Main Event Jour 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

2017-05-01 21:35 UTC+2

Petrangelo chipleader, Antonius, Negreanu, Elky, Kitai et Dan Smith au Jour 3

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Niveau 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Avec 11 inscriptions tardives avant l'entame du Jour 2, dont celle de Michel Cohen 3e du Senior Event la veille, l'affluence du Main Event PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® à 5300€ l'entrée est montée à 727 entrants.

Ils étaient donc 329 à s'asseoir lundi midi pour la deuxième journée de compétition qui a permis l'entrée dans les 143 places payées et un gain minimum de 7 580€. C'est d'ailleurs Davidi Kitai qui a fait sauter le bubble-boy Salvatore Candido Graziano (debout sur la photo ci-dessous) en table télévisée sur un flip avec contre .

Bart Lybaert, Isaac Haxton, Walid Bou Habib, Jean Montury, Dermot Blain, Aurelien Guiglini, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Max Lykov, Charlie Carrel, Andrew Chen, Dan Smith et Sam Grafton ont sauté lors du Jour 2. Natasha Mercier, Luke Schwartz, Dario Sammartino, Byron Kaverman, Timothy Adams, Adrian Mateos Diaz, Steve O'Dwyer, Jussi Nevanlinna, Aliaksei Boika, Gaelle Baumann, Aladin Reskallah, Keven Stammen, Igor Kurganov, Ole Schemion, Sylvain Loosli ou encore Craig Varnell n'ont pas vu non plus la couleur du prizepool de 3 525 950 €. C'est terminé aussi pour le Breton Adrien Allain, runner-up l'an passé.

Tout ces joueurs ne verront pas non plus la couleur du premier prix de 500 800€, mais il reste encore énormément de beau monde en lice. Les vieilles gloires du jeu n'ont pas dit leur dernier mot puisque Daniel Negreanu et surtout Patrik Antonius, qui cumule 6,8 millions de gains mais n'a réalisé qu'un seul cash depuis sa 5e place sur un High Roller del'Aussie Millions 2014, sont en pleine forme.

Le Finlandais a éliminé Benjamin Pollak pour lancer sa journée, il termine dans le Top 10 (452 000) tout comme le Team Pro PokerStars (300 000). C'est un joueur plus jeune sur le circuit qui a dominé les débats lors du Jour 2 : Nick Petrangelo. L'Américain est en tête du classement GPI et surfe sur une vague de confiance depuis de longs mois. Plus discret que Fedor Holz ou Steve O'Dwyer, il pointe à 562 000 jetons alors que les blindes passeront à 2000-4000 (500) avec une moyenne à 160 000 jetons, mardi.

Dan Smith(333 000), Davidi Kitai (180 000), Jack Salter (141 000), Chris Vogelsang (129 000) sont eux aussi toujours en course tout comme Maria Ho (78 000), Liv Boeree (64 000) ou encore Martin Jacobson (53 000) sont aussi toujours là, prêts à tenter de profiter des niveaux de 90 minutes qui débutent au Jour 3.

Dans les gros tapis, on retrouve toujours les Français Michael Kolkowicz (470,500) et Fabrice Soulier (364,500). Mark Teltscher (408,000), Stefan Schillhabel (402,000) Sebastian Malec (382,500), Andreas Klatt (375,000), Manig Loeser (323,500) et Hossein Ensan (290,000) ont aussi encore beaucoup de profondeur. Celina Lin (200,500), Romain Lewis (126 000) et Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (121,500) ne sont pas mal non plus.

Reprise du jeu à midi mardi, en direct sur PokerStars Live et surPokerNews avec 134 joueurs et 24 Français en lice dont Alexandre luneau, [Removed:43], Paul Testud, Carole Segoura, Jean Jacques Zeitoun, Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes, Romain Nardin, Jimmy Guerrero ou Isabel Baltazar et Johan "YoH_Viral" Guilbert...

