2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Main Event
Day: 4
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

One Leads, Another Check-Raises

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From the cutoff, Davidi Kitai raised to 47,000. Maxim Panyak called from the small blind and Michael Kolkowicz called from the big blind.

The flop came {9-Spades}{J-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Panyak checked before Kolkowicz lead for 115,000 into 162,000. Kitai contemplated what to do with his arms folded in front of him and eventually decided to fold. All of the sudden, Panyak moved in for 727,000 and Kolkowicz let out a big sigh. Kolkowicz tanked for a bit and

Player Chips Progress
Michael Kolkowicz fr
Michael Kolkowicz
1,780,000 -128,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
1,389,000 9,000
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
1,004,000 192,000
Stefan Huber ch
Stefan Huber
191,000 33,000

Tags: Davidi KitaiMaxim PanyakMichael Kolkowicz

Lee Hon Cheong Eliminated

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Lee Hon Cheong opened the cutoff for 45,000. Andrey Bondar on the button had bigger plans and three-bet to 112,000. Once the blinds folded, Cheong shoved all in for 506,000. Bondar was quick to call.

Andrey Bondar: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Lee Hon Cheong: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} and that was the end of it for Cheong. Down to 22 players in the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Bondar ru
Andrey Bondar
1,220,000 505,000
Lee Hon Cheong hk
Lee Hon Cheong
Busted

Tags: Lee Hon CheongAndrey Bondar

Diego Ventura Eliminated in 24th Place (€19,840)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Diego Ventura
Diego Ventura

Moritz Dietrich raised under the gun and called the shove of Diego Ventura, who had about 150,000.

Ventura: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Dietrich: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}{q-Diamonds} flop was grim for Ventura, pairing Dietrich. The {10-Diamonds} and {4-Clubs} missed the all-in player, and he's first to go after the redraw.

Player Chips Progress
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
1,000,000 430,000
Diego Ventura pe
Diego Ventura
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Diego VenturaMoritz Dietrich

Grospellier Doubles

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier got it in there for 185,000 or so in the cutoff, and Marius-Catalin Pertea put him at risk from the small blind.

Pertea: {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Grospellier: {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

ElkY was dominated, but the {2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} was as good as he could hope for without finding his five, since he picked up a gutter and chopping outs. The {6-Clubs} turn didn't help. but the {4-Diamonds} river made him a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Marius-Catalin Pertea ro
Marius-Catalin Pertea
1,342,000 -198,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
410,000 217,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierMarius-Catalin Pertea

Table Draw Final 24

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
SeatTable 1Feature TableTable 3
1Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierMaxim PanyakDmytro Shuvanov
2Douglas Ferreira SouzaMichael KolkowiczSergio Aido
3Marius-Catalin PerteaStefan HuberDiego Ventura
4Vicente DelgadoPaul-Francois TedeschiLukasz Kubicki
5Romain NardinLee Hon CheongAndreas Klatt
6Sergei PetrushevskiiAndrey BondarAlexandru Papazian
7Raffaele SorrentinoDavidi KitaiDiego Zeiter
8Stefan SchillhabelJeffrey HakimMoritz Dietrich

Kitai Eliminates Speranza to Force Redraw

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

After an Alexandru Papazian open and a Davidi Kitai button flat, Gianluca Speranza jammed out of the big blind for approximately 470,000. Kitai looked him up.

Kitai: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Speranza: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}

The race went Kitai's way as the board ran out {8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, giving him aces up. With just 24 players remaining, it's time for new seats to be drawn.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
1,380,000 383,000
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
Busted

Tags: Alexandru PapazianDavidi KitaiGianluca Speranza

Former EPT Champ Malec Eliminated

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Sebastian Malec
Sebastian Malec

Vicente Delgado opened in the cutoff and called the shove of Sebastian Malec, who had roughly 400,000 on the button.

Delgado: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Malec: {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

The {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{k-Spades} flop gave Malec some hope for a chop, but the former EPT winner saw an {8-Spades} close off some of the cards he needed. The {5-Hearts} river was a blank.

Player Chips Progress
Vicente Delgado es
Vicente Delgado
1,373,000 425,000
Sebastian Malec pl
Sebastian Malec
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Sebastian MalecVicente Delgado

Check-Raise

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Stefan Schillhabel (hijack) and Paul-Francois Tedeschi (cutoff) took a flop of {2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Spades}. Schillhabel, the initial raiser in the hand, checked. Tedeschi bet 58,000 and Schillhabel check-raised to 195,000.Tedeschi folded instantly.

Nardin Eliminates Coulier

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Arne Coulier & Bruno Lopes
Arne Coulier & Bruno Lopes

Romain Nardin had a raise to 50,000 in front of him in the cutoff, and small blind Arne Coulier was all in for 466,000 when we arrived at their table. Nardin called.

Nardin: {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Coulier: {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

The {3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop was bad enough for Coulier since Nardin added a straight draw, and the {a-Spades} turn was even worse.

"Good luck, guys," Coulier said as the dealer completed the board with the {9-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Romain Nardin fr
Romain Nardin
1,900,000 500,000
Arne Coulier be
Arne Coulier
Busted

Tags: Arne CoulierRomain Nardin