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. 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 SeasonDateEvent and locationMain event winnerPrize16–14 January 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas Christian Harder$429,66414–20 March 2017 Panama Kenneth Smaron $293,8601–9 April 2017 Macau Elliot SmithHKD2,877,50029 April–5 May 2017 Monte Carlo Raffaele Sorrentino€466,71425–31 May 2017 Sochi Pavel Shirshikov₽29,100,00021–27 August 2017 Barcelona Sebastian Sorensson€987,04312–18 December 2017 Prague Kalidou Sow€675,000
Results Source:
Bahamas Venue: Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas Buy-in: $5,000 7-Day Event: January 6–14, 2017 Number of buy-ins: 738 Total Prize Pool: $3,376,712 Number of Payouts: 143
Final tablePlace Name Prize 1st Christian Harder $429,664* 2nd Cliff Josephy $403,448* 3rd Michael Vela $259,980 4th Aleksei Opalikhin $191,420 5th Michael Gentili $140,940 6th Rasmus Glaesel $103,780 7th Allon Allison $76,400 8th John Dibella $56,260
*Deal between the final two players.
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 tablePlace Name Prize 1st Kenneth Smaron $293,860 2nd Harpreet Gill $217,860 3rd Denis Timofeev $161,340 4th Jonathan Abdellatif $119,480 5th Robin Wozniczek $88,480 6th Anthony Diotte $65,520 7th James Salmon $48,520 8th Byron Kaverman $35,920
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 tablePlace Name Prize (HKD) 1st Elliot Smith 2,877,500* 2nd Tianyuan Tang 2,577,500* 3rd Daniel Laidlaw 1,724,000 4th Avraham Oziel 1,280,000 5th Aymon Hata 950,000 6th Yen Chen 705,000 7th Yan Li 521,000 8th Xuan Tan 386,000
*Deal between the final two players.
Monte Carlo Venue: Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, Monte Carlo, Monaco Buy-in: €5,300 7-Day Event: April 29–May 5, 2017 Number of buy-ins: 727 Total Prize Pool: €3,525,950 Number of Payouts: 143
Final tablePlace Name Prize 1st Raffaele Sorrentino €466,714* 2nd Andreas Klatt €402,786* 3rd Andrey Bondar €271,500 4th Maxim Panyak €199,900 5th Michael Kolkowicz €147,120 6th Diego Zeiter €108,300 7th Davidi Kitai €79,750 8th Romain Nardin €58,740
*Deal between the final two players.
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 tablePlace Name Prize (RUB) 1st Pavel Shirshikov 29,100,000 2nd Vladimir Troyanovskiy 18,450,000 3rd Seyed Ghavam 13,335,000 4th Dmitry Vitkind 10,785,000 5th Lavrentiy Ni 8,535,000 6th Timur Bubnov 6,570,000 7th Daniyar Aubakirov 4,890,000 8th Nadar Kakhmazov 3,540,000
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 tablePlace Name Prize 1st Sebastian Sorensson €987,043* 2nd Lachezar Petkov €917,347* 3rd Raffaele Sorrentino €850,110* 4th Brian Kaufman €402,000 5th Andre Akkari €317,960 6th Usman Siddique €252,000 7th Aeragan Arunan €193,000 8th Albert Daher €136,000
*Deal between the final three players.
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 tablePlace Name Prize 1st Kalidou Sow €675,000* 2nd Jason Wheeler €570,000* 3rd Michal Mrakes €332,000 4th Gabriele Lepore €249,000 5th Harry Lodge €196,000 6th Colin Robinson €147,000 7th Matas Cimbolas €104,000 8th 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). Therefore, the PokerStars Championship label will no longer be used.
References
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