Ils ont sauté dans l'argent au Jour 2

Place	Nom	Gains
135e	Victoria Coren Mitchell	7,580€
136e	Ryan Franklin	7,580€
137e	Ruslan Mityayev	7,580€
138e	Didier Ortiz	7,580€
139e	Jean Paul Zaffran	7,580€
140e	Byron Kaverman	7,580€
141e	Jason Mercier	7,580€
142e	Peter Eichhardt	7,580€
143e	James Mitchell	7,580€

Seatdraw du Jour 3

Le payout de la finale du Main Event PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Vainqueur 500 800€
2e 368 700€
3e 271 500€
4e 199 900€
5e 147 120€
6e 108 300€
7e 79 750€
8e 58 740€

Tags: Adrian Mateos Adrien Allain Andreas Klatt Bertrand Grospellier Byron Kaverman Celina Lin Charlie Carrel Christoph Vogelsang Dan Smith Daniel Negreanu Dario Sammartino Davidi Kitai Douglas Ferreira Souza Fabrice Soulier Faraz Jaka Fatima Moreira De Melo Manig Loeser Mark Teltscher Patrik Antonius Peter Eichhardt Salvatore Candido Graziano Sebastian Malec Stefan Schillhabel Steve O'Dwyer Victoria Coren

2017-05-01 20:52 UTC+2

Mercier Among Late Casualties

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Niveau 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier was among the late casualties of Day 2 after the bubble had burst, and he was joined on the rail by Peter Eichhardt and Byron Kaverman.

Douglas Ferreira Souza three-bet an open raise from 6,000 to 18,000, and Mercier four-bet shoved from one seat over for around 120,000. The initial raiser folded, but Souza called to put Mercier at risk.

Jason Mercier:
Douglas Ferreira Souza:

On a board of , the Brazilian paired his ace on the flop and Mercier had to settle for a min-cash worth €7,580.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Douglas Ferreira Souza	330,000	175,000
Jason Mercier	Eliminé
Byron Kaverman	Eliminé
Peter Eichhardt	Eliminé

Tags: Byron Kaverman Douglas Ferreira Souza Jason Mercier Peter Eichhardt

2017-05-01 20:34 UTC+2

Graziano Loses Flip to Bubble the Main Event

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Niveau 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Over on the feature table, Salvatore Candido Graziano moved all in for his last 28,100 from the small blind after an open to 6,000 by Patrik Antonius and Davidi Kitai called in the big blind, Antonius folded. Graziano pondered around the table, waiting for all other tables to complete.

Once all tables were done, the cards were turned over and it was the most classic flip in the history of poker.

Salvatore Candido Graziano:
Davidi Kitai:

The flop improved Kitai to a pair of aces, and the turn and river changed nothing whatsoever to let the bubble burst.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Davidi Kitai	204,100	29,100
Salvatore Candido Graziano	Eliminé

Tags: Davidi Kitai Salvatore Candido Graziano Patrik Antonius

2017-05-01 18:29 UTC+2

Fatima Moreira de Melo Eliminated

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Niveau 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Fatima Moreira de Melo	Eliminé

Tags: Faraz Jaka Fatima Moreira De Melo

2017-05-01 17:29 UTC+2

Not a Saad Day for Klatt

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

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.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Andreas Klatt	365,000	247,000
William Saad	Eliminé

Tags: Andreas Klatt PokerStars Championship William Saad

2017-05-01 17:22 UTC+2

Petrangelo With Heaps

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Usman Siddique opened the hand with a raise to 4,500 and Kyrylo Kudyma called. Aliaksei Boika, who had lost most of his stack the hand before, called all in for just a few chips more from the small blind. Big blind Nick Petrangelo called as well.

Petrangelo and Siddique checked on and Kudyma bet 6,000. Petrangelo check-raised to 22,000 and both Siddique and Kudyma called to grow the (side) pot considerably.

All of them checked the on the turn before the completed the board. Petrangelo bet a hefty 80,000 and Siddique folded right away. Kudyma called but mucked his upon being shown by Petrangelo. EPT Malta winner Boika mucked his and the big pot went Petrangelo's way.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nick Petrangelo	380,000	262,000
Usman Siddique	97,000	-13,000
Kyrylo Kudyma	61,500	-218,500
Aliaksei Boika	Eliminé

Tags: Kyrylo Kudyma Nick Petrangelo Usman Siddique

2017-05-01 17:05 UTC+2

Malec Scores A Big Double-up

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Leonardo Vilela raised to 4,500 under the gun. To his left, Sebastian Malec three-bet to 13,500. Action folded back to Vilela who came along with the call.

