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.
PSC Main Event winners
| Season | Date | Event and location | Main Event winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6–14 January 2017 |  PokerStars Championship Bahamas |
 Christian Harder |
$429,664 |
| 14–20 March 2017 |  Panama |
Kenneth Smaron |
$293,860 | |
| 1–9 April 2017 |  Macau |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Elliot Smith |
HKD2,877,500 | |
| 29 April–5 May 2017 |  Monte Carlo |
 Raffaele Sorrentino |
€466,714 | |
| 25–31 May 2017 |  Sochi |
Pavel Shirshikov |
RUB29,100,000 | |
| 21–27 August 2017 |  Barcelona |
 Sebastian Sorensson |
€987,043 | |
| 12–18 December 2017 |  Prague |
 Kalidou Sow |
€675,000 |
Results
Source: [2]
Bahamas
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 table | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | 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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Kenneth Smaron | $293,860 |
| 2nd | Harpreet Gill | $217,860 |
| 3rd | Denis Timofeev | $161,340 |
| 4th | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | Name | Prize (HKD) |
| 1st | Elliot Smith | 2,877,500* |
| 2nd |  Tianyuan Tang | 2,577,500* |
| 3rd | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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 table | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | 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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | 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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | 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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | 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).[3] Therefore, the PokerStars Championship label will no longer be used.
References
- Willis, Brad (August 24, 2016). "PokerStars announces global Championship and Festival events". PokerStars Blog. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- "PokerStars Championship schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- Nuwwarah, Mo (December 15, 2017). "European Poker Tour Brand to Return in 2018". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.