2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$50,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$969,075
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,313,035
Entries
69
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Perkins and McKeehen Crushing Early

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Bill Perkins defended his big bind from an Oleksii Khoroshenin cutoff open and checked a {j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades} flop. Khoroshenin bet 6,000 and Perkins made it 18,000 to go. Khoroshenin called, and Perkins jammed on the {9-Spades} turn. Khoroshenin considered briefly and mucked.

At another table, we found Joe McKeehen sliding forward a big bet of 57,000 on a board of {8-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}. Big blind Justin Bonomo quickly cut out calling chips and slid them in. McKeehen turned over {j-Spades}{9-Spades} ad Bonomo immediately showed what looked like {k-}{9-} before realizing it wasn't a chop as McKeehen held a jack-high straight. The pink-haired American mucked, and the former World Series of Poker champ added to stack that's challenging for the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Perkins us
Bill Perkins
300,000
14,000
14,000
StakeKings
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
268,500
81,000
81,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
71,900
-28,100
-28,100
EPT 1X Winner
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
45,300
-54,700
-54,700
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Bill PerkinsJoe McKeehenJustin BonomoOleksii Khoroshenin