2017 PokerStars Championship Panama

$25,500 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Panama

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$366,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,750
Prize Pool
$1,078,000
Entries
44
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Seidel Gives It Up

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

Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel raised to 5,500 and Dario Sammartino called out of the big blind to see a {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop, which both players checked. When the {9-Diamonds} appeared on the turn, Sammartino led out for 10,000 and Seidel called to see the {K-Clubs} river.

Sammartino bet again, this time 34,000, and that was enough to get Seidel to fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Dario Sammartino
200,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Erik Seidel
70,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

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Bonomo with a Cold Four-Bet Jam

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

Dan Colman raised to 5,400 under the gun and David Peters called from the cutoff. Paul Newey then three-bet to 21,000 from the small blind only to have Justin Bonomo four-bet jam for 61,600 out of the big. Colman and Peters both quickly folded, and Newey wound up following suit.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Bonomo
93,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Paul Newey
52,000
-21,000
-21,000

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Haxton Runs Into Kanit's Pocket Rockets

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

Mustapha Kanit raised to 5,500 from early position and action folded around to Ike Haxton, who three-bet all in for around 50,000 from the small blind. Kanit snap-called and Haxton discovered the bad news.

Haxton: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Kanit: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

Haxton needed a miracle, but none came as he was drawing dead on the turn after the board ran out {3-Spades}{8-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}.

Haxton indicated that he will be exercising his single re-entry option.

Player Chips Progress
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Mustapha Kanit
125,000
25,000
25,000
Winamax
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Isaac Haxton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Level: 6

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Reenter

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Nacho Barbero has entered the event. Besides Barbero, Koon and Haxton have reentered after busting. Pedro Idrovo has also been eliminated but has not (yet) reentered. The total amount of entries is up to 40 now (of which 7 are reentries), 30 remain.

Player Chips Progress
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Isaac Haxton
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Nacho Barbero
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jason Koon
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Pedro Idrovo
Busted

Aldemir Gets Value on the River

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

In one of the last hands of Level 5, Ben Tollerene raised to 5,100 under the gun and Erik Seidel called from the small blind. Koray Aldemir did the same from the big and three players went to the flop, which came down {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

All three players checked and then did the same on the {A-Spades} turn. When the {5-Diamonds} completed the board on the river, Seidel checked and Aldemir bet what looked to be 22,000.

Tollerene folded and Seidel tossed in a single chip to indicate a call. Aldemir rolled over the {6-Spades}{3-Hearts} for a straight and Seidel simply mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Koray Aldemir
150,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Erik Seidel
60,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

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Dayan Dusted for a Second Time

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We just caught the tail end of a hand between David Dayan and Adrian Mateos that resulted in the former being eliminated for the second time today.

Apparently Dayan, who had 21,000 back, tried bluffing holding the {j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} with the board reading {10-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{q-Spades}. Unfortunately for him, Adrian Mateos snap-called him with the {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} for a full house.

This is a single re-entry event, and that means Dayan is officially gone from the $25,750 Single-Day High Roller.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Mateos
235,000
135,000
135,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
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David Dayan
Busted

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Haxton Gone For Good

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton

Seated under the gun, Bryn Kenney opened for 7,000. Isaac Haxton three-bet to 22,000 from the hijack and Koray Aldemir shoved from the button. The blinds and Kenney folded instantly and action was on Haxton. He thought about it for a bit before he called all in.

Isaac Haxton: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Koray Aldemir: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Haxton succumbed his stack to Aldemir. Haxton had already eliminated once before today, so he no longer has the option to reenter.

Player Chips Progress
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Koray Aldemir
270,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Isaac Haxton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Tollerene Doubles Through Kenney

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ben Tollerene (hijack) and Bryn Kenney (button) got their chips in the middle before the flop. Tollerene had the advantage with {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} over Kenney's {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. The flop, however, made things iffy for Tollerene: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. Tollerene needed to fade hearts to survive and did so with the {K-Diamonds} on the turn and {3-Spades} on the river. Double up for the online high stakes player.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Tollerene
95,700
51,600
51,600
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Bryn Kenney
33,200
-66,800
-66,800
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryn KenneyBen Tollerene