The flop was and Vilela checked. Malec took around thirty seconds to cut out a bet of 9,100, which Vilela called within seconds.

On the turn, Vilela checked and Malec now needed two minutes to decide on a bet. This time, he fired 23,100 into the growing pot. Vilela once again wasted no time in calling the bet.

The river paired the board with the and Vilela checked a third time. Malec emptied the clip and committed his last 68,000 to the pot. For the first time in the hand, Vilela seemed unsure what to do. He sunk back in his chair and moved his hands across his face, contemplating whether to call or fold.

The Brazilian took around three minutes before committing the calling chips. Malec showed , Vilela briefly flashed what appeared to be pocket queens and the EPT champion scored the full double-up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sebastian Malec	240,000	33,000
Leonardo Vilela	130,000	-120,000

Tags: Sebastian Malec

2017-05-01 16:56 UTC+2

Schemion Loses to Smith

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

As we walked passed Table 22, a pot was brewing between Ole Schemion (hijack) and Dan Smith (cutoff). The board read and Schemion check-called a bet of 10,000.

The on the river saw Schemion check again. Smith bet 36,000 and Schemion contemplated what to do for quite some time. He wasn't too happy with the spot he was in but eventually called.

Smith showed and Schemion mucked with a look of disgust on his face.

The table they're on seems to be made for tv, as besides Schemion and Smith the table hosts Faraz Jaka, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Celina Lin and Rocco Palumbo. Yet, the feature table has been swapped out for Antonius' table and the one with Schemion and Smith is just in between all the others.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dan Smith	297,000	67,000
Ole Schemion	66,000	-104,000

Tags: Dan Smith Ole Schemion

2017-05-01 16:24 UTC+2

Vogelsang Calls With Bottom-Pair to Bust Kurganov

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Jack Salter was first to act and limped under the gun. Igor Kurganov over limped from late position, the small blind completed and big blind Christoph Vogelsang checked his option.

All four of them checked on so the on the turn was seen for free. Action checked to Kurganov and he bet 5,500. The small blind folded, Vogelsang called, Salter folded.

Heads up to the river and Vogelsang checked again. Kurganov pushed for 22,800 and action was on Vogelsang. The German high-roller took a fair amount of time before he eventually called.

"Straight!" Kurganov shouted.

But since it wasn't pineapple and there was no 2-card straight possible, Kurganov quickly admitted he had nothing. Kurganov showed and Vogelsang tabled for the winner.

Salter was sure not to let the bottom-pair call go unnoticed, while Kurganov got up and conversed a bit with Vogelsang about the hand. The Team Pro is out, Vogelsang up to over 160,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Christoph Vogelsang	161,000	46,000
Igor Kurganov	Eliminé

Tags: Igor Kurganov Christoph Vogelsang Jack Salter

2017-05-01 15:50 UTC+2

Smith Busts Dedusha

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Niveau 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

From early position, Artan Dedusha opened for 4,000. Small blind Dan Smith three-bet to 14,000 and the big blind folded. Dedusha wasn't doing the same, he called in position.

Smith bet 13,000 on the flop and 20,000 on the turn. Dedusha called rather quickly both times. The on the river completed the board and Smith shoved. Dedusha had a big decision with about 40,000 or so behind.

As Smith slid forward the large tower of chips to put his opponent all in, the PokerStars live stream cameras swarmed in and started taping the scene. The two camera teams attracted onlookers from other tables which made for a bit of a crowded situation for a hand not even all that big or exceptional.

"No pressure," Moreira de Melo said with a sense of irony. With the red lights of the cameras still on, the microphones precisely positioned above the table and more and more people watching, things didn't get any easier for Dedusha.

To make matters worse, Moreira de Melo started offering people water since she was getting some anyway. Dedusha pondered some more and by the time Moreira de Melo had made sure the entire table was hydrated enough, Dedusha announced his call.

Smith revealed which was good enough to take down the sizable pot. Dedusha mucked and made his way to the exit.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dan Smith	240,000	105,000

Tags: Artan Dedusha Dan Smith