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Canada.- May 05, 2017 www.zonadeazar.com [2] Romain Nardin is pacing the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® Main Event with just 16 hopefuls remaining at the end of Day 4. All of them are already guaranteed at least €25,700.
Day 5 Seat Draw [3] | Results so far [4] | Schedule [5] | All files from PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo [6]
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Nardin has a solid lead over his opponents. He’ll come back to 3,956,000 tomorrow. The 25-year-old French poker pro vaulted in to the chip lead during the penultimate level of today’s play. He bust Arne Coulier in 27th place less than an hour before scoring another knockout, sending Vicente Delgado to the rail in 22nd place. It was a massive cooler that saw Nardin on the better side as he held pocket aces against Delgado’s ace-king. A safe board secured Nardin a giant pot, and he suddenly hurdled over the three-million chip-mark.
Originally from Toulouse, Nardin now lives in Malta where he grinds online in the shared liquidity pool. He also spends afternoons on his terrace, playing Open Face Chinese Poker against his mates. Nardin is friend with his fellow countryman Paul Testud, who went deep in the Main Event, too. Testud was eliminated on Day 4, leaving in 29th place for €19,840.
Start-of-day chip leader Michael Kolkowicz navigated his stack to a solid 2,983,000, good for second place in the leaderboard. Kolkowicz married his wife Cynthia here in the Salle des Étoiles ten years ago, and his significant other is now happy with Kolkowicz’ Main Event run. The 31-year-old real estate agent may be an amateur poker player, but he’s managed to finish amongst the top five every day so far.
The last two tables also feature a host of the well-known poker stars, such as Alexandru Papazian, who won the EPT12 Grand Final €25k High Roller here in Monaco, has 1,759,000. Two EPT Main Event champions are still in contention – Davidi Kitai (1,622,000) and Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, who scored several double ups today to keep his chances on getting the PokerStars Championship Main Event title. ElkY is in 13th place, with 653,000.
Diego Zeiter, Raffaele Sorrentino, Sergio Aido, Moritz Dietrich and Stefan Schillhabel will all come back for Day 5, too.
Andreas Klatt has already won a big tournament during this festival, topping the 1,252-entry PokerStars National Championship for a €151,445. Klatt is now capitalizing on his momentum in the Main Event, making it to the last two tables. He bagged up 1,059,000 to round out the top ten. Klatt’s back-to-back deep runs make him one of the hottest contenders in the MonteDam Swing leaderboard [8].
There are 41 minutes left to play in level 23 (12,000/24,000, ante 4,000). Play will resume at noon and the PokerStars TV cameras will once again be present at the tables to bring the action to the fans from all around the world. You can follow the live stream here [9].
Many notable players exited today, including Jeff Hakim (17th for €25,700), Paul-Francois Tedeschi (18th for €25,700), Diego Ventura (24th for €19,840), Sebastian Malec (26th for €19,840), Manig Loeser (28th for €19,840), Hossein Ensan (32nd for €15,420), Remi Castaignon (33rd for €15,420), Dan Smith (34th for €15,420) and Jan Bendik (36th for €15,420).
The €5,300 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® Main Event drew 727 runners who pushed the total prize pool up to €3,525,950. The last player standing is set to receive the €500,800 first-place prize along with the title. The champion’s name will also be engraved on the spectacular Main Event trophy to accompany former winners Christian Harder, Kenneth Smaron and Elliot Smith.
POKERSTARS CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY MONTE-CARLO CASINO®
Monaco, the stellar poker destination, will once again plays host to a world-class poker event, with 71 tournaments scheduled for PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo over the course of 11 days (from April 25 until May 5, 2017). PokerStars Championship is coming to Europe for the first time, following stops in the Bahamas, Panama and Macau.
After the fourth Championship of 2017 wraps up, PokerStars LIVE is keeping its foot firmly on the pedal with PokerStars Championship Sochi in May 20-31 and PokerStars Championship Barcelona in August 15-27.
Additional events will be announced on PokerStarslive.com [10] in the coming months.
PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo is offering players a unique live poker experience with a packed schedule that boasts a wide variety of buy-ins and games to suit players of all levels. The event will have more than €2.5 million in total guaranteed prize pools, including the €1 million guaranteed €1,100 PokerStars National Championship, formerly known as the France Poker Series (FPS) Main Event. Last year, the FPS Main Event had a total of 1,261 entries (without the re-entry flight option) and last year’s Monte Carlo Main Event had a total of 1,098 entries.
POKERSTARS CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY MONTE-CARLO CASINO® MAJOR EVENTS:
– €10,300 Opening NLH (April 25-27, 2017)
– €440 PokerStars Cup (April 26-29, 2017) – €200,000 guaranteed
– €1,100 PokerStars National Championship (April 26-30, 2017) – €1,000,000 guaranteed
– €100,000 PokerStars Championship Super High Roller (April 27-29, 2017) – €1,000,000 1st place guaranteed – part of PokerStars Makes Millionaires
– €2,200 PokerStars National High Roller (April 28-29, 2017)
– €5,300 PokerStars Championship Main Event (April 29-May 5, 2017)
– €50,000 Single Day NLH (April 30, 2017)
– €10,300 PL Omaha (May 1-2, 2017)
– €25,750 PokerStars Championship High Roller (May 3-5, 2017) – €1,000,000 1st place guaranteed – part of PokerStars Makes Millionaires
– €220 PokerStars Open (May 3-5, 2017) – €50,000 guaranteed
For full details of the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® schedule, please see: http://www.pokerstarslive.com/championship/events/montecarlo/schedule/ [11]
SPECIAL PRIZES UP FOR GRABS IN MONTEDAM SWING
A unique collaboration has been announced beetween the leading global gaming brands World Poker Tour® and PokerStars, who have joined forces for the PokerStars Championship WPT® MonteDam Swing™. Enhancing the schedule for players in Europe, the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® (April 25-May 5) will be followed by WPT® Amsterdam (May 5-13) and both of these major poker events will share a special leaderboard. Results of the €1,100 PokerStars National Championship, €5,300 PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo Main Event, €1,600 buy-in WPTDeepStacks Amsterdam and €3,300 WPT Amsterdam Main Event will combine for a special leaderboard, rewarding the five top-ranked players with various packages and tickets to the upcoming stops of both PokerStars Championship and WPT. More information about the MonteDam Swing can be found on the PokerStars blog [12].
There is yet to be a European to lift the coveted PokerStars Championship Main Event trophy. The first three titles went to all the North Americans: Christian Harder (USA) took down the inagural PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event while Kenneth Smaron (USA) and Elliot Smith (Canada) won the Main Events in Panama and Macau, respectively.
HOW TO APPLY FOR MEDIA CREDENTIALS FOR FUTURE STOPS
Media who wish to apply for any future PokerStars Championship / Festival stops can do so via a new online media application form: http://www.pokerstarslive.com/about/media-application/ [13]
BLOG REPORTS AND VIDEOS
Please see the PokerStars blog [14] and video blogs on PokerStars.tv [15] for full reports on the event, further updates can be found on the PokerStars LIVE Facebook page [16].
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