Andreas Klatt won the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino €1,100 National Champion Main Event® just yesterday after topping a field of 1,252 entries and he may very well end up with another big score in the €5,300 Main Event, too. Klatt had already boosted his stack significantly, and just knocked out William Saad to join the chip leaders.
Saad defended his small blind and got into a raising war on a flop where Saad bet and three-bet for more than half of his 60,000-stack and then called the shove of Klatt.
Andreas Klatt:
William Saad:
Both the turn and river were blanks and Saad was eliminated.
The 173 remaining players are on their second 20-minute break of the day. After this break, two more levels of 75 minutes each will be played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Tom-Aksel Bedell started as one of the shorter stacks but just got moved tables and unpacked two full racks of chips to reveal a well-above average stack. In the first hand at the new table, Bedell raised to 5,500 and Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa called in the big blind. On the flop, Figueroa check-called a bet worth 6,000 before the turn was checked.
On the river, Figueroa checked and eventually called a bet worth 10,500. Bedell turned over and that won the pot.
Daniel Dvoress just eliminated a player with ace-king against ace-queen to move up to 170,000.
Just a friendly reminder: if Dvoress would go on to win the Main Event, it would just be his third-biggest cash this week. The Canadian high roller finished second in yesterday's €50,000 Single Day High Roller, where he cashed €652,000. It wasn't even his biggest score this week: Dvoress also finished 3rd in the €100,000 Super High Roller for €832,800.
Fatima Moreira de Melo missed out on the money in the PokerStars Championship Main Event. The Dutch field hockey star and Olympic gold medalist got it in with against Faraz Jaka's pocket tens but failed to improve.
The two had tangled before, and just now another confrontation between Dan Smith and Ole Schemion proved fatal for the latter. We got there on the turn but Smith told us the details afterward.
Schemion opened the cutoff and Smith three-bet from the button that forced out both blinds. Schemion called out of position and checked on . Smith checked back so the on the turn was seen for free. Schemion bet 10,000 and Smith slid forward a big tower of blue 5,000-chips to put his German neighbor all in. Schemion had about 55,000 or so and called after thinking it over for a bit.
Dan Smith:
Ole Schemion:
Schemion needed a queen, jack, eight or king but wouldn't get any of those. Instead, the completed the board and the €10,000 Opening Event champion said his goodbyes after bumping fists with Smith.
Douglas Ferreira Souza raised to 5,000 and was called by Jason Mercier and Karen Oliver. On the flop, the Brazilian continued for 7,200 and both opponents called before the fell on the turn. Now Souza made it 25,000 to go and Mercier moved all in.
Oliver tank-folded and Souza also quickly let go to let the PokerStars Team Pro collect the pot without showdown.
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flop where Saad bet and three-bet for more than half of his 60,000-stack and then called the shove of Klatt.
turn and 
river were blanks and Saad was eliminated.
turn was checked.
river, Figueroa checked and eventually called a bet worth 10,500. Bedell turned over 
and that won the pot.
. Smith checked back so the 
on the turn was seen for free. Schemion bet 10,000 and Smith slid forward a big tower of blue 5,000-chips to put his German neighbor all in. Schemion had about 55,000 or so and called after thinking it over for a bit.
completed the board and the €10,000 Opening Event champion said his goodbyes after bumping fists with Smith.
fell on the turn. Now Souza made it 25,000 to go and Mercier moved all in.
