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PokerStars Championship

{{Short description|Global poker tournament}}

{{Infobox sports league

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| title = PokerStars Championship

| logo = PokerStars Championship Logo.png

| pixels = 220px

| sport = Texas Hold 'em

| founded = 2017

| folded = 2017

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| website = [https://www.pokerstarslive.com pokerstarslive.com]

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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.{{cite web|last=Willis|first=Brad|title=PokerStars announces global Championship and Festival events|url=https://www.pokerstars.com/en/blog/tournaments/pokerstars_championship/2016/pokerstars-announces-global-championship-162921.shtml|publisher=PokerStars Blog|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=January 7, 2017}} 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.

PSC Main Event winners

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!Season

!Date

!Event and location

!Main Event winner

!Prize

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|6–14 January 2017

|{{flagicon|BAH}} PokerStars Championship Bahamas

|{{flagicon|USA}} Christian Harder

|$429,664

14–20 March 2017

|{{flagicon|PAN}} Panama

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kenneth Smaron

|$293,860

1–9 April 2017

|{{flagicon|MAC}} Macau

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Elliot Smith

|HKD2,877,500

29 April–5 May 2017

|{{flagicon|MON}} Monte Carlo

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Sorrentino

|€466,714

25–31 May 2017

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sochi

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Shirshikov

|₽29,100,000

21–27 August 2017

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sebastian Sorensson

|€987,043

12–18 December 2017

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Prague

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Kalidou Sow

|€675,000

Results

Source:{{cite web|title=PokerStars Championship schedule|url=http://www.pokerstarslive.com/championship/events|access-date=2017-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223143120/http://www.pokerstarslive.com/championship/events|archive-date=2016-12-23|url-status=dead}}

={{anchor|Bahamas}} {{flagicon|BAH}} [[PokerStars Championship Bahamas|Bahamas]]=

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colspan="3"| Final table
style="width:50px;"|Place || style="width:175px;"| Name || style="width:100px;"| Prize
style="text-align:center;"| 1st{{flagicon|USA}} Christian Harder$429,664*
style="text-align:center;"| 2nd{{flagicon|USA}} Cliff Josephy$403,448*
style="text-align:center;"| 3rd{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Vela$259,980
style="text-align:center;"| 4th{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksei Opalikhin$191,420
style="text-align:center;"| 5th{{flagicon|CAN}} Michael Gentili$140,940
style="text-align:center;"| 6th{{flagicon|NOR}} Rasmus Glaesel$103,780
style="text-align:center;"| 7th{{flagicon|CAN}} Allon Allison$76,400
style="text-align:center;"| 8th{{flagicon|USA}} John Dibella$56,260

*Deal between the final two players.

={{anchor|Panama}} {{flagicon|PAN}} Panama=

  • Venue: Sortis Hotel, Panama City, Panama
  • Buy-in: $5,300
  • 7-Day Event: March 14–20, 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 366
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,775,100
  • Number of Payouts: 71

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colspan="3"| Final table
style="width:50px;"|Place || style="width:175px;"| Name || style="width:100px;"| Prize
style="text-align:center;"| 1st{{flagicon|USA}} Kenneth Smaron$293,860
style="text-align:center;"| 2nd{{flagicon|CAN}} Harpreet Gill$217,860
style="text-align:center;"| 3rd{{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Timofeev$161,340
style="text-align:center;"| 4th{{flagicon|BEL}} Jonathan Abdellatif$119,480
style="text-align:center;"| 5th{{flagicon|GER}} Robin Wozniczek$88,480
style="text-align:center;"| 6th{{flagicon|CAN}} Anthony Diotte$65,520
style="text-align:center;"| 7th{{flagicon|USA}} James Salmon$48,520
style="text-align:center;"| 8th{{flagicon|USA}} Byron Kaverman$35,920

={{anchor|Macau}} {{flagicon|MAC}} Macau=

  • Venue: City of Dreams, Cotai, Macau
  • Buy-in: HKD42,400
  • 7-Day Event: April 1–9, 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 536
  • Total Prize Pool: HKD20,796,800
  • Number of Payouts: 103

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colspan="3"| Final table
style="width:50px;"|Place || style="width:175px;"| Name || style="width:100px;"| Prize (HKD)
style="text-align:center;"| 1st{{flagicon|CAN}} Elliot Smith2,877,500*
style="text-align:center;"| 2nd{{flagicon|CHN}} Tianyuan Tang2,577,500*
style="text-align:center;"| 3rd{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Laidlaw1,724,000
style="text-align:center;"| 4th{{flagicon|CAN}} Avraham Oziel1,280,000
style="text-align:center;"| 5th{{flagicon|UK}} Aymon Hata950,000
style="text-align:center;"| 6th{{flagicon|TAI}} Yen Chen705,000
style="text-align:center;"| 7th{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Li521,000
style="text-align:center;"| 8th{{flagicon|CHN}} Xuan Tan386,000

*Deal between the final two players.

