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
Total Entries
727
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 727
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Souaid Eliminated

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Karim Souaid
Karim Souaid

In a battle of the blinds, Romain Nardin (small blind) and Karim Souaid (big blind) got their chips to the middle.

Romain Nardin: {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Karim Souaid: {Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}

The flop came {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} giving Nardin two pair and a strong lead in the hand.

"There comes the ten of clubs," predicted Nardin as that was the card he didn't want to see.

Wouldn't you know it, dealer Andy burned and turned the {10-Clubs}.

The {7-Diamonds} on the river, however, was a blank and Souaid and Nardin shook hands. Down to 40 players now in the Main Event.

Tags: Karim SouaidRomain Nardin

Kitai Hits Nordin With River Check-Raise

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Davidi Kitai was in the big blind and checked a completed board of {k-Hearts}{5-Spades}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. Romain Nardin was on his left and bet 71,000. Kitai thought a couple of minutes and then put in a raise to what looked like 210,000. Nardin thought briefly and then slapped his cards forcefully into the muck with a sigh.

Tags: Romain NardinDavidi Kitai

Huber Takes One Down

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Stefan Huber has started off the day really well, doubling early on. Just now, he gained some more chips.

He opened the hijack and big blind Diego Ventura called. Ventura check-raised to 55,000 on {8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades}, Huber called.

Ventura bet another 70,000 on the {3-Diamonds} turn and again Huber called. Ventura took his foot off the pedal on the {2-Hearts} river and checked. Huber bet 59,000 and Ventura folded.

Tags: Stefan HuberDiego Ventura

The Psychology of Poker

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Psychologist and Author, Maria Konnikova is at the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® because of an interesting psychology experiment she is testing for her brand new book. With Erik Seidel as her coach, we find out about her journey to explore how much of a part psychology plays in poker.

Tags: Maria KonnikovaErik SeidelPokerStars Championshipenglish2017Laura CorneliusPSCMonte-Carlo

Tedeschi Eliminates Sanjaasuren

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Shijirbaatar Sanjaasuren pushed all in for his last 28,000 on a {9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop. Paul Tedeschi called in the big blind, as did Stefan Schillhabel on the button. Those two checked the {j-Clubs} and then Tedeschi led out for 38,000 on the {6-Clubs} river. Schillhabel thought awhile but folded.

Tedeschi showed {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, and that was a winner against the {k-Spades}{10-Clubs} of Sanjaasuren.

Tags: Paul TedeschiShijirbaatar SanjaasurenStefan Schillhabel

Small Three-Bet by Ensan

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hossein Ensan
Hossein Ensan

Sergei Petrushevskii was first to act and opened to 22,000. His neighbor, Hossein Ensan, three-bet to 39,000. This got rid of all the other players but Petrushevskii called.

Petrushevskii carefully tapped the table once the {Q-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop hit. Ensan bet 39,000 and Petrushevskii called.

Both players checked the {J-Spades} on the turn before the {9-Spades} completed the board. Petrushevskii checked for the third time. Ensan grabbed a 5,000-chip from a tower of blues and moved the rest forward: a 95,000 bet.

Petrushevskii thought about it for a bit before he tossed in a chip to call. Ensan showed {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for the flush, Petrushevskii mucked quietly.

Tags: Hossein EnsanSergei Petrushevskii

Castaignon Doubles Through Delgado

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

We found Remi Castaignon snap-calling his stack off in a battle of blinds against Vicente Delgado.

Delgado: {a-Spades}{2-Clubs}
Castaignon: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Castaignon faded the ace as the board ran out {6-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. His neighbor shipped over 230,000.

Tags: Remi CastaignonVicente Delgado

Souaid Eliminates Muradov

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Shakhabiddin Muradov shoved all in for 160,000 at his table and received a call from Karim Souaid, who looked to have come into the pot for a raise in front of him.

Muradov: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Souaid: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Souaid was already one flip down but this one would go in his favor: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{7-Spades}{k-Hearts}{q-Spades}, giving him aces up.

Tags: Shakhabiddin MuradovKarim Souaid

No Hearts to Be Found

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Raffaele Sorrentino opened in middle position and got two callers in the blinds. The flop came {q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}, and the small blind led for 36,000. Big blind Diego Vilela called, and Sorrentino immediately shoved when it was on him. It was 154,000 total. The small blind quickly folded, but Vilela called after some thought.

Vilela: {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Sorrentino: {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The turn was a {q-Spades} and the river a {7-Diamonds}, giving Sorrentino double.

At a nearby table, Davidi Kitai opened for 25,000 and Karim Souaid flatted on the button. Big blind Andreas Klatt shoved all in for about 250,000, and Souaid called after Kitai mucked.

Souaid: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Klatt: {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}

The flop brought something for both: {5-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. Souaid now needed another heart. Two red cards fell, but both were diamonds on the turn and river, giving Klatt the pot.

Tags: Andreas KlattDiego VilelaDavidi KitaiKarim SouaidRaffaele Sorrentino

Chebli Chebli Eliminated

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Chebli Chebli from Lebanon was the first casualty of the day. He lost the majority of his chips doubling Stefan Hubet with tens all in against jacks. The remainder of his chips, about 5 big blinds, he lost with {6-}{8-} up against {9-}{9-}. 44 players remain.

Tags: Chebli ChebliStefan Huber