2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas

$5,000 Main Event
Day: 2
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
Entries
738
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Nobody Really Loves a Chopped Pot

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With about 5,000 in the pot, on a board reading {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, Lexy Gavin led out for 3,000 from the big blind.

Action was back on Team PokerStars Pro, Vanessa Selbst, who gave her opponent a stare down before deciding to call.

The river was the {5-Clubs}. Gavin took a look at the board for a moment and opted to check.

Selbst reached into her stack and bet 5,700. Gavin thought about it and as she went to grab chips, Selbst had a surprised look on her face. Gavin clearly caught this and hesitated before tossing the chips in anyway.

Selbst tabled {a-Spades}{7-Spades}, and Gavin showed {a-Clubs}{4-Spades}. The paired board on the river gave Selbst the opportunity to chop with Gavin, sending some chips back to both of the ladies.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
80,000 -8,000
Lexy Gavin us
Lexy Gavin
65,000

Tags: Vanessa SelbstLexy Gavin

Jake Cody Busts to De Silva

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

Eugene Katchalov made it 2,000 from the cut-off and got a call from Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody on the button. However, Brazilian professional Upeshka De Silva raised to 6,400 in the small blind, and when Katchalov folded, Cody moved all-in for around 20,000 chips. De Silva called it off.

Jake Cody: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Upeshka De Silva: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The flop of {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} saw Cody already on his feet, and after the turn of {J-Spades} and river {5-Diamonds} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
WSOP 3X Winner
75,000 55,900
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
Busted

Tags: Jake CodyUpeshka De Silva

The Good Old Stop and Go for Riess the Beast

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Jacques Der opened for 2,300 from the cutoff and big blind Ryan Riess called. The flop came {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and Riess pushed for 9,600. Der called instantly.

Jacques Der: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Ryan Riess: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The World Series of Poker champion would not hit his flush, but the {10-Diamonds} on the turn in combination with the {4-Clubs} on the river turned out to be just as effective.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
25,600 10,000

Tags: Ryan RiessJacques Der

Double Knockout for Thomas Bo Markussen

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Thomas Bo Markussen has nearly doubled his chip stack after starting the day with 133,000.

With about 10,000 in the pot, on a board reading {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}, Markussen was in the cutoff and found himself facing two all-ins, having both players covered. He snap-called both the small blind and the player under the gun and quickly tabled {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} for a set of sixes.

The small blind tabled {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} for ace-high, and the under-the-gun player showed {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} for a pair of tens.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} and the river was the {6-Clubs}, giving Markussen quads and the double knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Bo Markussen dk
Thomas Bo Markussen
255,000 121,900

Tags: Thomas Bo Markussen

Dry Runout Sends Mark Dietrich to the Rail

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Mark Dietrich got his last 14,500 all in preflop and was at risk against Tony Tran.

Tran: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}
Dietrich: {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Dietrich was drawing to two live cards, but he needed to catch to stay alive. As you can probably deduce from the title of this post, that didn't happen as the board instead ran out a lackluster {3-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. Tran chipped up to 50,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Dietrich ca
Mark Dietrich
Busted

Tags: Mark DietrichTony Tran

No Good Fortune for Eddy Sabat

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We walked into Eddy Sabat in the hallways of the Atlantis Resort and he told us he had just been eliminated.

After a 2,200 raise, Sabat pushed for about 10,000 holding {6-}{6-}. His opponent called with {A-Spades}{2-Spades} and hit an ace on {A-}{5-}{K-}{7-}{5-} to send Sabat packing.

Player Chips Progress
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
Busted

Tags: Eddy Sabat

PokerStars National Champ Spikes River to Stay Alive

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Nicola Basile
Nicola Basile

After Fatima Moreira de Melo opened for 2,200 from the hijack, Nicola Basile, who yesterday won the PokerStars National Championship after besting a field of 421 entries for $131,680, three-bet all in for 29,300. Action folded back to de Melo, and she called to put here opponent, who registered for this tournament before the start of play today, at risk.

de Melo: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Basile: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

It was a flip, but Basile needed to improve to stay alive. He failed to do it on both the {3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{j-Diamonds} flop and {8-Hearts} turn, but salvation was his on the {K-Spades} river.

Player Chips Progress
Nicola Basile ca
Nicola Basile
60,000 30,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
55,000 10,600

Tags: Fatima Moreira de MeloNicola Basile

Steve O'Dwyer's Inferior Kicker Leads to His Demise

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

Mamed Mamedov raised to 2,200 from the cutoff only to have a short-stacked Steve O'Dwyer three-bet jam for 13,900 from the small blind. Bulgaria's Milcho Angelov then four-bet all in over the top from the big blind, and Mamedov got out of the way.

Angelov: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
O'Dwyer: {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}

O'Dwyer had a kicker problem, and it didn't get resolved as the board ran out {q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts}. Angelov chipped up to 66,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mamed MamedovMilcho AngelovSteve O'Dwyer