PokerStars Championship
The PokerStars Championship , or PSC for short , was a series of poker tournaments hosted by PokerStars . It was played at seven locations around the world in 2017 and was one of the most important poker events this year, alongside the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour .
history
In August 2016 it was announced that the European Poker Tour , which has been held since 2004 , will be discontinued after the EPT Prague in December 2016 and will be replaced by the PokerStars Championship . In addition, the PokerStars Festival has been held since November 2016 . In mid-December 2017 it was announced that the main tournament series of PokerStars will be played again under the name European Poker Tour from 2018 .
The PSC Main Event was broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch in several languages for free. The German stream was commented on by Jens Knossalla and Martin Pott with changing guests such as Felix Schneiders and Benjamin Rolle .
Event overview
Main events
The following table lists all main events and their winners. For a better comparison, the award is always converted into US dollars .
Beginning | city | Buy-in | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $ ) | source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. 8, 2017 | Paradise Island | $ 5000 | 738 | Christian Harder | 429,664 | [1] | |
March 14, 2017 | Panama City | $ 5300 | 366 | Kenneth Smaron | 293,860 | [2] | |
Apr 3, 2017 | Macau | HK $ 42,400 | 536 | Elliot Smith | 370.246 | [3] | |
29 Apr 2017 | Monte Carlo | € 5300 | 727 | Raffaele Sorrentino | 508.281 | [4] | |
May 25, 2017 | Sochi | 318,000 ₽ | 387 | Pavel Shirzhikov | 515,774 | [5] | |
21 Aug 2017 | Barcelona | € 5300 | 1682 | Sebastian Soersson | 1,160,285 | [6] | |
Dec 12, 2017 | Prague | € 5300 | 855 | Kalidou Sow | 795.456 | [7] |
High rollers
The following table lists all high roller events and their winners. For a better comparison, the award is always converted into US dollars.
Beginning | city | Buy-in | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $ ) | source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. 12, 2017 | Paradise Island | $ 25,750 | 121 | Lucas Greenwood | 779.268 | [8th] | |
18th March 2017 | Panama City | $ 10,300 | 84 | Steve O'Dwyer | 240.451 | [9] | |
April 7, 2017 | Macau | HK $ 103,000 | 180 | Sosia Jiang | 498.073 | [10] | |
May 3, 2017 | Monte Carlo | € 25,750 | 187 | Julian Stuer | 1,107,522 | [11] | |
29 May 2017 | Sochi | 618,000 ₽ | 7th | Maxim Pissarenko | 46,840 | [12] | |
25 Aug 2017 | Barcelona | € 10,300 | 557 | Ronny Kaiser | 867.297 | [13] | |
16 Dec 2017 | Prague | € 10,000 | 256 | Daniel Tang | 448.732 | [14] |
Super high roller
The following table lists all super high roller events and their winners. In Sochi, no Super High Roller was played due to a lack of interest . For a better comparison, the award is always converted into US dollars.
Beginning | city | Buy-in | Attendees | winner | origin | Prize money (in $ ) | source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. 6, 2017 | Paradise Island | $ 100,000 | 41 | Jason Koon | 1,650,300 | [15] | |
March 11, 2017 | Panama City | $ 50,000 | 27 | Ben Tollerene | 538.715 | [16] | |
April 1, 2017 | Macau | HK $ 400,000 | 88 | Steve O'Dwyer | 1,088,783 | [17] | |
27 Apr 2017 | Monte Carlo | € 100,000 | 61 | Bryn Kenney | 1,946,911 | [18] | |
19 Aug 2017 | Barcelona | € 50,000 | 86 | Igor Kurganov | 1,273,165 | [19] | |
Dec 10, 2017 | Prague | € 50,000 | 34 | Timothy Adams | 652,527 | [20] |
All Time Money List
The following players won the most prize money at PokerStars Championship events :
space | player | origin | Prize money (in $ ) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bryn Kenney | 4,507,305 | |
2 | Daniel Dvoress | 3,007,629 | |
3 | Steve O'Dwyer | 2,482,748 | |
4th | Stephen Chidwick | 2,048,058 | |
5 | Nick Petrangelo | 1,921,956 | |
6th | Igor Kurganov | 1,878,283 | |
7th | Adrian Mateos | 1,847,967 | |
8th | Jason Koon | 1,662,780 | |
9 | Timothy Adams | 1,607,693 | |
10 | Raffaele Sorrentino | 1,522,556 |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- PokerStars Championship in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ PokerStars Live Tournament Schedule New: From 2017 Championship and Festival Events on pokernews.com from August 25, 2016, accessed on January 7, 2017
- ↑ PokerStars - The European Poker Tour is back and Players NL Hold'em Championship with $ 9 million added value on hochgepokert.com on December 16, 2017, accessed on December 18, 2017
- ↑ PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event - Day 2 on YouTube , accessed January 7, 2017
- ↑ a b c PokerStars Championship Schedule on pokerstarslive.com, accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ PokerStars Championship All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 1, 2017