2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$5,000 Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦j♠
Prize
$429,664
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,712
Players
738
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

$5,000 Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Nick Maimone Leads the Field Into Day 3

ElleSriracha
ElleSriracha
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Nick Maimone
Nick Maimone

The 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event closed registration at the start of Day 2. The event attracted a total of 738 players with 699 of those registering on Day 1a and 1b and the remainder coming in before the start of play on Day 2. 28 players who won a ticket via a Spin & Go never showed up to play, but their buy-ins were added to the prize pool. With a total prize pool of $3,376,712, first place is paying $480,012 and a min cash is worth $7,260.

Aaron Paul headlined Day 1b and most of Day 2. He was, however, unable to find a bag at the end of the six levels. The Breaking Bad star was short and eventually got his remaining chips in the middle with ace-nine. Daniel Colman called with queen-ten and Paul was immediately on his feet to sweat the result of the hand. The flop and turn ran out an ace, king and two jacks; giving Colman the nut straight but Paul was live if he managed to find a way to make a full house on the river. The deuce was a brick, though, and Paul was sent to the rail with only nine spots to go until the bubble would burst.

Play ended at the end of Level 14, shortly after Noah Boeken was eliminated by Tom Janssens on the bubble. Janssens raised the cutoff and Boeken, a former EPT Copenhagen champion and Master Classics of Poker winner, jammed his remaining 15,800 all in from the big blind. Janssens called and tabled ace-five, while Boeken had the dominating pocket tens. Janssens smashed the river to make a straight, sending Boeken home in 144th place on the stone bubble.

Nick Maimone bagged the most chips at the end of the day with 689,000, with Daniel Colman close behind with 620,000. Maimone is no stranger to The Bahamas as he took second in a $5,000 event in 2015 and took down the $25,000 High Roller last year for just shy of a million dollars. Even though Maimone has just under two million in live recorded cashes, he has only a single recorded win. He'll look to book his second one later this week.

Other notable players to find a bag tonight include Pascal Lefrancois (484,500), Mike McDonald (436,000), Sylvain Loosli (374,000), Cliff Josephy (242,500), Team PokerStars Pros Jason Mercier (281,000) and Barry Greenstein (95,000) and Team Online's Jaime Staples (211,500).

Familiar faces who made it to Day 2 but did not move on include William Kassouf, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Maria Ho, Mustafa Kanit, Jason Koon and Team PokerStars Pros Vanessa Selbst, Daniel Negreanu and Victor Ramdin.

Day 3 fires up tomorrow at noon with 125 players returning to play another six levels on the road to crowning a winner in the first-ever PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event. Blinds will start at 2,000/4,000 when the players return. Stay with us here at PokerNews for more live coverage!

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
11Dorian Rios PavonVenezuela52,000
12Nacho BarberoArgentina77,500
13Will FaillaUnited States39,500
14Donys Ivan Agnelli RojasVenezuela175,000
15Jacques Der MegreditchianFrance84,000
16Thomas Bo MarkussenDenmark29,500
17Axat Tulsidas MawjiUnited Kingdom169,500
18Michael VelaUnited States440,500
     
21Dan HøidahlNorway33,500
22Bradley SniderUnited States29,000
23Allon AllisonCanada252,000
24Paul KnebelGermany31,000
25Scott StewartUnited States115,500
26Harrison GimbelUnited States204,000
27Sam ChartierCanada157,000
28Mike McDonaldCanada436,000
     
31Michael ZuckermanUnited States77,000
32Smit TrivediUnited Kingdom149,000
33Luke HawardUnited Kingdom8,000
34Arnaud MatternFrance27,500
35Valentin MessinaFrance302,500
36Thomas MuehlemannSwitzerland93,500
37Byron KavermanUnited States286,000
38Hendrik LatzGermany317,500
     
41Pascal LefrancoisCanada184,500
42Esther TaylorUnited States35,000
43Pablo MarizCanada41,000
44Kevin AndriamahefaCanada173,500
45Myung ShinUnited States204,000
46Stein Vegar RødsethNorway99,500
47Rasmus GlæselNorway322,000
48Nick MaimoneUnited States689,000
     
51Francois BillardCanada20,000
52Bradley MarshCanada126,500
53Fabio FreitasBrazil149,000
54Raul MartinezSpain186,000
55Pedro Baptista Martinho CabecaPortugal428,500
56Francisco BenitezUruguay188,500
57Benjamin PhilippsUnited Kingdom250,500
58Jeremey GraysonCanada50,000
     
61Czeslaw SzerszenUnited States145,500
62Murad AkhundovAzerbaijan224,500
63Michael BartholomewCanada46,500
64Yakov OnuchinRussia244,500
65Jason MercierUnited States281,500
66Brian EnglandUnited States72,500
67Robert ZipfGermany51,000
68Ronan GoreyIreland202,500
     
71Likith GovindaiahUnited States100,000
72Ramiro PetroneArgentina265,000
73Davidi KitaiBelgium44,000
74Diego GomezSpain152,500
75Bernard LeeUnited States35,500
76Tom JanssensBelgium229,500
77Steven KerrCanada22,000
78Erling VojeNorway49,500
     
