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Canada.- May 02, www.zonadeazar.com [2] 30-year-old poker pro Nick Petrangelo is leading the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® Main Event in to Day 3. He maneuvered his chip-stack up to 562,000 today.
Day 3 Seat Draw [3] | Results so far [4] | Players [5] | Nationalities [6] | Schedule [7] | All files from PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo [8]
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There are 134 players left in contention for the title and €500,800 first prize. Day 3 will continue tomorrow at noon, with five 90 minutes scheduled for the day. PokerStars TV cameras will again be monitoring the action for the whole session. You can watch the live stream at http://www.pokerstars.tv/en/tv/live/ [10].
Petrangelo has been in an incredible form since the start of the year. He’s aready raked in more than $2.5 million in 2017. Petrangelo’s heater started with a $740,032 payday for his runner-up finish in the PokerStars Championship Bahamas $25k High Roller. The American then stopped at Aussie Millions, adding three cashes worth nearly $800k. Those included a victory in the A$100k Challenge.
Petrangelo, who hails from Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, didn’t slow down when he arrived for PokerStars Championship Macau. He finished second in both HK$80k and HK$200k Events in Macau, and wrapped his brilliant performance with a fourth place finish in the HK$103k High Roller. In all, his cashes from PokerStars Championship Macau combined for more than $700k. He won the Player of the Championship leaderboard, albeit failing to win a trophy.
The Main Event chip leader has already banked a six-figure prize here at PokerStars Championship Monaco, taking €248,400 for fifth place in yesterday’s €50k Single-Day tournament. Petrangelo is bossing the Global Poker Index leaderboard.
However, there is a star-studded line-up on Petrangelo’s heels as Patrik Antonius (452,200), Faraz Jaka (416,500), Mark Teltscher (408,000), Stefan Schillhabel (402,000) Sebastian Malec (382,500), Andreas Klatt (375,000), Fabrice Soulier (364,500), Jeff Hakim (350,000), Dan Smith (333,000) and Manig Loeser (323,500) will all return to big stacks tomorrow.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is also in good shape, with 300,000. Day 3 will also feature fellow PokerStars representatives Celina Lin (200,500), Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (121,500) and Liv Boeree (63,500).
Davidi Kitai won a classic race with ace-king against pocket queens of Salvatore Candido Graziano to knock him out in 143th place. Graziano was the last player who left the tournament empty-handed, bubbling just few hands before the end of the day. Nine players followed him to the rail before play was halted, all banking the €7,580 min-cash. Famous names amongst the late casualties included Victoria Coren Mitchell (135th), Ryan Franklin (136th), Byron Kaverman (140th), Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier (141st) and Peter Eichhardt (142nd).
Day 3 will commence at noon with Level 15: 2,000/4,000, ante 5,000.
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.
Breakdown for the Main Event entries:
Day 1a: 235 players
Day 1b: 481 players
Day 2 (new entries): 11 players
Players from 76 countries participated in the Main Event. France had by far the largest audience, with 135 players (19%). Germany had the second strongest representation (51 players) while Russia and the UK were tied in third place, with 45 players apiece. Full details about the nationality stats can be found here [11]. Please see below for the pie chart.
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 [12] 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/ [13]
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 [14].
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.
HOST OF STARSFUN ACTIVITIES AWAY FROM THE TABLES
While the tournament schedule offers a great deal of fun to be experienced at the poker tables, there’s a lot of #StarsFun activities prepared for the players, too. The Virtual Reality Challenge will run each day from 11am to 10pm, with the highest scoring players receiving daily prizes such as VR headset and PokerStars Merchandise.
Fans of the luxury sports cars can enjoy a free 30-minute ride in a Ferrari or Lamborghini as #StarsFun are giving away 100 free rides around the Principality during PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo. Playing selected events (various buy-ins) will enter players into a daily draw for free Ferrari rides – and all players who bubble any live satellite in Monaco will also receive a free voucher.
Live Spin & Go tournaments are returning with buy-ins ranging from €50 to €500. Players will have a chance to win the biggest prize yet, with the wheel awarding up to €10,000 per €500 spin in the three-handed game. The tournaments will run from April 26 – May 2 between 14:00 and 22:00 daily. For more information visit the PokerStars Welcome Desk.
For a further breakdown of #StarsFun activities planned during the PokerStars Championship in Monte Carlo please see the PokerStars Blog [15].
OFFICIAL EVENT NAME / MEDIA GUIDELINES
The official name of the event is the “PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®”. You MUST use the official name at the start of each article, post or video but can then refer to it as ‘PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo’.
You must never refer to it as “PSC Monaco” or “PSC Monte-Carlo”. Full media guidelines can be found here [16]. Any media infringing these and our published media guidelines [17] risk losing their media accreditation.
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/ [18]
BLOG REPORTS AND VIDEOS
Please see the PokerStars blog [19] and video blogs on PokerStars.tv [20] for full reports on the event, further updates can be found on the PokerStars LIVE Facebook page [21].
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