$25,500 Single-Day High Roller | 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama

03-15-2017 20:11 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	630,000 -182,000	-182,000

Mustapha Kanit	582,000 132,000	132,000

Timothy Adams	540,000 235,000	235,000

Dario Sammartino	516,000 171,000	171,000
Stephen Chidwick	457,000 6,000	6,000

Koray Aldemir	400,000 -25,000	-25,000

Leo Fernandez	330,000 80,000	80,000

Oliver Weis	325,000 -275,000	-275,000
David Peters	300,000 -150,000	-150,000

Igor Kurganov	290,000 -1,000	-1,000

Kurganov Doubles

Webjoker

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

From first position, Stephen Chidwick raised to 25,000. Igor Kurganov shoved his button for 134,000 and Chidwick called after both blinds had folded.

Chidwick was in the lead with as Kurganov tabled . The board ran out and Kurganov doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	451,000 -234,000	-234,000

Igor Kurganov	291,000 116,000	116,000

Tags: Igor Kurganov Stephen Chidwick

03-15-2017 19:57 UTC-4

Leo Fernandez Hits the Flop

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

A short-stacked Leo Fernandez moved all in under the gun for 118,000 and action folded all the way around to Igor Kurganov, who called from the big blind.

Kurganov:
Fernandez:

Fernandez needed some help and he got it on the flop. A ten would still give Kurganov a straight, but that was not meant to be as the bricked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Fernandez	250,000 132,000	132,000

Igor Kurganov	175,000 -125,000	-125,000

Tags: Igor Kurganov Leo Fernandez

03-15-2017 19:57 UTC-4

Aldemir Doubles Adams

Webjoker

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Koray Aldemir opened under the gun for 26,000 and Timothy Adams on the button shoved for 141,000. Both blinds released, Aldemir called.

Koray Aldemir:
Timothy Adams:

The board ran out and Adams doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	425,000 -85,000	-85,000

Timothy Adams	305,000 124,000	124,000

Tags: Koray Aldemir Timothy Adams

03-15-2017 19:49 UTC-4

Paul Newey Eliminated

Webjoker

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Paul Newey was hanging in there short stacked for quite some time, but just now he found his faith in an unlucky river card. Erik Seidel (small blind) and big blind (Paul Newey) got their chips in the middle before the flop.

Newey had the dominating hand with but would get rivered by Seidel's . The board ran out and Newey made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	812,000 142,000	142,000

Paul Newey	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Paul Newey

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

03-15-2017 19:30 UTC-4

Koray Aldemir Ships Two Doubles

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Koray Aldemir moved all in for 115,000 from the cutoff and Erik Seidel called from the button.

Aldemir:
Seidel:

The board ran out a clean and Aldemir shipped his first double.

Not long after on a flop, Aldemir checked and Oliver Weis tossed out a bet. Aldemir then check-raised all in for 224,000 and Weis called.

Aldemir:
Weis:

Aldemir had the best kicker and it held through the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	600,000 -224,000	-224,000
Koray Aldemir	510,000 286,000	286,000

Tags: Oliver Weis Koray Aldemir

03-15-2017 19:27 UTC-4

Seidel Finishes the Job

Webjoker

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Dan Colman doubled up once, but in the end, it wasn't enough. Down to around 40,000 again, he shoved from the cutoff. Big blind Erik Seidel called with and Colman turned over .

The flop favored Seidel but the on the turn gave Colman a flush draw. The on the river, however, was a blank and Colman hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	430,000 30,000	30,000

Dan Colman	Busted

Tags: Dan Colman Erik Seidel

03-15-2017 19:26 UTC-4

Cooler Flop Gives Chidwick a Double

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

When we got to the table, there was 261,000 already pulled into the pot and a flop of . The action escaped us, but we do know that Stephen Chidwick got his stack of 209,000 all in against Igor Kurganov.

Kurganov:
Chidwick:

It was a cooler flop as Kurganov flopped two pair only to run into Chidwick's set. Neither the turn nor river was the king Kurganov needed and he sent over the vast majority of his stack to Chidwick.