Ronnie Bardah started the action by raising to 2,300 from middle position. Dmitriy Stelmak defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of . Stelmak checked, Bardah continued for 3,000 and then the game became limit poker.
Stelmak raised to 6,000, Bardah raised to 9,000, Stelmak raised to 12,000 and Bardah raised to 15,000. Finally, Stelmak move all in and Bardah quickly called.
Stelmak:
Bardah:
Bardah couldn't find a jack on the turn () or the river () and he was eliminated from the tournament. Stelmak is now over six-digits, sitting with 125,000 chips.
With about 6,200 in the pot and a board reading , Justin "Boosted J" smith checked under the gun and PokerStars Team Pro (USA) member Victor Ramdin bet 5,700. Smith took his time before casually raising to 15,900. Ramdin didn't take long to fold, dropping to 70,000 in the process, and Smith took down the pot, brining him up to 80,000.
Dan Shak kicked off the action with a raise to 3,000 from middle position and had one caller, before Felipe Ramos popped it to 8,700 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Shak and he gave it up, but the caller shoved for about 30,000. Ramos called instantly and tabled , crushing his opponent's .
The board ran out and Ramos is up to about 80,000.
As fans of the PokerStars.net Big Game know, Bobby "The Bus" Ferdinand recently won $181,500 and an NAPT Passport worth $50,000 as the last loose cannon of the season. Ferdinand is putting his passport to work here today on Day 1a of the Main Event, floating just above starting stack with 36,600 chips.
Scott Seiver had been clinging to a short stack for quite some time so it is no surprise he has been eliminated from the 2011 PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure here in the Bahamas.
Likewise, Team PokerStars Pro (USA) member Chad Brown was sent to the rail recently.
Hoyt Corkins raised to 2,100 from middle and found two callers. First, the player on the button called. Second, the player in the big blind blind. Off to a flop they went and it came down with action checking to Corkins. He fired 4,000 and the button folded. The big blind made the call.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked. Corkins quickly checked behind before the dealer placed the on the river. Both players checked again.
Corkins tabled the for ace high, but the big blind tabled the for a full house, tens full of fours. Corkins slipped to 43,300 in chips.
Brett Richey and two opponents players saw a flop of . One player checked, another opponent bet 3,700 and Richey raised to 10,000. The first player check-raised all in, the orginal bettor folded, but Richey made the call putting his stack at risk.
Opponent:
Richey:
Richey did not find a diamond when the turned, however the spiked on the river giving him a winning flush and doubling him to 85,000.
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. Stelmak checked, Bardah continued for 3,000 and then the game became limit poker.
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) and he was eliminated from the tournament. Stelmak is now over six-digits, sitting with 125,000 chips.
board with 
against an opponent's 
. Glantz had outs, but found no help from the 
turn and 
river.
, Justin "Boosted J" smith checked under the gun and PokerStars Team Pro (USA) member Victor Ramdin bet 5,700. Smith took his time before casually raising to 15,900. Ramdin didn't take long to fold, dropping to 70,000 in the process, and Smith took down the pot, brining him up to 80,000.
and Ramos is up to about 80,000.
with action checking to Corkins. He fired 4,000 and the button folded. The big blind made the call.
for a full house, tens full of fours. Corkins slipped to 43,300 in chips.
spiked on the river giving him a winning flush and doubling him to 85,000.