PokerStars Championship

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PokerStars Championship
PokerStars Championship Logo.png
Sport Texas Hold 'em
Founded2017
Ceased2017
Official website pokerstarslive.com

The PokerStars Championship was a series of global poker tournaments which began in 2017. The formation of the series was announced in August 2016, when PokerStars revealed that the European Poker Tour and other poker tours were being rebranded. [1] Seven tournament festivals were played in the inaugural season, in the Bahamas, Panama, Macau, Monte Carlo, Sochi, Barcelona and Prague. PokerStars also announced another series of tournaments, PokerStars Festival, which features lower buy-in events. The series was discontinued after the inaugural season.

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PSC Main Event winners

SeasonDateEvent and locationMain Event winnerPrize
16–14 January 2017 Flag of the Bahamas.svg PokerStars Championship Bahamas Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harder $429,664
14–20 March 2017 Flag of Panama.svg Panama Flag of the United States.svg Kenneth Smaron$293,860
1–9 April 2017 Flag of Macau.svg Macau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elliot SmithHKD2,877,500
29 April–5 May 2017 Flag of Monaco.svg Monte Carlo Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Sorrentino€466,714
25–31 May 2017 Flag of Russia.svg Sochi Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Shirshikov₽29,100,000
21–27 August 2017 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Sorensson€987,043
12–18 December 2017 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Flag of France.svg Kalidou Sow€675,000

Results

Source: [2]

Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harder $429,664*
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Josephy $403,448*
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Michael Vela$259,980
4th Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Opalikhin$191,420
5th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Gentili$140,940
6th Flag of Norway.svg Rasmus Glaesel$103,780
7th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allon Allison$76,400
8th Flag of the United States.svg John Dibella$56,260

* Deal between the final two players.

Flag of Panama.svg Panama

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Kenneth Smaron$293,860
2nd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Harpreet Gill$217,860
3rd Flag of Russia.svg Denis Timofeev$161,340
4th Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jonathan Abdellatif$119,480
5th Flag of Germany.svg Robin Wozniczek$88,480
6th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Diotte$65,520
7th Flag of the United States.svg James Salmon$48,520
8th Flag of the United States.svg Byron Kaverman $35,920

Flag of Macau.svg Macau

Final table
PlaceNamePrize (HKD)
1st Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elliot Smith2,877,500*
2nd Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tianyuan Tang2,577,500*
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Laidlaw1,724,000
4th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Avraham Oziel1,280,000
5th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aymon Hata950,000
6th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yen Chen705,000
7th Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Li521,000
8th Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xuan Tan386,000

* Deal between the final two players.

Flag of Monaco.svg Monte Carlo

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Sorrentino€466,714*
2nd Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Klatt€402,786*
3rd Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Bondar€271,500
4th Flag of Russia.svg Maxim Panyak€199,900
5th Flag of France.svg Michael Kolkowicz€147,120
6th Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Diego Zeiter€108,300
7th Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Davidi Kitai €79,750
8th Flag of France.svg Romain Nardin€58,740

* Deal between the final two players.

Flag of Russia.svg Sochi

Final table
PlaceNamePrize (RUB)
1st Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Shirshikov29,100,000
2nd Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Troyanovskiy18,450,000
3rd Flag of Iran.svg Seyed Ghavam13,335,000
4th Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Vitkind10,785,000
5th Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Lavrentiy Ni8,535,000
6th Flag of Russia.svg Timur Bubnov6,570,000
7th Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Daniyar Aubakirov4,890,000
8th Flag of Russia.svg Nadar Kakhmazov3,540,000

Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Sorensson€987,043*
2nd Flag of Bulgaria.svg Lachezar Petkov€917,347*
3rd Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Sorrentino€850,110*
4th Flag of Uruguay.svg Brian Kaufman€402,000
5th Flag of Brazil.svg Andre Akkari €317,960
6th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Usman Siddique€252,000
7th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aeragan Arunan€193,000
8th Flag of Lebanon.svg Albert Daher€136,000

* Deal between the final three players.

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of France.svg Kalidou Sow€675,000*
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Jason Wheeler€570,000*
3rd Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Mrakes€332,000
4th Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Lepore€249,000
5th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Lodge€196,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg Colin Robinson€147,000
7th Flag of Lithuania.svg Matas Cimbolas€104,000
8th Flag of Ukraine.svg Valentyn Shabelnyk€72,850

* Deal between the final two players.

Future

On December 15, 2017 PokerStars announced that it will bring back regional tour brands in 2018. These include the EPT, Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), and Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). [3] Therefore, the PokerStars Championship label will no longer be used.

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References

  1. ↑ Willis, Brad (August 24, 2016). "PokerStars announces global Championship and Festival events". PokerStars Blog. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "PokerStars Championship schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  3. ↑ Nuwwarah, Mo (December 15, 2017). "European Poker Tour Brand to Return in 2018". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
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