Main Event Dia 1a | 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

2017-04-29 21:51 UTC+2

Runner-Runner Ruins Fatehi's Suckout

mnuwwarah

Nível 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Ali Reza Fatehi opened to 1,800, and Pascal Hartmann made it 5,300 to go in the big blind. Fatehi came back with 17,100 and called off his remaining stack, a little under 50,000 total, when Hartmann jammed.

Hartmann:
Fatehi:

Victory seemed all but assured for Hartmann until flopped to give Fatehi a straight. Running and sent the pot back to the German though, giving him a full house.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pascal Hartmann	173,500	33,500
Ali Reza Fatehi	Eliminado

Tags: Ali Reza Fatehi Pascal Hartmann

2017-04-29 21:48 UTC+2

Schemion Pains Silver

KaleGozer

Nível 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

After unknown earlier action, three players arrived on the turn on a board. From the big blind, Schemion bet 3,300, Silver called and the third player folded.

The river brought the and the German opted for an overbet of 15,000. Silver quickly called, but got shown the bad news as Schemion tabled for queens full. Silver flashed before mucking his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ole Schemion	135,000	10,000
Max Silver	17,100	3,600

Tags: Max Silver Ole Schemion

2017-04-29 21:42 UTC+2

Banic Takes from Lijo

[user38873]

Nível 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Right back from the dinner break, Lander Lijo raised to 1,500 and Ivan Banic called in the big blind. The duo checked the flop and Banic then check-called a bet worth 3,500 on the turn. Banic's bet of 9,100 on the river won the pot uncontested, as Lijo folded and dropped back to starting stack.

Banic has three times of that, only trailing Craig Varnell on the same table.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Craig Varnell	94,000	1,000
Ivan Banic	90,000	5,000
Lander Lijo	30,000	-10,000

Tags: Craig Varnell Ivan Banic Lander Lijo

2017-04-29 21:40 UTC+2

Post-Dinner Counts on Day 1a

[user38873]

Nível 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vicente Delgado	130,000	15,000
Ole Schemion	125,000	35,000
Peter Eichhardt	124,000	-6,000
Iliodoros Kamatakis	95,000	60,000
Alexandre Moreau	88,000	8,000
Nick Petrangelo	75,000	29,000
Hossein Ensan	70,000	8,000
Bart Lybaert	67,000	17,000
Ramin Hajiyev	65,000	65,000
Alin Grasu	60,000	13,000
Romain Nardin	55,000	30,000
Preben Stokkan	55,000	25,250
Mark Teltscher	50,000	15,500
Yan Li	45,000	45,000
Noah Vaillancourt	42,000	-7,500
Isaac Haxton	39,000	2,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi	32,000	-16,000
Christoph Vogelsang	32,000	32,000
Justin Bonomo	27,000	-25,000
Keven Stammen	23,000	-12,000
Stephen Woodhead	12,000	-5,500
Gaelle Baumann	8,000	-2,200

Nível: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

2017-04-29 20:20 UTC+2

Dinner Break on Day 1a

[user38873]

Nível 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The remaining 142 players out of a 231-entry strong field thus far have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9.33 p.m. local time. When the action resumes, another two levels of 75 minutes each are scheduled before bagging and tagging.

2017-04-29 20:15 UTC+2

Early Dinner for Alt

[user38873]

Nível 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Maxi Lehmanski opened to 1,200 from middle position and the action folded to Dinesh Alt, who pushed for his last 6,225 on the button. The big blind was about to call before being reminded that there was an all in, then folded. Lehmanski quickly called and Alt was the player at risk.

Dinesh Alt:
Maxi Lehmanski:

After a board of , Alt was eliminated and said "best hand in an hour" with a dry smile on the face before exiting the tournament area close to the end of level six.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Maxi Lehmanski	39,500	15,500
Dinesh Alt	Eliminado

Tags: Dinesh Alt Maximilian Lehmanski

2017-04-29 20:13 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Nível 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Adrian Mateos	80,000	20,000
Vanessa Selbst	79,000	4,000
Ema Zajmovic	72,000	12,000
Manig Loeser	55,000	25,000
Paul Tedeschi	27,200	27,200
Gaelle Baumann	10,200	-19,800
Martin Jacobson	8,800	4,500
Murad Akhundov	8,400	-21,600

2017-04-29 20:12 UTC+2

Schillhabel Coolers Moore for Monster Pot

mnuwwarah

Nível 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Stefan Schillhabel, pictured at a different event.

We didn't catch the action, but a preflop raising war between Stefan Schillhabel (button) and Joshua Moore (small blind) wound up with the latter all in for 95,000 and called.

Schillhabel:
Moore:

It was a cooler in Schillhabel's favor, and the board ran out , leaving the aces best. Moore seemed none too worried about the nasty scenario he'd run into.

"Happens," he said with a smile. "Good luck, guys."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Stefan Schillhabel	235,000	85,000
Joshua Moore	Eliminado

Tags: Joshua Moore Stefan Schillhabel

2017-04-29 20:10 UTC+2

Seat Open for Kerignard

[user38873]

Nível 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Yorane Kerignard and table neighbor Frank Werder got into a raising war that saw the former end up all-in for less than the starting stack with the . Werder had that dominated with on the button and the board came . The over card and flush draw failed to hit for Kerignard and the Frenchman was eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Frank Werder	51,000
Yorane Kerignard	Eliminado

Tags: Yorane Kerignard Frank Werder