Main Event Dia 1b | 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague

2017-12-13 17:45 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dominik Panka	35,000 -8,000	-8,000

Jans Arends	32,000 1,000	1,000

Teunis Kooij	25,000
Ivan Deyra	25,000

Davidi Kitai	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

Terry Jordon	10,000

Sparrow Cheung opened preflop and got two callers, then continuation-bet 1,100 on a flop. Ludovic Geilich called from the hijack, and the big blind stuck around as well to the turn. Action checked to Geilich and he bet 4,500. That was enough to convince his opponents to give it up.

Geilich is coming in hot to the Main Event after posting a second-place finish in the €1,100 National Championship for €184,000. He also recently had a big score online and seems to be hitting his stride just in time for this Main Event.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sparrow Cheung	33,400 3,400	3,400
Ludovic Geilich	33,000

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2017-12-13 17:39 UTC+2

Team Pros Struggling

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Nível 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Grafton	56,000 26,000	26,000

Dominik Panka	43,000 13,000	13,000

Conor Beresford	38,600
Tobias Peters	35,800 5,800	5,800

Sylvain Loosli	30,000
Will Givens	22,100 -8,900	-8,900

Ben Heath	13,000 -14,000	-14,000

Preben Stokkan	11,300 -18,700	-18,700
Liv Boeree	9,050

Felipe Ramos	8,200 -10,600	-10,600

2017-12-13 17:39 UTC+2

Juncadella Speeds Ahead of the Pack

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Nível 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

One of the early chipleaders of the day is Dani Juncadella, who's more than tripled his stack in the opening stages and currently sits behind 95,000. Although he's making his mark already at a tough table containing Georgios Sotiropoulos and Lawrence Bayley, among others, Juncadella's day-to-day job is even more impressive: professional racing driver.

Juncadella has been a test driver for Formula 1's Force India team in the past and will be driving for the HWA team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) next year, a very popular racing division in Europe. Juncadella played the National Championship earlier this week, where he fired two bullets to no avail.

He can be followed on Twitter under his handle @dani_juncadella.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dani Juncadella	95,000 95,000	95,000

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2017-12-13 17:22 UTC+2

Photos: PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event Day 1b

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Photos by Neil Stoddart.

Nível: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

2017-12-13 17:12 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Asi Moshe	36,000

Bart Lybaert	32,800
Tom Hall	30,500
Fatima Moreira de Melo	30,300 -1,700	-1,700

Paul Hoefer	30,000

Davidi Kitai	30,000

David Lopez	28,700 -1,300	-1,300
Walter Treccarichi	28,150
Anthony Zinno	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

Max Silver	24,000 1,000	1,000

Jake Cody	23,000 -47,000	-47,000

Markus Durnegger	21,000 -4,000	-4,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	15,100 -14,900	-14,900

Timur Margolin	14,300

2017-12-13 16:56 UTC+2

Updated Counts

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Both Antoine Saout and Przemyslaw Piotrowski have been eliminated in the early stages.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Anthony Zinno	30,000 -2,500	-2,500

Gaelle Baumann	30,000 -2,000	-2,000

Niall Farrell	30,000 1,500	1,500

Stanislav Koleno	30,000
Ben Heath	27,000 3,800	3,800

Mourad Tounnouti	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
Przemyslaw Piotrowski	Eliminado
Antoine Saout	Eliminado

2017-12-13 16:54 UTC+2

Sorrentino Empties the Clip

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Raffaele Sorrentino (during PokerStars Festival Barcelona)

Kliment Roussev Tarmakov raised to 500 from the cutoff and Raffaele Sorrentino three-bet to 1,600 on the button and Tarmakov called. Sorrentino kept up his aggression and fired 1,500 on the flop and 4,800 on the turn, which Tarmakov called both times.

The river was the and Sorrentino emptied the clip with a bet of 11,000. Tarmakov buried himself in deep thoughts, eventually settling on a fold to give the PokerStars Championship Monte-Carlo winner the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Raffaele Sorrentino	40,000 9,000	9,000

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2017-12-13 16:46 UTC+2

Maimone Crushing Early

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nick Maimone	79,800 6,300	6,300
Anthony Zinno	32,500

Gaelle Baumann	32,000

Raffaele Sorrentino	31,000
Will Givens	31,000

Jack Sinclair	30,000

Niall Farrell	28,500

Jeff Hakim	20,700