Three More Hands
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The clock has been paused. Three more hands will be played until chips will be bagged and tagged for the end of Day 3.
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Shulga's Flush is Not Enough
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
After a raise by Marius-Catalin Pertea, Maksim Shulga shoved for his last 77,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Pertea and the Romanian quickly called.
Marius-Catalin Pertea: 
Maksim Shulga: 
The 
flop gave Shulga some more outs to stay in the tournament, but the 
turn and 
river were of no help. Despite the jack-high flush, Shulga bowed out as Pertea had the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
645,000 | 144,000 |
|
Busted |
Kamatakis Out, Smith Gets Some Back
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Iliodoros Kamatakis was down to 46,000 and action was folded to him on the button. He raised 45,000 and kept a T-1,000 on his chips. Sebastian Malec was next to act shoved all in from the small blind.
Dan Smith, down to 97,000 after losing a big pot earlier, called all in and Kamatakis flicked his last chip in as well.
Iliodoros Kamatakis: 
Sebastian Malec: 
Dan Smith: 
No help for any of the players on a 
board. Smith got some chips back, while the entertaining Kamatakis had to make his way to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000 | -175,000 |
|
250,000 | -130,000 |
|
Busted |
Kolkowicz Rivers Full House to Eliminate L'Hostis
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jerome L'Hostis has been the first player above one million chips, but this has now been reduced to zero after a big clash with Michael Kolkowicz.
It was L'Hostis that raised from under the gun and Kolkowicz called from one seat over, Raffaele Sorrentino also called in the big blind. On the 
flop, Sorrentino checked and so did L'Hostis. Kolkowicz bet 44,000 and that resulted in a fold from Sorrentino and a call from L'Hostis.
Kolkowicz checked the stack of his opponent before the 
fell on the turn, and L'Hostis then checked. Kolkowicz made it 100,000 to go and faced the check-raise all in for 308,000 by L'Hostis soon after. It took more than two minutes and Kolkowicz then called while saying "I know I am behind, but there are too many chips in the middle" in French.
Jerome L'Hostis: 
Michael Kolkowicz: 
The fell on the river to give Kolkowicz a full house and he regained the lead from table neighbor Stefan Schillhabel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,610,000 | 270,000 |
|
1,300,000 | 90,000 |
|
Busted |
Nardin Takes from Huber
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Andreas Klatt was the initial raiser and picked up two opponents in Stefan Huber on the button and Romain Nardin in the big blind. On the 
flop, the action checked to Huber and he bet 41,000, which Nardin and Klatt called.
After the 
turn, Nardin checked again as did Klatt. Huber fired 107,000 and Nardin called, Klatt let go. The river then saw Huber check behind and Nardin turned over 
for a flush to win a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000 | 245,000 |
|
387,000 | 57,000 |
|
320,000 | -80,000 |
Petrushevskii Rising
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Sergei Petrushevskii claimed a pot early into the new level and followed that up just now in a hand against Dan Smith. The latter defended his big blind and the 
flop was checked through. On the turn, Smith bet 20,000 and Petrushevskii called before the 
river brought no betting action.
Smith turned over and his opponent had that beat with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
380,000 | -45,000 |
Daniel Negreanu Eliminated
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Team PokerStars Pro is down to just Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier as Daniel Negreanu's run in the PokerStars Championship Main Event ended in 51st place.
Negreanu opened to 18.000 from the cutoff and Hossein Ensan defended his big blind. The flop was 
and Ensan checked. Negreanu bet 22,000 and Ensan responded with a quick check-raise to 55,000.
"Make it 100k," said Negreanu as he put in the corresponding amount. Ensan quickly went all in and Negreanu called his remaining 124,000 off.
"You got something good?" Negreanu asked.
"Set," answered Ensan.
"Set? How big? Not good" laughed Negreanu, who knew he was drawing nearly dead.
Daniel Negreanu: 
Hossein Ensan: 
The 
on the turn ended it all for the Canadian superstar, who received €12,080 for his 51st place. "Good luck my friend," he told Ensan as he left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Smith Can't Make Panyak Fold
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
On a 
flop, Dan Smith check-called a 12,000 bet from Maxim Panyak. Both players checked the on the turn.
On the river, Smith checked and Panyak bet 37,000. Smith came down with the hammer and put in a big check-raise to 180,000. Panyak thought for minutes on end, then decided to call it off.
Dan Smith: 
Maxim Panyak: 
Smith's play failed to fold out Panyak's aces and he had to surrender a decent part of his stack to his Russian opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
875,000 | 345,000 |
|
|
425,000 | -195,000 |
Testud's Limp-Shove Works
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Paul Testud limped in and Romain Nardin raised to 44,000 on the button before Testud then shoved for 72,000. Nardin called the few chips more and the cards were turned over.
Paul Testud:
Romain Nardin:
The board came and the Frenchman doubled through his countryman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
405,000 | -52,000 |
|
155,000 | 57,000 |
Only Four Levels for Today
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Tournament staff has just confirmed that this very level will be the last one for today due to the low number of remaining players and three days left to determine a champion.