81Mariano MartiradonnaItaly108,000
82Nenad MedicCanada97,500
84Massimo De MarioItaly128,000
85Benjamin Wittams-SmithUnited Kingdom25,000
86James MartynCanada210,000
87Kliment TarmakovCanada140,500
88James TianUnited States147,500
     
91Harry RatchfordUnited States22,000
92Jorge De Oliveira LopezPortugal90,000
93Nick MossaCanada62,500
94Chance KornuthUnited States97,500
95Ami AlibayCanada300,500
96Rex ClinkscalesUnited States428,500
97Marcin KapkowskiPoland274,000
98Aleksei OpalikhinRussia387,500
     
101Lucian VoigtGermany167,500
102Allen KesslerUnited States152,500
103Michael GentiliCanada190,000
104Nadezhda MagnusUnited States200,500
106John EngledowUnited Kingdom136,500
107Christian HarderUnited States232,000
108Jan KralikCzech Republic203,500
     
111Gaelle BaumannFrance217,500
113Erick Brenes CuadraCosta Rica68,000
114Eric SemelUnited States43,000
115Barry GreensteinUnited States95,000
116Florian HaiducRomania250,000
117Mikko TurtiainenFinland160,000
118Matthew WantmanUnited States92,000
     
121Gautam LillaneyJamaica155,000
122Marius CazacuRomania145,000
123Adrian MateosSpain204,500
124Paul FisherUnited States32,500
125Damien SteelCanada257,000
126Stig MoenNorway205,000
127Vincent MoscatiUnited States17,500
128Mattias PrioloSweden274,000
     
131John DibellaUnited States80,000
132Jackduyph DuongUnited States142,000
133Kyle ZechnerCanada113,500
134James JuvancicUnited States431,500
135Dan ColmanUnited States620,000
136Martin RausCanada19,500
137Patrick StaceyCayman Islands111,500
138Justin OuimetteCanada133,500
     
141Joaquin WalterUruguay125,000
142Sylvain LoosliFrance374,000
143Andrew RyanUnited States307,500
144Richard SeymourUnited States110,000
145Daniel WeinmanUnited States167,000
146Erik LemarquandCanada49,000
147Tony TranUnited States298,000
148Lucas GreenwoodCanada173,000
     
151Andjelko AndrejevicUnited States103,500
152Ryan RiessUnited States249,500
153Jaime StaplesCanada211,500
154Benoit GallandCanada39,000
155Cliff JosephyUnited States242,500
156Shawn BuchananCanada286,500
157Alan ScheinUnited States112,500
158Willliam Batista ArrudaBrazil360,000
     
161Stanislav MiroshkinRussia44,000
162Pedro Da Cunha Cavalieri DoroBrazil61,500
163Rodrigo CordobaArgentina364,500
164Michael ScarboroughUnited States108,000
165Michael BillsUnited States162,500
166Paul EphremsenUnited Kingdom182,500
167Pratyush BuddigaUnited States177,500
168Benjamin ZamaniUnited States81,000

Tags: Aaron PaulBarry GreensteinCliff JosephyDaniel ColmanDaniel NegreanuJaime StaplesJason KoonJason MercierMarc LadouceurMaria HoMike McDonaldMustapha KanitNick MaimoneNoah BoekenPascal LeFrancoisSylvain LoosliVanessa SelbstVictor RamdinWilliam Kassouf

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Webjoker
Webjoker
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone 		689,000 9,000
Daniel Colman us
Daniel Colman 		620,000 245,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Vela us
Michael Vela 		440,500 -9,500
WPT 1X Winner
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald 		436,000 236,000
EPT 1X Winner
James Juvancic us
James Juvancic 		431,500 101,500
Rex Clinkscales us
Rex Clinkscales 		428,500 108,500
Pedro Baptista Martinho Cabeca pt
Pedro Baptista Martinho Cabeca
428,500 299,300
Aleksei Opalikhin ru
Aleksei Opalikhin 		387,500 299,100
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli 		374,000 254,000
Rodrigo Cordoba ar
Rodrigo Cordoba 		364,500 6,500
Willliam Batista Arruda br
Willliam Batista Arruda 		360,000 45,000
Rasmus Glæsel no
Rasmus Glæsel 		322,000 234,000
Hendrik Latz de
Hendrik Latz 		317,500 273,400
Andrew Ryan us
Andrew Ryan 		307,500 -62,500
Valentin Messina fr
Valentin Messina 		302,500 72,500
Ami Alibay ca
Ami Alibay 		300,500 50,500
Tony Tran us
Tony Tran 		298,000 88,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan 		286,500 221,500
WPT 1X Winner
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman 		286,000 101,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier 		281,500 -21,500
Marcin Kapkowski pl
Marcin Kapkowski 		274,000 135,000
Mattias Priolo se
Mattias Priolo 		274,000 113,200
Ramiro Petrone ar
Ramiro Petrone 		265,000 223,000
Damien Steel ca
Damien Steel 		257,000 154,100
Brock Allison ca
Brock Allison 		252,000 188,700

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Baumann Calls To Take Out Tcechoev

MrPaulSeaton
MrPaulSeaton
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Gaelle Baumann
Gaelle Baumann

Gaelle Baumann was faced with a tough call on a full board for a big portion of her stack in the penultimate hand of the night. On a board of {6-Hearts}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} , the pot was only worth 40,000 before the river, but Baumann's bet of 17,000 was raised by Aslan Tcechoev to 77,700 as he moved all-in.