={{anchor|Monte Carlo}} {{flagicon|MON}} Monte Carlo=

class="wikitable"
colspan="3"| Final table
style="width:50px;"|Place || style="width:175px;"| Name || style="width:100px;"| Prize
style="text-align:center;"| 1st{{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Sorrentino€466,714*
style="text-align:center;"| 2nd{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Klatt€402,786*
style="text-align:center;"| 3rd{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Bondar€271,500
style="text-align:center;"| 4th{{flagicon|RUS}} Maxim Panyak€199,900
style="text-align:center;"| 5th{{flagicon|FRA}} Michael Kolkowicz€147,120
style="text-align:center;"| 6th{{flagicon|SUI}} Diego Zeiter€108,300
style="text-align:center;"| 7th{{flagicon|BEL}} Davidi Kitai€79,750
style="text-align:center;"| 8th{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Nardin€58,740

*Deal between the final two players.

={{anchor|Sochi}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Sochi=

  • Venue: Casino Sochi, Sochi, Russia
  • Buy-in: RUB 318,000 ($5,590)
  • 7-Day Event: May 25–31, 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 387
  • Total Prize Pool: 150,000,000
  • Number of Payouts: 55

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colspan="3"| Final table
style="width:50px;"|Place || style="width:175px;"| Name || style="width:100px;"| Prize (RUB)
style="text-align:center;"| 1st{{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Shirshikov29,100,000
style="text-align:center;"| 2nd{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Troyanovskiy18,450,000
style="text-align:center;"| 3rd{{flagicon|IRN}} Seyed Ghavam13,335,000
style="text-align:center;"| 4th{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitry Vitkind10,785,000
style="text-align:center;"| 5th{{flagicon|KAZ}} Lavrentiy Ni8,535,000
style="text-align:center;"| 6th{{flagicon|RUS}} Timur Bubnov6,570,000
style="text-align:center;"| 7th{{flagicon|KAZ}} Daniyar Aubakirov4,890,000
style="text-align:center;"| 8th{{flagicon|RUS}} Nadar Kakhmazov3,540,000

={{anchor|Barcelona}} {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona=

  • Venue: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • Buy-in: €5,300
  • 7-Day Event: August 21–27, 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 1,682
  • Total Prize Pool: €8,157,700
  • Number of Payouts: 247

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colspan="3"| Final table
style="width:50px;"|Place || style="width:175px;"| Name || style="width:100px;"| Prize
style="text-align:center;"| 1st{{flagicon|SWE}} Sebastian Sorensson€987,043*
style="text-align:center;"| 2nd{{flagicon|BUL}} Lachezar Petkov€917,347*
style="text-align:center;"| 3rd{{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Sorrentino€850,110*
style="text-align:center;"| 4th{{flagicon|URU}} Brian Kaufman€402,000
style="text-align:center;"| 5th{{flagicon|BRA}} Andre Akkari€317,960
style="text-align:center;"| 6th{{flagicon|UK}} Usman Siddique€252,000
style="text-align:center;"| 7th{{flagicon|UK}} Aeragan Arunan€193,000
style="text-align:center;"| 8th{{flagicon|LBN}} Albert Daher€136,000

*Deal between the final three players.

={{anchor|Prague}} {{flagicon|CZE}} Prague=

  • Venue: Casino Atrium Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Buy-in: €5,300
  • 7-Day Event: December 12-18, 2017
  • Number of buy-ins: 855
  • Total Prize Pool: €4,146,750
  • Number of Payouts: 128

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colspan="3"| Final table
style="width:50px;"|Place || style="width:175px;"| Name || style="width:100px;"| Prize
style="text-align:center;"| 1st{{flagicon|FRA}} Kalidou Sow€675,000*
style="text-align:center;"| 2nd{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Wheeler€570,000*
style="text-align:center;"| 3rd{{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Mrakes€332,000
style="text-align:center;"| 4th{{flagicon|ITA}} Gabriele Lepore€249,000
style="text-align:center;"| 5th{{flagicon|UK}} Harry Lodge€196,000
style="text-align:center;"| 6th{{flagicon|USA}} Colin Robinson€147,000
style="text-align:center;"| 7th{{flagicon|LIT}} Matas Cimbolas€104,000
style="text-align:center;"| 8th{{flagicon|UKR}} 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).{{cite web|last=Nuwwarah|first=Mo|title=European Poker Tour Brand to Return in 2018|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/12/european-poker-tour-return-2018-29561.htm|publisher=PokerNews.com|date=December 15, 2017|access-date=December 17, 2017}} Therefore, the PokerStars Championship label will no longer be used.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.pokerstarslive.com/championship/ Official site]

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