Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The field of 460 entries generated a prize pool of $446,200, from which the winner will take home $86,650. The top 63 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $1,850.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $86,650 | 12-13 | $6,450 |
| 2 | $54,550 | 14-15 | $5,400 |
| 3 | $38,950 | 16-17 | $4,700 |
| 4 | $29,950 | 18-20 | $4,100 |
| 5 | $23,050 | 21-23 | $3,550 |
| 6 | $17,750 | 24-27 | $3,100 |
| 7 | $13,650 | 28-31 | $2,700 |
| 8 | $11,200 | 32-39 | $2,350 |
| 9 | $9,300 | 40-55 | $2,050 |
| 10-11 | $7,750 | 56-63 | $1,850 |

A total of 37 countries are represented in the field of the $1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event and the United States leads the way with 62 players. Canada brought the second most with 49 and Brazil sent the third-highest total of 28. The United Kingdom (23 or 8.2%) and Germany rounded out the top five with 23 and 16, respectively.
The tournament had 258 unique players and 460 total entries to generate a prize pool of $446,000. The winner will take home $86,650, while the top 63 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $1,850.
| Country | Players | % | Country | Players | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 62 | 21.99% | Panama | 2 | 0.71% |
| Canada | 49 | 17.38% | Peru | 2 | 0.71% |
| Brazil | 28 | 9.93% | Switzerland | 2 | 0.71% |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 8.16% | Ukraine | 2 | 0.71% |
| Germany | 16 | 5.67% | Belgium | 1 | 0.35% |
| Austria | 15 | 5.32% | Croatia | 1 | 0.35% |
| France | 11 | 3.90% | Cyprus | 1 | 0.35% |
| Argentina | 8 | 2.84% | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0.35% |
| Spain | 8 | 2.84% | Greece | 1 | 0.35% |
| Portugal | 7 | 2.48% | Ireland | 1 | 0.35% |
| Hungary | 6 | 2.13% | Japan | 1 | 0.35% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 2.13% | Lithuania | 1 | 0.35% |
| Italy | 5 | 1.77% | Mexico | 1 | 0.35% |
| Romania | 4 | 1.42% | Norway | 1 | 0.35% |
| India | 3 | 1.06% | Poland | 1 | 0.35% |
| Russia | 3 | 1.06% | Slovenia | 1 | 0.35% |
| Australia | 2 | 0.71% | Thailand | 1 | 0.35% |
| Belarus | 2 | 0.71% | Turkey | 1 | 0.35% |
| Colombia | 2 | 0.71% |
Lukas Chiciak opened to 4,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Benjamin Spragg in the big blind, who moved all in for 43,000. Chiciak quickly called.
Benjamin Spragg: ![]()
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Lukas Chiciak: ![]()
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Spragg found himself in great shape and when the board ran out ![]()
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, the tens for the PokerStars Ambassador held up to score the full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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89,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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40,000
23,500
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23,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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387,000
307,000
|
307,000 |
|
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315,000
130,700
|
130,700 |
|
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308,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
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301,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
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273,000
216,100
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216,100 |
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|
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238,000
214,500
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214,500 |
|
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236,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
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217,000
167,200
|
167,200 |
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215,500
56,500
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56,500 |
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Donald Lloyd opened to 6,500 from under the gun and it folded to Ehsan Amiri in middle position, who moved all in for 21,000. Florian Fuchs moved all in on the button for more than 100,000, covering the remaining players in the hand. Lloyd went in the tank, but after close to 30 seconds, made the call for his last 98,000.
Ehsan Amiri: ![]()
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Donald Lloyd: ![]()
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Florian Fuchs: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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, and the ace-king for Amiri scored the main pot for a full triple-up. Lloyd took the large side pot with ace-queen to leave Fuchs on a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
135,200
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135,200 |
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68,000 | |
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31,000
31,000
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31,000 |
Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day. There are currently 120 remaining and the action will resume shortly.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Blake Anderson opened to 6,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Luc Lafontaine in the big blind who made the call.
The flop fanned out ![]()
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and Lafontaine check-called a bet of 6,000 from Anderson. On the
turn both players slowed down with a check to the
river.
Lafontaine cut out chips and slid forward a bet of 16,500. Anderson took some time, but in the end, made the fold and the pot was sent to the Canadian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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310,000
2,000
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2,000 |
|
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140,000
52,400
|
52,400 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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250,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
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189,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
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167,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
148,500
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
|
118,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
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104,000
42,100
|
42,100 |
|
|
80,000
72,100
|
72,100 |
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