Baumann took her time, but eventually called, and Tcechoev showed {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}. Baumann turned over {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and that was a good call. She has waited right until the end of the day, but made the big hands count with the right pay at the right time, and will bag up a good stack to take into Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann 		238,000 153,000
Aslan Tcechoev ru
Aslan Tcechoev 		Busted

Tags: Aslan TcechoevGaelle Baumann

Govert Metaal and Gabriel Attiave Both Bust to Mike Vela

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Govert Metaal
Govert Metaal

Both Gabriel Attiave and Govert Metaal were short after the bubble, and each got their respective stacks in preflop while Mike Vela and another player had side action.

A bet from Vela on a {6-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop got the other active player to fold, and then all three players tabled their hands.

Metaal: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Attiave: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Vela: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Vela paired his ten on the flop to take the lead, and he held it when the {6-Hearts} appeared on the turn followed by the {2-Clubs} on the river. With that, Vela scored the double elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Vela us
Michael Vela 		450,000 50,000
WPT 1X Winner
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal 		Busted
Gabriel Attiave ca
Gabriel Attiave 		Busted

Tags: Gabriel AttiaveGovert MetaalMike Vela

Five More Hands

ElleSriracha
ElleSriracha
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante

The clock has now been paused at the 10-minute mark and the tournament director has announced there will be five more hands played before the end of the night.

Stay tuned for a full recap and chip counts!

Noah Boeken Bubbles the PokerStars Championship Bahamas

Webjoker
Webjoker
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Noah Boeken
Noah Boeken

With several short stacks just hanging on hoping to survive the bubble, the atmosphere was tense in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis resort. Just one more player would go empty-handed, but who would it be? Davidi Kitai, one of the shortest players in the tournament, was eyeing the other stacks, other shorties walked around as well to see where they ranked.

Over on Table 2, Belgian player Tom Janssens raised the cutoff and Dutchman Noah Boeken in the big blind shoved for 15,800. Janssens did not hesitate and called.

Action was once again paused, waiting for the other tables to finish. "I have a very bad hand" Boeken admitted, but he did know he was in front as Janssens had admitted what he had already.

It turned out two more players would end up all-in that hand, but it was Boeken versus Janssens who showed first.

Noah Boeken: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Tom Janssens: {A-Clubs}{5-Spades}

With the cameras buzzing and the onlookers holding their breath, the dealer burned a card and placed the first three community cards just above the divider line in the middle of the table: {Q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Hearts}.

So far, things were looking good for Boeken but the turn would change that. Janssens asked for a six to spice things up but instead got the {2-Diamonds}, which still made things interesting.

Jason Mercier predicted the three to come and so it did: {3-Clubs} on the river to give Janssens a wheel and Boeken's dream of cashing the first ever PokerStars Championship were crushed.

The former EPT Copenhagen and Master Classics of Poker champion could still chop a min cash if one or two of the other players that were at risk would bust, but he would not get so lucky. Both shorties doubled and Boeken ended up as the pure and only bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken 		Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Noah Boeken

Tom Thomas Eliminated, Bubble Time

Webjoker
Webjoker
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante

Donys Ivan Agnelli Rojas from Venezuela raised from early position and saw short stack Tom Thomas shove for 29,500 from the big blind. Rojas called and play was halted, awaiting the outcome of two other all-in and call situations over on other tables.

The two other big confrontations ended up with a double for the shorter stack in the hand, so Thomas' tournament life was on the line with everything at risk. It was time for the players to table their cards:

Donys Ivan Agnelli Rojas: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Tom Thomas: {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

With poker media, a lot of players, onlookers and the television crew all surrounding the table, the dealer began to deal the community cards.

The {4-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop and {5-Spades} turn appeared rather quickly and meant no harm to Thomas. The {A-Hearts} on the river, however, did and with an intense wry smile, he walked away from the table.

Ace on the river did Thomas in, no cash for him. 144 players remain, still hand for hand as the tournament needs to lose one more player before the money stage is reached.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Thomas us
Tom Thomas 		Busted

Tags: Tom Thomas

James Juvancic vs. Scott Stewart as Money Nears

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 14 : 1,500-3,000, 500 ante

Scott Stewart raised to 6,000 from middle position and James Juvancic called from the small blind. Both players then checked the {2-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop and the {8-Hearts} peeled off on the turn.

Juvancic bet 8,500, Stewart called, and then both players returned to checking on the {A-Hearts} river. Stewart tabled the {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}, and it was good as Juvancic sent his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
James Juvancic us
James Juvancic 		330,000 -20,000
Scott Stewart us
Scott Stewart 		130,000 15,000

Tags: James JuvancicScott Stewart

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