Welcome to Day 2 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
After two starting flights, the 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas has attracted 699 players. That number could go up slightly as registration is open until the start of Day 2, which will kick off at Noon local time.
For the first time in the Main Event, all players will be battling it out in the same room as the 350 returning Day 1a and 1b survivors combine for six more 75-minute levels.
James Juvancic, the Day 1b chip leader, will begin the day as the big stack with 271,800 in chips, while Andrew Ryan (224,300) is the only other player over the 200k mark. Day 1a leader James Martyn (197,400), Jan Kralik (164,900), Mattias Priolo (160,800), and PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos (156,800) will also begin with big stacks.
Other returning to action include Hollywood actor Aaron Paul (74,700), 2012 PCA champ John Dibella (64,300), Mike "Timex" McDonald (54,600), Team PokerStars Pros Barry Greenstein (50,400), Fatima Moreira de Melo (44,400), Andre Akkari (23,700), Victor Ramdin (13,500), Jake Cody (19,700), Jason Mercier (92,700), Vanessa Selbst (88,000), Chris Moneymaker (65,100), Daniel Negreanu (58,2000, as well as Kevin Martin (78,400) and Jaime Staples (30,900) of Team Online. Two short stacks coming back are 2013 WSOP champ Ryan Riess (15,600) and the polarizing Will Kassouf (10,400).
Cards will be in the air in a couple of hours. We'll have official numbers, including prize pool and payout information, shortly after the start of play. While you wait, check out this video on understanding when and why to check-raise.
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. He needed a lot of help, but didn't get a thing across the board of 
. Kassouf wished his brief Day 2 opponents the best of luck and slipped away.
saw Cody already on his feet, and after the turn of 
landed, he was on his way out of the door. De Silva has gotten off to the best start possible by eliminating one of the most decorated and dangerous players at his table.
. Angelov chipped up to 66,000 after the hand.
. Vogelsang checked to Paul, who bet 5,000 this time, the German calling with the same casuality that Paul has displayed in making the bet, tossing a single blue chip into the middle. 
saw Vogelsang check again, and by this point the TV cameras were right on both players as they sat side by side. Aaron Paul moved all-in for his remaining 20,300. Suddenly the heat was right on Vogelsang, and he felt it. 
saw the direction of the betting change, as Paul led out for 4,000, which was called by Jacobs, but on the 
for the rivered second nut flush. 
, but he was behind Paul's 
. The rail and Aaron Paul's supporters waited with baited breath, but their man survived across the board of 
and he breathed a huge sigh of relief at the hand's conclusion. Back in the game.
flop was gin for Gomez, and he scored the double elimination after the 
on the river.
river, her bet of 5,000 was check-raised all-in. Only having around 7,00 let, Dawley called and flipped over her hand of 
and had flopped a set. Dawley headed for the door.
and check-called another 6,500 on the 
for rivered quads. Sousa just stood there aghast and open mucked his 
