PokerStars Championship

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.

Winners

Season Date Event and location Main event winner Prize
1 January 6-14, 2017 The Bahamas Bahamas United States Christian Harder $429,664
March 14-20, 2017 Panama Panama United States Kenneth Smaron $293,860
April 1-9, 2017 Macau Macau Canada Elliot Smith HKD2,877,500
April 29-May 5, 2017 Monaco Monte Carlo Italy Raffaele Sorrentino €466,714
May 25-31, 2017 Russia Sochi Russia Pavel Shirshikov RUB29,100,000
August 21-27, 2017 Spain Barcelona Sweden Sebastian Sorensson €987,043
December 12-18, 2017 Czech Republic Prague France Kalidou Sow €675,000

Results

Source: [2]

The Bahamas Bahamas

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stUnited States Christian Harder$429,664*
2ndUnited States Cliff Josephy$403,448*
3rdUnited States Michael Vela$259,980
4thRussia Aleksei Opalikhin$191,420
5thCanada Michael Gentili$140,940
6thNorway Rasmus Glaesel$103,780
7thCanada Allon Allison$76,400
8thUnited States John Dibella$56,260

* Deal between the final two players.

Panama 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
Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stUnited States Kenneth Smaron$293,860
2ndCanada Harpreet Gill$217,860
3rdRussia Denis Timofeev$161,340
4thBelgium Jonathan Abdellatif$119,480
5thGermany Robin Wozniczek$88,480
6thCanada Anthony Diotte$65,520
7thUnited States James Salmon$48,520
8thUnited States Byron Kaverman$35,920

Macau 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
Final table
PlaceNamePrize (HKD)
1stCanada Elliot Smith2,877,500*
2ndChina Tianyuan Tang2,577,500*
3rdAustralia Daniel Laidlaw1,724,000
4thCanada Avraham Oziel1,280,000
5thUnited Kingdom Aymon Hata950,000
6thTaiwan Yen Chen705,000
7thChina Yan Li521,000
8thChina Xuan Tan386,000

* Deal between the final two players.

Monaco Monte Carlo

Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stItaly Raffaele Sorrentino€466,714*
2ndGermany Andreas Klatt€402,786*
3rdRussia Andrey Bondar€271,500
4thRussia Maxim Panyak€199,900
5thFrance Michael Kolkowicz€147,120
6thSwitzerland Diego Zeiter€108,300
7thBelgium Davidi Kitai€79,750
8thFrance Romain Nardin€58,740

* Deal between the final two players.

Russia 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
Final table
PlaceNamePrize (RUB)
1stRussia Pavel Shirshikov29,100,000
2ndRussia Vladimir Troyanovskiy18,450,000
3rdIran Seyed Ghavam13,335,000
4thRussia Dmitry Vitkind10,785,000
5thKazakhstan Lavrentiy Ni8,535,000
6thRussia Timur Bubnov6,570,000
7thKazakhstan Daniyar Aubakirov4,890,000
8thRussia Nadar Kakhmazov3,540,000

Spain 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
Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stSweden Sebastian Sorensson€987,043*
2ndBulgaria Lachezar Petkov€917,347*
3rdItaly Raffaele Sorrentino€850,110*
4thUruguay Brian Kaufman€402,000
5thBrazil Andre Akkari€317,960
6thUnited Kingdom Usman Siddique€252,000
7thUnited Kingdom Aeragan Arunan€193,000
8thLebanon Albert Daher€136,000

* Deal between the final three players.

Czech Republic 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
Final table
PlaceNamePrize
1stFrance Kalidou Sow€675,000*
2ndUnited States Jason Wheeler€570,000*
3rdCzech Republic Michal Mrakes€332,000
4thItaly Gabriele Lepore€249,000
5thUnited Kingdom Harry Lodge€196,000
6thUnited States Colin Robinson€147,000
7thLithuania Matas Cimbolas€104,000
8thUkraine 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.

References

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