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2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino?

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino?

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€466,714
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,525,950
Entries
727
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Welcome to Day 1a of PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino €5,300 Main Event?

PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo
PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo

It may have a new — and longer — name, but PokerStars' flagship European event is back.

It's time for PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino? €5,300 Main Event to get going. Dating to the days when the event here was known as EPT Grand Final, this has always been a storied, prestigious tournament that brought out all of the best players from Europe, and often, the world.

Day 1a is set to get going with cards in the air at noon local time here in Monaco. The plan for Day 1a is to play through eight levels lasting 75 minutes apiece. There will be 20-minute breaks after every two levels, plus a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6. Players will start with stacks of 30,000 and blinds at 50/100, progressing to 400/800/100 by day's end. They cannot reenter if they are eliminated.

Day 1 Level Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
175 min50100 
275 min75150 
375 min10020025
475 min15030050
575 min20040050
675 min25050075
775 min300600100
875 min400800100

PokerStars has already been hosting it's former European Poker Tour here in Monaco and below you can find a chart with all previous winners at Le Sporting. The buy-in for the Main Event was lowered to €5,300 last year, and Jan Bendik defeated Adrien Allain heads-up to claim the title. Bendik has already notched up a score during this PokerStars Championship as well after finishing 223rd in the € 1,100 PokerStars National Championship.

SeasonYearPlacePlayersChampionCountryPrize
12005Monaco211Rob HollinkNetherlands€635,000
22006Monaco298Jeff WilliamsUnited States€900,000
32007Monaco706Gavin GriffinUnited States€1,825,010
42008Monaco842Glen ChornyCanada€2,020,000
52009Monaco935Pieter de KorverNetherlands€2,300,000
62010Monaco848Nicolas ChouityLebanon€1,700,000
72011Madrid686Ivan FreitezVenezuela€1,500,000
82012Monaco665Mohsin CharaniaUnited States€1,350,000
92013Monaco531Steve O'DwyerIreland€1,224,000
102014Monaco650Antonio BuonannoItaly€1,240,000
112015Monaco564Adrian MateosSpain€1,082,000
122016Monaco1,098Jan BendikSlovakia€961,800

The PokerStars Championship has already crowned Christian Harder, Kenny Smaron and Elliot Smith as champions in 2017. Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the next few days to see who will be next.

Tags: Adrien AllainChristian HarderElliot SmithJan BendikKenneth Smaron