Another 4 levels done, another 20-minute break for the players. 18 players remain.
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
From the hijack, Erik Seidel shoved for 93,000. Over on the button, Charlie Carrel three-bet to 175,000. From the button, Isaac Haxton thought about it for a bit before he announced all in for just about a million. The blinds folded and so did Carrel.
Erik Seidel:
Isaac Haxton:
The board ran out and Seidel tripled.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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950,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
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900,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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339,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|

In the last hand before the break, Christoph Vogelsang raised to 347,000 from the small blind for most of his stack. Rainer Kempe in the big blind announced "I will likely call, but I just want to double check," then indeed called all in for less.
Rainer Kempe:
Christoph Vogelsang:
The kept Kempe in the lead, but he had a huge sweat on the
turn. A blank
river let Kempe double for 230,000 and Vogelsang was left short.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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480,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
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135,000
265,000
|
265,000 |


Sergio Aido raised to 50,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel moved all in for 134,000 from the small blind. Once the action folded back to Aido, he asked for a brief count and called.
Sergio Aido:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
Nothing much changed with the flop, but Thorel took the lead on the
turn. However, the
on the river restored the preflop order and Thorel headed to the rail.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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2,030,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
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Eliminado |

Charlie Carrel limped from the small blind and Isaac Haxton raised to 60,000 in the big blind. Carrel limp-raised to 250,000 and folded to the shove of Haxton.
Then, Mike Watson three-bet shoved into a raise to 50,000 by Sergio Aido to collect the pot without showdown. Fedor Holz did the same against David Peters when her got his last 333,000 in and Peters forfeited his invested 50,000.
Last but not least, Orpen Kisacikoglu raised to 50,000 and Peters called in the big blind. On the flop, Peters check-called a bet of 50,000 before the
turn was checked by both players. Peters bet the
river for 225,000 and Kisacikoglu folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
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1,000,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
||
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965,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
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900,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
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450,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
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430,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
||
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310,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|


Aidyn Auyezkanov open-shoved for his last 115,000 and Dan Smith reraised all in for 166,000 out of the small blind. Jean-Noel Thorel was in the big blind and eventually called to put two players at risk.
Dan Smith:
Aidyn Auyezkanov:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
After a board of , the third-place finisher of this very event in 2016 was eliminated and Thorel was left short after paying off Smith.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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460,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
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140,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
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Eliminado |
Steve O'Dwyer pushed under the gun for 102,000 and big blind Fedor Holz called. Holz had and failed to improve against O'Dwyer's
on
.
The next hand, Mateos opened under the gun plus one for 52,000. Steve O'Dwyer called from the big blind and the two got it in on as we believe O'Dwyer lead. Mateos had
and turned out to be up against O'Dwyer's
. Mateos parted ways with another 188,000 as the
hit the turn and the
completed the board.
On another table, [Removed:119] got eliminated. He was the shortest stack in the field and lost his last chips to Kempe, but further details are missing as of now.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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670,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
||
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512,000
402,000
|
402,000 |
|
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333,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
||
|
Eliminado |

At the end of the previous level, Mustapha Kanit defended his big blind and then check-raised all in for 300,000 on the flop. Initial raiser Jean-Noel Thorel, who had bet 100,000, called with the
and Kanit showed
. The
turn was a blank, but the
river gave Kanit trips sevens. "Fedor would have made a straight," the Italian joked.
Steve O'Dwyer squeezed to 108,000 after a raise by Daniel Dvoress from under the gun and then called the shove of the Canadian only to find himself in bad shape to deal the final blow.
Daniel Dvoress:
Steve O'Dwyer:
The board came and the back door flush draw of O'Dwyer didn't get there, leaving the Irishman short in chips.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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850,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
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730,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
|
||
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350,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
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110,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
Nível: 15
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000

Fedor Holz opened the hijack for 46,000 and big blind David Peters called.
Peters check-called 38,000 on the flop and 91,000 on the
turn before checking a third time on the
river. Holz bet 325,000 and Peters went deep into the tank. His 30-second clock ran down and he was forced to use a time bank chip to gain another half minute of time to think.
With only a couple seconds left to act, he announced a call.
Holz showed for nothing but a missed turned flush draw. Peters tabled
and counted out his 324,000-stack to receive it back times two.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
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1,030,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
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460,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|