2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$5,000 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$429,664
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,712
Total Entries
738
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 738
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Maria Ho Leaves Andre Akkari Feeling Flushtrated

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Maria Ho
Maria Ho

With about 9,000 in the pot, on a board reading {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}, Maria Ho checked from the big blind. A player in middle position bet 3,500, and Andre Akkari called from the hijack. Action was back on Ho and she called as well.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds}. Ho reached into her stack and led out for 7,700. The player in middle position thought about it for a while and opted to fold. Akkari motioned for Ho to move her arm so he could take a look at her stack. She moved her arm and Akkari called.

The river was the {a-Diamonds}. Ho paused for a moment and checked to Akkari.

Akkari wasted no time and put out a bet of 16,000. Ho had a total of 16,100 behind, leaving her with a single ante should she call and lose the hand.

Ho immediately said, "I'm going to rule out king of diamonds, ten of hearts. King-jack of diamonds - now that's possible."

Ho was clearly in agony over the decision, but said, "You wouldn't bluff me without the nut flush would you? Now that would be a mistake because I'm not good enough to fold a flush. It was my New Year's resolution to learn how to fold flushes."

Ho apologized to the table and said she would make a decision at the next one-minute mark on the tournament clock. She cut out the chips she needed to call and realized she had one ante left. Ho said, "If I do call, I'm not putting this last chip in. That's for sure."

She continued to talk out loud and discuss what his range of hands would be. She even asked Akkari, "Are you bluffing me one in four times?" Eventually, Ho tossed in the 16,000 in chips, indicating a call.

Akkari rapped the table and said, "Nice hand" as he tabled {9-Spades}{9-Hearts} for a set of nines. Ho showed {q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for a queen-high flush and raked in the pot.

Tags: Andre AkkariMaria Ho

Steve O'Dwyer Calls to Put Rob Edelstein at Risk

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Steve O'Dwyer, who busted the $50,000 High Roller earlier this evening and jumped straight into the Main Event, opened for 1,700 under the gun only to have Rob Edelstein, who was to his left, three-bet all in for 10,300. Action folded back to O'Dwyer and he thought for a bit before making the call.

O'Dwyer: {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Edelstein: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Edelstein was ahead, and he survived the {j-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop. The {A-Clubs} turn paired Edelstein, and all he had to do was dodge a ten on the river to double through. That's just what he did when the {4-Hearts} peeled off.

Tags: Steve O'DwyerRob Edelstein

Wantman Eliminates Zinno

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno

Anthony Zinno and Matthew Wantman got stacks in with the latter holding {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs} under the gun and the former {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} in the big blind. The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}, no help to Zinno. Wantman had been the one all in, and he had 31,200. The dealer counted Zinno's chips and determined Wantman had him covered, so Zinno collected his belongings.

Tags: Anthony ZinnoMatthew Wantman

Damian Steel Among the Big Stacks

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Damian Steel, who is sitting with a pile of chips, raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and then called when PokerStars Team Online's Kevin Martin three-bet to 4,900.

The {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop saw Martin lead out for 5,400, and Steel released. Not an exciting hand at all, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on both their chip counts.

Tags: Kevin MartinDamian Steel

Ryan in Front?

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Andrew Ryan of the U.S. appears to be the chip leader at this point.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

High Rollers Go to War

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Steve O'Dwyer busted the high roller and hopped into the Main Event here at PokerStars Championship Bahamas, and he's wasted no time getting busy.

In one recent pot, he bet 3,000 from middle position on a {k-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop. Anthony Zinno made it 7,000 to go on the button. The big blind folded, and O'Dwyer responded with another raise to 14,000. Zinno tanked a few minutes and folded.

Tags: Anthony ZinnoSteve O'Dwyer

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Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

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Daniel Weinman Doubles Through Gleb Tremzin

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Daniel Weinman got his last 10,800 all in preflop and was at risk against Russia's Gleb Tremzin.

Tremzin: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Weinman: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

Weinman needed to dodge a nine, and he did just that as the board ran out a lackluster {4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}.

Tags: Daniel WeinmanGleb Tremzin

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante