2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Final Results
Winner
Luc Greenwood
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$779,268
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,750
Prize Pool
$3,895,500
Entries
159
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Sergi Reixach Hits River to Eliminate Aliaksei Boika

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Aliaksei Boika got his stack of 50,900 all in preflop and was at risk against Sergi Reixach, who had jumped into action right after dinner.

Boika: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Reixach: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

It was a flip, and Boika held on both the {2-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop and {9-Clubs} turn. However, you've seen the title of this post so you know something's coming... the {K-Spades} on the river!

Boika busted on the hand while Reixach got off to a hot start by doubling his starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
100,000
50,000
50,000
Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaSergi Reixach

Philachack Found Wanting

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Andy Philachack was all-in and marginally ahead of Christoph Vogelsand in terms of chips, with 20,000 to Vogelsang's 17,200. A battle of the micro-stacks then, but Vogelsang held pocket aces, way ahead of Philachack's {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}. They stayed ahead across the {7-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} and Vogelsang doubled up.

Philachack went out in the next hand when his 2,700 pile was called three-ways, Fabrizio Gonzalez eventually betting the turn on a {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades} board and getting the others to fold. His {Q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} rode the brick river home and dry against a crestfallen Philachack's {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
71,500
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
33,500
-16,500
-16,500
Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
Busted

Various Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
221,000
51,000
51,000
EPT 1X Winner
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
160,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
130,000
30,000
30,000
Andjelko Andrejevic rs
Andjelko Andrejevic
115,000
40,000
40,000
WPT 1X Winner
Tom Lutz us
Tom Lutz
100,000
10,000
10,000
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
80,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
60,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
60,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
50,000
-50,000
-50,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
50,000
-26,850
-26,850
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
50,000
11,500
11,500
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
50,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
50,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
50,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
Busted
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
Busted
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
Busted
Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Kanit Doubles Through Radoja

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Mustapha Kanit
Mustapha Kanit

Mustapha Kanit (pictured) wears a smile as wide as the River Po at the worst of times, and the Italian is smiling with more energy than a minute ago after doubling up in the $25,000 High Roller here at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas.

Kanit was all-in on the flop {J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and held {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. He needed help against Mark Radoja's {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} but duly got it on the {7-Diamonds} turn and after the river {2-Hearts} leapt up and yelled 'Yes!' The thing is, that can easily sound rude when read in black and white, but Kanit does it all with such a naturally self-effacing quality that, honestly, every other player in the room, even his rivals, seem to love him. The golden smile was flashed once more and he stacked up 80,000, still considerably less than Radoja was left with, but plenty.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
143,000
-42,000
-42,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
80,000
57,800
57,800
Winamax

Tags: Mark RadojaMustapha Kanit

Seymour and Jaffe Clash Again

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Richard Seymour, pictured earlier on in the week here at PokerStars Championship Bahamas.
Richard Seymour, pictured earlier on in the week here at PokerStars Championship Bahamas.

Jonathan Jaffe and three-time Superbowl champion Richard Seymour clashed yet again in what has become a familiar battle. Seymour opened to 2,700 and Jaffe three-bet to 9,000. Seymour called, and on the flop of {J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}, checked. The turn of {2-Diamonds} had the same reaction, and both checked the river too. Seymour's {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} were good enough.

Elsewhere, Phil Laak (50,000) is driving onward, Stephen Chidwick (145,000) is thriving too, but PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody is only surviving, down to 18,700. Can the ever-popular British triple crown winner bounce back into contention?

Player Chips Progress
Richard Seymour us
Richard Seymour
169,000
117,000
117,000
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
117,000
32,000
32,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jake CodyJonathan JaffePhil LaakRichard SeymourStephen Chidwick

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Boeree and Peters See a River

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Liv Boeree was the aggressor on a flop of {2-Spades}{6-Spades}{J-Diamonds} as she bet 4,000 into a pot of 17,200. David Peters, confirmed today as the current Global Poker Index number one, called to a turn of {K-Spades}. Boeree bet 12,000 and stared down Peters, who called.

The river was the {J-Spades} and both Peters and Boeree checked, and it turned out to be a good check behind with Pters holding {Q-Spades}{K-Hearts} for the second nut flush. Boeree turned over {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}.

"You run good!" Igor Kurganov said as he passed the table.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
69,500
-30,500
-30,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
50,000
-18,700
-18,700

Vladimir Troyanovskiy Finishes Off Kevin Eyster

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We missed the specifics, but we do know that Kevin Eyster, who was short stacked, check-raised all in on an {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} flop and was called by Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

Troyanovskiy: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Eyster: {10-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Eyster had flopped top pair, but he needed another ten to overcome the ladies of Troyanovskiy. Neither the {9-Clubs} turn nor {6-Hearts} river was what he was looking for, and Eyster hit the rail just before the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
85,000
35,000
35,000
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Kevin EysterVladimir Troyanovskiy