PokerStars Championship

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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	00.$ 5000	0738	Christian Harder		0.429,664	[1]
March 14, 2017	Panama City	00.$ 5300	0366	Kenneth Smaron		0.293,860	[2]
Apr 3, 2017	Macau	0HK $ 42,400	0536	Elliot Smith		0.370.246	[3]
29 Apr 2017	Monte Carlo	00.€ 5300	0727	Raffaele Sorrentino		0.508.281	[4]
May 25, 2017	Sochi	318,000 ₽	0387	Pavel Shirzhikov		0.515,774	[5]
21 Aug 2017	Barcelona	00.€ 5300	1682	Sebastian Soersson		1,160,285	[6]
Dec 12, 2017	Prague	00.€ 5300	0855	Kalidou Sow		0.795.456	[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	0$ 25,750	121	Lucas Greenwood		0.779.268	[8th]
18th March 2017	Panama City	0$ 10,300	084	Steve O'Dwyer		0.240.451	[9]
April 7, 2017	Macau	HK $ 103,000	180	Sosia Jiang		0.498.073	[10]
May 3, 2017	Monte Carlo	0€ 25,750	187	Julian Stuer		1,107,522	[11]
29 May 2017	Sochi	618,000 ₽	007th	Maxim Pissarenko		0.046,840	[12]
25 Aug 2017	Barcelona	0€ 10,300	557	Ronny Kaiser		0.867.297	[13]
16 Dec 2017	Prague	0€ 10,000	256	Daniel Tang		0.448.732	[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	0$ 50,000	27	Ben Tollerene		0.538.715	[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	0€ 50,000	86	Igor Kurganov		1,273,165	[19]
Dec 10, 2017	Prague	0€ 50,000	34	Timothy Adams		0.652,527	[20]

All Time Money List

Bryn Kenney (2015)

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

1. ↑ PokerStars Live Tournament Schedule New: From 2017 Championship and Festival Events on pokernews.com from August 25, 2016, accessed on January 7, 2017
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event - Day 2 on YouTube , accessed January 7, 2017
4. ↑ ^{a b c} PokerStars Championship Schedule on pokerstarslive.com, accessed December 23, 2016
5. ↑ PokerStars Championship All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 1, 2017