Some More Shots from the Day 1 Field
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
$25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Charlie Carrel Makes It Look Easy While Knowing It's Not
Level 5
: 250/500, 75 ante
Charlie Carrel's runner-up finish in the $100,000 Super High Roller a few days ago continues a high roller hot streak for the young British pro. He's made eight final tables in tournaments with "high roller" in the title over the last 12 months, finishing in the top three no less than seven times to earn more than $3 million.
But Carrel knows full well recent tournament success doesn't guarantee anything about the next one, as he explains to the PokerStars Blog.
Some New Faces
Level 5
: 250/500, 75 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Assorted Chip Counts at the Break
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Here are most of the chip counts at the second break, with Nacho Barbero the player to catch.
PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu has entered the field and has seemingly bet triple Superbowl-winning footballer Richard Seymour that he will outweigh Seymour by the end of the year.
Fancy knowing more about this prop bet madness? PokerNews presenter Sarah Herring spoke to Richard Seymour ahead of him entering the $25,000 High Roller field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | |
|
101,025 | 7,025 |
|
88,050 | -44,450 |
|
79,600 | 29,600 |
|
75,000 | 27,500 |
|
72,025 | 72,025 |
|
70,000 | 20,000 |
|
65,725 | 15,725 |
|
60,900 | 9,900 |
|
60,400 | 10,400 |
|
56,400 | 34,000 |
|
51,675 | 51,675 |
|
50,400 | -30,600 |
|
49,775 | -225 |
|
47,900 | -2,100 |
|
47,400 | -2,600 |
|
46,850 | -5,650 |
|
43,500 | -17,800 |
|
25,400 | -34,600 |
|
14,375 | -2,625 |
|
11,850 | 11,850 |
Second Break in $25,000 High Roller
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are on another 20-minute break from proceedings in the High Roller, with 95 entries so far and 80 players remaining.
Barbero Takes Out SirWatts to Grab the Crown
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Nacho Barbero (pictured) won the final hand of the level as Mike Watson moved all-in with 
and Barbero called it off with 
.
The board of 
gave Barbero the pot and the chip lead in the tournament, while Watson has the break to contemplate a re-entry.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
132,500 | 82,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Elky Gets Gomez
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
We joined the action with Elky betting 2,000 on a flop of 
. Javier Gomez raised to 10,000 and Elky called. The turn of saw Gomez ship it in for a further 29,925 and Elky made the call.
While Gomez had the up and down straight flush draw with 
, Elky had 
. He needed to fade a lot of outs, but did so across the 
river and he is up to 115,000 - the lead in the tournament with the break almost upon us.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 | |
|
Busted |
Recent Entries
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 |
Andjelko Andrejevic Busts Charlie Carrel
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
We saw Charlie Carrel getting out his seat, and by the time we made our way over the dealer was sliding his chips to Andjelko Andrejevic.
Unfortunately we missed the action play out, so all we know is Carrel fell holding the 
on a 
board to Andrejevic, who held a bigger two pair with the 
. Carrel headed straight to the registration desk to re-enter.
Meawhile, both David Laka Calzada and Orpen Kisacikoglu have re-entered the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
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50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 |