MrPaulSeaton
Atlantis Resort, home of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas
We're back in the Atlantis Resort for the kick-off of the highly anticipated $25,750 High Roller this morning. After a strong turn out of 69 entries in the Single Day $50,000 High Roller tournament earlier in the week, players such as PokerStars Team Pros Daniel Negreanu and Jake Cody are just two of the names we expect to see taking part in the action.
With just 32 players remaining in the $5,300 Main Event, plenty of poker High Rollers will surely be taking each other on in this event, which takes place starting today and running until a winner is crowned on Saturday.
So many players are here in the Bahamas who have a strong record on the island, including former Super High Roller winner Steve O'Dwyer and $50,000 Single Day High Roller winner Bryn Kenney, who will surely be going for back-to-back bragging rights. $100,000 Super High Roller champion from this season's PokerStars Championship in the Bahamas Jason Koon and $25,750 PLO winner Isaac Haxton will both have the chance to go for a second High Roller here in the sun too!
Action kicks off at 11.00am local time (5.00pm CET) in the Atlantis Imperial Ballroom, with hour-long levels from the start and a 50,000 starting stack. PokerNews.com will be around the tables for shuffle up and deal and bring you live updates from the first bet to the last call.
Last night a $3,200 Unlimited Re-Entry satellite was held for this event. That tournament drew 58 players + 3 re-entries, and after Kinson Cheung (USA) fell in eighth place for $2,510, the top seven were awarded seats into today's $25,750 High Roller. They include:
Yesterday, an extra event was started after demand by the high stakes players. An impromptu $25,000 Single-Day High Roller started at noon. A total of 42 unique players came to the Imperial Ballroom for the new event and 17 of them reentered after busting on their first bullet.
Eight prizes were up for grabs and in the end, Bryn Kenney secured himself another spade-trophy after striking a deal with Dario Sammartino heads-up. Of the eight that cashed, just Oleksii Khoroshenin, Bill Perkins and Sean Winter. Just two days ago, Kenney won the $50,000 Single-Day High Roller for $969,075, bringing his total earning in The Bahamas this year to $,1643,031 after also having final tabling the $100,000 Super High Roller (7th for $275,060) and a $2,000 Hyper Turbo Win the Button (4th for $6,020).
As is often the case with these High Rollers, the start time has been pushed back a bit as players are still filtering into the room. Cards should be in the air shortly, so stay tuned.
Atlantis Resort, home of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas
They're underway in the last marquee High Roller of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas series as the prestigious $25K High Roller begins.
Last year's champion Nick Maimone is a little busy today starting off Day 4 of the Main Event as the chip leader, so he won't be defending his title this afternoon. But a strong line-up of contenders are already starting to arrive. The PokerStars Blog introduces the day.
Plenty of entries are filtering into the room, including the current 2016 PokerStars Championship Bahamas Super High Roller champion, Jason Koon. He and of course the man he beat to the title, Charlie Carrel are both in action already, although on separate tables.
Players at the table featuring Justin Bonomo, Charlie Carrel and Jonathan Jaffe are playing 'Show One', meaning that the winner of each hand has to show one card to the table on completion of the card. It's completely informal of course, but everyone seems keen to be part of it, and we believe it was Jaffe who initiated the idea.
In the first hand after the parallel game started running with the High Roller action, Bonomo and Jaffe were involved in the action. Bonomo made it 700 to go preflop, with Jaffe alone in calling to a flop. The two men both checked to a turn of , whereupon Bonomo bet 2100. Jaffe folded, and Bonomo was requested by Jaffe ("loser picks") to turn over a card, which was the .
"Great," said Jaffe, "Now I know you definitely had !"
Felipe Ramos and Lawrence Greenberg clashed in an early hand on the 'Show One' table. It was Greenberg who led the betting, making it 800 preflop. The flop of saw Greenberg continue for 500, which was called by PokerStars Team Pro Ramos. The turn of was checked by both men, but on the river, Ramos bet 1,100. He got a fold and Greenberg picked the to be shown.
flop. The two men both checked to a turn of 
, whereupon Bonomo bet 2100. Jaffe folded, and Bonomo was requested by Jaffe ("loser picks") to turn over a card, which was the 
. 
saw Greenberg continue for 500, which was called by PokerStars Team Pro Ramos. The turn of 
was checked by both men, but on the 
river, Ramos bet 1,100. He got a fold and Greenberg picked the 
to be shown.