600.

With the PokerStars live cameras swooping in to capture the action, Boeree checked a third time on the {J-Diamonds} river. Toma bet 16,500 and Boeree took her time. Eventually, she called it off, but had to muck as she couldn't beat Toma's {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
177,000 -8,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
165,000 94,500

Tags: Liv BoereeTsugunari Toma

Smith Busts Dedusha

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

From early position, Artan Dedusha opened for 4,000. Small blind Dan Smith three-bet to 14,000 and the big blind folded. Dedusha wasn't doing the same, he called in position.

Smith bet 13,000 on the {4-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop and 20,000 on the {10-Spades} turn. Dedusha called rather quickly both times. The {6-Clubs} on the river completed the board and Smith shoved. Dedusha had a big decision with about 40,000 or so behind.

As Smith slid forward the large tower of chips to put his opponent all in, the PokerStars live stream cameras swarmed in and started taping the scene. The two camera teams attracted onlookers from other tables which made for a bit of a crowded situation for a hand not even all that big or exceptional.

"No pressure," Moreira de Melo said with a sense of irony. With the red lights of the cameras still on, the microphones precisely positioned above the table and more and more people watching, things didn't get any easier for Dedusha.

To make matters worse, Moreira de Melo started offering people water since she was getting some anyway. Dedusha pondered some more and by the time Moreira de Melo had made sure the entire table was hydrated enough, Dedusha announced his call.

Smith revealed {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} which was good enough to take down the sizable pot. Dedusha mucked {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and made his way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
240,000 105,000

Tags: Artan DedushaDan Smith

Debus Gets Off Cheap

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

In a four-bet pot with 19,000 invested preflop, Alexander Debus and Leonardo Vilela ended up checking down the board of {A-Hearts}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{K-Clubs} entirely and Debus flashed {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. Vilela had that beat with {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and the hand could have ended differently if it wasn't for the ace on the flop.

One table over, Igor Yaroshevskyy opened to 3,300 and called a three-bet to 10,500 by Jason Wheeler on the button. The flop came {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Yaroshevskyy checked, Wheeler bet 10,000 and that ended the hand right there.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
255,000 10,000
Leonardo Vilela br
Leonardo Vilela
250,000 25,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
135,000 -10,000
Alexander Debus de
Alexander Debus
40,000 -25,000

Tags: Jason WheelerIgor YaroshevskyyAlexander DebusLeonardo Vilela

Kamatakis Doubleas Goryachev

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Viacheslav Goryachev doubled a short stack with {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} versus {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} in a preflop all in, as the board ran out {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs} and was then soon after all in for the very same 22,300 out of the big blind. Initial raiser Iliodoros Kamatakis, who reached the final table of the EPT Main Event in Dublin in 2016, looked him up.

Viacheslav Goryachev: {A-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Iliodoros Kamatakis: {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The board came {J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Goryachev dodged plenty of outs to stay in contention.

Player Chips Progress
Iliodoros Kamatakis gr
Iliodoros Kamatakis
210,000 -10,000
Viacheslav Goryachev ru
Viacheslav Goryachev
46,000 22,900

Tags: Ilios KamatakisViacheslav Goryachev

Feature Table Back in the Field

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Patrik Antonius and his fellow tablemates have been moved to the feature table, which means the first table featuring Charlie Carrel, Igor Kurganov and Jack Salter is back in the field.

Player Chips Progress
Preben Stokkan no
Preben Stokkan
135,000 80,400
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
100,000 30,500
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
80,000 4,200
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
60,000 -16,000
Peter Eichhardt se
Peter Eichhardt
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 -61,900

Tags: Charlie CarrelIgor KurganovJack Salter